On behalf of: Primary Care Clinical Operations Resource Team
The Primary Care Grand Rounds team invites all Primary Care team members to join an upcoming virtual session focused on re‑examining end‑of‑life care.
Session Details
Topic: Factitious Disorder in Primary Care
Presenter: Dr. Chris Blashko and Dr. Spencer Cleave
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Location: Virtual via MS Teams - contact PCGrandRounds@islandhealth.ca for link
About the Presenters
Dr. Chris Blashko is a consulting psychiatrist with over 25 years of experience in psychosomatic medicine. A graduate of the University of Alberta with psychiatry training from the University of Calgary, he has been the Service Lead for Consultation Liaison Services at Royal Jubilee Hospital since 2008 and currently works at the MS Clinic, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and RJH.
Dr. Spencer Cleave is a family physician, hospitalist, and founder/Physician Lead of the High Complexity Care Team. Trained at UBC Vancouver's campus followed by a family medicine residency in Victoria. Dr. Cleave has worked in rural emergency throughout Western Canada, critical care associate, and most recently a hospitalist physician at VGH.
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