Spring 2015
MAAMatters
U n i v e r s i t y o f t o r o n t o m e d i c a l a l u m n i a s s o c i at i o n m a g a z i n e
TEAM
PLAYERS
From pro athletes
to physicians
Thanks to donors • Dr. Peggy Hill lectureship
to come
TREASURER’S REPORT
Dr. Lyndon Mascarenhas (1984)
Increased donor support helps
to fund important initiatives
augment our support to the Medical
Society with $ 25,850 in funds for both
academic and non-academic initiatives.
In November 2014 we inaugurated the
Dr. Marguerite (Peggy) Hill (5T2) Annual
Lectureship on Indigenous Health with
Dr. Evan Adams as the first guest lecturer; it
was a successful and inspiring event. We have
maintained our commitment in 2014/15
with funding to several student-organized
groups, conferences and events, including:
the U of T International Health Program
(UTIHP) annual health and human rights
conference; the Aboriginal Health Elective
(funded by the MAA’s 4T6 Memorial Fund);
and a Daffydil alumni reception. We are
pleased to announce that the MAA hosted its
first Leadership Circle fundraising event, with
a reception and luncheon in April this year.
As of Feb. 28, 2015, with the guidance
of Mr. Dennis Babcock of BMO Nesbitt
Burns, our portfolio grew to $4,437,492,
an increase of 12 per cent from 2014.
Thanks to all donors for their support,
as well as our volunteer board and Ruth
Gillings, our administrator.
DEAN’S MESSAGE
Photography: Jayson Gallop
Donors responded generously
in 2013/2014, allowing us to help students
with interest-free loans, as well as a number
of student-life initiatives.
Thanks to your support, we received
$335,000 in mail, online and miscellaneous
donations, a 36 per cent increase from
2012/2013. We also received over $46,850
in individual bequests and donations to
endowed funds, a decrease from the
previous year. We disbursed $90,000 in
student loans, over $130,000 in awards,
scholarships and grants, and were able to
DR. TREVOR YOUNG
Walking the talk—for
ourselves and our patients
Medical Alumni Association
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MAA Matters is published by the
Medical Alumni Association in
co-operation with the University
of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine.
Editor: Fiona Irvine-Goulet
Contributors: Dr. Suan-Seh Foo, Ruth
Gillings, Dr. Peter Kopplin, Julie Lafford,
Dr. Lyndon Mascarenhas, Andrea
Santos, Morgan Tilley, Dr. Trevor Young
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cardiovascular disease, some types of cancer,
osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, high blood
pressure, depression, stress and anxiety. But
even for us doctors, walking the walk —
literally in this case — is a hard thing to do.
And because of our profession, people look
to us to model healthy lifestyles.
So as we put away the winter coats and
bring out the shorts and sneakers this spring,
let’s challenge ourselves to find ways to work
regular exercise into our routines. The answer
isn’t necessarily training for a marathon or
Cover photo (inset): Dwayne Brown/
Canadian Medical Association
Design & Art Director: Luisa De Vito
ON THE COVER: (Large photo):
World Rowing Champion, Jane
Thornton, with her Women’s Eight
Rowing team at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics. L to R : Lesley
Thompson-Willie, Jane Thornton,
Darcy Marquardt, Buffy Williams,
Romina Stefancic, Ashley Brzozowicz,
Sarah Bonikowsky, Andreanne Morin,
Heather Mandoli.(Inset photo):
Dr. Jane Thornton (2014), member
of Toronto’s 2015 PanAm/Parapan Am
Athlete Advisory Council.
doing one-hour weight-lifting workouts every
day. Not all of us can be athletes — like Jane
Thornton or any of the other exceptional
athlete-physician alumni mentioned in this
issue — but all of us can be active. That
means making lots of little changes that add
up — like taking the stairs or walking to a
colleague’s desk rather than sending an email.
Then, when we speak to patients about
how they can make healthier choices, we can
confidently do so from the authority that
can only come from personal experience.
For more information,
please contact:
Ruth Gillings, Room 3249,
Medical Sciences Building,
1 King’s College Circle
Toronto M5S 1A8
Tel.: (416) 978-0991
E-mail: medical.alumni@utoronto.ca
Website: http://maautoronto.ca
Photography: Faculty of Medicine
Now that spring is finally
here after a long and cold winter, many of
us are excited about getting some fresh air
and exercise again. For those of us with
busy family and work commitments though,
staying active can be a real challenge.
If you feel that way, you’re not alone.
According to Statistics Canada, only about
15 per cent of Canadians are getting the
recommended 150 minutes of exercise per
week. As physicians, we know the benefits,
of course. Exercise reduces our risk of
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Inaugural
Dr. Peggy Hill
lecture
Dr. Evan Adams on a new
model of First Nations health
Dr. Evan Adams, former BC Deputy Provincial Health Officer,
delivered the first Dr. Peggy Hill Lectureship on Indigenous Health
“T
here’s an Indian in the doctor’s lounge.” That’s what
a fellow resident of Dr. Evan Adams told a hospital
security guard the first day of Dr. Adams’s residency
at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. “Better get used
to it,” was Dr. Adams’s response. A proud member
of the Tla’amin (Sliammon) First Nation in BC,
Dr. Adams related this story as part of the inaugural
Dr. Marguerite (Peggy) Hill (1952) Lectureship on
Indigenous Health this past November.
The lectureship was established by a generous
bequest from the Dr. Marguerite (Peggy)
Hill estate, and supported by the MAA in
partnership with the Indigenous Medical
Education Office. Spearheaded by MAA
vice-president, the late Dr. Don Cowan
(1956), the lectureship was created to
honour the barrier-breaking work of the
late Dr. Marguerite (Peggy) Hill. An Order
of Canada recipient, Dr. Hill was the first
female chief resident at Toronto General
Hospital and a pioneer in establishing a
culture of compassionate, interdisciplinary,
patient-centred care.
Dr. Adams’s lecture touched on many
aspects of indigenous health care, weaving
his personal story—he is also a playwright
and an actor who starred in the 1998 indie
hit movie Smoke Signals—throughout his
presentation, championing aboriginal
health in the BC provincial system.
Until December 2014 he was BC Deputy
Provincial Health Officer; he has just
begun a new position as chief medical
officer of the First Nations Health Authority
(FNHA) in BC.
Dr. Adams put to rest some myths
concerning indigenous peoples’ health,
noting that despite the often dismal picture
we have of aboriginal poverty, housing and
health status, there is also a little known
middle class that doesn’t fit the stereotypes.
He explained that his position as Deputy
Provincial Health Officer was to monitor
the health of aboriginal people. “Our job
is to do more and more surveillance of
aboriginal populations and react in real
time,” he said. He’s proud of the BC
government’s health tracking efforts,
something that most other provinces
don’t do, making it difficult to get a
true picture of health and health care.
He presented data that showed that First
Nations people are not using the health
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The story of how Dr. Adams grew up
on-reserve, balanced studying medicine and
the arts, came into his own as a physician,
and how he now is involved at a health systems
level, is inspiring and encouraging.”
care system as much as non-native
BC residents, arguing that the notion of
aboriginal people frequenting emergency
rooms and clinics is wrong. “In fact, we’re
staying away,” Dr. Adams said. He believes
that the barriers to care, which include
a mistrust of physicians and the health
care system, must be broken, finding
ways to encourage indigenous people
to seek services.
Citing a 2005 health care initiative
struck by the BC provincial and federal
governments and the First Nations
Leadership Council, Dr. Adams talked
about the Transformative Change Accord,
which is intended to close the social
and economic gap between First Nations
and other British Columbians over a
10-year period. In this agreement, First
Nations people—bolstered by Dr. Adams’s
appointment—are now leaders instead
of bystanders in determining their own
health care needs.
In 2013 the Canada Funding Agreement
was created, transferring First Nations
health care authority and funding from the
federal government to the BC FNHA,
supporting the integration of First Nations
health care into provincial health services.
Now the FNHA has established a new
inverted model of health care that moves
the emphasis from hospitals and spending
resources on later-life care to a model
of health promotion and prevention.
“We think that’s more culturally appropriate,” Dr. Adams said, “and perhaps reflects
better spending.” At the same time, other
provincial ministries such as housing and
education are coming together to improve
the economic and social outlook of First
Nations people in BC.
The lecture was enthusiastically received:
“[Dr. Adams’s] story of how he grew up
on-reserve, balanced studying medicine
and the arts, came into his own as a
physician, and how he now is involved
at a health systems level is inspiring and
encouraging,” commented med student
Ryan Giroux (2017). “I look to physicians
like him as a model of how I can develop
in my future practice.”
Love what you do?
Students will too!
The Department of Family & Community
Medicine needs community family physicians
to participate in teaching medical students at
U of T. In all four years of medical school, our
undergraduates are exposed to enthusiastic
family physicians as tutors, lecturers, seminar
leaders and as supervising physicians
for their pre-clerkship and clerkship courses.
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Benefits
As a preceptor, you:
• Will have the opportunity to apply for a
University of Toronto faculty appointment
that includes free access to the
University’s library system
• May participate in further Professional
Development programs offered by the
DFCM
Learn more at
uoft.me/dfcm-undergrad
Thinking by heart, painting, Hesam Noroozi
Thirty-Eight and a Half, photograph,
Joe George
Feral Painting, Sucheta Sinha
Synesthesia art show a great success!
Double number of submissions from 2014
The arts are alive and well at the
Faculty of Medicine. In a one-day exhibition
held on March 24 in the lobby of the Medical
Sciences Building, talented medical students,
faculty, staff, alumni and artists from other
clinical disciplines, displayed their creativity
and imagination through paintings, drawings,
photography, spoken word poetry and more.
Congratulations to the ArtBeat team organizers
and all participants!
Mindfullness of the Heart, painting, Arfeen Malick
7 Cats in Different Poses, ink on paper, and
copper pendant, Dr. Oxford McNeil (5T9)
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Jocks
to docs
On the eve of
Pan Am/Parapan Am Games,
our alums got game
What do professional athletes and physicians have in common??
Photo (INSET): The Daily Gleaner/Stephen MacGillivray Photo
Photo: Dwayne Brown/Canadian Medical Association
If you’re Dr. Jane Thornton (2014), Dr. Emma Robinson (2002) or Dr. Ron Taylor (1977), you might say, “plenty,” given that you left long,
gruelling training sessions, a high-pressure atmosphere and huge personal satisfaction in your top-tier athletic career for, um, pretty much the
same thing—but in the somewhat more sedentary medical arena.
We’re just around the corner from the July/August 2015 Toronto Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, with some events being hosted at U of T, including swimming and wheelchair tennis at U of T Scarborough Campus, and field hockey and archery (among others) at the Downtown St. George
campus. With the excitement building, we asked three former athletes turned physicians what it’s like to row and pitch your way into medicine.
Dr. Jane Thornton
Sports cred:: A 2006 World Rowing Champion in pairs with Darcy
Marquardt and a member of eight world championship teams;
fourth-place finish in the women’s eights rowing at 2008 Beijing
Olympics; three-time national champion and national team member
for a decade, from 2001 to 2011; eight-time national university
champion.
In the medical arena:: Graduated with her MD in 2014; previously received BSc in kinesiology and MSc and PhD in sports medicine.
Current playbook:: Doing her residency in rehabilitation medicine in Lausanne, Switzerland, currently in her foundation year in
preventive medicine (part of an internal medicine specialty. She is
also a member of the Pan Am/Parapan Am TO2015 Athlete Advisory
Council and an athlete ambassador for Right to Play Canada.
