VoSUMMER/FxALL 2010 MeDAL THE VOICE OF DALHOUSIE MEDICAL ALUMNI Come back to your medical school Oct. 14 –15, 2010 DMAA Alumni Gala & Medical School Tour Oct. 14 & 15 see page 12 Prime Minister Stephen The new face of medicine: Can we save our health-care system? Harper and Dr. Ivar Mendez Rebecca McGinn ’10 Join us on Oct. 14 for a keynote address by Dr. Eldon Smith ’67 Resear ch is everything. The Molly Appeal is pr oud to support the world-class research happening right here in the F aculty of Medicine . www .mollyappeal.ca Dalhousie Medical Resear ch F oundation 902.494.3502 T oll-fr ee 1.888.866.6559 Suite 1-A1, Sir Charles T upper Medical Building, 5850 College Str eet, Halifax NS B3H 4H7 VoxMeDAL SUMMER/FALL 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS alumni.medicine.dal.ca Mailed under Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement # 40601061 FEATURES 12 Register for the DMAA Gala & Medical Tour 19 Global health DMAA VOX Editorial Board Editorial Director: Joanne Webber 38 DMAA book club Editorial Board: Dr. Alf Bent ’73, President DMAA, Paulette Miles DMAA INITIATIVES Board of Directors, Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association 7 Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick update Executive Dr. Ron Stewart ’70 Honourary President, DMAA 11 What’s new on the DMAA scene Dr. Alf Bent ’73 President, DMAA, Dr. Dan Reid ’70 Vice President, 13 Alumni Gala Awards: keynote speaker Dr. Vonda Hayes ’71 Past President Dr. Eldon Smith 11 Members at Large Dr. Robert Anderson ’54 14 Medical Research Tour & Tea Dr. Don Brown ’59 Dr. Douglas Brown ’57 16 The Ambassador Program Dr. Margaret Casey ’68 18 Toast to the class of 2010 Dr. Janice Chisholm ’00 Dr. D.A. Gillis ’53 32 In the eyes of a resident Dr. Dennis Johnston ’58 Dr. Allan Purdy ’74 33 DMSS update Dr. Merv Shaw ’65 Dr. David Young ’73 FACULTY OF MEDICINE DMAA Chair in Medical Education Committee Dr. David Young 20 Supporting the next generation Dr. Allan Purdy 34 Dr. Alex Gillis 21 What makes a good doctor? DMAA President 22 Envisioning the Medical School of the Maritimes Executive Ex-Offico 23 Dalhousie physician meets Stephen Harper Dr. Tom Marrie, Dean of Faculty of Medicine 24 Charts map the history of medical education Haralambos Lavranos ’12 Charmaine Gaudet, Director of Communications FoM 26 Dalhousie’s Medical Humanities HEALS Program Joanne Webber, Executive Director DMAA 32 27 New research targets breast cancer metastases Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association 1st Floor Tupper Building, 5850 College St. Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H7 THE BUSINESS OF MEDICINE Tel: (902) 494-8800 Fax: (902) 494-1324 Website: alumni.medicine.dal.ca/ 29 Keeping bullies at bay 30 Finding the right dose 35 GRADUATING CLASS OF 2010 34 Convocation 2010 35 Alumni families VoxMeDAL is published twice a year 36 Graduating class prize lists by Metro Guide Publishing Publisher : Sheila Blair-Reid 37 Match Day Associate Publisher: Patricia Baxter Managing Editor: Trevor J. Adams Editor : Janice Hudson Design: Gwen North DEPARTMENTS Advertising Sales: Mary Jane Copps Production Coordinator: Dana Edgar Welcome Updates 4 DMAA President’s Message 40 DMAA NEWS 5 DMAA Executive Director’s 41 IN MEMORIAM Metro Guide Publishing 1300 Hollis Street Message 42 REUNIONS Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1T6 Tel: (902) 420-9943 Fax: (902) 429-9058 6 Dean’s Message E: [email protected] www.metroguidepublishing.ca 8 Voice of Alumni SUMMER/FALL 2010 | VOXMEDAL 3 WELCOME DMAA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Farewell message Continuing our growth and planning for the future By Dr. Vonda M. Hayes ’71 DMAA President elcome to this edition of organization and assistance with these events. VoxMeDAL . This issue features the Published twice per year, VoxMeDAL Wrecent graduation of the class of continues to keep our broad membership 2010 as well as many other exciting and informed of DMAA activities, as well as those ongoing activities within our medical school. of our medical students and the medical We’re changing more This will be my final message as your school. Kudos to Joanne Webber who has than our name. President. It is my pleasure to welcome done an excellent job of overseeing this Dr. Alf Bent ’73 as our incoming President. impressive publication. As you know, Dr. Bent has been the Joanne Webber and Paulette Miles are to Treasurer of our organization since last fall. As be congratulated again on the excellent finances continue to take a significant portion Awards Gala they organized for the DMAA in of our time and attention, this has been a October 2009. It was a spectacular success significant advance in our work. With the and a grand time was had by all. The only assistance of Executive Director Joanne reservation