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Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD March 2017
... new patient joins a practice, but must look to Doctors of BC and the Medical Services Commission to ensure that this is ... MD President, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC —Heidi M. Oetter, MD Registrar and CEO, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Letters The College and orphaned patients. College replies ...
News May 2017
... the United Kingdom, resulting in hundreds of infections in BC alone. Today, the bacterium still wreaks havoc as it can ... used samples of  Burkholderia  collected from BC patients during the outbreak in the 1990s to study the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tania Morrison, MHSc, RD June 2017
Over 1 in 10 households in BC are food insecure, and approximately 1 in 6 children under ...  showed that the majority of food-insecure households in BC are employed (65%), and a minority (15%) are receiving ... social services available to individuals and families in BC ( www.bc211.ca ). As trusted leaders, physicians are well ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
3 June 2017, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC To kick off the meeting, Mr Allan Seckel, CEO of Doctors of BC, informed the assembled members that Dr Michael Golbey’s ... Mr Allan Seckel referred members to the  Doctors of BC Report to Members  that summarizes the activities of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E. Pharo, BSc November 2017
... female presented to the emergency department in Victoria, BC, with a swollen left eyelid. Three days prior, she and her ... myiasis. This first documented Canadian-acquired case in BC is a reminder that practitioners should be familiar with ...
Letters / BY: Tracey Carpenter January/February 2017
... are truly amazing, and we want to thank the doctors across BC who impact the lives of heart children and their families. ... the care you provide. The Children’s Heart Network is a BC-based, family-led registered charity working to help ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD April 2017
... been challenged to hold 150 Walk With Your Doc events in BC this year. We continue to grow our collaborative efforts ... year we are working with the Physiotherapy Association of BC and the BC Recreation and Parks Association. For more information ...
Obituaries / BY: G.B. Gowd, FRCSC June 2017
... Arbor, Michigan; and Ottawa. In 1965 Dr Joneja moved to BC when he was appointed head of neurology at Riverview ... Shortly after, he recognized that the Interior of BC was very poorly served in advanced medical fields, ...
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: Laura Lim November 2017
... He served as board member and president of both the BC Urological Society (1987) and the Northwest Urological ...