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Anatomy of a Mural Geoffrey Jamieson MD’65

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Wednesday June 22nd to Saturday June 25th 2011

Held at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel612 Spadina Crescent, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Honoured years: 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1976, 1971, 1966, 1961, all pre-1957 graduates All undergraduate medical students and residents

of the College also welcome

Sponsored by the College of Medicine Alumni Association

Held at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel, 612 Spadina Crescent, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Honoured years: ‘06, ’01, ‘96, ’91, ‘86, ’81, ‘76, ’71, ‘66, ’61, all pre-1957 graduatesAll undergraduate medical students and residents of the College also welcomeSponsored by the College of Medicine Alumni Association

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HIGHLIGHTS IN MEDICINE 2011

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Annual General meeting of the College of Medicine Alumni Association will take place June 23rd at 12:00 noon during the conference at the Sheraton Cavalier. Lunch will be served and all members are most welcome to attend.

Also featuring reunion class parties, a welcome reception and farewell breakfast hosted by our Dean, Dr. William Albritton, our reunion banquet, workshop sessions, public lectures, campus tours & more.

For more information go to www.medicine.usask.ca/alumni or contact your alumni o�ce at 306-966-6260 or at [email protected]

Registration opens March 2011

NEW… the Alumni Association has chosen class reunion dates for 5 years in advance!Make a note of yours now to make sure you don't miss it! All pre-1957 alumni are invited every year!June 20th-23rd 2012 - Classes invited: 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007 June 26th-29th 2013 - Classes invited: 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 June 25th-28th 2014 - Classes invited: 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009 June 24th-27th 2015 - Classes invited: 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010

NEW… the Alumni Association has chosen class reunion dates for 5 years in advance!Make a note of yours now to make sure you don't miss it! All pre-1957 alumni are invited every year!June 20th-23rd 2012 - Classes invited: 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007 June 26th-29th 2013 - Classes invited: 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 June 25th-28th 2014 - Classes invited: 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009 June 24th-27th 2015 - Classes invited: 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010

YeAr At A GlAnCe December 2010: Honoured

Class representatives in touch with their classmates about Highlights 2011 (1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006)

January 2011: Winter 2011 connective issue arrives

march 2011: Honoured years look for your Highlights 2011 registration brochure in the mail

april 7th & 8th 2011: Edmonton and Calgary College of Medicine/School of Physical Therapy alumni events

april 26th 2011: Winnipeg College of Medicine alumni event at Royal Canadian Mint

april 27th 2011: London College of Medicine alumni event

may 2011: Summer 2011 connective issue arrives

may 6th 2011: Toronto alumni event at Academy of Spherical Arts

may 7th 2011: AFMC Reception for friends and alumni of College at Sheraton Centre in Toronto

June 22nd to 25th 2011: Saskatoon, Highlights 2011 Conference and Reunion

august 2011: Fall 2011 connective issue arrives

I am pleased to welcome you to this first Issue of the year and wish you a wonderful 2011. I think you will find it interesting reading. I want to recognize the leadership of Verity Moore-Wright and her assistant Christine Wood as critical to the production of this timely Issue.

Once again we are highlighting the most recent Alumni Reunion and the Highlights in Medicine Conference held June 23rd to 26th 2010. You will find many highlights about the conference, including highlights of each reunion year’s celebration with class reunion photos.

The September 23rd to 25th first Homecoming weekend for the College of Medicine was a huge success. The White Coat ceremony, Southern Style barbecue, Fall

Welcome Banquet and Miles for Smiles Run all contributed to the memories of the weekend. The gathering was a highlight for the College and Alumni Association and an opportunity to honour and highlight the career of Dr. Ian Holmes the well deserved recipient of the Lou Horlick Spirit of the College award presented by Alumni President Jim Melenchuk ’80.

Our regular sections, Alumni Pride and College Pride sections include articles on Dr. Jim Dosman ’63,

Distinguished Research Chair in Agricultural Medicine and renowned father of Agricultural Medicine in Canada and Marilyn Baetz ’92 new Head of Psychiatry, one of the few woman Alumni named to a College of Medicine Department Headship. You will also find up to date informa-tion about College advancement activities, our students’ activities, and a special feature about Geoff Jamieson’s contribution of prized murals to our College hallways during the tenure of Professor Rudy Altshul.

I hope you enjoy reading about the activities of our College and Alumni Association and take time to become a member or renew your membership in the Association.

David Keegan mD ’64Editor connective issue

editor’s Message

Table of ConTenTs

Editor’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Dean’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Your A-Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Welcome to our new President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Highlights 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

James Dosman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2010 Lou Horlick Spirit of the College Award . . . . . . . . . . . 12

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

New Head of Psychiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Students say thank you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Homecoming 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

SMSS Student Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Student Leadership Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Building the foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

We thank you Dr . Vinters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Anatomy of a Mural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Giving Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Alumni Association lifetime memberships . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Colleagues, Alumni, Friends,

We again had the pleasure of welcoming our newest undergraduate students, the Class of 2014, to the medical profession at our White Coat Ceremony. It was the perfect opportunity to look forward with optimism at the budding careers of these eager students. Proud family members and friends watched as eighty-four students received their first white coat from respected members of our physician community. These ceremonies are a relatively new tradition in Canadian schools and were introduced here by Dr. Sheila Harding, Associate Dean – Medical Education. They serve as an important milestone in a learner’s academic and service life. The white coat has long been a symbol of our profession, but for these newest members the white coat is meant to serve as a symbolic representation of their personal commitment to life-long learning and service to their patients and the profession.

Later that same evening we played host to the College of Medicine’s first Annual Homecoming BBQ. For anyone who joined us at the event, I hope you’ll agree the southern food and bluegrass band made for an enjoyable evening and the weather was beautiful. Be sure to reserve your tickets early for next year’s Homecoming and let us know how we can make it even more enjoyable.

Aside from ceremonies and BBQ’s, the hard work of running our College of Medicine has continued and we have many successes to share with you.