Why medicine:? “It was actually taking up rowing in high school—
from being a total non-athlete—that made me understand the im-
portance of a healthy lifestyle and I became interested in the science
of exercise. That prompted my decision to go into kinesiology and
then I did a research project with a sports medicine doctor, which
I loved.”
I'm passionate about. . . “Health prevention—I love learning
about this and recognize that our system needs to move from reactive to more of an emphasis on prevention. Physical inactivity is the
fourth greatest reason for mortality. What I saw at U of T, and it
ended up being a huge opportunity, is that I didn’t have any exposure to physical activity counselling or prescription through the curriculum. I spoke to Dr. Martin Schreiber, the director of curriculum
about it and he challenged me to deliver a presentation to the curriculum committee. They unanimously accepted it and I delivered
the first lecture this past December to fourth–year students. It was a
huge highlight for me and I think there’s a move afoot in Canada to
integrate physical activity into the medicine curriculum.”
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Dr. Emma
Robinson
Sports Cred:: Dr. Emma Robinson was a bronze medalist on the
women’s eights rowing team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; silver medalist on women’s eights team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; gold medalist (pairs and eights) at the Head of the Charles Regatta, World Cup,
Pan Am Games and World Rowing Championships; began her rowing
career in 1990 at U of T while completing an undergrad science degree,
subsequently winning silver at the World University Games.
In the medical arena:: Graduated with her MD in 2002.
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Emma Robinson and Alison Korn, gold
medalists, Women’s Pairs, at the 1997
World Rowing Championships
Current playbook:: Dr. Robinson is now a radiologist practising in
Belleville, ON for Quinte Health Care.
Famous for:: In 1999 at age 27, medical student and national team
rower Emma Robinson had surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid.
Days later she was back in training, juggling radiation treatments
and surgeon’s appointments. That same season, she and partner
Theresa Luke (who stepped in for the injured Alison Korn), won the
pairs world rowing crown.
On competing and studying at the same time:: “I took six
years to complete medical school with two years off to train and
compete. Through undergrad and the first two years of med school it was
reasonable to do both. I could fit competitions in during the summers.
You just establish what your priorities are. But then there were times
when it just wasn’t physically possible to do both. You had to be in Victoria for the tryouts, for instance, so I took time off. . . .I don’t feel like I
gave up anything. . . .Training was hard but it was joyful—and I loved
school too.”
The connection between being a professional athlete and
a physician::“I think there’s an intrinsic desire and drive that’s similar
in both careers. Once you have a sport that suits your physical body type
and nature, it’s similar in choosing a profession that suits your personality and your goals. You want to be as good as you can be in both fields.”
Dr. Ron
Taylor
Ron Taylor, 1969 New York Mets
World Series champion
Sports cred: A member of two World Series-winning baseball teams,
the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1969 New York Mets, compiling
a career record of 45 wins and 43 losses; 72 saves; a 3.93 earned run
average and 464 strikeouts in 491 appearances, generally as a relief
pitcher. During his seven innings pitched in four World Series relief
appearances, he didn’t allow a single hit. He is a member of Canada’s
Sports Hall of Fame.
In the medical arena: After his major league career ended in his
30s, Dr. Taylor entered medical school at 34, graduating in 1977.
He had his own family practice, became team physician for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1979 and helped to found the SC Cooper Sports
Medicine Clinic at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto, where the Dr.
Ron Taylor Fellowship in Orthopedic Surgery was recently established. He retired in 2014.
Fascinating fact: As a 1956 pitching prodigy in Toronto’s Leaside
neighbourhood, 17-year-old Ron Taylor was recruited and signed by
the Cleveland Indians. But he and his parents negotiated an unprecedented contract: he would spend the next five years missing spring
training, joining the Indians’ farm team mid-season so he could finish
high school and complete his degree in electrical engineering at U of T
in 1961. He worked in the engineering field during the off seasons.
Dr. Ron Taylor, team physician
for the Toronto Blue Jays, 1992-93
World Series champions
How baseball led to medicine: As part of a World Series championship team contingent that volunteered to talk to American
troops stationed in Viet Nam, Dr. Taylor spoke to some of
the wounded men and became interested in medicine. One of Dr.
Taylor’s best friends was a surgeon and recommended he speak to the
Dean of Medicine at U of T about applying, despite the fact that he
was now 34. “The dean looked at my transcripts—I had very good
marks from high school and my engineering degree—and he said, ‘Are
these yours?’” After acing some science courses that he had not covered
in his undergrad degree, Dr. Taylor was accepted into med school.
From one player to another: “As a team physician for the Blue
Jays, I always had a good rapport with the players. They knew I was
concerned about the quality of care that they received and I always
surrounded myself with skilled specialists. At that time because I was
a good pitcher, I was also doing some batting practices too.” Despite
that, Dr. Taylor made it a point not to talk baseball to the players. “I
wanted them to see me as a chief physician and not as a washed-up
baseball player.”
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Dr. Michael Easterbrook (L), former eye surgeon to the Toronto Maple Leafs,
checks the vision of (now retired) Leaf captain, Wendel Clark
Dr. Doug Richards sweating it out on his bike
When your patient is a Raptor, a Blue Jay,
or a Pan Am competitor . . .
The Faculty of Medicine continues to have an
all-star line-up of sports medicine physicians who have made breakthrough contributions to the field—as well as caring for our best-loved
athletes. They follow in the footsteps of alumni like the late Dr. Robert
Jackson (1956) who is credited with bringing arthroscopic surgery to
the Western world, helping thousands of professional athletes continue their careers after devastating knee and shoulder injuries. Dr. Jackson
also founded the Canadian Wheelchair Sport Association, sending
Canada’s first team to the Paralympic Games in 1968.
Another sports medicine leader, the late Dr. David MacIntosh,
who completed post-graduate work and taught at the Faculty of
Medicine, was one of the first orthopedic surgeons to specialize in
sports medicine, working at a clinic for injured athletes at Hart
House in the 1950s. Now known as the David L. MacIntosh Sport
Medicine Clinic, it’s thought to be the oldest dedicated sports medicine facility in the world.
The lead ophthalmologist for the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games in
Toronto this summer, Dr. Michael Easterbrook (1965) has seen a lot
of sports-related eye injuries in his career. His interest in sports medicine was piqued when he became the eye surgeon for the Toronto
Maple Leafs hockey team in 1972, a position he held for 25 years. “I
was also seeing many eye injuries in squash players in my practice,” he
adds, leading to his involvement with the Survey of Sports Eye Injuries,
a groundbreaking investigation of eye injuries in amateur sports.
With the (late) Dr. Tom Pashby (an ophthalmologist and pioneer
of hockey helmet and face protection) as his mentor, Dr. Easterbrook
is passionate about preventing eye injuries in sport at both amateur
and professional levels. Now he writes standards for eye injury prevention for sports, working with the Canadian Standards Association.
Currently he’s working on improving the visors worn by hockey
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players. “We’re still seeing eye injuries with the half-visor in pro
hockey players,” he says. “We need to find out if they’re being worn
correctly and if they’re large enough.”
Dr. Doug Richards (1979) has been the medical director at U of
T’s David L. MacIntosh Sport Medicine Clinic since 1989, so there’s
no doubt he’s seen a lot of torn ACL’s in his time. He was also a team
physician for the Toronto Raptors for nine years, as well as other
varsity and professional teams. A biomechanist who also teaches at
U of T’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and whose
research interests include concussion in sports, he maintains that,
“A knee is a knee regardless of if it
belongs to someone paid millions
to run or jump on it.”
A self-professed “sports nut,”
joking
that he went into medicine
The Faculty
because of his mediocre perforof Medicine
mance in every sport he played,
continues
Dr. Richards cycles over 10,000 km
per year. But in a 2013 TEDx
to have an
U of T talk (he was a finalist in the
all star line
TVO Best Lecturer contest in
up of sports
2009) he asks, “Can competitive
sport be a ‘healthy’ thing, or is that
medicine
a holy grail?” While he absolutely
physicians
maintains that physical activity is
who have made
the cornerstone of good health, he’s
much less convinced that competitive
breakthrough
sport’s “winning at all costs” mantra
contributions
and prevalence of violence and injury
make it a healthy activity.
to the field
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2015 class reunions
Is this your reunion year?
THE CLASS of 1945 celebrates its 70th
anniversary on Mon., June 1, 2015, at the
MAA Convocation Banquet in Hart House.
Classmates are also invited to the PreConvocation Ceremony at 10 a.m. on
June 2, followed by the Dean’s Luncheon
in the MSB. The class is also having a
private reception and dinner on Tues.,
June 2, at the Faculty Club, from 4 p.m.
Contact Dr. Harold Kalant at harold.
kalant@utoronto.ca; harold.kalant@bell.net.
sharing session in the MSB lecture theatre,
MS3153, from 9 a.m. – noon on Sat., May
30; and a private reception and dinner on
Sat. evening at Massey College, 6 p.m., for
dinner at 7 p.m. Also, the class will be
invited to some events at U of T’s Spring
Reunion 2015 from May 27 –31; and to the
Pre-Convocation Ceremony in Convocation
Hall at 10 a.m. on Tues., June 2, followed
by the Dean’s Luncheon in the MSB.
Contact Dr. Don Butt at donbutt@shaw.ca.
Happy classmates from 0T4’s
10th reunion last year
THE CLASS OF 1946 will celebrate
its 69th reunion with a luncheon on Sat.,
May 30, 2015, at 1 p.m. at the Granite Club.
Contact Dr. Bette Stephenson at 60 Forest
Ridge Rd., Richmond Hill, ON L4E 3L8.
THE CLASS OF 1950 celebrates its
65th anniversary at the MAA Convocation
Banquet in Hart House on Mon., June 1,
2015. Classmates are also invited to the
Pre-Convocation Ceremony at 10 a.m. on
June 2, followed by the Dean’s Luncheon in
the MSB. Contact Ruth Gillings at medical.
alumni@utoronto.ca; or 416-978-0991.
THE CLASS OF 1955 celebrates its
60th anniversary at the MAA Convocation
Banquet in Hart House on Mon., June 1,
2015. Classmates are also invited to the
Pre-Convocation Ceremony at 10 a.m.
on Tues., June 2, followed by the Dean’s
Luncheon in the MSB. The class will also
have a private reception and lunch on Sun.,
May 31, at the Gallery Grill, Hart House,
from 11:30 a.m. Contact Dr. Bob Ehrlich
at rehrlich@sympatico.ca; or (416) 964-6018.
THE CLASS OF 1960, celebrates its
55th anniversary with a reception at the
Intercontinental Yorkville Hotel, from
5 – 7 p.m. on Fri., May 29; an information
THE CLASS OF 1965 celebrates its
50th anniversary at the MAA Convocation
Banquet in Hart House on Mon., June 1,
2015. Classmates are also invited to the
Pre-Convocation Ceremony at 10 a.m.
on Tues., June 2, followed by the Dean’s
Luncheon in the MSB. On Sat., May 30,
there will be presentations in the MSB
lecture theatre MS3153, from
1 p.m. until 4 p.m. The class will also
enjoy a private reception and dinner
on Sat., May 30, at the Intercontinental
Toronto Yorkville, 6 p.m. for dinner at
7:30 p.m. Contact Drs. Mel Petersiel at
petersiel@sympatico.ca; or Paul Cameron
at paulcameronis@rogers.com.
THE CLASS of 1970 will celebrate its
45th reunion May 29-30, 2015. Planned
activities include a reception on Friday
evening at Scallywags, from 7:30-10 p.m.;
a continuing education and luncheon event
on Sat. afternoon from 1:30 p.m.; and a
reception and dinner from 5:30 p.m.,
all at the Granite Club. Contact Dr. Alex
Hukowich at alex@hukowich.ca.
