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Clinical Articles / BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... a prompt diagnosis. The Screening Mammography Program of BC introduced fast track booking for evaluation of ... radiology or by the ordering physician, depending on the centre. With so many different approaches and pathways, ... Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the BC Cancer Surgical Oncology Network for facilitating a series ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC May 2018
... of LGV was first reported in Canada in 2003 and in BC in 2004. Over the past decade, LGV has become increasingly ... been 144 LGV cases (probable and confirmed) reported in BC ( Figure ). From 2004 to 2010, 2.7 LGV cases, on average, ... LGV. In addition, since 2012, clinics operated by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), some of which serve MSM ...
Letters / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2018
... more efficacious than surgery. The medical profession in BC has made requests to the Minister of Health to consider ... First agenda, there was no concern for residents of BC who could not start a family. While the current NDP ... —Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC Co-Director at the Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine —Jon Havelock, MD ...
News September 2018
... for COPD, the leading cause of hospital admissions in BC and Canada. Hackett, who is also a principal investigator at St. Paul’s Hospital Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI), and her research team ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD June 2018
... with pharmacological options or used on their own. The Centre for Effective Practice in Toronto divides ... aligns with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s standards and guidelines for safe prescribing of ...
Editorials / BY: Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... Columbia. When the surgery is done in a high-volume centre with today’s surgical techniques, patients rarely ... of Surgery, University of British Columbia  President, BC Obesity Society Editorials Guest editorial: A ...
Obituaries / BY: William G. Johnston, MB, FRCS July/August 2018
... In 1979, Katie moved with her family to Chilliwack, BC, and soon after she gave birth to her second son, Edward. ... was also proud of Netcare, a multidisciplinary day-care centre for the elderly that she helped to establish. Katie ...
News March 2018
The new Urgent Care Centre at BC Women’s Hospital is the only one of its kind ... who arrive for triage, assessment, and admissions to BC Women’s Hospital. The new facility provides care to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katherine A. Blood, MD, PhD January/February 2018
... cancer—the number one cancer diagnosed in women in BC.[ 1 ] The majority of breast cancers are thought to occur ... population.[ 1 ] The Hereditary Cancer Program (HCP) at BC Cancer accepts physician or self-referrals for hereditary ... to the High-Risk Clinic at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre. The clinic is run by a nurse practitioner and a ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD May 2018
... Division of Family Practice and the Rural Coordinating Centre of BC, both of which are funded through Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Several ongoing projects arose ...