July

Doctors of BC held its 2019 annual general meeting on Friday, 31 May, at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre at UBC’s Vancouver campus. Doctors of BC’s annual awards ceremony was held on Saturday, 1 June, at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel. The evening’s events began with a reception, followed by the awards ceremony, including installation of officers, and the president’s dinner, with remarks given by the new president, Dr Kathleen Ross.

Allergan Canada is voluntarily recalling textured breast implants from the Canadian market as a result of Health Canada’s suspension of the Biocell textured implant licence. As part of this voluntary recall, any unused Biocell saline-filled and silicone-filled textured breast implants (medical device licences 3112, 72262, 72263, 87277, and 87279) will be removed from the Canadian market and no longer be sold. Natrelle smooth implants and tissue expanders are not impacted by this licence suspension and voluntary recall.

Do your patients have questions about osteoarthritis? The OASIS (Osteoarthritis Service Integration System) program offers free, comprehensive educational classes aimed at helping people self-manage their osteoarthritis. The interactive, motivating classes are led by a team of seasoned educators (OT, PT, nurse, and dietitian) who are skilled at communicating ways of living better with a chronic condition. Classes are offered at various locations throughout the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region. A referral is not needed, but registration is required.

Katherine Ryeburn

Doctors of BC has awarded its two annual scholarships of $1000 to Ms Katherine Ryeburn of Prince Rupert and Mr Ian Grabher of Nanaimo. As usual, there was an abundance of highly impressive applicants, so the recipients are truly outstanding.