THE CLASS of 1975 will celebrate
its 40th reunion with a reception and
dinner on Sat., June 13, 2015, at Modus
Ristorante, 145 King Street W., from
6 p.m., The entire restaurant has been
reserved, in anticipation of a great turnout. Contact Dr. Michael Lawrie
at lawrieclan@rogers.com.
THE CLASS of 1980 will celebrate its
35th reunion June 5-6, 2015, in Toronto.
Activities include Friday evening cocktails
at Citizen Restaurant, 522 King St. W.;
and a Saturday evening reception and
dinner at Malaparte at the TIFF Bell
Lightbox. Tickets are $250. Space is
limited for both events. Contact Dr.
Nancy Down at ndown@rogers.com.
THE CLASS of 1985 will celebrate
its 30th reunion on Sat., Sept. 26, 2015,
venue TBA. Contact Dr. Donna McRitchie
at donna.mcritchie@nygh.on.ca.
THE CLASS of 1990 will celebrate its
25th reunion with a reception, dinner and
dance, 6 p.m. for dinner at 7 p.m., at the
Faculty Club, on Sat., Sept. 26, 2015.
Contact Dr. Sal Spadafora at sal.spadafora@
utoronto.ca; or Lisa Bevasqua at
lisa.bevacque@utoronto.ca.
THE CLASS of 1995 will celebrate
its 20th anniversary with a reception
and dinner on Sat., June 13, 2015, at
the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel,
123 Queen St. W. Contact Dr. Lori
Hasulo at: lhasulo@hotmail.com.
THE CLASS of 2000 has decided to
forego a 15th reunion in 2015, with plans
for a gala 20th in 2020. Contact Dr.
Marcus Law at marcus.law@utoronto.ca.
THE CLASS of 2005 will celebrate its
10th reunion in 2015. Celebrations include
a family picnic from 1-4 p.m. on June 13,
Toronto Island picnic area. Bring your
family and food to enjoy/share, and picnic
games. The OT5 reunion party will be held
Oct. 3-4, venue TBA. Contact Dr. Shannon
Wires at shannon.wires@gmail.com.
THE CLASS of 2010 is hoping to
celebrate its 5th reunion in 2015,
details TBA. Contact Drs. Kevin Koo at
kevinkoo@gmail.com; or Ali Okhowat
at ali.okhowat@gmail.com.
For help in organizing reunions, contact
Ruth Gillings at the MAA at (416)
978-0991 or medical.alumni@utoronto.ca.
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paying
it
forward
In appreciation
of 2014 MAA donors
to dedicated donors, we were able to support deserving med
students with interest-free loans, bursaries and awards. We were able
to fund initiatives to enhance learning in and beyond the classroom,
and help alumni stay connected and informed. We are profoundly
grateful to the following donors for their generosity and commitment.
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…after exploring my interests further I decided
that general surgery was to me, the ultimate
training to pursue as a physician. I feel incredibly
satisfied that I am in a position to pursue this
specialty, which is not only an area that I love,
but that I also have an aptitude for…
Dear Dr. Bill Harris and family,
I am writing to extend my deepest thanks and
appreciation to the Medical Alumni Association
and its support from you, Dr. Bill Harris (5T8)
and your family. I am honoured and privileged
to be the 2014 recipient of the Barbara Hardy
Memorial Medical Alumni Association Award
in general surgery.
I look forward to sharing my appreciation for my
educational experience with future generations of
medical students just as you have done with your
commitment to the Medical Alumni Association….
Dr. Erin Sadler (2014)
On behalf of our class, we would like to
thank you for your generous contribution
to our Transition to Clerkship Dinner….
This is an annual event held to celebrate
the midway point in undergraduate medical
education…. This year’s dinner was a great
success, with over 200 students and 20 faculty
members attending. The students highly
appreciated Dr. Kopplin’s address.
Dr. Nicole Fischer (2014)
accepts the Dr. Robert Orange
Memorial Award from Dr. Peter
Kopplin, MAA President
Sandra Huynh and Eric Yao
Co-Presidents, Class of 2016
M ed i cal alum ni a s s o c ia t io n
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leadership giving
circle-Partners
of the maa
donations
$25,000 and up
Dr. Bill and Penny Harris and family
Dr. Sherwood P. and Judith
Gebhard Smith, to the
Dr. Sherwood P. and Judith
Gebhard Smith Memorial Fund
donations
$10,000 – $24,999
Dr. Nancy Ironside
donations
$5,000 – $9,999
Dr. Alexandra Berezowskyj
Dr. Satyajit Ganguli, Dr. S. Nimu
Ganguli and Family Medical
Alumni Award in Diagnostic
Medical Imaging Fund
Mrs. Margaret Howe, to the
Mr. John Howe MAA Legacy
Scholarship in Global Health Fund
Dr. John Campbell Martin
donations
$1,200 – $4,999
The Alex E.F.D. Macdonald Trust
Dr. George Buckley
Dr. Patrick Butler*
Dr. Benny Chang
The Late Dr. Chi-Yiu Cheung
The Class of 1952
The Class of 1964
The late Dr. Donald Cowan,
In memory of Dr. Barbara
Hazlett (4T9)
Dr. Karen Cronin*
Dr. Lynn From
Dr. Karin Hahn*
Dr. Gerald Hart*
Dr. Aaron Hong
Dr. Allan Kemp*
Dr. Beverly Lewis-Harris
Dr. Lyndon Mascarenhas
Dr. Anilkumar Menon
Dr. Katherine Mirhady
Dr. Robert Nugent
Dr. Sophia Pantazi
Dr. Gordon Robison*
Dr. Donato Ruggiero
Dr. Donald Sawula*
Dr. Alexandra Schepansky
Dr. Robert Shortreed
Dr. Rajiv Singal
Dr. John Srigley
Dr. Taylor Statten
Dr. Peter Stroz
The Vancouver Foundation
Dr. Helen Vosu*
Dr. Catharine Whiteside*
leadership giving
circle-friends
of the maa
donations
$600 – $1199
Dr. Gholam-Abbas Azadian*
Dr. Peter Bentz
Dr. Alberto Cannitelli*
Dr. Donna Cescon
Dr. Hugh Chambers
Dr. Grant Chen*
The Class of 1951
Dr. Deanna Colpitts*
Dr. Peter Crassweller
Dr. John Crawford
Dr. Sheila Doyle
The late Dr. John Evans
Dr. Christopher Forrest
Dr. Donald Gibson, To the Class
of 4T6 Memorial Fund
Dr. Leonard Ginsberg
Dr. Ronald Grossman
Dr. Donato Gugliotta*
Dr. John Hall
Dr. Trudy Hall
Dr. Brian Higgins
Dr. David Hoffman
Dr. Scharley-May Horne
Dr. Hilary Hui
Dr. Richard Isaac
Dr. James Israel
Dr. Albert Kirshen
Dr. Peter and Mrs. Christine Kopplin
Teresa and Wes Kwasnicka,
Dr. Agnes Kwasnicka (0T4)
Memorial Fund
Dr. Weldon Liu
Dr.Yuen Liu
Dr. Jeremy Lo*
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Dr. Konstantin Loewig
Dr. Brian Louie
Dr. Sandy Lowden, In Memory
of Dr. Ted Graham (5T6)
Dr. William MacEachern
Dr. Stuart MacLeod
Dr. Milton Margulies
Dr. Trisha Mark
Dr. Hisashi Matsusaki
Dr. Stuart McCluskey,
Class of 9T4 Student Fund
Dr. John McLean
Dr. H. M. Rosemary Meier*
Dr. Donald Miettinen
Dr. Robert Myers
Dr. David Naiberg
Dr. Sidney Nusinowitz
Dr. William Paul
Dr. Paul Pitt*
Dr. Brian Power
Dr. David Preston
Dr. Todd Bastianon
Dr. Leonard Raizin
Dr. Donald Ranney
Dr. Karen Raymer
Dr. Steven Richie
Dr. Matthias Schmidt*
Dr. Helen Schulz
Dr. Bernard Silverman
Dr.Venkatesan Sivarajan
Dr. Brian Steele
Dr. Thomas Tam
Dr. Richard Tan, Dr. Robert P.
Orange Fund
Dr. Constance Townsend
Dr. Mateya Trinkaus, Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. Berton Ung*
Dr. Anne Wallace
Dr. Scott Walsh
Dr. Michael Ward
Dr. Arthur Weinstein
Dr. Hoi Wong
Dr. Michael Wong
Dr. Wilfred Wong
Dr. Sing Wu
Dr. Daniel Yim*
donors up to $599
The Late Dr. Edwin Abbott
Dr. James Abel
Dr. Samra Abouchacra
Dr. Mark Accardo
Dr. Murray Acker
Dr. Paul Adam
Dr. Rahel Ahmed
Dr. Juliann Aitchison
Dr. Ryojo Akagami
Dr. Carolyn Allan
Dr. Edward Allen
Dr. Robert Allin
Dr. Doron Almagor
Dr. Douglas Alton
Dr. Catherine Andrew
Dr. Janice Andreyko
Ms. Colquhoun Anegret
Dr. Jonathan Angel*
Dr. Crawford Anglin
Dr. Michael Aniol
Dr. Robert Annis
Dr.Viola Antao
Dr. Mark Appelby
Dr. John Aquino
Dr. Arnold Arai
Dr. Gerald Arbus 6T3 Reunion Fund
Dr. Donald Armitage
6T3 Reunion Fund
Dr. Harvey Armstrong
Dr. Irene Armstrong
Dr. Janice Armstrong
Dr. Robin Arnold
Dr. Sandra Arnold
Dr. Kenneth Asselstine
Dr. George Awais
Dr. Bernard Awerbuck
Dr. Peter Azzopardi*
Dr. Robert Babchuk
Dr. Mary Ann Badali
Dr. Karen Baer
Dr. Joseph Bailey
Dr. Norma Baker*
Dr. Robert Baker
Dr. Kayli Balaban, Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. Melvyn Ball