is that it will be difficult to execute Webber, Dr. Bent has gained an overall picture a repeat performance of the same calibre. That of our financial situation and its implications is, however, a delightful challenge to have! for our future. Hence, he comes well-prepared We continue to have other challenges: to act as our President over the coming 1) The $125,000 from the Dean’s office is months. Thank you, Alf, for undertaking this barely covering our operating expenses, task on our behalf. which are rising. The past 18 months as your President have 2) With the retirement of some of our board been busy and productive. We have furthered members, we need to identify and encour - our organization’s mandate and taken a age new members to become involved on number of successful steps to ensure the long- the board. For information on special rates term viability of our organization. Meetings of 3) We need to reach out to individual offered to patients through our the board and executive have occurred alumni who have been involved with AtlantiCARE program and regularly. Your bylaws are under review and the board previously to stimulate their business travel rates for medical we expect to have a new set before the board interest in the DMAA and its work. & educational professionals, call for ratification this fall. I wish to acknowledge and thank Joanne The amount of funding required to make Webber and Paulette Miles for their dedicated today. the Chair of Medical Education viable has work on our behalf. They are our front-line now increased to at least $3 million. This is ambassadors and interact consistently with our toll free 1.888.810.7288 one of the featured objectives in the university members in a numbers of ways. Thank you local 902.423.1161 fundraising campaign. We are making both for the high-calibre work you perform on contacts with interested alumni and expect behalf of our organization. [email protected] to learn of a “go-forward” position in the near Finally, I wish to express my appreciation www.atlanticahotelhalifax.com future. See page 20 for details. for the opportunity to serve as your President. Class reunions continue to be a venue for It has been an honour and a privilege to serve 1980 Robie Street alumni participation and for raising the profile our alumni. As your past President, I will Halifax, Nova Scotia of DMAA activities. Last year, 10 classes held continue to work on tasks in progress, such as B3H 3G5 reunions and seven classes attended our bringing a new set of bylaws back for ratifica - Independently owned & Awards Gala in October. This continues to be tion in the fall. Thank you very much for the operated by I.M.P. Group Limited an important avenue for engaging our alumni. opportunity of leading this important and Congratulations to Paulette Miles for her prestigious organization. 4 VOXMEDAL | SUMMER/FALL 2010 WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE LARGEST Join us! SELECTION OF Please mark October 14 and 15 in PREMIUM QUALITY your calendar for the DMAA Fall DIAMONDS IN Reunion and Gala Awards ATLANTIC CANADA By Joanne Webber DMAA Executive Director t is my pleasure to welcome you to this along with Dean Marrie who will give a special edition of VoxMeDAL . On behalf of the address at the event. IBoard of Directors, I would like to thank The 2010 Fall Reunion celebration includes Dr. Vonda Hayes for her dedication and com - events at the Dalhousie Medical School on mitment in serving as our President. We have Friday, October 15 at 10 a.m. The Medical experienced measurable benchmarks this past Alumni Research Tour and Tea is an excellent year. I am also extremely pleased to welcome opportunity to see the range of exciting work Dr. Alf Bent as our incoming President. and rapid advances taking place in the Tupper Dr. Bent brings experienced leadership to this Building. Please see pages 14 and 15 for role and I look forward to working with him. details and book your ticket now. It has been an extremely busy year with The magazine is also a method of significant progress taking place. The DMAA communicating timely messages about the Annual General Meeting took place at the practice of medicine today. Did you know that University Club on June 18. This past year many article ideas originate at the grass-roots we have continued to increase participation level, based on my discussions with our and introduce new ways of informing and medical students and alumni? Once a story involving members. The DMAA continues to topic is identified, I then research important work on achieving our goals of connecting issues and collaborate with many different alumni to the Faculty of Medicine, to each stakeholders who contribute greatly to each other, to medical students and to learning article. Due to the sensitive nature of some of opportunities.