News /
BY: Erin Connors
November 2017
... was one of the first negotiated benefits implemented in BC. It was approved in 1974 after an NDP government was ... 40 years, the PDI plan has been an integral part of many BC physicians’ financial plans and serves to properly protect the income of BC physicians in conjunction with the Disability Income ...
News
November 2017
To view and download a PDF document of the Doctors of BC Representative Assembly delegates, 2017–2018, click here . News Doctors of BC Representative Assembly delegates, 2017–2018 ...
News /
BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd
November 2017
... with section heads and representatives of Doctors of BC to help them with their leadership skills. In the last ... and their professional associations. Dr Stein finds BC’s physicians highly motivated to become better ... circumstance rather than a deliberate choice. Doctors of BC president Dr Trina Larsen Soles is one example of this. ...
News
November 2017
... team, a partnership between Fraser Health, Doctors of BC, and the White Rock/South Surrey Division of Family ... youth to adult diabetes care. In addition, Doctors of BC’s own Clare O’Callaghan, communications manager, was ...
News
November 2017
... people in British Columbia, conducted jointly by the BC Cancer Agency and First Nations Health Authority, shows a ... and not all First Nations, Métis, or Inuit peoples in BC.) The study affirms the need for a system-wide response to ... improve cancer diagnosis and care for Indigenous people in BC, which is why the First Nations Health Authority, BC ...
Obituaries /
BY: Urve Kuusk, MD, FRCSC, FACS
November 2017
... outcomes. She was among one of the first physicians in BC to promote the benefits of screening mammograms, breast ...
Obituaries /
BY: Carol Stewart Walker
November 2017
... joined the first class of HMCS Venture at Esquimalt, BC. His dream at that time was to be a jet pilot, and after ... Ron was transferred to the army base in Chilliwack, BC, where he was appointed as the base surgeon and ran his ...
Obituaries /
BY: Laura Lim
November 2017
... He served as board member and president of both the BC Urological Society (1987) and the Northwest Urological ...
Premise /
BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd
November 2017
... to this question. Dr Biju Mathew, the president of the BC Psychiatric Association, shared his story at the 29 ... Asian Cultural Society (in Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows, BC), was looking for a new way to raise funds for the Ridge ... commitments at UBC, and to being the president of the BC Psychiatric Association. While Dr Mathew’s first book ...
President's Comment /
BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD
November 2017
... are added challenges for primary care physicians. The BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) is addressing these challenges by ... Network and assessing options for patient care in every BC community. Access to care and coordination of care are ... better coordination and integration of cancer care across BC. The BCCA has recognized the essential role primary care ...