Dr. Donald Barr
Dr. Peter Barreca
Dr. Thomas Barrington
Dr. James Bassingthwaighte
Dr. Nancy Baxter
Dr. Beverley Bayes Merson
The Late Dr. T. Arnold Bayley
Dr. E. Geoffrey Beatty
Dr. Philippe Bedard
Un i ver s it y o f To ro n t o • Spr i ng 2015
Julie Caron (2015)
receiving the
Dr. Agnes Kwasnicka 0T4
MAA Award in
Inner City Health
Dr. Mary Bedford-Jones
Dr. Nancy Behme
Dr. Christena Beintema
Dr. Lindsay Belch
Dr. Agostino Bellissimo
Dr. Maurice Bent
Dr. Norman Bier, 6T3 Reunion Fund
Dr. Rajiv Bindlish
Dr. David Birbrager
Dr. Bruce Bird
Dr. Catherine Birt
Dr. Marilena Biscotti*
Dr. Kirsten Blaine*
Dr. Shale Blane
Dr. Harvey Blankenstein
Dr. Paul Blusys
Dr. Thomas Bluthardt
Dr. John Bohnen
Dr. Michael Bonert
Dr. Ian Bookman
Dr. James Boone
Dr. Joel Bordman
Dr. Risa Bordman
Dr. Elaine Borins,
The Dr. Bernard Manace Fund
Dr. Mel Borins
Dr. Denise Bowes
Dr. Branimir Brcic
Dr. Louis Brenner
Dr. James Bricker
Dr. Earl Brightman
Dr. Harold Broder
Dr. Ruth Brooks
Dr. Donald Brown
Dr. Alfred Browne
Dr. Harvey Bruner
Dr. Miriam Buchstein
Dr. William Buckton
Dr. Ann Bugeja*
Dr. Emory Burke
Dr. Ronald Burkes
Dr. Joseph Burkholder
Dr. Timothy Burns
Dr. Stephen Butler
Dr. Donald Butt
Dr. Arthur Cain
Dr. Bruce Cameron
Dr. Charles Cameron
Dr. Gordon Cameron
Dr. Iivi Campbell
Dr. Susan Campbell*,
Class of 9T4 Student Fund
Dr. T. Mark Campbell*,
Dr. Jonathan Cardella,
Dr. Agnes Kwasnicka (0T4)
Memorial Fund
Prof. Peter Carlen
Dr. Robert Carlen
Dr. James Carson
Dr. Stanley Cassin
Dr. Alberto Castiglione*
Dr. John Caverhill
Dr. Majda Cerkvenik
Dr. Leo Chaikof
Dr. Patricia Chaikoff*
Dr. Wayne Chamberlain
Dr. Benjamin Chan
Dr. John Chan
Dr. Kwok Chan
Dr. Mun Chan
Dr. Steven Chan*
Dr. Martin Chang
Dr. Bryanne Chapman
Dr. Hanif Charania
Dr. J. Ewert Charters
Dr. Hillary Chen
Dr. Alice Cheng
Dr. Hiu-Chung Cheng
Dr. Martin Chepesiuk
Dr. Bobby Cheung
Dr. Kenneth Cheung
Dr. James Chiang
Dr. Anne Child
Dr. Robert Chisholm
Dr. Eugene Chorostecki
Dr. Eva Chow
Dr.Yun Yee Chow Hartford
Dr. John Christensen
Dr. Avram Clarfield
Dr. Peter Clarke*
Dr. Frederick Clinckett
Dr. David Cochrane
Dr. William Cochrane
Dr. Brian Coggins
Dr. Gerald Cohen
Dr. Joanne Cohen
Dr. Michael Cohen,
Dr. Agnes Kwasnicka (0T4)
Memorial Fund
Dr. William Cohoon
Dr. Claire Coire*
Dr. Patricia Colangelo*
Dr. Aldo Colantonio
Dr. Joshua Colby, Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. Arthur Cole
Dr. Terence Colgan
Dr. James Colquhoun
Dr. Ruth Connelly
Dr. Allan Connolly
Dr. Earl Consky
Dr. Douglas Cook
Dr. Perry Cooper, 6T3 Reunion Fund
Dr. Harvey Coopersmith
Dr. Glenn Corneil
Dr. Eugene Cornelius
Dr. Colin Couper
Dr. Marilyn Crabtree
Dr. Ronald Crago
Dr. Barbara Craig-Wenstrom,
6T3 Reunion Fund
Dr. Robert Creighton
Dr. Natascha Crispino*
Dr. Donald Cruickshank
Dr. William Crysdale
Dr. Ann Cuddy
Dr. M. Anne Curtis
Dr. Judith Cutler
Dr. Myron Cybulsky
Dr. Roman Dale
Dr. Anthony D’Angelo
Dr. Edward Davies
Dr. William Davies
The Late Dr. George Davis
Dr. Jacqueline Davis
Dr. Ruth Davis
Dr. John Dawson*
Dr. Dorrit de Demeter
Dr. John Deadman
Dr. David Dec
Dr. David Dellandrea
Dr. Walter Delpero
Dr. Sandra Demaries
Dr. Helen Demshar
Dr. James Deutsch
Dr. George deVeber
Dr. Rueben Devlin
Dr. Timothy Devlin
Dr. Roland Di Gregorio
Dr. Ernest Dick
Dr. Robert Dicker
Dr. Janet Dickhout
Dr. Michael Dickinson
Dr. Francis Dicum
Dr. D L Chris Diehl
Dr. Raouf Dimitry
Dr. Corinne Dixon
Dr. Peter Dodek
Dr. Kwame Donkor
Dr. Kenneth Doyle
Dr. J. David & Doris Roger
Family Fund
Dr. Kurt Droll
Dr. John Duff
Dr. Stuart Dyment
Dr. Grant Eckert
Dr. Gerald Edelist
Dr. Gerald Edelist
Dr. Neil Edwards
Dr. Dalia Eino
Dr. Ivan Elkan
Dr. Scott Elliott
Dr. Anne Engell
Dr. Edward English
Dr. Jonathan Ennis
Dr. Jerome Epstein
Dr. L. Jean Erb
Dr. Andrew Evans
Dr. Inara Ezers
Dr. Michael Fair
Dr. Joseph Falletta
Dr. Michael Fan
Dr. Bernard Farber
Dr. Richard Farmer
Dr. Ousama Fashho
Dr. John Fearon
Dr. Fredrick Feldman
Dr. Shim Felsen
Dr. Ronald Filderman
Dr. John Finlay
Dr. Marjorie Fish
Dr. Sylvia Fishbein
Dr. Pietro Flora
Dr. Bernard Fogel
Dr. Suan-Seh Foo
Dr. Paul Forrest
Dr.Vito Forte
Dr. Richard Fralick
Dr. Juliet Franczyk
Dr. William Franks*
Dr. Harvey Freedman
Dr. Gordon Freeman
Dr. Arnis Freiberg
Dr. Richard Friedman
Dr. Gordon Fyffe
Dr. Steven Gallinger*
Dr. Marvin Gans
Dr. William Gardner
Dr. Dorothy Gauld
Dr. Stephen Gauthier
Dr. Edwin Gaviller
Dr. John Giannoccaro
Dr. Louis Giavedoni
Dr. Graham Gibb
Dr. Barney Giblon
Dr. John Gibson
Dr. James Gilbert
Dr. Michael Gildiner
Dr. Joseph Gilmour
Dr. Norman Gladstone
Dr. Benjamin Glatt
Dr. Ian Gliklich
Dr. Jeannette Goguen
Dr. Charles Gold
Dr. Ronn Goldberg
Dr. Gerald Goldman
Dr. Mark Goldstein
Dr. Susan Goldstein
Ms. Pam Gollish, Dr. Irvin (Kelly)
Gollish Memorial Fund (5T7)
Dr. Charles Gonsalves
Dr. Paul Goobie*
Dr. Douglas Goodall
Dr. Joseph Grader
Dr. Andrew Graham
Dr. Ronald Graham
Dr. William Graham
Dr. Maria Grande
Dr. Jerry Graner*
Dr. Robert Greco
Dr. Michael Green
Dr. Susan Greenbloom
Dr. Rudy Greene
Dr. Donald Greenhow
Dr. Paul Greenhow
Dr. Eric Grief
Dr. Steven Griffin
Dr. Andrea Grin*
Dr. Ann Grise
Dr. Lawrence Grossman
Dr. Steven Grossman
Dr. David Grotell
Dr. Leonard Grover
Dr. Gershon Growe,
6T3 Reunion Fund
Dr. Richard Gruneir
Dr. Cyril Gryfe
Dr. John Grynoch
Dr. William Guest
Dr. Michael Guinness
Dr. Eddie Gutman
Dr. Richard Haber
Dr. R. Andrew Hackett
Dr. Judy Hagshi
Dr. Michael Haiduk*
Dr. Irene Hain
Dr. Susan Haley
Dr. Harry Hall*
Dr. Warner Hall
Dr. Edward Hambley
Dr. Howard Hamer
Dr. J. Richard Hamilton
Dr. Arvad Hamlet
Dr. Brian Hands
Dr. William Hanley
Dr. Stephen Hardy*
Dr. John Harrington
Dr. Joan Harrison
The Late Dr. Barbara Hazlett, In
Memory of Dr. Jack Robinson (4T9)
Dr. Robert Heath
Dr. Patrick Heffernan
Dr. Robert Hegele
Dr. Michael Heiber
Dr. Karen Held
Dr. Donald Henderson
Dr. John Henderson
Dr. Kathleen Muriel Henderson
Dr. Michael Henry
Dr. Karen Hershenfield
Dr. Gillian Hicks*
Dr. Anthony Hii
Dr. John Hilditch
Dr. Robert Hilliard
Dr. William Hipwell
Dr. Gail Hirano
Dr. Holger Hirte
Dr. Lai Ho
Dr. John Hodgkinson*
Dr. Monica Hoefert
Dr. Dorothy Holness
Dr. Jayna Holroyd-Leduc*
Dr. Jack Holtzman
Dr. Rosanna Honig
Dr. Jane Hosdil
Dr. Harry Hotz
Dr. Bent Hougesen
Dr. James Houston
Dr. Patricia Houston
Dr. Barbara Howe
Dr. Merle Howes
Dr. Jonathan Howlett
Dr. Stanley Hsia
Dr. Elliot Hudes
Dr. David Hughes
Dr. Annie Hum
Dr. Anne-Marie Humniski
Dr. Anita Hunt
Dr. Thien Huynh
Dr. Frank Ianni
Dr. Christopher Ibey
Dr. Margaret Ibey
Dr. Edsel Ing
Dr. Gregory Ip
Ms. Fiona Irvine-Goulet
Dr. Patricia Irwin
Dr.Verner Isaak
Dr. Abdel-Raouf Ismail
Dr. Edward Istvan
Dr. George Jablonsky
Dr. Murray Jacobs
Dr. Edward Jacobson*
Dr. Ivan Jagas
Dr. Dayanand Jagdeo
Dr. Frances Jamieson
Dr. Raymond Jang
Dr. Elizabeth Jeney
Dr. Laurence Jerry
Dr. Joan Jeu
Dr. Robert Johnson
Dr. Elizabeth Johnston*
Dr. Karen Johnston
Dr. Richard Johnston
Duncan & Robyn Jones
Dr. John Jordan
Dr. Peter Jose
Dr. Robert Jost
Dr. Roman Jovey
Dr. Robert Joynt
Dr. Fred Kahn
Dr. Otto Kahn
Prof. Harold Kalant
Dr. Dagnija Kalnins
Dr. Timothy Kam
Dr. Brenda Kane
Dr. Heather Karn
Dr. Helen Karsai
Dr. Neema Kasravi
Dr. Sydney Kasten, To the
Dr. Martin Berger Memorial Fund
Dr. Magdi Kayal
Dr. Barbara Kee
Dr. Peter Keefe
Dr. Shirley Kellam
Dr. Alvin Kelly
Dr. Irwin Keltz
Dr. John Kempston
Dr. Sylvia Kennedy
Dr. Brian Kessel
Dr. Donna Keystone*
Dr. Michael Kiang
Dr. John Kilgour
Dr. Don Kim
Dr. Charles King
Dr. J. Marcus Kirby
Dr. Irvin Klinghofer
Dr. Gordon Ko
Dr. Gerald Koffman
Dr. Jerome Kopstein
Dr. Stefan Kopytek
Dr. Marshall Korenblum
Dr. Martin Kosoy,
Pediatric Endowment Fund
Dr. Susan Kostovcik-Leader
Dr. Nicholas Koutras
Dr. Jouni Kraft
Dr. Stephen Kraft
Dr. Michael Kreidstein
Dr. Esther Krigstein-Dostrovsky
Dr. Jamie Kroft*
Dr. Tamara Kruger
Dr.Victor Kurdyak
Dr. Barry Kurtzer
Dr. Willem Kwant
