Doctors Making a Difference

Dr Stephanie Rhone 1

Providing hands on clinical care, while leading large systems change

September 14, 2018

As an obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr Stephanie Rhone is highly respected by her colleagues and patients as a top-notch clinician, especially with early pregnancy complications, pregnancy loss, gynecologic surgery and reproductive imaging.

Had she decided to simply focus on her clinical ...
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specialist
Dr Linda Uyeda

A champion for mindfulness, parenting and mind-body connections

July 26, 2018

Dr Linda Uyeda first learned about the impact of stress, and how mindfulness practices could help reduce it and improve health and wellbeing, when two life events collided.  

She was a busy GP, a few months out of residency, living in Vancouver, when she developed muscle stiffness,...
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stress, mindfulness, ACEs
Dr Richard Wadge

A life in medicine well lived, well left

July 10, 2018

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

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

Dr Melissa Oberholster – From South Africa to Nanaimo

June 20, 2018

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

 

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

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

June 6, 2018

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

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