November

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have successfully prevented drug-resistant bacteria from forming abscesses using a peptide, which worked by disrupting the bacteria’s stress response. Abscesses are responsible for 3.2 million emergency room visits every year in the United States, and standard treatment for abscesses involves cutting out the infected tissue or draining it.

Dr Vishal Varshney

What profession might you have pursued, if not medicine?
Something in marketing or political science. I am fascinated by both.

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Educating patients about their health and the health care system can help to ensure that they make healthy, informed choices and feel engaged in their own care. A growing number of divisions of family practice have developed patient education and awareness campaigns, giving GPs the opportunity to contribute their knowledge to the creation of community-specific resources that can help improve the health and experiences of their patients.

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Directing British Columbia’s kidney transplant program for 19 years might seem an unexpected destiny for a skinny kid from small town Alberta, but Dr Ted Reeve’s trajectory had a logical—albeit idiosyncratic—path that made such an outcome all but inevitable.

Dr Sheldon C. Naiman passed away in July 2016 following a short illness. Dr Naiman was a beloved family man and a mentor to many individuals in the medical community in BC.