Dr. Paul Lai
Dr. John Laidlaw
Dr. Lorne Laing
Dr. Desmond Lam,
Class of 9T4 Student Fund
Dr. Irina Lam
Dr. Patrick Lam
Dr. Peter Lam
Dr. Bernard Langer
Dr. Michael Lawrie
Dr. Anne Lazenby
Dr. Christie Lee, Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. Christina Lee
Dr. Cindy Lee Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. John Lee
Dr. Randolph Lee
Dr. Rose Lee
Dr. Sonya Lee
Ms.Victoria Lee,* In honour
of Dr. Philip Hebert
Dr. Christopher Leighton
Dr. Harriet Lennox
Dr. Karen Leone*
Dr. Kevin Leung
Dr. Ngar-Lin Leung
Dr. Richard Levy
Dr. Shao-Jin Li
Dr. H. Lavina Lickley
Dr. Jane Liddle
Dr. Jackson Lin
Dr.Yulia Lin
Dr. George Lindsay
Dr. Irving Lipton
Dr. James Little
Dr. Fei-Fei Liu
Dr. Peter Liu
Dr. Stanley Liu
Dr.Vivian Liu
Dr. Abraham Lofchy
Dr. Jitka Lom
Dr. Luciano Lombardi
The Late Dr. E. Milton Loney
Dr. Elgin Loney
Dr. Alan Lossing
Dr. Wallace Lotto*
The Late Dr. James Low
Dr. Arnold Lowden
Dr. David Lowe
Dr. Annie Lu
Dr. John Lu
Dr. Grant Lum
Dr. John Lundon
Dr. Darlene Lunn
Dr. Janis Lusis
Dr. David Lynch-Salamon
Dr. Doreen Macdonald
Dr. Duncan MacDonald
Dr. Hugh Mackay*
Dr. Laura MacKinnon
Dr. Roxanne MacKnight
Dr. Gary Magee
Dr. Jan Malat, Class of 9T4
Student Fund
Dr. Garnet Maley
Dr. David Malkin
Dr. Oscar Mandel
Dr. Pirjo Manninen
Dr. Leora Marcovitz
Dr. Douglas Margison
Dr. Douglas Mark
Dr. Frederick Mark
Dr. Pamela Mark*
Dr. Paul Marks
Dr. Newton Markus
Dr. Jaanus Marley
Dr. Joseph Marotta
Dr. Bryan Marshall
Dr. John Marshall
Dr. James Martin
Dr. Paul Martin
Dr. Robert Martin
Dr. Robert Masih
Dr. Edward Masson
Dr. Anne Matlow
Dr. Florian S. Matsalla
Dr. Michael Matthews
Dr. Frederick Matzinger
Dr. Michael Maurice
Dr. Lionel Mausberg
Dr. Andrew Maykut
Dr. Kenneth McCuaig*
Dr. Patrick McDonald
Dr. Donald McGillivray
Dr. Brian McGrath
Dr. John McIlraith
Dr. William McIlroy
Dr. Janet McKeown*
Dr. Mary McKim Mackenzie
Dr. David McKnight
Dr. Carolyn McLean
Dr. William McMullen
Dr. Susan McNair
Dr. Patricia McNama
Dr. David McNeely
Dr. Marianne McPhail*
Dr. Terence McQuiston
Dr. Donna McRitchie
Dr. Katherine Michalski
Dr. Sunil Mehta, Class of
9T4 Student Fund
Dr. Susan Mehta
Dr.Yatin Bobby Mehta
Dr. Kenneth Melvin
Dr. James Menlove
Dr. James Mergelas
Dr. Norman Mesaglio
Dr. Marc Michell
Dr. Allan Mickelson
Dr. Anna Millers
Dr. Nisha Mistry
Dr. David Mitchell
Dr. Lup-Ho Mo
Dr. Gordon Moe
Dr. Frederick Moffat
Dr. John Moffat
Dr. Michael Moffatt
Mrs. Esther Moldofsky, In
memory of Dr. Jack Moldofsky (4T8)
Prof. Harvey Moldofsky
Dr. Liliana Monti
Dr. Edward Moran
Dr. Gary Morningstar
Dr. Debra Morrison
Dr. George Morrison
Dr. Peter Morse
Dr. Kathleen Moses
Dr. George Moss
Dr. David Mowbray
Dr. Douglas Munkley
Dr. John Murnaghan
Dr. Kenneth Mustard
Dr. Grant Nadon
Dr. Lawrence Naiman*
Dr. Domenic Nasso
Dr. Paul Newbigging
Dr. Douglas Ng
Dr. Donald Niece
Dr. Richard Nishikawa
Dr. Steven Nitzkin
Dr. Jane Nixon
Dr. Margaret Norman
Dr. George Novotny
Dr. Marvin Nussbaum
Dr. Dennis O’Brien
Dr. Richard Ogilvie
Dr. Terence O’Heany
Dr. Elizabeth Oliver-Malone
Dr. Milena F. Ondro
Dr. Alice Ordean
Dr. K. Shirley O’Reilly
Dr. Teddi Orenstein*
Dr. John Osborn
Dr. Howard Ovens
Dr. William Page
Dr. Joan Paisley
Dr. Rodion Palazij
Dr. Sonilal Pancham
Dr. Hazel Park
Dr. John Parker
Dr. David Parratt
Dr. James Parrish
Dr. Benjamin Pasicov
Dr. Norman Patt
Dr. Thomas Patterson
Dr. Dan Patton
Dr. Robert Paulovic
Dr. Donald Payne
Dr. Charles Pearce
Dr. Beverley Pearson Murphy
Dr. Jared Peck, Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. David Pelton
Dr. Richard Penciner
Dr. Sunita Penmatcha
Dr. Gordon Perkin
Dr. Reginald Perkin
Dr. Melvyn Petersiel
Dr. John Peto*
Dr. Nicolae Petrescu
Dr. Howard Petroff
Dr. Michael Pezim
Dr. James Pfaff
Dr. Frank Philbrook
Dr. Shauna Phillips
Dr. Charles Pickett
Dr. Terry Picton
Dr. P. Gail Pirie
Dr. Cheryl-Lynn Pitre
Dr. Kim Plaxton
Dr. Peeter Poldre
Dr. Irene Polidoulis-Giontsis
Dr. Michelle Porepa
Dr. David Posen
Dr. Wayne Potashner
Dr. Arthur Price
Dr. George Prieditis
Dr. W. Ross Prince
Dr. Kenneth Pritzker
Dr. JJ Mackenzie
Dr. William Prost
Dr. Gordon Prowse
Dr. Michael Pryszlak
Dr. Christine Pun
Dr. Xerxes Punthakee,
Dr. Agnes Kwasnicka (0T4)
Memorial Fund
Dr. Xuanlu Qu
Dr. Corinna Quan
Dr. Melanie Quartermain
Dr. Arif Qureshi
Dr. Sparrow Rabideau
Dr. Edward Rabinovitch
Dr. Anita Rachlis
Dr. Hemi & Anshu Rajput,
Dr. Agnes Kwasnicka (0T4)
Memorial Fund
Dr. Ernest Ranney
Dr. David Rapoport
Dr. Susan Rapoport-Glick
Dr. Henrietta Rappaport
Dr. Roshan Razik
Dr. Richard Reddick
Dr. Sumana Reddy
Dr. Juri Reial
Dr. Anthony Reid
Dr. Raimo Repo
Dr. Dorianne Rheaume
Dr. Amy Rice
Dr. Timothy Richardson
Dr. John Ridge
Dr. Robert Ridge
Dr. Richard Rinn
Dr. Kevin Rittenberg
Dr. Paul Roberts*
Dr. Michael Robinette
Dr. Lisa Robinson
Dr. Gerald Rockman
Dr. Kenneth Rodney
Dr. Michael Roe
Dr. Lisa Ronback
Dr. Michael Rooney
Dr. Hugh Rose
Dr. Jane Roseborough
Dr. Irving Rosen
Dr. Frank Rosenberg
Dr. Jay Rosenfield
Dr. David Rosenthal
Dr. Michael Rosset
Dr. Lea Rossiter
Dr. Morris Rotbard
Dr. Sherryn Roth
Dr. Irving Rother
Dr. Harold Rotman
Dr. Tyler Rouse*
Dr. Marie Roy
Dr. Andrew Royko
Dr. Baiba Rozkalns
Dr. Sam Rubenzahl
Dr. Allan Rubin
Dr. Evelyn Rubin
The Late Dr. James Ruderman
Dr. Peter Rumney
Dr. Francis Rundle
Dr. George Rungi
Dr. Anysia Rusak
Dr. Edward Rusiewicz
Dr. Clark Russell
Dr. Edward Russell
Dr. Mitsuko Sada*
Dr. Kenneth Sakamoto
Dr. Terence Sakamoto*
Dr. Takaki Sameshima
Mrs. Jane Samis, In memory
of Dr. Bill Samis (5T6)
Dr. David Saslove*
Dr. Sam Schachter
Dr. Douglas Schatz, In Memory
of Dr. Stanley Schatz (5T3)
Dr. Joseph Schatzker
Dr. Julie E. Schatzker
Dr. Jon Schonblom
Dr. Martin Schreiber
Dr. Brian Schwartz
Dr. Franz Schweiger
Dr. Michael Schweitzer
Dr. David Scott
Dr. James Scott
Dr. Hilario See
Dr. Avram Selick
Dr. Gerald Seligman
Dr. Gordon Sellery
Gavin Semelhago
Dr. Rachelle Sender
Dr. Rohan Shahani, Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. William Shannon, Class of 9T4
Student Fund
Dr. Stephen Shapero
Dr. Nadder Sharif*
Dr. David Shaul*
Dr. Richard Shaul
Dr. Erin Shaw
Dr. Gerald Sheldon
Dr. Dominick Shelton
Dr. Anne Shepherd
Dr. Robert Sheppard
Dr. Rachel Sheps
Dr. Donald Shier
Dr. Anne Shin
Dr. Judith Shindman
Dr. Frederica Shore
Dr. Jack Shuber
Dr. Sandy Shulman
Dr. Ferhan Siddiqi
Dr. Roger Sider
Dr. Tammy Sieminowski
Dr. Elaine Silver
Dr. Gregory Silverman, Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. Lloyd Silverman
Dr. Katherine Siminovitch
Dr. William Simmons
Dr. Frederick Simon
Dr. Martin Simons
Dr. Navpreet Singh, Dr. Agnes
Kwasnicka (0T4) Memorial Fund
Dr. Sanjeev Singwi*
Dr.Vahe Sivaciyan
Dr. Gerald Skory
Dr. Marat Slessarev
Dr. Robert Slinger
Dr. David Smith
Dr. Donald Smith
Dr. Julia Smith
Dr. Barry Sniderman
Dr. Kenneth Sniderman
Dr. Dominic So*
Prof. John Sommerauer
Dr. Frank Sommers
Dr. Ron Somogyi
Dr. Marilyn Sonley
Dr. Marja Soots
Dr. Salvatore Spadafora
Dr. Margaret T. Spence
Dr. Phyllis Spier
Dr. James Spragge
Dr. William Squires
Dr. Malcolm Stalker
Dr. Arthur Stanley
Dr. Romas Stas
Dr. Bernard Stein
Dr. Lawrence Steinberg
Dr. Allan Steinhart
Dr. Leonard Sternberg
Dr. John Stewart
Dr. Janet Still
Dr. Susan Still
Dr. Steven Strasberg
Dr. Maurice Strasfeld
Dr. Irvin Strathman
Dr. Martin Strauss
Dr. Ronald Strickler
Dr. Janet Strome
Dr. Edison Susman
Dr. R. Ian Sutherland
Dr. Claude Swayze
Dr. Denis Sweeney
Dr. Suresh Syal
Dr. Megan Sykes
Dr. Benedykt Syposz
Dr. Evelyn Tai
Dr. Nigel Tan
Dr. Alexander Tang
Dr. Richard Tannerya
Dr. Charles Tator
Dr. Henry Taylor
Dr. Saul Taylor
Dr. Paul Teague
Dr. David Teitel
Dr. Jerome Teitel
Dr. Martin Tepper
Dr. Sharon Terada
Dr. James Teresi
Dr. Lisa Thain
Dr. Judith Thompson
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News from your classmates
Class of 1944
Dr. Harry HOTZ is enjoying life in
Hamilton with Ruth, his wife of 65 years.
