VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2 APRIL 2010 sports FROM QUEBEC CITY TO VANCOUVER Queen’s Medicine joins in the games! QMR.QMED.CA The Queen’s Medical Review gratefully acknowledges the financial support of: Queen’s Alma Mater Society Rural Ontario Medical Program Eastern Regional Medical Education Program CONTENTS REGULARS 2 From the Editors 3 Internal News AMY GLICKSMAN RENEE PANG 4 News in Medicine ZAINAB KHAN JACQUELINE WILLINSKY 8 Alumni Profile JOSHUA HALPERIN DR. ANDREW PIPE MYKOLAS KASPERAVICIUS 10 Point-Counterpoint MATTHEW WHITE “DOES THE NEW QUEEN’S ARC MEET MEDIcaL STUDENT EXPECTATIONS?” ERIK VAN OOSTEN 25 Crossword CHRISTOPHER AHUJA FEATURES 5 H1N1 Update CHRIS AHUJA 6 Sex, Sport and Scandal SARAH LEONARD 14 Photo Contest DIANA DIACONESCU TOP ENTRIES LIISA JOHNSTON SARAH LEONARD COMMUNITY 12 Queen’s Medical Student Carries the Torch! DANIEL ABRAMOWITZ 16 Queen’s at MedGames 2010 ERNEST EBERT 17 With Glowing Hearts WHITNEY SMITH OUR VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE MARK ROBINSON 18 MedGames Reflection KATRIN DOLGANOVA MEDGAMES PURSUES THE IDEALS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES 20 Beantown 2010 THURARSHEN JEYALINGAM HISTORY OF MEDICINE TRIP: BOSTON 21 Cross-Country ELIZABETH MILLER KINGSTON HOSTS THE FISU WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! 22 Rugby Championship UJASH SHETH GAELS cap UNDEFEATED SEASON WITH MEN’S OUA WIN 23 Queen’s Suffers Nail-Biting Epidemic CHRISTINA DISIPIO A POLISHED LOOK AT THE SUccESSES OF THE gaEL’S 2009 FOOTbaLL SEASON 24 Importance of community JESSICA MOE Cover image name artist EDITORS IN CHIEF Elizabeth Miller From the Editors Sarah Kawaguchi Jennifer Lee he 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games swept Canadians up in a flurry of patriotism, pride, excitement, and hope: feelings that radiated throughout SECRETARY the nation, and unified us over a common goal. The celebrations of our teams’ Katrin Dolganova Tsuccesses were an incredible demonstration of the passion that Canadians have for their athletes and for their country. The teamwork displayed by our athletes is similar to the teamwork involved in the medical profession. In this issue, we recognize the importance TREASURER Daniel Anselm of sport to Canadians and to the medical community alike. The games brought with them a wonderful sense of community that we hope to share with you. LAYOUT EDITORS While many of us eagerly glued our eyes to TV screens and celebrated the victories in Ana Bradi Kingston, a few students had the opportunity to travel to Vancouver and see the games Jennifer Gao live. Whitney Smith and Mark Robinson share their experiences as spectators, and Daniel Abramowitz shares his story as an official torch carrier. With countless travelers EDITORIAL BOARD congregating to Vancouver from all areas of the globe to cheer on their athletes, Chris Idara Edem Ahuja ties in his thoughts about the resurgence of H1N1 and its implications. Ujash Sheth Amy Glicksman Our alumni profile writers, Myk Kasperavicius and Joshua Halperin, had the fantastic Sarah Leonard opportunity to speak with Dr. Andrew Pipe (Meds ’74), a leading expert on smoking Muhammad Ali Furqan cessation, prevention of cardiovascular disease through physical activity, and drug use in Filgen Fung sport. He is also a member of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. Mercedes Pilkington Amanda Abate The camaraderie and exhilaration of the Olympic Games were similarly experienced Tim Nguyen Aliya Nurmohamed by Queen’s medical students who competed in the annual MedGames in Quebec City. Danae Krahn Katrin Dolganova and Ernest Ebert reflect on this memorable weekend. Jessica Moe Elizabeth Nguyen Back at home, Queen’s Gaels had successful seasons on both the rugby and football Andrei Vagaon pitches. Ujash Seth and Christina Disipio describe the highlights of what was a Jaspreet Rayat phenomenal fall season for Queen’s athletes. Queen’s had also gone through a myriad Danyela Lee of infrastructural changes which includes the addition of the new Queen’s Athletics & Carolyn Pasko Igal Raizman Recreation Centre. Does the centre meet the expectations of medical students? Matthew Sarah LeBlanc White and Erik van Oosten will sway you in either direction in this issue’s “Point- Katrin Dolganova Counterpoint”. Elizabeth Tai Lori-Anne Noyahr Sarah Leonard provides insight into some of the issues regarding health, sex and sport, in regards to the controversy over Castor Semenya’s win of the women’s 800m race at the 2009 Track and Field World Championships. INTERNAL NEWS Amy Glicksman Medical students had the opportunity to travel to Boston to learn about medical Renee Pang history from our beloved history of medicine teacher, Dr. Duffin. 