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Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2025
... and Surgeons of Ontario exclusive authority to license doctors, requiring applicants to have attended at least one ... future generations of women in medicine.[ 3 ]  This year, Doctors of BC celebrates 125 years of advocating for and supporting BC ...
Obituaries / BY: William Sanders, MD May 2025
Dr Gavin Smart passed away suddenly in Vernon, BC, on 27 February 2025. Gavin was born in Edmonton and grew ... and then worked briefly in Thunder Bay before returning to BC to start a residency in rehabilitation medicine. After 1 ... was one of the main organizers of the annual Vernon Doctors Hockey tournament, was a physician to the Air Rescue ...
News May 2025
May is Doctors of BC’s annual awards month, dedicated to showcasing and recognizing outstanding doctors who make extraordinary contributions to their ... to live? If so, please nominate them for a Doctors of BC award. More information is available on the Awards for ...
News June 2025
... practice profiles are now available in the member area of Doctors of BC’s website (login required). The new interactive format ... Find more information about mini practice profiles on the Doctors of BC website . Join an upcoming CME-accredited ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD June 2025
... available. The Physician Health Program, offered through Doctors of BC, provides free, confidential support for physicians, ... something better on the other side. —Charlene Lui, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Maintaining your ...
Letters / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD June 2025
... bylaw changes of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) under the 2022 Health Professions and Occupations ... and continuing education of its registrants. Perhaps Doctors of BC can advocate for a name change for the CPSBC that more ...
Original Research / BY: Olivia F. Hunter July/August 2025
... other marginalized groups.[ 12,13 ] The publicly available BC Surgical Wait Times (BCSWT) database tracks quarterly data ... an overview of the recent state of surgical wait times in BC using BCSWT data.[ 15 ] Methods Data were analyzed from Q2 ... 17 ] Further, reports by the BC Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC acknowledged that operating room capacity was ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC July/August 2025
... and the licensing of dozens of physicians from outside BC by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC). ... our educational platform ( https://arcryo.ca ), up to five doctors from dozens of institutions around the world come to ... opportunities around the world is streamlined. Through Doctors of BC and Island Health Research grants, we now treat ...
News / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2025
... advances a dangerous vision that, if realized, will see doctors drawn from the public system into a private one ... to challenge the restrictions on private care contained in BC’s Medicare Protection Act.     Cambie Surgeries ... Columbia was launched in 2009. Eleven years later the BC Supreme Court released its decision upholding the impugned ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Jaron Easterbrook, MD July/August 2025
... in numbers At Rocky Mountain Health Centre in Fernie, BC, six family physicians have contributed data to FPSC’s ... in your practice on the PSP ( https://fpscbc.ca/psp ) and Doctors Technology Office ( www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/doctors-technology-office ) web pages, or submit a service ...