I think of the eight-year renewal of our undergraduate medical education program. In its report, the Committee on the Accreditation of Canadian Medical School (CACMS) and its American counterpart, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), cited the College of Medicine’s integrated planning processes, strong partnerships in recruitment, education and community engagement, its leadership in social accountability, and its “exceptionally supportive” services for students and

residents in Regina among our strengths. We are currently preparing for a secretariat fact-finding visit in March 2011 where the adjudicators will look at our progress on the Health Sciences project, faculty expansion and finances in preparation for an expanded class size of 100 students.

One of the ways the College will be able to achieve increased enrolment will be through continued expansion of distributed medical education, both for our undergraduate students and residents. We’ve made several strides in this regard. In July, we celebrated the expansion of our Family Medicine Residency program to Swift Current, where four clinical residents will receive their training. In August, twelve of our third-year undergraduate students began their full-time studies based in Regina. Through video-conferencing and inter-active teaching technologies, the Regina site is linked to Saskatoon and we now have the ability to offer lectures from either location. We are planning to also increase our programs in Prince Albert and to add new sites to our programs.

We are also working to implement the ten recommenda-tions and five enabling recommendations brought forward in the Association of Faculties of Medicine (AFMC) Report entitled “The Future of Medical Education in Canada (FMEC): A Collective Vision for MD Education. In addition to helping to continue to focus our work in social accountability, it also will help us to further develop our biomedical science programs that have been so successful at the undergraduate BSc and graduate studies (MSc and PhD) level. The work that the biomedical science departments have done in the past several years developing a core platform for studies in Biochemistry,

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Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Immunology, and Anatomy and Cell Biology under the leadership of Dr. Nick Ovsenek has been remarkable.

To complement our work in education, we have begun turning our time and attention to writing our College’s next integrated plan, the third such plan we have developed as part of the University’s four-year planning cycle. Dr. Sheila Harding will be leading the College of Medicine team in determining our priorities for 2012 – 2016. This type of planning exercise enables us to align our academic priorities with financial resources and helps to ensure our work at the College level is consistent with the overall strategic directions of the University. As we move further along in this process, information will be posted on our web site at www .medicine .usask .ca/leadership/integrated-plan and I encourage you, especially those of you who are members of faculty, to engage in what is meant to be a collaborative and empowering process.

Finally, as you may know, I am in the penultimate year of my deanship and will not be seeking a renewal of my appointment. As such, the University is embarking on a search process for my successor. This position comes with many difficult trials and challenges, but is also hugely satisfying and rewarding. I am confident the University will find a capable leader for the College to implement the 3rd

Integrated Plan.

I hope you will enjoy this latest edition of connective issue. Please let us know what you think and how we can keep you better informed of the work of the College.

Sincerely,

William albrittonDean, College of MedicineUniversity of Saskatchewan

Your A-team (Advancement team)

We are the people within the College of Medicine who are responsible for building connections, encouraging investment, and celebrating success! We work with and for our alumni to connect you with each other and with your alma mater. Should you be interested, we can also help connect you to a giving opportunity at the College of Medicine, whether it be helping or rewarding our students, supporting our star researchers or our faculty in their teaching.

Given that all of our A-team members are either new to the College (or their positions) in the last year, we thought we would have some fun and help you get to know us a little better. We wonder how some of our alumni would answer these questions?

If you could pick which superhero you got to be, who would it be and why?

laura: A fairy God-Mother, obviously. She’s the only superhero I know who has a magic wand – and I really need one to do my job most days!

christine: Curious George (the cuddly storybook monkey). He should fall under that category for being so sweet and curious despite this hard world.

Fred: that would be Batman, I remember watching him on TV when I was just a boy and I liked his cool car.

Verity: Elastic Girl from the Incredibles - housecleaning and grocery unpacking (slingshot style) would be so easy!

Our team incluDes:

Alumni Relations Officer: Verity Moore-Wright Ph: 306-966-8864 E: [email protected]

Development Officer: Fred Matiko Ph: 306-966-1786 E: [email protected]

Communications Officer: Laura Herman Ph: 306-966-6059 E: [email protected]

Advancement Clerical Support: Christine Wood Ph: 306-966-6260 E: [email protected]

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We are very pleased to be welcoming a new President to the Board of the Alumni Association Jim Melenchuk, Class of 1980. Dr. Melenchuk has served on the Board of the College Alumni Association for a number of years as well as contributing to the success of his class reunions by serving as a class representative. We look forward to featuring our new President in more detail in the next edition of connective issue, but we know so far that Dr. Melenchuk has a great interest in a number of key issues for our alumni and for the College. These include supporting the new commitment to inter-professional education which is currently being led by our Council of Health Science Deans, and precipitated by the $400 million building project currently under construction on our campus.

Other priorities President Melenchuk has identified for our board and staff this year and next, include supporting the Council of Health Science Deans’ wish to establish an alumni advisory committee drawing from all the health sciences. More specific to the alumni as-sociation our President has indicated he would like to see us increase the percentage of our alumni who hold paid memberships (either one year or lifetime) to the Association from 29% to 50%. Please take the time to renew your membership by completing the renewal card when you receive your notice. Finally, our board has talked about increasing participation at our reunions from our current 30% to 50%. We will start work on this goal soon with a survey to our alumni asking what you like and don’t like about our current reunion program and how we can improve it. We look forward to sharing more with you in the next issue!

Welcome to our new President

Jim Melenchuk, Class of 1980 is our new President and the proud grandparent of Logan!

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Our Highlights 2010 conference committee was delighted to welcome home Dr. Stan Houston MD ‘75 from Edmonton Alberta to serve as the Honourary Alumni Lecturer for the year. This honour is bestowed collectively by our conference committee, the recipient being chosen from the roughly 500 class members invited back for the reunion.

Dr. Houston gave a fascinating talk about his experiences over his career, focusing especially on those working with underserved populations both within Canada and internationally. His travels have included the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) at Mama Yemo Hospital in Kinshasa and Kikwit, a subsequent site of an Ebola epidemic. He spent time in Ile a la Crosse, then to Lesotho, formerly Basutoland in the early 1980’s and Zimbabwe in the late 1980’s. Besides yearly visits to Southern Sudan for 14 years, Dr. Houston also spent time in Ecuador in 1999 and then Uganda followed by Ethiopia.

