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SPRING 2013 VoxMeDALTHE VOICE OF DALHOUSIE MEDICAL ALUMNI Dal Medical Alumni Making a Global Impact Dr. Norm Pinsky’80 on medical mission in Papua, New Guinea Register Gala 2013 pg 20 VoxMeDAL SPRING 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS alumni.medicine.dal.ca FEATURES Mailed under Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement #40601061 7 Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick Update 4 23 Share Your Memories DMAA VOX Editorial Board Editorial Director: Joanne Webber 42 In The Eyes of a Resident Editorial Board: DMAA Executive Officers Executive Assistant, Paulette Miles 44 Medical Students on Campus Public Relations Co-op Student, Kimberly MacLachlan Board of Directors, DMAA INITIATIVES Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association Executive 12 2012 DMAA Awards and Fall Reunion Dr. Dan Reid ’70 President, DMAA, Dr. Jean Gray PGM ‘72 Honourary President, DMAA 14 Gala 2012 DMAA Awards Dr. Michael Banks ’70 Treasurer Dr. Richard Langley ’90 Vice-President, 18 Gala 2013 DMAA Awards Dr. Merv Shaw ’65 Past President 20 Upcoming Reunions Members at Large Dr. David Amirault ’76 46 DMAA student-funded projects Dr. Amy Brennan ’08 Dr. Don Brown ’59 ALUMNI MAKING A DIFFERENCE Dr. Dennis Johnston ’58 Dr. Bill Mason ’61 Dr. Sarah Seaman ’02 26 Leading by Example: Dr. Miriam Nicholson ’91 Dr. John Steeves ’74 Dr. David Young ’73 28 Why I do Médicins Sans Frontières: Dr. Joanna Zed ’88 Dr. Raghu Venugopal ’01 26 30 Where No Doctor Has Gone Before: Executive Ex-Offico Dr. Tom Marrie, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Dr. Norm Pinsky ’80 Luke Richardson ’15, DMSS President Joanne Webber, Executive Director DMAA 32 Embracing Life in the North: Dr. Mary McHenry ’09, PARI-MP Dr. Sarah Jane Cook ’05 Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association 33 Fostering Care in Rural Communities: Office Location: Dr. Sarah Giles’ 05 1st Floor Tupper Building, 5850 College Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Mailing Address: FACULTY OF MEDICINE 5850 College Street, Rm 1C1, Box 15000 Halifax, N.S. B3H 4R2 38 Scholarship in Medicine Program 30 Tel: (902) 494-8800 Fax: (902) 422-1324 Brings Research to the Forefront Website: alumni.medicine.dal.ca BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 40 Bringing Dalhousie’s Innovations to Market 41 Physicians With Special Needs: What it Takes to Thrive DEPARTMENTS VoxMeDAL is published twice a year by Metro Guide Publishing Welcome Publisher: Patty Baxter 4 DMAA President’s Message Advertising Sales: Victoria MacDougall 44 5 DMAA Executive Director’s Message SPRING 2013 6 Dean’s Message VoxMeDALTHE VOICE OF DALHOUSIE MEDICAL ALUMNI Metro Guide Publishing 8 Voice of Alumni 1300 Hollis Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1T6 Updates Tel: (902) 420-9943 Fax: (902) 429-9058 48 DMAA News E: [email protected] On our cover: www.metroguidepublishing.ca Dr. Norm Pinsky ‘80 during 52 In Memoriam a medical mission in Papua, New Guinea SUMMER/FALL 2012 | V O X M E D A L 3 WELCOME DMAA PRESIDent’s Message Entering DMAA Gala 2012 3rd year as President By Dr. Dan Reid ’70 DMAA President ow entering my third year 2013 now in your calendar to attend our wall album will go. Tenders will go out as your DMAA President, next celebration. this winter/spring. Should you wish to let me share my continued Your DMAA’s commitment to student contribute to the project, please send or enthusiasm with you and all activities continues in the form of a drop your donation to the DMAA office. Nfellow alumni of the terrific achievements $10,000 grant to the DMSS. This year, A donation gift form appears as an insert happening within our alma mater. I’m happy to report an additional $2,000 with your issue of Vox. Dean Marrie’s continual leadership has been granted, as we are in reasonably My ongoing appreciation to our hard has seen a renewed curriculum take good financial order. Students are most working Executive Director, Joanne shape and a full accreditation be granted. appreciative and, I assure you, do spend Webber and her able Executive Assistant, Believe it or not he is doing a month of it wisely. As well, we will continue to Paulette Miles, who continue to operate in-classroom study with Med 1’s and support Resident Research Awards, each the alumni office smoothly and be Med 2’s to gain an even more insightful spring with two $1,000 prizes. responsive to your requests. I’m especially perspective of life in medical school As your DMAA representative on pleased with the assistance now offered to today. What a terrific commitment on his the Board of the Dalhousie Medical class reunions. Your class reps need only part, one that can only serve continued Research Foundation, I’m most impressed to call and/or e-mail the office for help. renewal in the undergraduate experience with their accomplishments. From the We are here to serve