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Celebration of Excellence Awards: Island Health peer nominated awards
The Celebration of Excellence Awards are peer nominated Island Health Awards to recognize a well deserving individual or team.
Learn more about MAiD and Palliative/End of Life Care in Central and North Island with Dr. Marie-Clare Hopwood and Dr. Wendy Johnsen
Dr. Marie-Clare Hopwood and Dr. Wendy Johnsen will present at regularly scheduled Central and North Island Divisions of Family Practice meetings this fall.
VP Pandemic Planning & Chief MHO Joint Update: October 26, 2020
Over the weekend, B.C. saw the largest increase of cases since the start of the pandemic. As many new cases are a direct result of social gatherings in private homes, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced a new provincial order that limits gatherings in private homes to no more than immediate household members, plus a maximum of six others.
Welcome New Medical Leader
Welcome Dr. Susan Finch, new Medical Lead, Cross Campus MHSU Acute & Community, Geo 1.
Announcement: Dr. Steve Loken, Executive Medical Director Geo 2
Dr. Steve Loken has accepted the Executive Medical Director, Geo 2 position, effective October 1, 2020. In this role, Dr. Loken will serve as the EMD for Nanaimo, Oceanside and Alberni-Clayoquot regions.
Welcome Dr. David Butcher, new Medical Lead, Family Practice, Lady Minto Hospital.
Effective September 1st, 2020, Dr. David Butcher assumed the Medical Lead, Family Practice, Lady Minto Hospital role. Dr. Butcher is taking on this new role while also continuing at the Health Authority Medical Advisory Committee Chair which he has held since April 2019.
Dr. Dennis McElgunn Scholarship and Rounds Launches
Long time Victoria emergency physician Dr. Dennis McElgunn passed away earlier this year while still an active emergency medicine physician in his 45th year of providing exemplary emergency medical care. Dr. McElgunn was a loved and respected leader in Canadian emergency medicine. He began his emergency medicine career in 1975 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. At that time emergency shifts were covered by general practitioners. In this way, Dr. McElgunn was one of Canada's first Emergency Medicine specialists.
West Coast General Welcomes New Emergency Doctor
Dr. James Williams has joined the emergency department at West Coast General. As reported in the Ha-Shilth-Sa newspaper, Dr. Williams is a 28-year-old member of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation in Yukon. During his medical education at the University of British Columbia, he completed rural elective work in Port Alberni.
Thank you, Dr. Jim Ferguson
For more than 35 years, Dr. Jim Ferguson faithfully served the people of the Alberni Valley until last spring, when he stepped back from full time surgical work.