Dr. Houston included an eye opening profile of the current global distribution of wealth emerging in the last century with the richest 20% of our world’s population transitioning from owning 10% to 80% of the world’s wealth between 1910 and 2000. Dr. Houston also discussed the impact that structural violence (a form of violence based on the systematic ways in which a given social structure or social institution harms people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs) has had on African countries.

And finally, Dr. Houston issued a rousing call to action to all physicians and particularly to medical schools to rise to their responsibility relating to the global health challenge stating it is a “natural and logical extension of our primary Hippocratic duty as doctors and our role as a faculty devoted to helping those affected by ill health”. Dr. Houston’s call was echoed by others throughout our conference! For more information about Dr. Houston’s talk please contact our alumni office at [email protected].

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Highlights 2011 Honourary Alumni lecturer, Stan Houston, Class of 1975 with his father and Professor Emeritus of the College of Medicine, Stuart Houston.

Alumnus and Honourary Alumni lecturer challenges medical schools and Canadian physicians alike to contribute to global health needs!

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Class of 1960On Saturday June 26th the Class of 1960 gathered at the Radisson hotel in Saskatoon for a day of visiting and renew-ing acquaintances. We had a very nice evening at dinner with 32 class members, spouses and guests in attendance.

In addition to those in our photo, at the Saturday class dinner were Dale Zoerb, Bob Bridge and Arnot Hawkins. Honoured guests included were former professors, Dr. Louis Horlick and his wife Mrs. Ruth Horlick, Dr. Ian and Mrs. Ann McDonald and Dr. John Gerrard.

It was a great reunion, much enjoyed by all, with 17 of the 29 member class attending.

back row left to right: Ron Kimler, Ivan Jen, Brian McSheffrey, Don Greve, Ben Horner, Bob Haslam, Arnie Nickel, Archie McPherson. Front row left to right: Merle McPherson, Bill Vaughan, Jack Haver, Fran Horner, Sue Yip, Iris Bauer (banquet evening photo)

There is one word that comes to mind when we think back to Highlights 2010 - Fun, Fun, Fun!

The planning committee for 2010 was (let’s say it again), a fun and most enthusiastic group . With the easygoing and energetic Hal Baldwin steering the group by chairing meetings, the committee put together a first rate conference with 10 workshops, 3 lectures including the Honourary Alumni lecture delivered by

Stan Houston ’75 . The conference attracted about 120 alumni and many spouses . The committee with help from staff of the College Advancement office not only hosted an interesting and lively silent auction of items donated by alumni which raised over $4000 at the feature banquet of the week . But they also inspired and challenged their class mates to raise over $40,000 in class gifts most of which was directed towards bursaries for medical students with financial need . Class speeches at the banquet were amazing and then they danced into the night . And then they showed up in record numbers the next morning attending the Dean’s Farewell breakfast on the beautiful Bessborough Terrace overlooking the Saskatchewan River, where they heard the Dean share the latest and most exciting news about their alma mater .

And we haven’t even talked about the class parties yet!

Our committee:

back row left to right: Ron Kimler ’60, Brian McSheffrey ’60, Stephen Sanche ’90, Evan Frangou ’05, Hal Baldwin ’75, Roy Chernoff ’80, George Pylypchuk ’70

Front row left to right: DeeDee Maltman ’85, Jennifer Tynan ’05, Wendy Gore-Hickman ’85, Krissie Urmson ’00, Anna Felstrom ’00 (missing: Jim Wood ’65)

Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 2010 Highlights Committee on a terrific week in June in Saskatoon.

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Class of 1970 The class of 1970 had a great turnout for our 2010 reunion, with over 50% attendance. Formal activities included house parties on Thursday (at Pylypchuks) and Saturday (at Bruce’s), as well as a golf outing for some of the sports minded on Friday afternoon. The Friday night banquet was enjoyed by all and several contributed silent auction items. The class of 1970 was very generous raising $13,040 for the College. Thank you to Bob Steger for taking photos.

banquet photo left to right: Harvey Hart, Bob Cameron, Wayne Smandych, Ronald Shore, James Ledding, Kenneth

Wagner, Michael Haskins, Andrew Good, Jon VanVliet, Kenneth Sutherland, George Pylypchuk, Robert McCarty, Melvyn Lavallee, Robert Sheffield, Ron Steger, Lynn Jacobsen, Christine Manning, Diane Isherwood, Elaine Mills, Barry Martin, Bryan Young

Class of 1975Our classmates had a wonderful dinner of local cuisine in the Terrace Lounge at the Bessborough Hotel. The attendance was excellent - 27 of 53 living members were able to come. We enjoyed an evening of pleasant memories with many stories about how the 35 years since graduation have affected us all. It was great to see some faces for the first time since 1975.

Most everyone felt the least recognizable were Maureen Haberstock (Costello), Greg O’Byrne, Brad Johnson and Mark Sheridan - each appearing even more distinguished than ever.

We were proud that two classmates gave excellent and stimulating presentations at the Conference. Cindy Kenyon spoke about exciting technological/hyper-reality changes in medical education, and Stan Houston was the 25th annual alumni guest lecturer challenging us about the global role of Canadian medical schools.

Everyone felt that our beautiful city and campus were as impressive as ever.

Our class has sadly lost 2 members - Jim Hindmarsh died several years ago, and Len Krusch passed away earlier this spring.

