DoM Monthly Newsletter – April / May 2023 | |
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NEW as of May 23, 2023
NEW - Nova Scotia Health Respiratory Virus Safety Plan
This plan is effective May 23, 2023 and authored by the COVID Network.
- REPLACES - COVID-19 Protocols For a Safe Recovery
- These measures have been developed for the Spring/Summer 2023 and will be revised as required.
- The Province of Nova Scotia issued an update on its response to COVID-19.
- As a result, Nova Scotia Health (NSH) and IWK Health employees (including employees who work from home), and onsite medical staff are still required to complete and provide proof of their primary series COVID-19 vaccination and are encouraged to obtain all future recommended booster doses. Medical and human rights exception processes remain in place.
NEW - Changes to Masking Guidelines in Non-Clinical Areas
Starting Tuesday, May 23, NSH will move to optional masking in non-clinical areas.
- Physical distancing is still recommended when not masked.
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Non-clinical area is defined as NO CONTACT with patients or essential care partners/caregivers.
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Continuous masking requirements will remain in place for all other areas for staff, patients, visitors, and learners.
References
Province of Nova Scotia news release – May 23, 2023
https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20230523001
Nova Scotia Health news release – May 23, 2023
https://www.nshealth.ca/news/nova-scotia-health-iwk-health-update-covid-19-response
Nova Scotia Health Respiratory Virus Safety Plan – May 23, 2023
https://policy.nshealth.ca/Site_Published/covid19/document_render.aspx?documentRender.IdType=6&documentRender.GenericField=&documentRender.Id=89010
Changes to Masking Guidelines in Non-Clinical Areas Memo & Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.nshealth.ca/news/nova-scotia-health-iwk-health-update-covid-19-response
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May 2023
May 8 – 14 National Nursing Week
May 25 – Let’s Talk Informatics OPOR: Transforming the Shape of Healthcare in Nova Scotia
May 30 – DoM Grand Rounds (8 am feature: Quality)
May 30 – DoM Quality Day (afternoon)
May 31 – Deadline for Research Nova Scotia Public Impact Award nominations
June 2023
June 6 – Anderson Dickson Lecture at DoM Grand Rounds (Zoom; 8-9am)
June 6 – Annual Faculty of Medicine Meeting (Theatre A Tupper / Teams; 5-6pm)
June 9 – Deadline for Making Waves Award nominations
June 27 – DoM Awards Extravaganza (Zoom; 8-9am)
September 2023
Sept 22 - 23 – Women in Medicine Summit https://www.womeninmedicinesummit.org/
National Nursing Week 2023
I want to take a minute to recognize all of the amazing nurses we work alongside of every day that care for our patients, lead and support research initiatives and provide education to our learners, patients and families. I hope you can find an opportunity to express your appreciation to your nurse colleagues this week.
Our Nurses. Our Future. Forward Together.
~ Dr. Christine Short (originally sent May 10, 2023)
Let’s Talk Informatics
To join the mailing list (internal audience only), email: letstalkinformatics@nshealth.ca
List of archived events: https://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/education-learning-45
DoM Grand Rounds
Monthly poster on DoM website
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Dr. Ziran Meng, Division of General Internal Medicine – changes from locum to ongoing position effective April 1, 2023.
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Dr. Harrison Petropolis, Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy – locum from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024.
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Dr. Andrea Kew, Division of Hematology & Hematologic Oncology – locum extended to March 31, 2024.
