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A MEDICAL SUCCESS STORY DMNB Launches First Graduating Class ISSN 2292-6348 SUMMER/FALL 2014 ­VoxMeDALTHE VOICE OF DALHOUSIE MEDICAL ALUMNI A MEDICAL SUCCESS STORY DMNB launches first graduating class Introducing 2014 DMAA award recipients Like us on Facebook! facebook.com/dalmedalumni VoxMeDAL SUMMER/FALL 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS alumni.medicine.dal.ca Mailed under Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement #40601061 FEATURES 6 Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick Update DMAA VOX Editorial Board Nicole Tanner 8 120 years later: Women, medicine, and Kimberly MacLachlan Dalhousie Board of Directors 35 Convocation Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association DMAA INITIATIVES Executive 7 Dr. David Amirault’76, President 10 What’s New on the DMAA Scene Dr. John Steeves’74, Vice President Dr. Michael Banks’70, Treasurer 14 Gala 2014 DMAA Awards Dr. Dan Reid’70, Past-President Dr. Robert Baillie’70, Honorary President ALUMNI MAKING A DIFFERENCE Members at Large 24 Life and practise as a rural family physician Dr. Don Brown’59 Advocating for Parkinson’s care: A true, Dr. George Ferrier’73 26 Dr. Cindy Forbes’85 unplanned privilege Dr. Katherine Glazebrook’94 28 Providing vital care to refugees Dr. Samantha Gray’07 Dr. Margaret Leighton’77 30 Serving his country at home and abroad Dr. Bill Mason’61 Dr. Merv Shaw’65 FACULTY OF MEDICINE Dr. Joanna Zed’88 8 32 A medical success story Executive Ex-Officio Dr. Tom Marrie’70, Dean, Faculty of Medicine 33 DMNB Launch 2014 Mr. Russell Christie’17, DMSS President Dr. Aisling Porter’10, PARI-MP 34 Introducing the Foundation Course in Occupational Medicine Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association Office Location: 1st Floor Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 5850 College Street 40 EHS LifeFlight: A network of care Halifax, N.S. B3H 4R2 Mailing Address: 42 Social media and the Internet in health care: 5850 College Street, Rm 1C1, Box 15000 A growing trend Halifax, N.S. B3H 4R2 Tel: (902) 494-8800 Fax: (902) 422-1324 Email: [email protected] 30 Website: alumni.medicine.dal.ca DEPARTMENTS Welcome 4 DMAA President’s Message 5 Dean’s Message 7 Voice of Alumni Updates VoxMeDAL is published twice a year 44 DMAA News by Metro Guide Publishing 40 Publisher: Patty Baxter 46 In Memoriam Advertising Sales: Will Diamond Metro Guide Publishing 162 Trider Crescent Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1R6 Tel: (902) 420-9943 Fax: (902) 429-9058 On our cover: Dalhousie Medicine New E: [email protected] Brunswick’s first graduating class, www.metroguidepublishing.ca pictured in front of the old Saint John General Hospital dome. Photo: Joy Cummings SUMMER/FALL 2014 | V O X M E D A L 3 WELCOME DMAA PRESIDent’s Message Welcome from the new DMAA president By Dr. David Amirault’76 DMAA President Dr. David Amirault’76 ike the line from the Talking The DMAA will continue to I see now why my father once told me Heads song “Once in a Lifetime,” remain very active in the support that as you get older, life seems to roll I ask myself, “How did I get of undergraduate medical activities, along like a fast-flowing river. As our lives here?” When our past-president, including financial support and get busier, it is often difficult to find the LDan Reid’70, asked me to join the DMAA mentoring of undergraduate medical time to reflect on the past. It is difficult Executive, I said yes. When I was asked to students. In addition, the DMAA supports to think about how you got here and be president for 2014-15, I said yes, and student awards and plays a very active who helped you along the way. I would so it goes. role in convocation week. Also, this year ask that you take this opportunity to get I am honoured to be the president of the DMAA will explore opportunities to a group of your classmates together this the DMAA this year. I know I have huge support the medical school in fundraising year and come out to the Gala Dinner. shoes to fill to follow in the footsteps in these very difficult financial times. Reconnect, share a laugh, and raise a glass. of that noted raconteur, sportsman, This year, I would encourage all You may even win a major prize. See you illustrious family physician, and leader, medical alumni, when in town, to take a there. Dr. Dan Reid. On behalf of the board of trip to the Tupper Link to view the new the DMAA, I would like to express our touchscreen photo kiosk. This was an sincere thanks to Dan for his stalwart initiative of the DMAA Board of Directors leadership over the past three years. I will and provides a new, interactive way to rely heavily on Dan’s experience to tutor view the history of the medical school me along. As