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If your patients are workers with psychiatric or psychological conditions, they may be eligible for specialist coverage. WorkSafeBC provides assessment and treatment for workers suffering from such conditions if they are associated with one of the following:
•    A compensable consequence of a work-related physical injury.
•    A reaction to one or more traumatic events arising out of and in the course of employment.

What profession might you have pursued, if not medicine?
Fighter pilot or high-altitude climber.

Which talent would you most like to have?
Singing.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A successful balance between a busy surgical practice and raising a family.

Major changes are coming to our association. Governance changes.

When the subject of governance comes up in conversation, people’s eyes usually glaze over. Many find it to be a boring topic, but as someone who has long been engaged in the activities of Doctors of BC I’m here to tell you that governance isn’t only interesting, it’s important!

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 vivre.