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Obituaries / BY: Larry Barzelai, MD, June 2009
... had a thriving office practice, looked after patients in hospital, did surgical assists, and made frequent house ... facilities. His main connection was with St. Vincent’s Hospital in Vancouver, which he served in many capacities. He ... little-known country of Namibia and could get excited when my mother’s cruise ship stopped there in Walvis Bay. He ...
Premise / BY: Alexandra Tcheremenska-Greenhill, MD, June 2009
... to our identity as a profession. The main focus of my talk will be to reflect on how Osler’s work can ... welcome from the local medical community. I have to thank my colleagues, many of whom are present tonight, for all of ... where he became the first chief of staff at Johns Hopkins Hospital and, in partnership with three other physicians, he ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD June 2009
This will be my last Comment as your president. During this past year I ... there have been efforts by many groups to enhance green hospital policies and the greening of physicians’ offices. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tarek Khalil, MPH, MD, MCFP, July/August 2009
... less well in objective structured clinical examinations. My coauthor and I have direct experience of the enhancement ... Columbia, I was a practitioner in Egypt for 13 years. My training in communication skills with JB resulted in ... director) of the Department of Psychiatry at Richmond Hospital, British Columbia. ...
Back Page / BY: Maggie Watt, MD, CCFP, September 2009
... Pankratz’s story reminded me of the best medical advice my father (a retired orthopaedic surgeon) passed on to me: ... clothes off and examine them!”  This statement rings in my mind daily as I see patients and am tempted to save time ... was born by elective cesarean section in my own community hospital in Duncan. What could be difficult about that? Get ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2009
... did you originally get into medicine? As a young man in my 20s, I was teaching school in a small town in central Alberta, and I got to know my GP, Dr Hoffman. I had tremendous respect for him, for what ... doing a general rotating internship at the Calgary General Hospital, I embarked on the 4-year O&G residency.  About 6 ...
Letters / BY: Bernie Littlejohn, September 2009
... off by something inadequate and time consuming. As an ex-hospital board member I also remember the implementation ... a psychiatric expert system just as I was assembling my first personal computer in 1977.  Later on, Dr Long hired ... certainly time that you had such a useful system. I hope my comments are useful. —Bernie Littlejohn Williams Lake ...
Letters / BY: John de Couto, MD, October 2009
... along conventional lines with primary obstetrics care, hospital care including serving orphaned patients on rota for ... called “doctor of the day,” and so forth. I now serve my patients out of a reputable walk-in organization and see ... only reveals to me true ignorance. I have now brought my patients and practice to merge into an established walk-in ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2009
... thoracic, vascular, and neurosurgery.  As a result, my patient spent an entire day at the hospital for a pre-admission appointment, which consisted of ... blood work, an ECG, radiographs, and various assessments. My patient works in the health care field and he is a ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2009
... Godwin spent his cardiology career at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster.  As I spent my rotating internship at RCH, I have a special interest in ... I know he’s not dead yet as I recently saw him walk past my office in Langley. Dr Godwin was always a practical, ...