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News January/February 2011
... developed by cancer researchers and dermatologists at the BC Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia. The ... the Verisante Aura series, has been in development at the BC Cancer Agency for more than 6 years and has been tested on ...
News&Notes / BY: Dan Small, PhD, MPhil Cantab, January/February 2011
... of the Naicisyhp culture originate in Egypt in 1900 BC.[ 2,3 ] These early observations described a Naicisyhp ... healer, Setarcoppih, believed to have been born in 460 BC.[ 3,4 ] Some scholars question whether Setarcoppih was an ... by region from the various Nai­cisyhp communities in BC and five are appointed from the wider BC culture as part ...
Obituaries / BY: Bruce Gillespie, January/February 2011
... man with an adventurous spirit, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1925, son of Erroll and Catharine Gillespie (née ... Hospital.  Voluntary activities included serving as the BC representative to the American Board of Pediatrics for 5 ...
Obituaries / BY: William J. McLaren, MBChB, January/February 2011
... he had forgotten his trousers! He moved west to Smithers, BC, where he met the love of his life, Annie, a French-born ...
Obituaries / BY: Doug Wilson, MD, January/February 2011
... Services Division, Ministry of Health, for the Province of BC. He retired from clinical medicine in 1987, moving back to ... Sciences Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3.  Any correspondence for Marjorie Wilson should ... be sent to Ms Kate Lucyk-Bowen, 12634 28th Avenue, Surrey, BC V4A 2P3.  When I hear the bagpipes sing, I know that Dad ...
Obituaries / BY: M. Graham Clay, MD, January/February 2011
... younger daughter, Andrea, is a family physician in Sidney, BC. Chris was born in London, England, where his father, Sir ... was located at 1665 West Broadway, now the address of the BC Medical Association. Aside from his own practice, his ... in shows at the Robson Square Media Centre and the BC Pavilion, as well as with a juried traveling exhibition ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, January/February 2011
Approximately half of the 5500 eligible BC physicians in community-based practice have now adopted an ... there are approximately 35 other physician mentors across BC who are happy to provide support and counsel to those at ... PITO relationship manager (see Contact Us at  www.pito.bc.ca ), or Valerie Woods, peer champion program manager at  ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD January/February 2011
We all know that BC is the abbreviation for our wonderful province, but it can ... is 310 million. Canada’s population is 34 million, and BC’s is 4.5 million. If we extrapolate from US data,[ 1 ] ... 25000 people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in BC each year.  Of those individuals about 750 die, 4000 are ...
WorkSafeBC January/February 2011
... industry. In June 2010 injured construction workers in BC were off the job for an average of 73 days. A variety of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2011
... is found throughout the highly populated areas of southern BC but reported LD cases remain rare. In 2008 the BCCDC ... partnered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC to assess physician knowledge, beliefs, and practices with respect to LD in BC. We developed and mailed a survey to all practising ...