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Nicole Wickens, Booking Clerk, Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science
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Sandhya Aryal, Booking Clerk, Digestive Care & Endoscopy
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Melody Bell, Administrative Assistant, Digestive Care & Endoscopy
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Madison Saulnier, Administrative Assistant, Digestive Care & Endoscopy
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Komal Dhawan, Administrative Assistant, Endocrinology
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Diane Goodwin, Administrative Assistant, Geriatric Medicine
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Jo-Ann Spillett, Administrative Assistant, Hematology
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Hannah Smith, Administrative Assistant, Hematology
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Joanne Fraser, Administrative Assistant, Hematology
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Leon Li, Casual Administrative Assistant, Geriatric Medicine
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Dhrumi Kansara, Team Lead, Medical Oncology (moved from Hematology)
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Laurie Proctor, Education Program Assistant, Neurology
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Devangi Patel, Administrative Assistant, Nephrology
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Ify Ezemenari, DoM Assistant Manager
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Amie Smart, Co-op Student, DoM Education Office
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Dariush Bakhtiari, PhD, Research Program Administrative Coordinator
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Nicole Chiasson, is moving from Cardiology Team Lead position to be Executive Assistant to Department Head, Dr. Christine Short
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Ellen Etmanskie, Administrative Assistant, Digestive Care & Endoscopy
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Cassie Leblanc, Booking Clerk, Digestive Care & Endoscopy
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Jacqueline Gray, Booking Clerk, Digestive Care & Endoscopy
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Sue West, Administrative Assistant, Endocrinology
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Elissa Hughes, Team Lead, Geriatric Medicine
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Ruth Ampi Kanakam, Education Program Assistant, Geriatric Medicine
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Cheryl Burton-Myles, Casual Administrative Assistant
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Congratulations to Dr. John G. Hanly, Rheumatologist, who has been approved for a Dalhousie University appointment as Professor Emeritus, effective June 1, 2023. |
 |  | Dr. John Hanly graduated from the National University of Ireland in 1978. Following training in internal medicine, he pursued a two year rheumatology research fellowship in Dublin. Between 1984-1987, he undertook clinical fellowships in Rheumatology and Immunology at the University of Toronto and McMaster University. Dr. Hanly joined the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie in 1987 and later became Professor of Medicine and Pathology. A former Head of the Division of Rheumatology, the division’s Research Director and Director of the Dalhousie University Lupus Clinic, Dr. Hanly served as the Chair of the Department of Medicine’s Research Committee from 2011-2019. In 2015, he became the Department of Medicine’s first Research Director. Dr. Hanly is a respected clinician, teacher, and clinical investigator with continuous peer-reviewed funding from CIHR since 2002. His focus has been the study of pathogenic mechanisms of systemic lupus erythematosus and clinical outcomes with a particular interest in how lupus affects the nervous system. Dr. Hanly is a Master of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). He is Past Chair of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC), involving 43 academic centers in 16 countries. Previous research awards include the ACR Edmund L. Dubois Memorial Lectureship, ACR Master Award, the CRA Distinguished Investigator award and the CRA Distinguished Rheumatologist Award.
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Dr. Allen Tran completed his term as interim co-division head on March 31, 2023. Dr. Magnus McLeod will continue as interim Division Head in the Division of General Internal Medicine. | |
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~A message from Dr. Christine Short~
I am pleased to announce that effective April 1, 2023, Dr. Steven Gruchy and Dr. Shelly McNeil formally started their leadership roles within the Department of Medicine.
As the size and complexity of our department grows, we are reviewing the department’s governance model so that it will continue to serve the rapidly evolving needs and priorities of all of our department members including physicians, residents, fellows, clinical staff and administration. To optimize our physician leadership, I am splitting the previous Deputy Dept. Head role into two positions: Deputy Head Academic and Deputy Head Clinical. This is to recognize the growth of leadership and administrative work we do for the Health Authority and the Faculty of Medicine. This is leadership structure has worked well in other medicine departments across the country.
Dr. McNeil has been serving as our Deputy Head since 2018 and will be moving into the new role of Deputy Department Head Academics. She will be responsible for department’s large education and research arms, including providing guidance to staff and committees. Dr. McNeil brings a wealth of leadership experience to this role. She has been with the department since 2000 and is currently the Senior Medical Director, COVID Planning and Implementation for Nova Scotia Health and the Division Head for Infectious Diseases. Dr. McNeil has been instrumental providing solutions to operational challenges related to COVID-19, including patient admission and care strategies, and health care worker protection and vaccination rollout. In addition to her full commitment to the Infectious Diseases division, she continues to collaborate with all levels of provincial leadership to maintain the health and wellness of Nova Scotians and support the learning activities of the medical students and residents. Dr. McNeil will bring a fresh perspective to her role and will be a key advisor in increasing the profile our research and educational endeavors.
