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News July/August 2015
... Practice from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. Considered a pioneer in developing and teaching ... degree from McGill University, Dr Cooperberg came to BC in 1971 to train as a radiologist and quickly became a ...
Letters / BY: Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... risk of developing melanoma (US figures). Meanwhile, BC has a critical shortage of dermatologists--the melanoma ... There are 26 postings for dermatologists on Health Match BC, the provincial recruiting website ( www.healthmatchbc.org ... (according to the CMA Masterfile, January 2015). BC lost six dermatologists in the past 6 months alone. The ...
News December 2015
... All guidelines are available to physicians across BC via  www.BCGuidelines.ca . Atrial ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Patrick Tang, MD, PhD, April 2015
Every year approximately 300 people in BC are diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) disease.[ 1 ] ... M. tuberculosis  as half of AFB-positive specimens in BC result from nontuberculous mycobacteria; thus samples must ... results usually takes 4 weeks or more to complete. At the BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, DNA ...
News June 2015
... at risk of becoming clients of the child welfare sector in BC. The maximum grant eligible for consideration is $300 000 ...
Letters / BY: Bret Batchelor, MD, September 2015
... Are they going to force UBC to make every physician in BC an associate professor and start paying us all salaries? ... leaves the community. We all know that rural areas of BC are crying out for resources, and most rural physicians ...
Letters / BY: Brian Winsby, MD November 2015
... that may cause unnecessary confusion among Doctors of BC members. The letter states that MSP wants to decrease ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2015
... do this include: •    A first-of-its-kind, made-in-BC initiative that allows specialists and facility-based ... this is a wonderful and exciting time to be a physician in BC! —Bill Cavers, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Collaboration: Changing the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Linda Dix-Cooper, MSc, May 2015
... whether, how, and how much reproductive-age women new to BC from South and East Asia are exposed to and incorporate ... with funding provided by Health Canada, BCCDC, and the BC Ministry of Health. Newcomer women, health care providers, ... MPH Medical Director, Environmental Health Services, BCCDC BC Centre for Disease Control Developmental toxicant exposure ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2015
Many BC doctors are familiar with the antihistamine with the brand ...