you! here. Dalhousie is indeed most fortunate Molly Appeal to large individual/estate All graduates of the medical school, to have him and his vast experience as our donations they are funding and growing in my view, owe a debt of gratitude Dean at this juncture as we continue to our research here. This helps in attracting to this terrific, long-serving and ever graduate the very best physician clinicians faculty and staff to our medical school. improving institution. Whether you in the country, if not in North America. This also helps to inform and promote graduated last year or 60 + years ago, I Our alumni gala dinner has really improved clinical training. A win/win all ask for your commitment to “our” medical become a signal event. Held in around. Ably led by Frank Sobey, this school endeavors. Your gift to Dalhousie conjunction with the Medical School prestigious board will become even more University, to the DMAA and/or your Homecoming (class reunions) weekend, successful in the near future. attendance at alumni events or even this year upwards of 300 attended. You will probably recall the large your personal comments will be greatly Pier 21 on the Halifax’s Waterfront had photo album containing class pictures received. Contact us at: medical.alumni@ a room filled with excitement, great which hangs on the north wall of the dal.ca or (902)494-8800 or even drop camaraderie and promises to return. Your Tupper Link. It is now overloaded. The by the office when you might be near the DMAA board has decided to continue DMAA will over the next year, create Tupper. this event and venue separate from the an electronic kiosk, displaying all class “upper campus” Dalhousie University photos plus additional alumni/med school Homecoming earlier in the fall. I hope information by a modern touch screen, you agree. Please, book October 18th, readily accessible set-up. The old photo 4 VOXMEDAL | SPRING 2013 | alumni.medicine.dal.ca WELCOME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Supporting Alumni & Students The DMAA shares stories and memories through reunions, galas and more By Joanne Webber DMAA Executive Director his issue of VoxMeDAL is award three to our medical students alumni with an interactive resource to packed with many inspiring for 2012. Please see page 45. The 2013 access electronic class composites, awards contributions from your fellow Gala is scheduled for October 18 at and alumni history. Also, a new website is alumni across the globe. Dr. Pier 21 in Halifax. We had a great under development, which should be up TNorman Pinsky ’80 shares his inspiring turnout and outstanding support from and running in the upcoming months. mission experiences, as he identifies the departments within the Faculty of In closing, I am thrilled to report “where no doctor has gone before” Medicine. Now is an excellent time to that the DMAA was able increase our (page 30). As well, a most inspirational nominate a classmate. Please see page 18 financial support to the DMSS to $12,000 contribution from Dr. Miriam Nicholson for the nomination form. in support of student projects; please ’91, sharing her philosophy of healthy I am pleased to report that several see page 46. This support can only be living and leading by example (page 26). reunion classes have already taken provided through alumni donations, Thank you to Dr. Gerald Joselson ’60 advantage of the full reunion services and your continued generosity allows for sharing his memories of Dalhousie offered by the DMAA office and us to sustain the longstanding tradition Medical School (page 23), and to Drs. preparations are well under way. Please of support to our medical students. Sarah Giles ’05 and Sarah Jane Cook ’05 contact the office at 902-494-8800 or With today’s declining public funding for sharing their experiences practicing in e-mail: [email protected]. A big resources, alumni donations make the rural communities. thank-you goes to Paulette and Kim from difference between a medical school and Thank you for sharing your feedback the DMAA office for their continued hard an exemplary medical school, which on content of VoxMeDAL. The DMAA work and excellent contribution to our we all know Dalhousie Medicine is staff have worked extremely hard to success! recognized for. implement your suggestions. A general motion from the Board, Thank you again for your continued Last year was a very progressive year for to proceed with fundraising and support! the DMAA. Updates from our last DMAA implementation of the new kiosk project Sincerely, Board of Directors meeting on December has been approved. The kiosk will provide Joanne Webber 17 include many successful initiatives. The 2012 DMAA Gala was enjoyed by many alumni and reunion classes. I would like to acknowledge the hard work of our DMAA President Dr. Reid ’70 for successfully raising $14,350 in sponsorship funds in support of our goal to deliver a special event in support of Dalhousie Medical School.