Dr. Steven Gruchy is the newly appointed Deputy Department Head Clinical. In this role, Dr. Gruchy will provide oversight to the various aspects of our clinical operations including the MTU/IMCU, staff and facility resource allocation, and provide leadership to quality and clinical systems innovation initiatives within our department. Dr. Gruchy has been a faculty member in the Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy since 2007. During this time, he has held various leadership positions, including the GI Residency Program Director and MTU Director. He is currently the Chair of Financial Management Committee (FMC) and Co-Division Head of the Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy along with Dr. Ian Epstein. Dr. Gruchy will bring his expertise in finding solutions for complex clinical issues and building relationships with stakeholders across the organization to his new position.
Please join me in congratulating and Dr. Gruchy and Dr. McNeil on their new roles. Drs. Gruchy and McNeil will continue their involvement on the Executive Committee in their capacity as division heads. They will begin reaching out to department members as they start working on new initiatives in their respective areas.
I am looking forward to seeing what this new fiscal year will bring. I am confident that we will continue to work and grow together to fulfill the goals outlined in our strategic plan. I will be sure to keep you apprised of further changes to the department’s organizational structure in the weeks and months to come.
Take care,
Christine
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Cynthia Kendell,
Research Implementation Scientist
1. Where did you grow up?
I grew up on the South coast of NL in a beautiful place called Bay D’Espoir.
2. When did you join Nova Scotia Health and when did you join DoM?
I started working at NS Health/Dalhousie University in 2010 and joined the DoM in January of this year.
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3. Tell us about your education and work background. What were you doing before you joined DoM?
This question is always a fun one to answer because my academic career has taken a bit of a winding path. I did a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology at the University of New Brunswick and followed that with a Master of Human Kinetics in Biomechanics at the University of Ottawa. Currently, I am a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary PhD Program here at Dalhousie where I am studying data access governance, focusing on access to administrative health data for research.
Prior to joining the DoM, I spent nearly 13 years working as a Project Coordinator for the Cancer Outcomes Research Program, a grant funded research program at Dalhousie University/NS Health. During my time with the program, I was involved in cancer health services and implementation science research.
At a glance, it may seem a little eclectic—biomechanics, cancer health services research, implementation science, data access governance—but everything is connected by a common thread, which is an interest in leveraging data to improve decision-making at all levels of the healthcare system.
4. Please tell us more about your current role in DoM.
My title is “Implementation Scientist”, which is a new position here in the Department of Medicine. My primary role is to collaborate across divisions on research that supports the implementation and evaluation of new innovations into routine healthcare delivery. This can include everything from conducting research to inform intervention development, to conducting intervention studies to generate pilot data, to evaluating the effectiveness of specific implementation strategies.
5. What is your favourite part about your job?
The best thing about my job is that it’s never stagnant. There are always new questions to be asked, new projects on the horizon, and new people to collaborate with. Since things are always changing and evolving, I’m constantly learning and gaining new skills.
6. What are a few things that your colleagues may not know about you?
When I am not working, I like to relax at home with my husband and son, and our senior chihuahua, Benny. We have a cat too, but she does her own thing!
7. What is the best way for your DoM colleagues to reach you?
You can reach me at cynthia.kendell@nshealth.ca
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To help further the work of the strategic plan, we are focusing on strengthening our toolkit to improve culture and conflict in our workplace. Content submitted by Diane LeBlanc, Basia Solarz and Brennan Dempsey. | |
Organizational Culture 101
Although previous tips have focused on conflict, cultural development is another key lever in creating meaningful institutional change. First, however, it is necessary to understand what an organizational culture is, where it comes from, and how we can shape it to keep pace with our changing circumstances.
