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Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC
For most families in BC the dinner hour of 6 p.m. and onward is a time for coming together to eat and enjoy some relaxation after the work of the day. For a family or individual to be deprived of this expectation... Read More
One would think that the College would discourage the inappropriate release of patients’ clinical information, but the College does not seem to care. I have just received the eighth faxed referral this year. Now 76, I... Read More
After 50 years as a member of the BCMA I feel comfortable in expressing some observations. I am disappointed. The BCMA has remained a most divisive organization, as destructive and irreconcilable as the divisions of... Read More
1950–2008 Dr David Doty died just before the official beginning of summer. His fractured family origins likely steeled his self-dependence and striking individuality. Only recently did he discover his entire saga and... Read More
The history of medicine is an epic catastrophe, Dr Ross argued in his Listerian Oration to the Victoria Medical Society in April 2006. Dr Ross suggested five reasons why bad medicine—like bloodletting, practised for... Read More
Most normal people would expect the medical school of UBC to encourage any medical education and learning. But perhaps you should be morally informed. Between the hour of 07:00 and 08:00 on St. Valentine’s Day the... Read More