November

1930–2008

Alfonso Lawrence Molaro was born in Winnipeg and passed away in New York in June. His father came from Italy and his mother from North Dakota. He was predeceased by his brother Leonard and is survived by his sister Eleanor, of Manitoba. He met Maureen McCarthy in 1950 and they married in 1955. He leaves his beloved Maureen, daughters Marcia Carreira and Anita Patricia Molaro, and granddaughters Rhiannon and Nazare Carreira.

1935–2008

Colin Smailes was born in Yorkshire, England, and became a fourth-generation physician of the Smailes family. Educated at the Leys School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he later qualified from the Royal London Hospital.

1937–2007

Dr Fred Wilson died in April 2007 at the age of 70. Born in London, England, Dr Wilson received his medical training at King’s College and Westminster Hospital in London before graduating with an MBBS from the University of London. In 1971, he came to Canada and was chief medical resident, Shaughnessy Military Hospital. Then, as admitting officer he was responsible for two wards until Shaughnessy Hospital closed in 1985.

1925–2008

Dr Hedwige (Hedy) Chodos died in July after a short, devastating illness. As a friend and colleague, I was asked by her husband, Dr Joel Chodos, to write her story for the Journal’s In Memoriam section. 

What are we to make of the ACCORD study? This is a large, multicentre, randomized study to determine if aggressive treatment of cardiac risk factors will improve outcomes in a subset of higher-risk people with type 2 diabetes.

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