Part of the problem in defining organizational culture is that organizations themselves are sometimes hard to delineate. Only a group with a common history and some stability fosters the creation of an organizational culture - some organizations might not have a culture at all, since they lack a shared sense of the past. And of course, an organization can hold smaller groups within itself, so there are often many existing subcultures, some of which can be in conflict.
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Culture is what a group learns - behaviourally, cognitively, and emotionally - over time as it strives to solve problems internally and externally.
It is present on three fundamental levels:
- in basic underlying assumptions.
Artifacts include things like dress codes, the physical workspace, including its sights, smells, and sounds, as well as more concrete things like institutional records and annual reports.
Values are both espoused and lived, and can be uncovered through interviews, questionnaires, and surveys. They arise from the feelings members have about their organization’s cultural artifacts and the nature of the work in question.
Finally, culture is based on the underlying, often unconscious assumptions that guide our thought processes, feelings, and behaviours. Understanding assumptions help clarify the meaning of artifacts and values, and can also reveal some of the cultural contradictions present within organizations.
Cultures are constantly forming and reforming. Critical incidents spur norm formation - what happens after an emotionally charged event usually contributes to the formation of a new norm. For example, do we defend those under attack, or do we stay silent? Culture is also commonly shaped by leaders, especially in the nascent stages of an organization’s history. These dynamics are then preserved and embedded through the socialization of new members to the group.
When we understand what organizational culture is, and where it comes from, we increase our ability to shape it in meaningful ways. Please reach out to Basia, Brennan, or Diane with any questions!
Thank you,
Diane ~ DianeLeBlanc@healthierorg.com
Basia ~ basia@braverpath.com
Brennan ~ brennanpd@hotmail.com
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DoM Research Week 2023
The Department of Medicine Research Week 2023 took place from April 18-21, 2023, in celebration of the diverse research projects taking place across the department. This event marked DoM Research Week’s return to in-person festivities, with sessions taking place both in-person at Dalhousie’s Collaborative Health Education Building and virtually over Zoom. The session on April 18 saw over 160 attendees join via Zoom, and the session on April 20 welcomed over 100 attendees between the in-person session and Zoom broadcast.
DoM Research Week featured 21 podium presentations and 43 posters from Department members, undergraduate students, core and subspecialty residents, research fellows, graduate students, and research staff. The keynote presentation was provided by Dr. Robin Urquhart, Canadian Cancer Society (Nova Scotia Division) Endowed Chair in Population Cancer Research, and Trudy Flynn, Patient Partner, on the topic, “The what, why, and how of engaging patients in research: Experiences from the frontlines.”
Congratulations to the DoM Research Week award recipients:
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Best Research Staff Presentation: Sharon Oldford, “SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccine Immunity is High in COVID‐Recovered Long‐Term Care Residents and Altered by CMV infection” (Poster)
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Best Research Fellow Presentation: Myles W. O’Brien, “Feasibility of a “Walk with a Future Doc” Program in a Rural Canadian Community” (Poster)
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Best Graduate Student Presentation: Gabrielle Hanson, “Characterizing Cholinergic, Neuroinflammatory, and Neuropathological Changes in Brain Regions Related to Sleep in Neurodegenerative Disorders” (Poster)
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Best Case Report Presentation: Alex Dittrich, “A Cavitary Conundrum” (Poster)
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Best Core Resident Presentation: Jasmine Mah, “Social vulnerability and frailty associations with mortality and long‐term care placement: 10 years of follow up of older Nova Scotians who accessed home care services” (Podium)
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Best Subspecialty Resident Presentation: Thomas Brothers, “Social and structural determinants of injection drug use‐associated bacterial and fungal infections: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis” (Podium)
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Best Undergraduate Student Presentations:
- Julia Paffile, “The First Use of Artificial Intelligence in CPAP Therapy” (Podium), and
- Dylan Cooper, “Patient Characteristics and Mortality in a Large Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis Cohort” (Poster)
- People’s Choice
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Tuesday Podium: Julia Paffile, “The First Use of Artificial Intelligence in CPAP Therapy”
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Thursday Podium: Jasmine Mah, “Social vulnerability and frailty associations with mortality and long‐term care placement: 10 years of follow up of older Nova Scotians who accessed home care services”
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Thursday Posters:
- Laura Jimenez, “The role of pandemic income supplementation on the prevalence of food insecurity in Canada and the impact on the social gradient of food insecurity” and
- Jack Quach, “Unsupervised machine learning in frailty research: A scoping review”
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BMO Ride for Cancer 2023 to support Hematology Research
On Saturday, September 23, the BMO Ride for Cancer will be in support of CAR-T therapy lab. Please support this worthy cause. This novel and innovative research initiative will position Nova Scotia at the cutting edge of Hematology research in Canada. Congratulations to the DoM Hematology team for your dedication and leadership to this amazing cause.