From left to right: Karen Smith, Francis Chu, Cindy Kenyon, Marjery Jurgens, Maureen Haberstock(Costello), Ernie Fuller, Jonathon Lamb, Alanna Danilkewich, Hal Baldwin, Mark Wasylenko, Carol Norman, Les Williams, Stan Houston, Kelly Chu, Lila Rudachuk, Alan Hill, Brian Dixon, Mike Surkan, Dave Ripley, Michael Brown, Mark Sheridan, Ted Jahnke, Brad Johnson, Sharon Moisiuk, Ellen Kao, Denny Bishop, Greg O’Byrne

Class of 1980The class of 1980 celebrated our reunion by meeting at the Tusq restaurant for a splendid evening of jokes, laughter and good-natured ridicule of fellow class members. The three-hour gourmet meal led to retelling of old stories and catching up on our lives and where they had taken us over the past 30 “geezers” years. Most of the reunion attendees then partied hard at the banquet on Friday, exchanged a few e-mails and went our separate ways on Saturday.

Our classmates thought that three successive days of partying (like in all healthy class relationships) might lead to more fistfights than hugs and kisses.

back left to right: Stan Bernbaum, Jim Melenchuk, Rick Gore-Hickman, Roy Chernoff, Robert Russell, Bryan Barootes Front left to right: Bill Elliott, Ellen Kao, Thomas Johnson, Sheila Ferguson, Daphne Tkachuk (our 2nd mom), Raymond Sherman


Class of 1990The Class of 1990’s attendance at the 2010 reunion conference was impacted by a number of conflicting events including conference presentations in other provinces, high school graduations and landmark anniversaries, and even Rob Sealey’s (alleged) fundraising event with David Foster. Nevertheless, a small but spirited group gathered to reminisce about med school days and compare waistlines and hairlines (thinner and fuller, but in my case unfortunately not in that order). A total of 8 class members participated in the festivities. Randy Moore (Calgary) drove “briskly” to Saskatoon after completing a case to provide a state-of-art vascular surgery update at the conference on behalf of the class. Marian Roesch (Prince George), Barb Kelleher (Brandon), Don Zimmermann (Kelowna) and Jamie Pearson (Saskatoon) and I also attended the conference. Rhonda Reiniger and family joined Jamie, Don, Marian and spouses at the Sanche acreage for a barbecue and visit on Saturday night; later that evening, we were able to use Skype to catch up with classmate Gary Ramage, who was in Mexico with his family. The “Drive for 25” will be starting soon in preparation for the 2015 reunion.

back left to right: Jamie Pearson, Steve Sanche.Front left to right: Don Zimmermann, Marian Roesch

Class of 1985What an amazing get-together we, the Class of ‘85, had at our 25th reunion!

Thirty-four of us gathered together for four days of remi-niscing! From the Welcome Reception, straight through to the Dean’s Farewell Breakfast, the Class of 1985 were there in fine form. Many of us came to re-acquaint with old classmates and friends. While others came simply to get the class reunion organizers – DeeDee and Wendy – off of our backs!

We enjoyed the Highlights Conference. Thursday night was spent laughing the night away at Wendy’s place. We found a copy of a slide show of photographs that we had made of our medical school years, and watched it at least a dozen times. Were we ever that young? Paul did a great job of the class presentation at the banquet. DeeDee had the brilliant idea of establishing a Class of ‘85 endowment fund. We are well on the way to completing our goal of raising $25,000 to enable an annual granting of a bursary to a deserving medical student.

We are already planning our next reunion!

back row: Derek Boan, Michael Ashenhurst, Robert Woolf, John Balaton, Brent Burbridge, Brian Rudrick, Russell Knaus, Kirk Ready, Sunil Khaladkar, Robert McKenzie, Kathleen Arnold (McFadden), John Hurlburt, Audrey Achtymichuk. middle row: Alice Chen, Nishi Das, Shelley Buchan (Boreen), Lalya Wickremasinghe, Kishore Visvanathan, Valerie Spenier (Suderman), Cliff Bell, David Cenaiko. Front row: Rob Parker, Wendy Gore-Hickman (Kirkpatrick), Raj Singh, Shirley (DeeDee) Maltman (Bell), Laura Davies, Evan Howlett, Glenda Mauer, Agnes Powalinsky, Rajendra Chetty. Present but not shown: Krista Nickel, Keith Hamilton, Paul Murphy, and Marilyn Davidson

Editor’s note: The Classes of 1965 and 1995 did take part in Highlights 2010, reports and photos were not available at the time of printing this magazine.

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Class of 2005The conference planning committee was very pleased to introduce our first 5 year class reunion at Highlights 2010. We know that these recent graduates of the College are often still in the midst of post graduate training making it difficult for them and the committee to plan a 5 year reunion. But many of our Association feel that waiting until 10 years after graduation to plan first class reunions is just too long. So although the Class of 2005 was not able to plan a formal class get together we were thrilled to welcome Jennifer Tynan and Evan Frangou of the Class of 2005 to the reunion banquet. They were able to see what Reunion is all about and many of our alumni had a chance to meet them. Seeing both class members’ enthusiasm and energy we have no doubt the Class of 2005 will have a very successful 10 year reunion in 2015!

Class of 2000 The Class of 2000 had a great first reunion experience overall! We had 27 out of 58 graduates attend at least part of the weekend. We had a great turnout from a national perspective with people from Burlington Ontario, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Prince George, and Vancouver Island, as well as couple of people from Regina and a good showing of 13 people from Saskatoon. We started our social activities with “Meet the Creatures” at the zoo in the afternoon on Thursday. Then we headed to the barbeque, also at the Forestry Farm, somehow managing to avoid being drenched in thundershowers! Everyone seemed to have fun, especially the 28 children (21 under the age of 6!)

After the banquet on Friday our class relived old times with a pool party at a classmate’s former residence. A good time was had by all (and a better time by a particular few!)

The conference was also very well attended by 11 class-mates. We were extremely well represented by two of our classmates, Cole Beavis and Mark Hull, who presented

very educational and entertaining talks. We were thankful to Mark Wahba who acted as our class reporter at the conference banquet on Friday evening.

It was wonderful to see everyone! I am certain we will be seeing everyone again in five years!

