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The College of Medicine will sponsor the Second Annual Peter A. Martin Brain Aneurysm Research Fund Golf Tournament on Aug. 19 at 8 a.m. at the Kwiniaska Golf Course in Shelburne.

National Hockey League phenomenon and former UVM star Martin St. Louis, a 1997 graduate, will play in the tournament, as will recently retired UVM hockey coach Mike Gilligan.

Named in honor of former Shelburne resident and Point Bay Marina manager Peter Martin, the tournament's goal is to raise funds to support research about the causes and treatments of brain aneurysm a weak, bulging area in the wall of a brain artery. The rupture of a brain artery, called a subarachnoid hemorrhage, causes death in about half of the people who experience a brain aneurysm. Martin suffered two subarachnoid hemorrhages, the second of which took his life at age 39 on September 18,1999.

"I am pleased to have the opportunity to support important research at my alma mater, while at the same time helping to raise awareness about brain aneurysms," said St. Louis, who plays right wing for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Peter A. Martin Brain Aneurysm Research Fund was established by the Martin family in 2000. Last year's golf tournament raised more than $10,000 and this year's goal is set at $15,000. For more information about the tournament or fund, call Matt Sayre in UVM's Medical Development and Alumni Affairs Office at 802-656-4014.

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