He has six children, 10 grandchildren, and
three great-grandchildren, and loves telling
the family stories of his time in the Royal
Canadian Army Medical Corps. Contact:
harryhotz@shaw.ca.
Class of 1955
Dr. T. David BRIANT enjoyed a 15-day
trip on the Danube River with some
members of the U of T Alumni Association.
The weather was good, and he recommends
others try it. Contact: tcbriant@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Alice BRIGGS
is working three
days a week
primarily in clinical
allergy consults.
She is actively
involved with
HOPE (Helping Other Parents Everywhere),
www.hope4parents.ca. She also volunteers
at Evergreen Drop-In Centre, teaching
clinical medicine to Sick Kids residents.
Contact: abriggs3@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Brian COGGINS is having a wonderful time curling all
winter, and playing
golf in the summer.
He is very interested
in cosmology.
Most importantly,
he is proud of his
granddaughter who graduates from U of T
Meds in 2015. Contact: b.d.cog@rogers.com.
Dr. Arthur COLE is still enjoying
reasonably good health. He and his wife
recently took a 7,000 km road trip to
Huntsville, Winnipeg, Iowa, Nebraska,
and Denver, visiting family and friends.
Contact: (613) 476-6293.
Dr. A. Douglas
COURTEMANCHE,
retired for 21 years, is
keeping busy spending
time in his wood shop,
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restoring old cars, gardening, and working
as a guide at the VanDusen Botanical
Garden. He and his wife, Anne, celebrated
their 65th wedding anniversary on March
20, 2015. Contact: adcourt@shaw.ca.
Drs. May and Gerry COHEN are
enjoying retirement in Toronto. May was
associate dean and Gerry was undergraduate
coordinator, both at McMaster Med School.
They both happily retired as professors
emeriti and are proud grandparents of
seven grandchildren. Contact: cohenmay@
rogers.com; coheng@rogers.com.
Dr. Patricia IRWIN regrets not being able
to attend the 60th class reunion this spring.
Confined to a wheelchair and in long-term
care, she still enjoys getting out and about,
including concerts and classes. Contact:
(613) 938-6698.
Dr. Irvine KORMAN gave up his medical
practice in 1990. He retired recently at 85,
from a 20-year-plus naturopathic practice.
Dr. Clark Scott RUSSELL is relishing life
as an active golfer, Red Cross volunteer,
and a vintage British car enthusiast.
He still looks forward to reading the
CMAJ. Contact: sandlruss@sympatico.ca.
Class of 1959
Dr. R. Gerald GUEST has retired from
geriatric medicine after 50 years. He has
written and published two books on his
favourite subjects: the patron saints of
medicine, and the history and archaeology
of the medieval monasteries of Ireland.
He holds a doctorate of philosophy honoris
causa and proudly collected two knighthoods!
Contact: thecurragh@hotmail.com.
Class of 1960
Dr. Theodore Wilfred AVRUSKIN is
still working in Brooklyn, NY, serving the
endocrinology community. He is happy
to report that they are nearing the end of
Hurricane Sandy repairs, including a
hockey man-cave (formerly the furnace
room), decorated in New York Islander
colours. He enjoys an active life with
family, friends, and of course, ballroom
dancing! Contact: mtav1@optonline.net.
Dr. Cornelia BAINES is still involved in
controversies surrounding the effectiveness
of mammography and health effects of
industrial wind turbines. The 25-year
follow-up of the Canadian National Breast
Screening Study, in which Dr. Baines was a
co-principal investigator, became the mostread article of 2014 in the British Medical
Journal. Contact: cornelia.baines@utoronto.ca.
Dr. Eugene J. CHOROSTECKI still
enjoys travelling each summer to canoe in
the Arctic. Contact: chorost@attglobal.net.
Dr. Douglas GARE continues to work in
maternal/fetal medicine at the University
Health Network. He also loves spending
time with his grandchildren, and golfing.
Contact: douglas.gare@utoronto.ca.
Dr. Bernard GOLDMAN is vice chair
of surgery, inquiries, complaints, reports
committee at CPSO. He is also pleased
his book was published in May 2014:
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Mending Hearts, Building Bridges:
The Story of Save a Child’s Heart.
Contact: berniegoldman@rogers.com.
Dr. John HENDERSON has been retired
for 10 years, happily spending it with his
wife, their four children and six grandchildren.
He volunteers for various community
organizations, and plays tennis and
skis(both downhill and cross-country).
Contact: joiceh@shaw.ca.
Dr. Harvey GOLOMBEK
is teaching residents at Sick Kids Hospital.
He also continues with his psychotherapy
practice in Parry Sound, and consulting
to First Nations. Contact: hgolombek@
rogers.com.
Dr. Edward ISTVAN is still assisting in
surgery. He loves summer cottage life and
spending time with his family, including
five grandchildren, the eldest of whom
will be graduating from Queen’s this year
in mechanical engineering. Contact:
chredi@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Douglas MANN retired and moved
from Calgary to Victoria in 2014, where he
bought an old house that he is renovating.
He loves life in retirement; his main hobby
is boating. Contact: drmann@shaw.ca.
Dr. Robert McCALDON retired three
years ago. He has published three novels:
One Planet Nailed Askew;
Outside the Town; and
Knight With No Shield,
all available on amazon.
com. He has also
published one fitness
title: The Real Trophy,
which is available from the author or
Novel Idea Bookstore in Kingston.
Contact: mccaldon@rogers.com.
Dr. Dick OGILVIE is still working at
Toronto Western
Hospital four days a
week, seeing patients
with hyper and
hypotension. He
published his family
history that totals an
impressive 3,000
pages; no one in the family has read it yet!
Contact: ri.ogilvie@utoronto.ca.
Dr. Irving ROSEN is
working part-time in his
radiology practice, but
spending time with his
eight grandchildren
keeps him even busier! Contact:
irvingerosen@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Gordon
SELLERY retired
in 2008 from
his anesthesia
practice. He is
professor emeritus
at Western
University and
is enjoying
retirement, telling his six children and
12 grandchildren stories of his travelling
adventures. He also enjoys curling and is
past president of the London Curling Club
and the Probus Club of London. Contact:
gsellery@rogers.com.
Dr. Gerald SHUGAR is happily married
with three children and eight grandchildren.
He loves family canoe trips, playing guitar
and banjo, gardening, making maple syrup
with his grandchildren, and travelling.
He was inducted into the Ontario Squash
Hall of Fame, after winning 36 US and
Canadian national titles. He is also still
enjoying clinical work at the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health at the only
all-women’s psychiatric inpatient unit.
Contact: geraldshugar@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Harvey SOCOL, after a 15-year
career in family medicine and 27 years in
industrial medicine, is enjoying retirement
in California. He still plays golf, goes to
lectures and concerts, and spends time with
his family, including six grandchildren.
One of his sons went into medicine.
In June 2014, Dr. Socol turned 80 with a
big family celebration. He looks forward to
spending his 81st in Toronto in 2015!
Contact: ebsocol@aol.com.
Dr. Carol VOADEN still works parttime as a family physician, as well as
participating on her church health and
wellness committee. She also enjoys
visiting family, some of whom live on
Grand Cayman Island, and she is an active
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a member of the Toronto University
Women’s Club.
Dr. John WAIT is retired from a urology
practice at St. Joseph’s Health Centre.
He is enjoying retirement with his wife
of 51 years, spending winters in Naples,
FL. He stays active playing golf, travelling,
and spending time with his three children
and five grandchildren. Contact:
johnhwait@aol.com.
Class of 1961
Dr. Arnold NOYEK is still active in the
Canadian International Scientific Exchange
Programme (CISEPO), which he founded.
It brings doctors from around the world
together to learn from each other and
promote understanding. Read more about
it at http://www.thestar.com/news/
gta/2014/12/18/doctors_teach_doctors_
on_tv_around_the_world_fiorito.html.
Contact: arnold.noyek@utoronto.ca.
Class of 1964
Dr. Doug WILSON was awarded
the College of Family Physicians of
Canada (CFPC) Lifetime Achievement
Award in Family Medicine Research in
2014. He was honored for his landmark
studies on smoking cessation, in addition
to research on lifestyle and health
promotion. Contact: dougwil28@yahoo.ca.
Class of 1965
Dr. Robert ALLIN is still practising on
a part-time basis. He is looking forward
to the 6T5 50th reunion this year.
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Contact: r.allin@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Jerome BURKE is working as a
surgical pathologist/hematophathologist
consultant and continues to teach and
write. He is happily married and the
stepfather of two. He is also a proud
grandparent to two, who are the light
of his life. Contact: jerome.burke@
comcast.net.
Dr. Robert Blake GIBB is enjoying life
with his eight grandchildren, and spending
time at the cottage, canoeing, kayaking,
cross-country skiing, and woodworking.
Contact: gibbblake@hotmail.com.
Dr. Melvyn GOLDBERG retired in
2008 as the head of thoracic oncology,
and the Gloria and Edmund M. Dunn
Chair in Thoracic Surgery at the Fort
Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.
He is relishing retirement at his summer
house, and spending time with his
wife and grandchildren.
Contact: judibake@gmail.com.
Dr. Garry HUMPHREYS is enjoying
retirement in Peterborough, after he
served for 23 years in the Canadian Armed
Forces, and 19 years as a medical officer
of health for Peterborough County and
the City of Peterborough. Contact:
hugothedog007@yahoo.ca.
Dr. Vern ISAAK is enjoying life with his
wife of 51 years, and his six grandchildren.
He has travelled to more than 50 countries!
He did medical work for two years in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as
short-term medical trips to the Dominican
Republic, Mexico and Burundi. Contact:
visaak@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Earle LOCKHART has happily retired
to South Carolina, and spends his days
enjoying the weather and playing golf.
Contact: earlelockhart@msn.com.
Dr. William G. MACRAE retired in
2010 from ophthalmic surgery. He moved
full-time to Collingwood in 2012, and
works part-time in Barrie doing medical
ophthalmology. Contact: williammacrae@
rogers.com.
Dr. Bob McGEE has been retired for
15 years and enjoys cycling, swimming,
hiking, and backpacking. He also loves
spending time with his six grandchildren
and one great-granddaughter.
Contact: rjmcgee@bell.net.
Dr. Judith Belick PAKES is happily
working part-time in her psychiatric
practice. She also enjoys travelling, playing
sports, spending time at the cottage, and
with her children and grandchildren.
She hopes to retire in Israel. Contact:
jupakes@hotmail.com.
Dr. Thomas B. POKOLY is a fulltime gynecologist at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School. He
served as a medical volunteer in Bolivia,
Paraguay, Ecuador, and Peru, learning
how to speak Spanish in the process.
Contact: tbpokoly@gmail.com.
Dr. Linda RAPSON is still working
and enjoying her chronic pain practice.
In 2013, she was appointed assistant
professor in the Department of Family
and Community Medicine (DFCM)
and selective coordinator for fourth
year students taking introductory
acupuncture. She is an affiliate scientist
at Toronto Rehab Institute (TRI/UHN),
doing research on the effectiveness
of acupuncture for neuropathic
pain. She also finds time to enjoy
her 11-year-old twin grandchildren!
Contact: drrapson@mac.com.
Dr. Bonnie ROBSON CARPENTER,
who is retired, recently co-hosted (with Dr.