Banquet attendees (above): Back row (L to R) Cole Beavis, Rahul Mainra, Glenn Ollenberger, Dan York, Suvomoy Datta, Mark Wahba, Mark Hull, Tyler Pirlot, Dennis Lawson, Rob Hall. Front row (L to R) Alana Holt Seitz, Krissie Urmson, Daria Davyduke, Sasha Riome-York, Anna Felstrom, Shari McKinny, Dominique Eustace, Uma Belgaumkar

Forestry farm: (L to R) Alana Holt Seitz (and Evie), Cole Beavis, Dave Sauder, Daria Davyduke, Dominique Eustace, Mark Hull, Krissie Urmson, Carolyn Flegg, Sangita Sharma, Shari McKinny, Anna Felstrom, Suvomoy Datta, Lucy Nickel, Uma Belgaumkar, Jackie Bourgeois, Rob Hall (missing: Sasha Riome-York, Dan York, Heather Wright, Rahul Mainra, Mark Wahba, Trina Uwiera, Dennis Lawson, Charles Kowalski)

Conference attendees: (L to R) Cole Beavis, Trina Uwiera, Sasha Riome-York, Dan York, Anna Felstrom, Mark Hull, Krissie Urmson (missing: Dave Sauder, Daria Davyduke, Rob Hall, Suvomoy Datta)


I was challenged by skepticism that returning to the University of Saskatchewan was a correct career move for me. In doing so a quote from President Leo Kristjansen rings true to me: “When we solve our problems, we are also solving the problems of the world”. Our College of Medicine at the University of Saskat chewan has provided opportunities for research and development that have been very exciting. When I was recruited by Dr. Lou Horlick it was hard to say no, but also I had a strong desire to return here and had a feeling that I could make a difference. I also had an intuition that the new arrangement between the College of Medicine and the Saskatchewan Anti-tuberculosis League, now the Lung Association in Saskatchewan, to establish a Respiratory Diseases Unit in the Department of Medicine might provide for energy and opportunities, and in that I was not disappointed.

As the First Ferguson Professor of Respiratory Diseases, the League had confidence in me and provided resources for new faculty members, two Humboldt studies of lung diseases, our first studies of lung trouble in farmers, and importantly supported our International Symposium on Grain Dust and Health which led almost immediately to a national prevention program for workers in the grain industry. The College of Medicine cooperated in providing the positions that were needed. It was enormously exciting

to see a modern standard of diagnosis and management for patients with lung disease develop in Saskatchewan, to pass this knowledge on to our students, and at an early stage to develop a Royal College specialty training program in respiratory diseases in order to reproduce our selves.

Several factors combined to catapult our efforts. The University of Saskatchewan in the person of then President Leo Kristjansen was excited about the formation of the Centre for Agricultural Medicine. He gave us an interest bearing account, and provided the first money for our industry based Founding Chairs Development Fund. Our small group was excited and felt special to be serving the farmers and rural people of Saskatchewan and Canada. Our research flourished and we made wonderful original observations in science. We trained excellent students, and we developed a group that was excited about our mission. We published in good journals. When I met with Mr. Ike Thiesen, the President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities and described the great problem of getting the message to thousands of families scattered over a vast geographic area, the Agricultural Health and Safety Network was born, and has now grown to include more than 28,000 farm families in 200 participating rural municipalities.

The College of Medicine has provided the unique opportunity to marry the best of the university with the strength of the community that we serve. The confidence shown by Dean Bill Albritton in providing academic positions for the Centre will ensure the future. Staying in Saskatoon with the College of Medicine has provided me a most rewarding career. And it’s been fun too!

James DosmanComing home to address the problems of the world

It was enormously exciting to see a modern standard of diagnosis and management for patients with lung disease develop...

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BioGrAPHY

Jim was born in Humboldt and raised on a farm near there. He received his primary and part of his secondary education there until he developed asthma as a teen and had to leave the farm he loved. He completed his secondary education living in Muenster’s at St. Peters College. Father Renneberg, a teacher there thought he should become a physician since his drawings in biology were exceptional. So started his journey to become a physician and what a physician leader he has become. His career development has been marked by a strong determination to succeed and an uncanny ability to develop mentorship and team partnerships and attract support from many sources for innovative ideas.

He graduated with an MA in 1959 and MD in 1963 from the University of Saskatchewan and went on to complete his Internship at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon. He then entered Family Practice with Dr. Harry Collins in Saskatoon for four years. He then chose a career direction in Internal Medicine and entered the Residency program at McGill University, with a plan to eventually be a Cardiologist. However, during his first year he was then convinced by Dr. Lou Horlick to enter Respiratory Medicine training since the Department of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan had attracted the Saskatchewan Anti-tuberculosis League now the Lung Association in Saskatchewan to jointly develop and fund the Ferguson Professor Chair in the newly planned Respiratory Diseases Unit in the Department of Medicine, in the College of Medicine.

He completed his training as a Clinical and then Research Fellow in the newly established Meakins-Christie Lab at McGill under Dr. Peter Macklem. He was asked to take a special interest in small airway disease related to smoking which lead him to enrich his understanding of epidemiology under Dr. Margaret Becklake. All of these experiences strongly influenced his future career path in his return to University of Saskatchewan. He was named the first Ferguson Professor of Respiratory Diseases and he hasn’t looked back or left the Province for other opportunities of which there were a number.

Interestingly, he was encouraged into studying the troubling spirometry findings of men with occupations in grain storage and transportation by the Medical Director of the Anti tuberculosis League. This started his interest in earnest in occupational risks for farmers and grain handlers and his career in Agricultural and Rural health programs began. This eventually lead him to leave

his position in Respiratory Medicine to become the founding head of the Centre for Agriculture Medicine in 1986, the Director of the Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health Institute in 2001; and the Director of the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan in 2006. Among other initiatives, he was the founding Chair of the Canadian Coalition for Agricultural and Rural Health and Safety and Co-Chair of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society.

His career has been a monumental success and he has been considered “the Father of Agricultural Medicine”. As director of these organizations he and his colleagues have been the instigators of the Agricultural Health and Safety Network in Saskatchewan, a rural based farm health and safety knowledge translation system for rural people which by 2007 included over 28,000 farm families organized through grass roots municipality based knowledge translation programs to improve the health and safety of farmers and their families.

