Dr Day is an orthopaedic surgeon and honorary associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia (UBC/VGH). He served as president of the Canadian Medical Association from 2007 - 2008.
Competing interests: Dr Day is the medical director of both the Cambie Surgery Centre (one of 49 shareholders), and the Specialist Referral Clinic (one of 18 shareholders).
I have been involved in litigation on the constitutionality of Canada’s health system since well before the Chaoulli decision of 2005. The current action—in which the majority of plaintiffs are patients—was launched... Read More
Years ago, when the phrase “evidence-based medicine” was first being popularized, my friend and colleague Dr Bob Meek remarked, “What’s new about that?” He was correct; there was nothing new about the idea. In my... Read More
Dr James Robert Busser was born 25 July 1960 in Windsor, Ontario. He studied medicine at the University of Western Ontario and specialized in internal medicine at Western, Dalhousie, and the University of British... Read More
“In the current marathon medicare case… almost half the [8] months of expensive court time has been consumed on arguments about expert credentials, procedural wrangles, and government motions to block evidence.” Ian... Read More
In June 2017 Dr Pat McGeer, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FRSC, will reach the magical age of 90 years. It is hard to imagine any other physician who has made such diverse contributions to BC and Canada. Dr McGeer is a native... Read More
Over the years hundreds of millions of tax dollars have been spent on over 300 government health care task forces and commissions; 25 years ago BC’s Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs (the Seaton Commission) made... Read More
As we say goodbye to 2015 I would like to reflect on the impact and influence that our national, provincial, and territorial medical associations have on our health systems. I use the plural because there is no such... Read More
Our dear friend and teacher, Dr Sydney Friedman, died on 16 February 2015, 1 day before his 99th birthday. We, along with countless others, very much benefited from his teaching, friendship, and wonderful joie de... Read More
Only days before the scheduled start of the Constitutional trial on patients' right to access care, and over 6 years since the launch of the action, the BC government informed the plaintiffs that “thousands of documents... Read More
Anatomy, the most traditional of the basic medical sciences, is of special historical significance with respect to the development of medical teaching at UBC. At 33 years old, Dr Sydney Friedman was recruited... Read More