John Chong), the Performing Arts
Medicine Association meeting for the
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Toronto Region at the Royal Conservatory of
Music. Contact: bonnie.robson@xplornet.com.
Dr. Don SHEPLEY is thoroughly
enjoying retirement with Elizabeth, his
wife of 53 years. They enjoy cottage life
in Muskoka, with frequent visits from
family, and friends. Contact:
deshep7@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Rene SHUMAK is semi-retired but is
still working screening for breast cancer,
and considers her greatest achievement
her three children and six grandchildren.
Contact: renes131@gmail.com.
Dr. Grant Fergusson STEWART has
retired and is happily spending time on
voluntary surgical medical missions in
remote areas of China, and in the
Philippines. He is shown here with surgical
residents and a family who lost their home
in the mega-typhoon in Eastern Samar, the
Phillipines. Contact: grantstewart@shaw.ca.
Dr. John SLOANE enjoys splitting
his time between his psychiatry and
psychoanalysis private practice, and
teaching at U of T in psychotherapy
supervision. He also finds time to write,
play golf and tennis, and spend time
with family and friends—and that
includes his 12 grandchildren.
Contact: john.sloane@rogers.com.
Dr. Lorne TAICHMAN retired in 2004
from Stonybrook University; since then,
he has been director of science and
technology at Windham Venture
Partners in New York City. Contact:
lorne.taichman@stonybrook.edu.
Dr. Richard TAN had a very busy practice
in obstetrics in Hong Kong until 2012,
when he was doing 30-50 deliveries a
month for mostly mainland Chinese
mothers. Since 2013, things have changed,
and his is now mostly an office practice.
Contact: richardtan@biznetvigator.com.
Dr. Stanley J. WINE is still in an active
dermatology practice, albeit part-time. In
addition, he has been a CPSO peer assessor
for eight years and keeps busy with tennis,
golf, and writing articles for CME journals.
Contact: sjwine@rogers.com.
Class of 1966
Dr. Vladimir HACHINSKI, in November
2014, presented an outlined approach to
preventable dementias at the G7 Dementia
Meeting in Tokyo, which was attended by
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. That
same month in Stockholm, Dr. Hachinski
received the Karolinska Stroke Award for
Excellence in Stroke Research. Contact:
rebecca.clarke@lhsc.on.ca.
Rudy’s Rumination on
Rheumatology: A Guide for
the Practitioner, Patient
and Student, available at
amazon.ca. Contact:
rudycanuck@aol.com.
Dr. Klaus JAKELSKI
is the author of Dead
Wrong, a novel about the
murder of 34 infants at a
top Boston hospital, based
on the infamous 1980s
Susan Nelles case in Toronto.
Contact: www.jakelski.com
Dr. Catherine ZAHN has been named as
a Member of the
Order of Canada
for her contributions as a neurologist, health care
administrator
and advocate on
behalf of those
living with mental illness and addictions.
She is a professor in the Departments of
Psychiatry and Medicine at U of T, and
since 2009, president and CEO, the Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Contact: catherine.zahn@camh.ca
Class of 1980
Dr. Kim GILL is thrilled by her
18-month-old granddaughter, Maya,
and has been enjoying retirement for a
year. Contact: kimberleegill1@gmail.com.
Dr. Alan KONYER, with his family,
Class of 1969
Dr. Jerry FRIEDMAN will be showing
his driftwood sculpture at his studio/
workshop at the Artists of the Limberlost
Studio Tour on August 15-16, 2015.
Visit www.artistsofthelimberlost.ca.
Contact: jerryfriedman@rogers.com.
Class of 1978
Dr. Rudy GREENE has authored a book,
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has been volunteering and supporting a
children’s home in Uganda for the past
two years. It has been an enriching and
life-changing experience. Contact:
akonyer@hotmail.com.
Dr. Arthur VANEK recently closed his
private practice to concentrate on hospital
work, increase his flexibility and free time.
Contact: arthur.vanek@sympatico.ca.
Dr. Rose VARON is practising fulltime in general pediatrics in the New
York area. She has four children and a
beautiful new granddaughter.
Contact: REV4894@aol.com.
Class of 1982
Dr. Lauralee
MORRIS, in
2014, spent time
in Sierra Leone
working with
the Red Cross
in their efforts on
the Ebola crisis.
Read more at http://www.bramptonguardian.com/community-story/4940193brampton-doctor-journeys-to-sierraleone-to-help-ebola-patients/.
Contact: lmorris5189@rogers.com.
Class of 1990
Dr. Thomas
FORBES has
returned to
Toronto after 15
years at London
Health Sciences
and Western University. In September
2014, he was appointed professor and
chair of the Division of Vascular Surgery
at U of T and he has a clinical practice
at Toronto General Hospital. He and
his wife, Dr. Beth Woodford (MD,
U of Ottawa 1990), and their four
children are thrilled to be back in
Toronto. Contact: thomas.forbes@uhn.ca.
Class of 1991
Dr. Mike
Dickinson
sent in this
photo of a
group of 1991
classmates on
the intramural co-ed basketball team. From
top to bottom, L to R: Lynne Schwertfeger,
Roxanne MacKnight, Christine Hoffman,
Carol Durno, Sabine Liske, Anthony
Ocana, Dave MacMillan, John Yoo,
Peter Thornton, Lloyd Piszel.
Class of 1999
Dr. Roohi QURESHI is the founder of
Leaves of Trees (www.leavesoftrees.com),
an all-natural, skin-care company sourced
from a women’s cooperative in Morocco.
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M e di c a l Alum n i Ass o c i ati o n
Board of Directors
2014-15
Dr. Trevor Young
Honorary President
Dr. Peter Kopplin (1963)
President
Dr. Suan-Seh Foo (1990)
Past President
Dr. Alexandra Berezowskyj (1982)
Vice-President
Dr. Lyndon Mascarenhas (1984)
Treasurer
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Dr. Michael Wong (1993)
Secretary
Members-at-Large
Dr.Victor Kurdyak (1960)
Loan Officer
Dr. Barney Giblon (1957)
Dr. Martina Trinkaus (2004)
Executive Member-at-Large
Dr. Peter Wyshynski (1961)
Executive Member-at-Large
Ms. Ruth Gillings
Administrator/Manager
Dr. Douglas J. Cook (2004)
Dr. Ronn Goldberg (1981)
Dr. David Lowe (1988)
Dr. David McKnight (1975)
Dr. Tom Patterson (1956) Archivist
Dr. Peeter Poldre (1978)
Dr. Roshan Razik (2010)
Dr. Nicolae Pestrescu (2009)
Dr. Stephen Gauthier (2012)
PARO Rep
Narayan Chattergoon (2017)
Medical Society President,
2014-2015
in memoriam
Lives well lived
Medical Alumni Association
CLASS OF 1941
Dr. Robert Roy FORSEY, in his 100th year,
on Jan. 13, 2015, in Montreal, QC. Dr.
Forsey was the long-time chief of dermatology
at the Montreal General Hospital, an educator
and mentor. A surgeon-lieutenant in the
Royal Canadian Navy during World War II,
he remained active and interested in many
fields until his last days.
CLASS OF JULY 1943
Dr. Alan John RICHARDS, in his 97th
year, on Feb. 24, 2014, in Collingwood, ON.
Dr. Richards loved his radiology practice,
retiring at 82. He served in the Royal Canadian
Navy and contributed to the community
by volunteering for many organizations,
including the Rotary Club of Regina.
He also loved learning, playing the cello at
52 and buying a laptop when he was 92.
CLASS OF 1946
Dr. Peter ALLEN, in his 93rd year, on
Nov. 17, 2014, in Oakville, ON. Dr. Allen
performed the first open heart procedure in
BC in 1957, retiring from surgical practice
in 1993 as emeritus professor of clinical
surgery in the UBC Faculty of Medicine.
His international contributions included
performing the first coronary bypass surgery
in Cardiff, Wales, and establishing the first
cardiac surgical centre in Bhopal, India in
1977, where he became an influential figure
in cardiac surgery.
Dr. George Martin SANGER, in his 95th
year, on Jan. 3, 2015, in Coronado, CA.
Dr. Sanger loved delivering babies, of which
he delivered over 10,000. At the onset of
WWII, in an infamous one-day clearance of
all “enemy aliens” from the UK coastal areas,
he was taken from his home in Scotland and
interned in the wilds of Nova Scotia, along
with hundreds of German boys and men.
Not wasting his time there, he appealed to
his former professors in Aberdeen to send
textbooks, which were used to start a school
for the young prisoners. Using their connections
with associates at U of T, his professors aided
in his release from internment after 18 months.
A few years ago, Dr. Sanger looked up from
Class of 1956
Dr. Don Cowan as remembered
by Dr. William Francombe
Dr. Donald Henry COWAN, in his 83rd year, on Dec. 22, 2014, in Toronto, ON.
I first met Dr. Donald Cowan in 1965 when I was working in the Department of
Hematology at the Toronto General Hospital. One of my tasks was to review bone
marrow tests with the clinician who had performed them.
One day a tall, dark, good-looking fellow walked in, introduced himself and asked
to review a marrow he had done. It was Don Cowan. I got the slides and invited him
to join me at the double-headed microscope so we could examine the slides together.
He asked if he could smoke. Many of us did in those days and I said, “Go ahead.”
There may be some who remember the performance Don went through to get his
pipe lit! It was my first experience. First the search for the pipe, then the search for
the tobacco, followed by the search for the matches, finally the excruciating struggle
to get the pipe burning satisfactorily! That task completed, over the next 30 minutes,
as we examined the marrow, we exchanged personal information and found we had
much in common. By the time we had finished we had formed the basis of a close
friendship that lasted almost 50 years.
At that time, Don was a junior staff physician in the Department of Medicine at
the TGH and was already known as a compassionate physician and excellent teacher.
His talents were recognized and he advanced rapidly: first in 1968 to the Princess
Margaret Hospital and in 1974 to Sunnybrook as physician-in-chief, a position he
occupied with distinction for 12 years. Among many other activities, he later served
a three-year term as associate dean, clinical affairs in the Faculty of Medicine and
held senior positions with Cancer Care Ontario. He was an active member of the
Medical Alumni Association and in 2013 was the recipient of the Dean’s Voluntary
Service Award in recognition of his exceptional service.
Don had many interests, especially medical history. During his later years, he
authored a book on Dr. Vera Peters, a ground-breaking radiation oncologist.
The Faculty hopes to publish this book.
To so many people Don Cowan was a great friend and a marvellous physician.
his newspaper where a new Nobel Prize
winner had just been named and said,
“I taught him calculus in the camps.”
Dr. Joseph J. SCALES, in his 93rd year, on
Oct. 9, 2014, in Edmonton, AB. Dr. Scales
worked at the Edmonton General Hospital
for most of his 45 year career. He and his wife
were formidable ballroom dancers and spent
many summers enjoying their lakeshore cabin.
CLASS OF 1947
Dr. David MILROD, in his 91st year, on
March 21, 2015, in New York City, NY. Dr.
Milrod practised psychiatry in New York City,
where he was a leading psychoanalytic scholar.
CLASS OF 1948
Dr. Jack MOLDOFSKY, in May, 2014,
in Toronto, ON.
Dr. Max SUGAR, in his 90th year, on
June 22, 2014, in Denver, CO.
Dr. Lionel TANZER, in his 91st year,
on Jan. 26, 2015, in Toronto, ON.