Jim has been a significant research force in Canada and the United States. He is a past scholar of the Medical Research Council and a Distinguished Scientist with the Canadian Institute of Health Research. He was the Principal investigator of the Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research national training program “Public Health and the Agricultural Rural Ecosystem that has now grown to include ten universities across Canada. He is a Principal Investigator of two programs sponsored by the Canadian Institute on Health Research; the Institute of Population and Public Health centre for Research and Development National Scientific Network “Public Health: Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture”. His innovations have been broad and diverse in areas such as a national farm safety program, a national prevention program , a national pre and post doctoral training program funded by CIHR, a network of Research Scientists called Public health: Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture.

He and his colleagues have authored over 195 peer reviewed scholarly papers, presented scholarly works internationally and have organized five International Symposia on Health and Safety in Agriculture sponsored by the National Institutes of Safety and Health of the United States Public Health Service. He and colleagues have authored and published five books from these Symposia. These tomes have contributed to developing a critical knowledge base internationally on the subject of heath and safety in agriculture and rural health issues. He has been a major

force in developing the $5 million Funding Chairs fund of the Canadian Centre for Health and safety in Agriculture. He has spearheaded funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation of $5.3M to establish the National Agricultural Industrial Hygiene Laboratory that will occupy the ground floor of the new Health Sciences Complex. He has been administratively active over his career beyond his leadership of the Respiratory Disease Unit and the Centres for Agricultural Health and Safety, with a five year term on the governing council of the Medical Research Council, is a past President of the Canadian Thoracic Society and he served on the Canadian Nuclear Commission for five years.

He has received a number of honours and awards during his career. He received the award for meritorious service to the people of Saskatchewan by the Saskatchewan Rural Municipalities; the University of Saskatchewan award for Distinguished Public service and Extension in 2003, was Inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Science in 2005 and received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2005. He received international recognition through receiving the Dean Stueland Scholar award from the National Farm Medicine Centre in Marshfield Wisconsin and was member of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Science in Washington to review the NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Research Program. He was named one of the 100 most influential graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences at the U of S and recently became the second faculty member in the history of the College of Medicine to be inducted into the Royal Society of Canada.

He is presently the President and CEO of Agrivita Canada, a not for profit company established by the University of Saskatchewan to promote the interests of the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture. Jim continues to very much enjoy his outpatient respiratory practice at the Royal University Hospital and his outreach clinics at Willow Grove and Nipawin. He is married to Susan McKay Dosman. They have five children.

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Editor’s note: on December 30 2010 we were delighted to learn that Dr. Dosman has received one of Canada’s most prestigious civilian honours, that of the Order of Canada. Dosman was named for his contributions to the advancement of agricultural health and safety in Canada.

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Dr. Holmes is a very deserving recipient of the Lou Horlick Spirit of the College of Medicine award for 2010. This is the sixth annual award highlighting individuals who have, like Dr. Lou Horlick, made significant contributions to the College which sustains the energy and spirit of our students, faculty and staff. Dr. Holmes spent a major part of his life’s career at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine while exemplifying quality patient

care and teaching and guiding trainees to follow the principles of best practice and patient centred care. He not only exemplifies Dr. Horlick’s attributes in commitment to the College but always a commitment to the patients and students. Dr. Holmes is a work horse with strong dedication and sense of responsibility to patients and students alike and a quiet enthusiasm for all that he does. As people who have observed his career would say “it

The 2010 Lou Horlick Spirit of the College Award

goes to Dr. ian Holmes

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seems as though he is always here in the hospital or clinics offering a helping hand to someone in need”.

He was born in Schreiber, Ontario of Scottish parents, his father being a United Church Minister. He attended elementary and secondary school in Port Arthur, Ontario now Thunder Bay. He took his undergraduate and medical school training at the University of Manitoba, graduating with his MD in 1953. Subsequent to his Internship at St Boniface Hospital he moved to Yorkton and spent three years as a Family Practitioner. He then entered the University of Alberta Residency training program in Medicine and gained his FRCPC and became a member of the American College of Physicians in 1960. He practiced Internal Medicine in Edmonton and Red Deer. He states “he so liked what he saw at the College of Medicine when he referred patients from his family practice in Yorkton, that after he completed his Fellowship training he wanted to become a faculty member. He approached Dr. Alan Bailey then

Head of Medicine and was appointed.” He rose through the ranks becoming a full Professor in 1980. He and wife Elizabeth, who was a nurse, have a son, who is a teacher in the secondary school system in Saskatoon and a daughter who teaches French Immersion in elementary school in Calgary. Ian and Elizabeth have four grandchildren.

He had a remarkable career with the College with exceptional expertise in patient care; modeling for students a patient centred approach and is one of the most revered teachers in the College. He was recognized many times for his teaching in including awards for his clinical teaching in 1978 , 1994 and 1995; being the first recipient in one case. He was chosen the Student Medical Society Honorary President in 1995-6. He was honored for 26 years of distinguished service by the College of Medicine in 1994. The Medical Resident Library was named the Ian H. Holmes Library in honour of his contributions to Resident Education while the senior Resident award for Professionalism is named to honour him as the Dr. Ian H. Holmes Award and is presented yearly to a deserving senior resident in Medicine.

Since his retirement from a full-time academic University position he has been an active practitioner in the Cancer Centre, Geriatric medicine and Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. He has been active in his church and is Chair of the Inner City Council of Churches, Chair of the unified Board of his church and on the Oliver Lodge Board.

Some of his fondest memories include success stories about contributions by Alumni of the College. “He tells about the College of Medicine hosting an extremely successful Royal College Oral Examination of Fellowship Candidates in Medicine in the 1980’s. “This was a monumental task for a small school” he said, but he “received rave notices from the Royal College that it had been one of the most successful because of the broad range of fascinating clinical patients who participated from over a 200 mile radius”. He recognizes George Pylypchuk who was the senior Resident at the time as pivotal. George is now a prominent Saskatoon Nephrologist. Dr. Holmes says “he sees a large number of our Alumni, like Dr. Pylypchuk, as ambassadors for the College through their attributes as successful physicians.” He notes “it is extremely rewarding to see students blossom from undergraduates to present leaders in their fields in roles ranging from administrative leaders to clinician as educators and researchers and wonderful colleagues”. He is proud of their contributions from their educational beginnings in the College.