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DoM Quality Day 2023
DoM Quality Day will be held on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at the Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) from 1-4:15pm. The event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten on the topic, “Strategic Clinical Networks: Vehicles for Quality Improvement”, as well as podium and poster presentations.
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DoM Administrative Professionals Week 2023
The Department of Medicine depends on almost 200 administrative staff every day to keep our department running smoothly in a variety of staff roles such as booking clerks, administrative assistants, team leads, core team members and managers. Each and every one of our team members are important to the success of the Department. Thank you for all that you do!
Administrative staff were given a thermal lunch bag customized with the Department’s logos and personalized name tag, a lanyard, a locally made bar, a $10 voucher for the cafeteria and a card of appreciation. The planning for this week was a team effort by managers and admin staff. Thank you to all involved.
Raffle draws
Twenty administrative staff in the Department of Medicine won the following prizes:
Air pods
Apr 24 - Lisa Forrestall, Health & Hearts in Motion
Apr 25 - Dhrumi Kansara, Division of Hematology
Apr 26 - Nancy Young, Division of Cardiology
Apr 27 - Linda Goris, General Internal Medicine Clinic
Apr 28 - Sonya Butler, Geriatric Day Hospital
Le Creuset salt & pepper set
Apr 24 - Andrea L Ellis, Division of Neurology
Apr 25 - Emike Ibeagboade, DoM Administration
Apr 26 - Cindy Struthers-Kerr, Division of Nephrology
Apr 27 - Jennifer King, Dermatology Clinic
Apr 27 - Cindy Luong, Hematology Clinic
Lululemon crossbody bag & hat
Apr 24 - Hyen Rosen, Division of Dermatology
Apr 25 - Kelly Mampe, Hematology Services/8A/SDSU
Apr 26 - Andie C Cote, Nova Scotia Cancer Centre
Apr 27 - Stacey Riddell, DoM Physician Services
Apr 28 - Natalie Burns, Division of Cardiology
Saje diffuser with essential oils
Apr 24 - Raleigh Brophy, Division of Medical Oncology
Apr 25 - Raelene Kucyk, Division of General Internal Medicine
Apr 26 - Julia Mellor, Gastroenterology Clinic
Apr 27 - Michelle Bourgeau, Division of Cardiology
Apr 28 - Julie L Fraser, Division of Endocrinology
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The Orient
Administrative Professionals in the Department of Medicine were invited to a virtual cooking demonstration held at The Orient (Chinese cuisine; fine-dining).
