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News July/August 2019
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, ...
News July/August 2019
... of life for patients. Dr Dean Regier, a scientist at BC Cancer, focuses his research on improving methods to ... next 2 years, a $500 000 project (funded through Genome BC’s Genesolve program and Illumina Inc.) will draw on ... Hospital, and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. For more information about Genome BC visit ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farshad Hosseini, BSc July/August 2019
... orthopaedic foot and ankle reconstruction, and a lack of BC experience regarding complications in lower extremity ... prophylaxis. By 2012 this approach was used by over 80% of BC patients. By 2017 coagulation factor prophylaxis was the ... that having a dedicated, specialized hemophilia treatment centre with the surgical team in close proximity has allowed ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Siu-Kae Yeong, MD September 2019
... , and there are between 200 and 250 new cases diagnosed in BC yearly. Approximately 21% of TB cases in BC are extrapulmonary, with lymphadenitis being a common ... requests at the Mycobacteriology Laboratory of the BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory (BCCDC ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2019
... effects.[ 18 , 22 ] A review from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction states that prenatal ... With legalization, consumption levels in Canada and BC are expected to rise. This is concerning because both ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC October 2019
... context of 919 cases of infectious syphilis reported in BC in 2018—representing the highest number of cases in 30 ... example, increased cases in females of childbearing age), BC’s provincial health officer declared a syphilis outbreak ... diseases experts from BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, the decision was made to institute interim provincial ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... 9 ] Since treatment by a physician is covered by the BC Medical Services Plan (MSP), family physicians remain the ... First, the major family physician shortage in most of BC, including Vancouver Island,[ 10 ] leaves family ... per session during the training. A centralized referral centre was established, embedded within the Victoria Division ...
Obituaries / BY: Glenn A. Scheske, MD, FRCPC November 2019
... away in the ICU of Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC, on 23 February 2019 at the age of 75. It was ironic, but ... His political viewpoint was definitely to the right of centre. Dennis leaves behind his wife of 48 years, Robin; his ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD November 2019
... physician burnout is more prevalent and more intense among BC physicians than it has been in the past, and it details ... of health.[ 4 ] Many initiatives are currently underway in BC through the implementation of patient medical homes and ... and remote: Gabriola Island Gabriola Community Health Centre patient medical home model The patient medical home ...
Obituaries / BY: N.G. Nair, MBBS, FRCPC December 2019
... and Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1991 Lito moved to Langley, BC, with his family and started working as a consultant ... at Langley Memorial Hospital and at Langley Mental Health Centre, and also opened his private practice. Lito was very ...