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News September 2017
... forms of addiction facing the health care system in BC and a major driver of the recent surge in illicit drug ... of opioid use disorder. UBC CPD, in partnership with the BC Centre for Substance Use (BCCSU), has developed an online course intended for all BC physicians, nursing, and allied health professionals, and ...
Obituaries / BY: Rick Leather, MD September 2017
... with heart disease. As a medical fixture and leader in BC he trained hundreds of us at UBC over the past 35 years, ... the pioneers of the field and brought that expertise to BC as a new member of the UBC Division of Cardiology in 1981. ...
Obituaries / BY: John Ankenman, MDCM, FRCS September 2017
... Dr Herbert Fidler, he began the free Pap smear program in BC, which resulted in reducing deaths from cervical cancer by ... including chair of the Medical Ethics Committee of the BC government for organ transplants. He also chaired the ...
Obituaries / BY: Daryl Harder September 2017
... end of the day. He was born in Yarrow, near Chilliwack, BC, On a cold winter day, in 1933. Along with five siblings, ...
Obituaries / BY: Nis Schmidt, MD September 2017
... good academic ability, became a member of the renowned BC Boys Band, and enjoyed church youth groups. From the time ... and advancing specialty. As a result he became a leader in BC and across Canada in colorectal surgery, influencing its ...
Obituaries / BY: Roberta Ongley, MD September 2017
... we have lost one of the original pillars of dermatology in BC. After graduating from UBC Medicine in 1960, Dr Dodd ... Residency Program in Portland, Oregon. He returned to BC in the mid-60s and started a practice in the Fairmont ... Dermatology Association in 1986, and was active in the BC Section of Dermatology. In 1986 he took on the ...
Obituaries / BY: Dan McCarthy, MD September 2017
... son, a sudden and tragic death. Mr Dines served Doctors of BC for more than a decade, first as senior policy analyst in ... of Family Practice. All of the foregoing re-established BC doctors at the centre of patient care, in concert with the ... of staff who reported to him. After leaving Doctors of BC he carried on his dream of providing to physicians their ...
Premise / BY: Bill Murray, CFP September 2017
... Province,” the average annual salary for a physician in BC was $272 795 at the time. Assuming 2% inflation, this ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD September 2017
... intervention can cause a lifetime of pain. Doctors of BC has been involved in a number of initiatives striving to ... This work started in 2014 and was funded by Doctors of BC and the BC government. It brought GPs, specialists, four ministries, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Greg Meloche, PhD, RPsych September 2017
... 2017 Location: Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Vancouver, BC Information and registration details at ...