Practice Partner
53 Doc Talk
If doctors are to understand the whole person when they treat their patient, then they need to understand the patient in the context of their family.
55 Office Consult
A pharmacist offers to provide you free rent if you relocate your practice next to his pharmacy. It might sound like a great deal, but accepting the offer would put you in a conflict of interest.
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5 Message from the President
Dr. Joel Kirsh reflects on an eventful year as President.
7 From the Registrar’ s Desk
Dr. Rocco Gerace is encouraged by the Ontario government’ s pledge to make data from the Narcotics Monitoring System available to all physicians.
11 Reports From Council
We report on the discussions and decisions at the December Council.
15 Council Award – Dr. Mohit Bhandari
Dr. Mohit Bhandari, a Hamilton orthopedic surgeon and an internationally recognized leader in clinical orthopedic trauma research, is presented with the Council Award.
58 Discipline Summaries
Summaries of the following cases are included in this issue: W. A. Botros, S. T. Dobrowolski, J. E. Esmond, M. E. McIntyre, S. J. Sliwin, A. T. Wojcicki, IJK.
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10 New Leadership
Dr. David Rouselle, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Newmarket, becomes the new President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Dr. Steven Bodley, an anesthesiologist from North Bay, with a focus on pain management, becomes Vice-President.
14 New Academic Representative – Janet van Vlymen
The College is pleased to welcome Dr. Janet van Vlymen to the Council table as the academic representative from Queen’ s University.
17 Election Results
Three doctors, new to Council, take a seat at the Council table.
52 Have Your Say
We welcome your feedback on proposed changes to policies, regulations, by-laws and other initiatives in development.
57 Suspended Physicians
Thirty-two physicians had their certificate of registration suspended for failure to complete the College’ s 2016 annual renewal requirements.
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Dialogue Issue 4, 2016