Doctors Making a Difference

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Dr Richard Wadge

A life in medicine well lived, well left

July 10, 2018

Since April, in the series "Doctors Making a Difference, "Doctors of BC has been profiling BC physicians going above and beyond to create better patient care or improve the medical system. 

We've asked doctors to nominate their colleagues, a number of whom this spring...
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mentorship, medical aid in dying (MAID), physician assisted death, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), general practice
Dr Melissa Obersholster

Dr Melissa Oberholster – From South Africa to Nanaimo

June 20, 2018

In addition to caring for her patients, she is a leader in recruiting physicians to Vancouver Island. “We don’t recruit a physician, we recruit a family.”

 

When Dr Melissa Oberholster first arrived in Nanaimo BC, straight from South Africa in January 2009, two feet of...
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recruitment, divisions of family practice
Dr Tom Wallace

Dr Tom Wallace – A surgeon with an engineer's eye

June 6, 2018

When patients go into the hospital for surgery, everyone  — especially the patient — wants the operation to go well with no complications, a quick recovery time and a short hospital stay.

Kamloops surgeon Dr Tom Wallace is helping lead a special approach — that includes the patient as a...
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quality improvement, ERAS, post-operative care, surgical improvement
Dr Shikha Minhas

Dr Shikha Minhas – Care and Compassion Defines Her Work

May 11, 2018

As a palliative care physician, Dr Shikha Minhas can’t offer her dying patients miracle cures. But she can give them comfort as they pass.

With her medical expertise and compassionate manner, she has cared for hundreds of patients at Surrey Memorial Hospital during their journey at the...
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Dr Peimer with patient

Dr Jeff Peimer: ER physician providing care for troubled kids in Williams Lake

April 18, 2018

As a physician in South Africa, Dr Jeff Peimer blended his time between two passions - psychiatry and emergency medicine. He loved the ER for its fast-pace and medical diversity. He loved psychiatry for its careful, respectful listening, its need to ask the right questions to get to the right...
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