Chef Ivan Chan, introduced by DoM Manager Cara Yee, prepared a sweet and sour local steak and presented the dish two ways: for family at home or guests at a dinner party as well as shared tips to keep it easy. Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/@departmentofmedicine
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Congratulations to Long Service Award Recipients in the Department of Medicine from Nova Scotia Health (2022)
5 years
Dr. Kim Anderson, Cardiology
Dr. David Clark, Nephrology
Dr. Nicholas Forward, Hematology & Hematologic Oncology
Dr. Adam Howes, Cardiology
Dr. Kristin Ikeda, Neurology
Dr. Ashley Miller, General Internal Medicine
Dr. Sam Searle, Geriatric Medicine
Dr. Nadine Vaninetti, Endocrinology
Jessica Burchell, Administrative Staff, Rheumatology
Gillian Haire, Administrative Staff, Cardiology
10 years
Dr. Helen Bishop, Cardiology
Dr. Brent Culligan, General Internal Medicine
Dr. Babar Haroon, General Internal Medicine / Critical Care
Dr. Churn-Ern Yip, Endocrinology
15 years
Dr. Arik Drucker, Medical Oncology
Dr. Steven Gruchy, Digestive Care & Endoscopy
Dr. Richard Leckey, Neurology
Dr. Paige Moorhouse, Geriatric Medicine
Dr. Gosia Phillips, Respirology
Dr. Sarah Ramer, Cardiology
Dr. Kerrie Schoffer, Neurology
Dr. Maria Torok, Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science
Katie Crosby, Division Assistant, Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science
Andrea Ellis, Administrative Assistant, Neurology
Natalie Lewis, Administrative Assistant, Cardiology
20 years
Dr. Christine Dipchand, Nephrology
Dr. Ali Imran, Endocrinology
Dr. Stephanie Kaiser, Endocrinology
Dr. Bakhtiar Kidwai, Cardiology
Dr. Gina Lacuesta, General Internal Medicine
Dr. J. Roger McKelvey, Neurology (Retired December 31, 2022)
Dr. Romuald Panek, Nephrology
Dr. John Sapp, Cardiology
Dr. Souad Shatshat, Rheumatology
Carmen Arsenault, Cardiology
Cara Yee, DoM Administration
Tammy Zoccole, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
25 years
Dr. Nicholas Giacomantonio, Cardiology
Tanya Ferguson, General Internal Medicine
30 years
Dr. David Anderson, Hematology & Hematologic Oncology
Dr. Colm McParland, Respirology
Dr. Miroslaw Rajda, Cardiology
Julie Fraser, Endocrinology
35 years
Dr. Christopher Gallant, Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science
Dr. John Hanly, Rheumatology (Retired June 30, 2022)
Dr. B. Lynn Johnston, Infectious Diseases (Retired December 31, 2022)
Dr. K. Sue Robinson, Hematology & Hematologic Oncology
Dr. Diane Theriault, NSH appointment with DoM
40 years
Dr. Walter Schlech, Infectious Diseases (Retired)
45 years
Sandra Bellefontaine, Administrative Assistant, Medical Oncology
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NEW - Breathing a little easier | QEII Times | Dr. Nancy Morrison, medical director of the QEII’s adult cystic fibrosis program, and Andrea Dale, respiratory therapist and research coordinator, have been recognized for their contribution and support of an innovative cystic fibrosis drug, Trikafta. | | | |
Research Nova Scotia names more Dalhousie New Health Investigator Grant recipients | Drs. OmiSoore Dryden and Caitlin Lees are the latest recipients of 2023 New Health Investigator Grants. Earlier this year, Research Nova Scotia awarded close to $1 million in New Health Investigator Grants to 10 Dalhousie researchers. Among them - six Dalhousie Medicine faculty. | | | |
Doctors Nova Scotia 2023 Award Recipients | |
Nova Scotia is home to many innovative and talented physicians. The association's annual achievement awards are one way that Doctors Nova Scotia (DNS) celebrates the dedication of its members, physicians who go beyond the call of duty, but are rarely acknowledged for their hard work. Congratulations to all the award recipients who will be honored at the DNS awards luncheon on June 10.
A special shout-out and recognition to the Department of Medicine members receiving an award this year:
Dr. Mahmoud Elsawy, Division of Hematology, recipient of the Dr. William Grigor Award, for his leadership in advancing research and treatment for Nova Scotians with blood cancer.
Dr. Paul MacDonald, Division of Cardiology, recipient of the Community Specialist of the Year, for his tireless service to cardiac patients in Cape Breton.