2013 class president Thurarshen Jeyalingam shares his experiences. EXTERNAL NEWS Zainar Khan Memorable athletic moments and beautiful scenery were captured by talented medical Jacqueline Willinsky students on camera. Their work is displayed in the issue. Finally, Jessica Moe reminds us of the importance of community for our own health and FACULTY ADVISOR wellbeing. Dr. Jacalyn Duffin Thank you to Canada’s athletes for their inspiration! Thank you to our team of writers The views and opinions expressed are of the and editors who have made this issue a wonderful piece to share. Thank you to our original authors and are not necessarily repre- faculty advisor Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, for her guidance and wisdom. Thank you to our sentative of the views of the Queen’s Medical readers for being such an important part of our community. We hope you enjoy this Review, the School of Medicine or Queen’s University issue! Please address all correspondence to: Queen’s Medical Review c/o Undergraduate Medical Office Jennifer Lee 68 Barrie Street Elizabeth Miller Sarah Kawaguchi Kingston, ON, K7L 3J7 Editors in Chief E-mail: [email protected] NEWS Internal News BY AMY GLICKSMAN AND RENEE PANG TIME CAPSULE who participate will receive a tax credit the library’s collection and increase user for their donations. Additionally, the quotas while maintaining efficiency with With the building of the new medical Aesculapian Society has donated ten resources. The committee is currently school, current medical students are thousand five hundred dollars of its searching for interested individuals to undertaking the creation of a time capsule own funds toward the new building. A participate. Please contact vpinternal@ to commemorate their experiences at fantastic gift for Queen’s Medicine and qmed.ca for further information. medical school in the present day. They for future medical students! will have the opportunity to place objects HISTORY OF MEDICINE TRIP TO representing their daily life at Queen’s MENTORSHIP GROUP TRIVIA BOSTON into a time capsule to be buried in the NIGHT On the weekend of January 22, fifty-five new medical building. The time capsule Whether it was to test one’s wit or Queen’s medical students took advantage of will be uncovered in twenty-five years at random knowledge, Trivia Night was an a unique opportunity to explore the history a great celebration! Students and faculty exciting night for all medical students of medicine in Boston, one of the earliest will also be invited to select the tools, tests and faculty. This is the annual flagship and most prestigious medical centres in and exam findings that are important to event organized by the Mentorship North America. The History of Medicine different specialties and have important Group Program every winter. The trip was organized under the guidance meanings historically, and even in Mentorship Program is unique at of Dr. Jacalyn Duffin by both Jennifer present-day medicine. These items will be Queen’s, providing students with Baxter (2012) and Brian Chan (2013), displayed artistically throughout the new guidance from upper years, residents, and included 29 students from the class building. and faculty in an informal environment. of 2013 and 26 students from the class of GLOBAL HEALTH GALA This year’s event was held at the 2012. The trip was a breathtaking success, Grizzly Grill on Princess St. on March including tours of historical institutions The annual Global Health Gala, 2nd. It was a great success, with fierce and collections such as the EtherDome organized by the Global Health Working competition and a great turn-out! at Massachussetts General Hospital, Group, will take place March 25th at the Countway Library and Rare Books University Club. For the past three years, AESCULAPIAN SOCIETY Museum at Harvard Medical School, and this formal event has succeeded in raising STUDENT RESOURCES a brief tour of the Warren Anatomical between three and four thousand dollars. COMMITTEE Museum. This year’s event will see profits donated The Aesculapian Society Student to Save a Child’s Heart, an organization INTERVIEW WEEKEND Resources Committee was formed that provides medical and surgical care to in January in an effort to promote the This year, 530 candidates will travel to children with cardiac conditions living in use of clinical resources by students. Kingston to interview at Queen’s during developing countries . Co-chaired by AS President Taylor the month of March. Interviews will take THE STUDENT GIFT TO THE Lougheed and AS VP Internal place during the weekends of March 6 NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL Christopher Trebb, the committee and March 27. Along with the traditional includes volunteer members from all interview video and speech from faculty Last semester, more than eighty four graduating years. The mandate to candidates, the weekends will include percent of medical students voted in of the committee is to assess the activities organized by the first-year class. the November referendum in favor of current usage of library resources and There will be campus tours, Kingston bus pledging five hundred thousand dollars to identify any barriers for students tours, as well as billeting and transportation toward the creation of the new School in using the current resources offered from bus terminals and airports. Among of Medicine building. The funding will through Bracken Health Sciences events and icebreakers scheduled so far, come from an annual one hundred dollar Library.