He first saw the powerful role of a strong Alumni Association because of his graduation from the University of Manitoba whose association is almost 100 years old. Like the father of our College of Medicine Alumni Association, former Dean Ian McDonald and Dr. Holmes’ Medical school class mate, they realize the potential human and financial resources that come from such a long association with their graduates. He encourages us that “the spirit at the University of Saskatchewan, like the Riders, is strong and compares favorably with that of the University of Manitoba and Blue Bombers”. He recognizes the value of Alumni keeping in close contact with their College is critical to the future welfare and strength of the College. He says “the fund raising efforts at the University of Manitoba have attracted some major donors and is used in many areas critical to the College; one that is near and dear to his heart is educational technology”. He sees donor strength as an attainable goal for the University Of Saskatchewan College of Medicine Alumni Association.

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“...he so liked what he saw at the College of Medicine when he referred patients from his family practice in Yorkton, that after he completed his Fellowship training he wanted to become a faculty member...”

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In MemoriamMany of our alumni would like to know when they have lost a class member. We are continuing with this idea introduced in our Spring 2010 issue. We have lost the alumni noted below from our last issue to September 2010.

Leonard Krush 1975 Doctor of Medicine May-10

Bronislaw Gorski 1967 Doctor of Medicine Jun-10

Morris Furman 1941 Certificate in Medicine May-95

Ronald Green 1945 Certificate in Medicine Apr-10

Clare Baker 1944 Certificate in Medicine Aug-10

Paul Baron 1941 Certificate in Medicine Mar-10

If you have additional information please contact the Alumni office at [email protected].

We’re honoured to pay tribute to a beautiful life, defined by service and caring. Ms. Sydney Inskip passed away peacefully on November 28, 2010 at the age of 98.

In 1944, Ms. Inskip, as she was known to students and faculty alike, was appointed Secretary to the Dean of Medicine, Dr. Stewart Lindsay. It was a role she thoroughly enjoyed, bringing a motherly-love to the students in our college as she helped to guide them through academic and personal challenges. Ms. Inskip served in this role for thirty-two years, working for six different deans and stewarding the careers of over 1000 medical students.

Two of these students, Dr. Suzanne Yip and husband, Dr. Ivan Jen, were so touched by Ms. Inskip’s kindness, warmth, compassion and caring, they chose to create an award to honour excellence amongst administrative staff in the College. The award is known as The Sydney Inskip Service Award in the College of Medicine.

This annual award honours a person who has enhanced the work environment by providing extraordinary service to the College of Medicine, who has inspired, supported and respected endeavours of others and has achieved this distinction through dedication and commitment. This award is open to nominations from all non-academic staff members of the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine.

For her dedication and service, Ms. Inskip was the first non-faculty recipient to be named an Honorary President of the Student Medical Society of Saskatchewan, upon the occasion of her retirement in 1976. Thirty years later, the collective College memory of the impact of Ms. Inskip’s service was still apparent. During the annual Highlights in Medicine Conference and Reunion, alumni presented her with an Honorary Lifetime Membership to the College of Medicine Alumni Association.

The College of Medicine and our Alumni Association extend our deepest sympathies to Ms. Inskip’s family.

Donations for The Sydney Inskip Service Award in the College of Medicine are welcome. If you are interested in making a donation please contact or send it to:

Fred Matiko College of Medicine Development Officer Rm. 111 McLean Hall 106 Wiggins RoadSaskatoon, SK S7N 5E6 Email: [email protected]: (306) 966-1786

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Dr. Clare Baker (Class of 1944) was head of cardiovascular surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital.

Dr. Clare Baker certainly lived up to the name of the town where he was raised: Biggar, Sask. From his early days in the once-bustling Prairie town, it was clear Baker was going to do big things.

By the time he retired in 1990, Baker had established himself as a pioneer in the field of cardiovascular surgery. He died Aug. 10 at the age of 87.

After high school, Baker turned down hockey and tennis scholarships from U.S. universities, his heart set on a career that would eventually lead him to a centre of medical innovation.

“His father was pretty annoyed when he turned down the scholarships,” said Baker’s wife, Emmaleen. “He was very good at hockey and tennis, but they weren’t medicine. He was determined to go into medicine.”

After graduating from the medical sciences program at the University of Saskatchewan in 1943, Baker received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1946. He went on to a surgical residency in The Hague, followed by training in thoracic surgery in Utrecht.

At a time when heart surgery was considered too complex and risky, Baker returned to Toronto, but studied under some of the leading surgeons in the burgeoning field at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

It was during his frequent flights to the U.S. in the early ’50s that he met his future wife, a nurse working as a “stewardess, at a time when you had to be a nurse to be able to keep passengers calm,” Emmaleen recalled. That wasn’t a problem for Baker.

He soon became head of cardiovascular surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and helped develop catheter procedures, performing 147 “bloodless” open heart surgeries without using transfusions on Jehovah’s Witness patients. He also performed five heart transplants.

For all his research and innovation, Baker received the Order of Canada. “But he was even more proud of his award from the University of Saskatchewan,” said his golfing buddy, Paul Murphy.

In 2008, Baker was named one of the university’s 100 Alumni of Influence. “He’s right up there with John Diefenbaker,” said Emmaleen.

In addition to his wife, Baker leaves his sons John, Stephen and Edward.

Remembering Dr. Baker

Dr. Baker’s son John and granddaughters Emmaleen, Charlotte and Victoria.


Marilyn Baetz will become the sixth Head of the Department of Psychiatry since its inception in 1953. She is the first woman named to this position.

Marilyn graduated with BSHEc (Food and Nutrition) from the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Home Economics in 1984. She practiced as a Dietitian at the Royal University Hospital until 1989. She then entered the College of Medicine. As has been her standard during her University career, she was an exceptional student in Medicine winning the Lindsay Gold Medal as the top graduate and the Jessie McGeachie - McLeod Memorial Prize as the top woman graduate. Fortunately, for the Department, she entered the Psychiatry Resident training program and completed her training and Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1998.

