Doctors Making a Difference

Dr Shikha Minhas

Dr Shikha Minhas – Care and Compassion Defines Her Work

October 3, 2019

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

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

Dr Cole Stanley: helping patients with Opioid Use Disorder

August 29, 2019
When opioid overdoses and deaths reached stunning proportions in 2016 and 2017, and a public health crisis was declared, Dr Cole Stanley recognized that he and his colleagues might be able to better serve their patients with opioid use disorder (OUD).   Having recently completed quality improvement...
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opioid use disorder, quality improvement
Dr Judy Dercksen

Dr Judy Dercksen - Her "just do it" attitude helps patients fighting chronic pain

July 10, 2019

Dr Judy Dercksen is the first to admit that trauma has made her the doctor she is today. As a family physician – she knows many physical symptoms can be manifestations or by-products of psychological damage. As she treats, she also explores all dimensions of her patients. She also personifies...
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Dr Jeff Pike – Orthopedic surgeon and medical leader

June 12, 2019

Sometimes negative events in life can become the surprising openings to brand new ways to understand, experience, and contribute to the world.

Orthopedic surgeon Dr Jeff Pike knows that well. In fact, on at least two occasions, negative events have had positive, life-changing results —...
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Dr Kelly Mayson

Dr Kelly Mayson: helping make patients stronger for surgery

May 2, 2019

On a rural placement between her second and third year as a medical student in the 1980s, Dr Kelly Mayson got paired with a rural GP who had just completed training in anesthesiology. “It opened my eyes to what it was all about,” she said, and soon after decided to make it her career.  

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surgical patient optimization