Dr. Shelly McNeil, Division of Infectious Diseases, recipient of the Dr. Clement Liguore Award, for her outstanding contributions in guiding Nova Scotians safely through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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YourDoctors.ca - Dr. Kris Srivatsa | |
Building community
For Dr. Kris Srivatsa, working with his colleagues in the intensive care unit is like spending time with family. That might be hard to imagine – it’s a stressful place, where he and his coworkers provide care to the sickest patients in the hospital.
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Congratulations to Dr. Kris Srivatsa received a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee medal in March from Dr. Aaron Smith, Medical Executive Director, Northern Zone. Dr. Srivatsa is the Head of the Department of Internal Medicine in the Northern Zone and Site Lead, Internal Medicine and Critical Care at Colchester East Hants Health Centre.
From the newsletter of:
Dr. Nicole Boutilier, Vice President Medicine, Nova Scotia Health, May 18, 2023
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Canadian Cancer Trials Group IND Team Award
Drs. Lori Wood, Robyn Macfarlane, Myuran Thana and team
Reposting Dr. Ravi Ramjeesingh’s note:
“Congrats to ACCRU and Drs. Wood, Macfarlane and Thana on the IND Team Award that was awarded to them over the weekend [April 29-30] at the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) Annual meeting in Toronto. The CCTG annually recognizes 1 clinical trial unit in Canada for their excellence in an IND study.
This award recognizes the hard work the group has done for the IND234 clinical trial (Prostate Cancer Biomarker Enrichment and Treatment Selection (PC_BETS) Study) in screening, enrolling, and providing excellence in care for patients on the study.”
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CIHR Outstanding Reviewer – Dr. Ratika Parkash
Dr. Ratika Parkash, Director of Research for the Division of Cardiology, has been recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Of the 1016 reviewers that were part of the RQA process in the Fall 2022 Project Grant competition, only 23.2% obtained this recognition. Great work, Dr. Parkash!
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DNS Board of Directors – Dr. Nabha Shetty
Dr. Nabha Shetty, MTU Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, was one of two successful candidates in the 2023 Doctors Nova Scotia Board of Directors election. Congratulations, Dr. Shetty!
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Research in Excellence Award - Allie Carew
Congratulations to PhD Student Allie Carew who was awarded a 2023 Excellence in Research Award in the PhD category from the Faculty of Medicine Professional and Research Education Program (PREP).
Allie's courses are mostly from CH&E and she lists the DoM on all of her publications. "I am so proud of her and want her to feel special!”
~ Supervisor: Dr. Leah Cahill
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Excellence in Research in the PhD category
Oral presentation - Allie Carew
Friday, May 26
9:35am
Theatre B
Tupper Medical Building
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Making Waves Awards - nominate by June 9
The Making Waves Awards are designed to recognize exemplary efforts and outstanding contributions by employees, physicians, researchers and volunteers that advance our vision, mission, values and strategic directions.
http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/making-waves
Deadline extended to June 9 in NSH News (May 16 edition)
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Public Impact Award - nominate by May 31 @ 1 p.m.
The Public Impact Award, presented by Research Nova Scotia, recognizes a Nova Scotian researcher in academia, a public research institution, government, or the private sector, whose research has benefited Nova Scotians by tangibly improving the economy, environment, healthcare system, or society. The recipient’s work was developed in response to the needs of society, and is solving a problem, managing a risk, or creating an opportunity for Nova Scotians.
https://researchns.ca/public-impact-award/
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5th Annual Women in Medicine Summit
The focus of this summit is to identify barriers women in medicine face and create action plans that can be executed at both the local and national level. During the two-day summit, faculty facilitate breakout sessions and presentations given by diverse speakers from various specialties and institutions.
Each session delivers evidence-based talks and present tools and solutions to be utilized in working towards fixing the system and closing the gender gap across all specialties and aspects of healthcare.
September 22-23, 2023
Join the conference live in Chicago or virtually.
Register: https://www.womeninmedicinesummit.org/
Deadline for submission of abstracts or award nominations is Friday, June 2, 2023.
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