well, I would like to thank and past graduating classes. This is a the Board of Directors for their leadership great improvement over the old panels and continued mentoring over the next of class photographs that one had to sift year. through in the past. This year saw a number of changes in I would like to remind all alumni the organizational structure of the DMAA about the DMAA Awards Gala Dinner office. I would like to say special thanks on October 17 at Pier 21. It is your to Dr. Tom Marrie’70, our outstanding support of the Gala Dinner that allows dean, for his support of the new direction the DMAA to fund the all-important for the DMAA. In particular, I would like student initiatives and awards. Pier 21 to thank Anne Weeden, assistant dean of is a great venue for this event and has operations, for her mentorship of our new become extremely popular over the last office staff. few years. 4 VOXMEDAL | SUMMER/FALL 2014 | alumni.medicine.dal.ca WELCOME DEAN’S MESSAGE Congratulations to the class of 2014 By Dr. Thomas J. Marrie’70 Dean, Faculty of Medicine Dr. Thomas J. Marrie’70 ongratulations to the class unmatched after the second round. most funding agencies now expect the of 2014. For any dean of To deal with this, we have created funds they supply to be matched by the medicine, this is one of the a special student category that will researcher’s host institution. best days of the year. In four allow unmatched students to prepare Every year, many of our faculty Cshort years, you have come from knowing themselves for the next match cycle. members are honoured for their virtually nothing about medicine and care We have just finished the first year achievements. This year Dr. Ford Doolittle of the sick to having in-depth knowledge of our newest curricular innovation, received the Herzberg prize—really given of the human mind and body. You are “Research in Medicine.” I will present an for a career of outstanding research and the now prepared for the next step on your update on this program at the fall DMAA highest such honour in Canada. Dr. T.J. journey: residency. This year is special Alumni Awards Gala Dinner. This is just (Jock) Murray’63 was inducted into the because 30 of you are from Dalhousie another reason for you to attend what is Canadian Medical Hall of Fame on April Medicine New Brunswick. DMNB’s the best alumni event of the year. 24, 2014, the third of our alumni to receive progress mirrors your own. In this case, I would like to thank our past alumni this award. Last year, Dr. Ian Rusted’48 in five short years the program has gone president, Dr. Dan Reid’70. Dan has was so honoured (posthumously). Dr. from an idea to reality, and what a reality steered the alumni association through Walter C. MacKenzie’33 was also inducted it is—this is a program that is second to a number of challenges over the past on April 24, 2014. As you read this issue, none. Dr. John Steeves’74, faculty, and several years. He leaves the DMAA well- you will learn about the accomplishments staff at DMNB are to be congratulated, as prepared to help raise awareness about of four other alumni—this is the is the Government of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Medicine’s mission to educate organization to which you, the class of UNB Saint John. A lot of people worked doctors of the future, enhance patient 2014, now belong. together effectively to make this happen. care, and advance innovative research. You are entering a world of rapid With the alumni’s help, we need to build change. Nova Scotia will soon go from our endowment funds. If we are to sustain nine health districts to two. Physician our research and our researchers, we resource planning in every province need to substantially grow our research will affect you. The CaRMS match has endowments. The current public funding taken on new meaning in the last couple environment is extremely challenging, of years. Due to the overwhelming with funding success rates of less than number of those in the match, this year 20 per cent for new investigators, and just slightly over 6,000, some graduates researchers are often stalled when bridge of Canadian medical schools remain funding is not available. In addition, alumni.medicine.dal.ca | SUMMER/FALL 2014 | VOXMEDAL 5 DALHOUSIE MEDICINE NEW BRUNSWICK Evolution and opportunity: Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick update We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. – Walt Disney By Dr. John Steeves’74 Associate Dean, DMNB Dr. John Steeves’74 his is already shaping up to administrative umbrella for the Faculty academics has shown great support this be another milestone year for of Medicine in New Brunswick, we are year with the newly created Research DMNB.
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