CLASS OF 1949
Dr. John Gerald CONNOLLY, on Dec. 12,
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in memoriam
2014, in Toronto, ON. Within the Division
of Urology at U of T, Dr. Connolly is remembered as ‘a mentor and an original thinker.’ He
was a constant figure in the halls of Women’s
College. He loved the outdoors, trekking in
the mountains of Quebec and along the
beaches of his beloved Miscou Island, New
Brunswick, where he subsequently donated
land to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
Dr. Barbara McKinnon HAZLETT, in her
88th year, on Nov. 30, 2014, in Elora, ON.
In her professional career she was a highly
respected clinician, following in the footsteps
of old friend Dr. Charley Best, becoming an
authority in diabetes. She was a founding
member of the KJR Wightman Club, and
in retirement was involved in the community,
including as a caregiver of the swans in
the winter.
Dr. James Alexander LOW, in his 90th year,
on Feb. 15, 2015, in Kingston, ON.
Dr. Robert Arthur STUBBINS, in his 90th
year, on Sept. 15, 2014, in Penetanguishene,
ON. A wonderful father, proud Canadian
and gentle healer, Dr. Stubbins lived every
day to the fullest.
CLASS OF 1950
Dr. George Edwin Donald Davis, in his
91st year, on Oct. 18, 2014, in Toronto, ON.
A dedicated psychiatrist who advocated for
his patients for over 60 years, Dr. Davis was
an RCAF pilot officer whose lifelong interests
included flying, boating and the reforestation
of his century farm. He is survived by his
beloved wife, Dr. Ruth Montgomery Davis
(1951), children and grandchildren.
CLASS OF 1951
Dr. Harry C. HARLEY, in his 89th year,
on Sept. 27, 2014, in Oakville, ON. Forever
challenging himself, Dr. Harley had his own
practice as well as positions as an MP in
federal politics, Crown Life, and the
Salvation Army’s Grace Hospital.
Dr. Ronald McMillan TODD, in his 91st
year, on Nov. 24, 2014, in Toronto, ON.
Remembered by his family as a gentle,
thoughtful and good man, Dr. Todd had a
family medicine and obstetrics practice at his
home in Port Credit, ON.
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CLASS OF 1952
Dr. William James CORBETT, in his 94th
year, in North Vancouver, BC. A respected
GP on the North Shore, Dr. Corbett was a
past president of BCMA and was Lions Gate
Hospital’s first medical director until his
retirement in 1986.
Dr. John R. EVANS, in his 86th year,
on Feb. 13, 2015, in Toronto, ON.
Dr. Evans pioneered a new model of medical
education as the founding dean of McMaster
University Medical School in 1965. He
served as president of U of T from 1972 to
1978. He was the first director of the World
Bank’s Population, Health and Nutrition
Division. He was also the CEO of Allelix,
Canada’s first biotechnology company; the
chair of TorStar; the first chair of the
Canadian Foundation for Innovation; the
chair of the Rockefeller Foundation; and
most recently, the founding chair of MaRS.
Throughout his career and his life, his
greatest satisfaction came from caring for
others as a clinician, and mentoring
colleagues in their careers.
Dr. Jack POSNIKOFF, in his 88th year,
on Oct. 31, 2014, in Palm Desert, CA. Dr.
Posnikoff became what was believed to be the
youngest neurosurgeon in Canada. He later
became a faculty member of the new UC
Irvine medical school in California. He was
probably the only person ever to have been
a member of the RCAF Reserve and a full
colonel in both the US Air Force and the
US Army Reserve/California National Guard.
CLASS OF 1954
Dr. Beverley Alfretta CLARK BURGESS,
on Aug. 22, 2014, in Maryland, PA. An
ophthalmic surgeon, Dr. Burgess received
a full scholarship to the Julliard School of
Music for her singing in her youth, but opted
for medical school instead. During med
school she was the lead in Daffydil shows,
and eventually the national president of
MENSA from 1977 to 1979. She was a
pioneer in the use of laser for patients with
macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
Dr. Martin KAZDAN, in his 84th year, in
Toronto, ON. A respected ophthalmologist,
Dr. Kazdan pioneered the use of ocular
ultrasound, and was a passionate advocate for
eye spasm treatment. In a practice with his
father, Dr. Louis Kazdan and his brother, Dr.
Jerome Kazdan, Dr. Kazdan retired in 2012
after 40 years of service at U of T, 49 years at
North York General and 50 years at Mt. Sinai.
CLASS OF 1956
Dr. Richard P. NERO, in his 83rd year, on
Nov. 15, 2014, in Madison, IN. An OBGYN
specialist, Dr. Nero introduced ultrasound
technology to the Scarborough Centenary
Hospital, later moving to Madisonville, KY,
and then Indiana, where he practised until
his retirement in 2004. Highly involved in
the community, he was also a gifted sprinter
in his younger days.
CLASS OF 1957
Dr. John T. BATE, in his 83rd year, on Oct.
15, 2014, in Toronto, ON. Dr. Bate was an
OBGYN at York Central Hospital (now
Mackenzie Health) for over 40 years. An
accomplished swimmer, enthusiastic bridge
player, avid golfer and all-round ‘trained
athlete,’ he led an energetic and full life.
Dr. Margaret “Joan” KYLE, in her 83rd
year, on Sept. 8, 2014, in Thunder Bay, ON.
Dr. Kyle obtained her license in nuclear
medicine and joined the Nuclear Medicine
Lab at St. Joseph’s Hospital, where she worked
for 32 years. In 1991, after joining Cancer
Care Ontario, she worked to bring breast
screening and the van to Northwestern Ontario.
CLASS OF 1959
Dr. David Alan HALDENBY, in his 80th
year, on Nov. 14, 2014, in Waterloo, ON.
Practising for over 40 years as a dedicated
physician and surgeon in England, Toronto,
and Waterloo, Dr. Haldenby was an adventure seeker by nature and had a thirst for
knowledge and history.
Dr. Paul A. NOLAN, on Oct. 3, 2014,
in Sudbury, ON. Dr. Nolan received his
fellowship in ophthalmology from both the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
(Canada) and a fellowship in the American
Academy of Ophthalmology. He practised for
over 40 years at the former Sudbury General
Hospital where he pioneered the use of laser
in memoriam
technology for eye surgery in Sudbury. A man
of many talents, he was a musician, pilot,
artist and outdoorsman.
Toronto Marathon and several running clubs.
The latter part of his career was devoted solely
to sports medicine and rehabilitation.
CLASS OF 1960
Dr. Vincent ING, in his 82nd year, on Sept.
27, 2014, in Halifax, NS. Known for his
sense of humour and wit, Dr. Ing was an
accomplished and published internal
medicine and hematology specialist who
devoted his life and career to saving the lives
of Atlantic Canadians. He taught part-time at
Dalhousie Medical School and also spent the
later years of his career treating patients in
clinics in the HRM, Cape Breton, Windsor,
and Yellowknife, NWT.
Dr. Caroline Cecil WRIGHT, in her 79th
year, on Sept. 28, 2014, in Orillia, ON.
CLASS OF 1966
Dr. Robert Bruce Ian SINCLAIR, in his
73rd year, on Feb. 14, 2015, in Abbotsford,
BC. Dr. Sinclair had a family practice in
Kimberley, BC, then moving to Seattle to
study anesthesiology in 1979, which became
his speciality. A superb athlete, in his mature
years he was a dedicated marathoner who three
times made the cut for the Boston Marathon.
CLASS OF 1961
Dr. Robert STITT, in his 79th year, on Feb.
7, 2015, in Scarborough, ON. Dr. Stitt was
passionate about his career at the Scarborough
Hospital in surgery and at the Breast Clinic.
With his gentle manner, he loved his family
deeply and will be missed for his wonderfully
practical and pragmatic outlook.
CLASS OF 1962
Dr. Jacob Loeb STEIN, in his 77th year,
on Dec. 27, 2014, in Toronto, ON. After
completing his fellowship in rheumatology, Dr.
Stein spent his career working and teaching at
Scarborough General Hospital. Much loved
by his patients, one wrote upon Dr. Stein’s
retirement: “You’ve made such an incredible
difference in the quality of my life, tending to
both my medical and emotional concerns,
caring for my life as well as my illness.” CLASS OF 1963
Dr. Wilma V. BASSER-JAKOBOVITS, on
Dec. 12, 2014, in Toronto, ON.
CLASS OF 1965
Dr. Robert Bruce EDEY, in his 75th year, on
Feb. 10, 2015, in Mississauga, ON. Dr. Edey
was the director of emergency medicine at St.
Joseph’s Health Centre for 10 years, then
becoming the first team physician for the
Toronto Blue Jays, a medical consultant for
CLASS OF 1969
Dr. Peter Neil COLE, in his 70th year, on
March 4, 2015, in Orangeville, ON.
Dr. Gordon A. McLORIE, in his 70th year,
in Telluride, CO. Dr. McLorie pursued
fellowship training in oncology at UCLA
followed by pediatric urology training in
Boston. As a teacher, a surgeon, an innovator
and a pioneer in his very specialized and
technical trade, he was globally recognized as
a leader in the medical community.
CLASS OF 1970
Dr. Elliot Melvin MINTZ, on his 70th
birthday, March 12, 2015, in Vancouver BC.
Dr. Mintz was a dedicated, compassionate
family physician in Vancouver for 43 years.
CLASS OF 1975
Dr. James RUDERMAN, on Jan. 29, 2015,
in Toronto, ON. An outstanding leader, a
published researcher and a highly respected
teacher, Dr. Ruderman has been honoured
by Women’s College Hospital, which has
recently established the Jim Ruderman
Lecture on Leadership and Innovation.
The CFPC has also created the Jim
Ruderman Academic Family Medicine
Leadership Award, which will be awarded
in 2015 at the Family Medicine Forum.
CLASS OF 1978
Dr. Richard J. LACHOWSKI, in his 61st
year, on Nov. 27, 2014, in Hamilton, ON.
An orthopedic surgeon with a special interest
in joint replacement and trauma, Dr.
Lachowski worked at St. Joseph’s Hospital
for the past 16 years. He was associate clinical
professor at McMaster University and was
also director of alumni affairs for the
MacOrtho Society. He derived immense
satisfaction from instructing medical
students, clerks and residents.
Dr. Vytas Jonas “Vyt” ZULYS, in his 63rd
year, on Jan. 19, 2015, in Mississauga, ON.
CLASS OF 1980
Dr. Andre RIVET, in his 59th year, on
Dec. 24, 2014, in North Bay, ON. Dr. Rivet
was dedicated to his wife and family and was
honoured to be a physician to the people of
North Bay for over 30 years.
CLASS OF 1981
Dr. David SHUMKA, on Oct. 31, 2014,
in Newmarket, ON. Dr. Shumka practised
anesthesia and pain management medicine
for many years. He was also a talented
keyboardist whose love of music was a
dominant force in his life. With Dr. David
White, he established Lifebeat, a musical
variety show featuring the talents of health
care professionals that raised over $1 million
for charity.
Dr. Joseph Ka Hoi WONG, in his 60th
year, on Aug. 13, 2014, in Toronto, ON.
A romantic idealist, an inspiring leader, a
soldier for social justice, a selfless healer, a
family pillar, a loving husband and father, Dr.
Wong was a facial plastic and reconstructive
surgeon. He served in leading positions for
various international plastic surgery societies,
as well as in editorial and teaching positions. CLASS OF 1983
Dr. Robert Philip DAIN, in his 54th year,
on Jan. 5, 2015, in Kingston, ON. Always
a top student, Dr. Dain also graduated in
nuclear medicine from the University of
Western Ontario in 1988 and in radiology
at Queen’s University in 1991.
Dr. Paul H. GRANT, in his 57th year, on
Nov. 8, 2014, in Newmarket, ON. Dr.
Grant was greatly loved and respected by
all his family, friends, colleagues and patients
and he will be greatly missed.
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