She chose to remain in the Department of Psychiatry and began her professorial career as an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry began in 1998. She moved quickly through the ranks and received her Professorship in 2010.

Marilyn has been very active in the University with an excellent track record of teaching, clinical work and research interests while publishing many peer reviewed

articles. Her specialty interest is in Anxiety and Mood Disorders and Women’s Mental Health. She has been one of the leaders in instituting a Maternal Mental Health program for Saskatoon. Along with these, her research interests have also included the role of Spirituality in mental health for which she has become a Canadian leader.

Marilyn, and Andy who is an educator, have two children, Jeremy and Jocelyn. This keeps them both very busy with their kids’ many activities. She has been very involved in their school and church community.

As an Alumnus of our College of Medicine, Marilyn views remaining close to her roots very positively and states “Staying in this province, city and the University has allowed me to be part of a continuous, supportive community from my undergraduate training to my current leadership opportunity. I believe learning and working in the context of this community has enhanced my care for patients, collaboration with colleagues and a sense of knowing the people I’m to serve.”

Congratulations and good luck in your new venture.

David Keegan m.D. ‘64Editor connective issue

College of Medicine Alumnus becomes new Head of Psychiatry

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Medical students recognized the work of College career development officer Gabriella Mezo-Kricsfalusy at the Fall Welcome banquet in September 1010 by naming her as Honorary SMSS President! Gabriella served in her role from 2008 to November 2010 and although we were sad to see her leave the College, we are delighted that she is taking her expertise and skills to the Physician Recruitment Agency of Saskatchewan.

Editor’s note: students have for many years, been honouring a staff person in the College who contributes significantly to enhancing student life. We would love to know more about these special people who have contributed to the lives of our students. If you remember one of these people during your time at school please drop us a line – we’d love to hear your story.

Above: Gabriella with her son and “Dr. Wellbear” at our medical student run Miles for Smiles during Homecoming weekend

Students say thank you to a special staff person in our College


Our amazing student body in the College of Medicine has always worked hard to welcome our new class to the college every fall . We have lots of fun and interesting events that give everybody a chance to get to know each other . The College alumni office was so pleased this year to be able to work more closely with our students to host our first ever Homecoming 2010 on campus in September . Homecoming weekends are about gathering our entire college community and their

families to celebrate together . Something we don’t get to do as often as we would like! And we mean everybody: students, alumni residents, faculty, staff, spouses and children . As you will see in the following pages, we had some very special moments during the weekend and record attendance at every single event . So it looks like it is something we will do again – so mark the dates now for next September, the 23rd to the 25th 2011 and join us for the fun!

Homecoming 2010 A Weekend of Memories

White Coat Ceremony

for the Class of 2014

Friday Sept. 24th in Convocation

Hall

A formal ceremony with the Amati Quartet for the

Class of 2014 and their families with 350 people

in attendance.

Students were cloaked by physicians leaders with

a College embroidered coat and heard a keynote

address about professionalism from alumnus Dr.

Anne Doig, Class of 1976 who has just served as

President of the Canadian Medical Association.

This ceremony is sponsored largely by alumni both

individually and through the Alumni Association.

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Fall Welcome Saturday Sept. 25th at

TCU Place downtown

A formal banquet for medical students with

awards and a special address from a faculty

member, followed by a dance.

The only formal event of the weekend, we had a

chance to see our medical students at their most

elegant. Many of our students received awards of

many types including a large number which have

been created by alumni of our College over the

years. Attended by over 400 students this makes

for a great evening for our student body.

Miles for Smiles

Sunday Sept. 26th in Meewasin

Park along the river

A fun 5 km run and for the first time this year a

half marathon, this event serves as a fundraiser

for a charity of the student body’s choice.

This year proceeds went to the Children’s

Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan and raised

about $13,000. Again students were very pleased

with their number seeing their participation

double at this event at 225 people.

Southern Style BarbequeFriday Sept. 24th in the Campus Bowl under the Big TentA casual event attended by students and their

families, alumni, staff and faculty.This was a new event this year for us. We had a beautiful location outdoors in large tents with a bluegrass band (featuring our own faculty member, Michael Corcorran), a fantastic meal of Southern BBQ food and a program featuring student talent. This event sold out very early at 450 tickets with many people being turned away. Looks like we will grow this event for next year!

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MileS for SMileS On September 26th, 2010 the annual Miles for Smiles charity run took place along the Meewasin Valley trail in Saskatoon. For the past several years this run has raised funds for the Saskatchewan Children’s Hospital Foundation. This foundation is dedicated to improving pediatric care in Saskatchewan, and the SMSS has always been a proud supporter. Along with the usual 5km walk/run, a half marathon was added to the event this year. Both distances turned out to be very popular and overall the event was a massive success. Over 220 participants took part, which is over double what this event usually attracts. We had everyone from students, faculty and physicians, as well as a huge turn out from the general public! At this moment the donation numbers are still being crunched. However, preliminary calculations show that we will be presenting a donation somewhere around $13,000! What a great accomplishment!

A huge “thank you” goes out to Lindsay Hubenig, who was the amazing event organizer. She put in countless hours of work and truly went above and beyond. A huge thank you also goes out to all of the volunteers, runners and local businesses that supported the event in numerous ways and made it

the success that it was! We are already looking forward to next year!

ashley Oleniuk Class of 2012 VP External Junior- SMSS

CAnADiAn feDerAtion of MeDiCAl StuDentS AnnuAl GenerAl MeetinG Saskatoon hosts the CFMS AGM! On September 17-19, students from across Canada representing 14 medical schools gathered in Saskatoon for the Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) Annual General Meeting (AGM). The busy weekend was filled with productive business meetings, collaboration, and both cultural and social events that showcased our great city. Congratulations and a huge thank you to Ankur Sharma and his team for organizing this great event! These meetings are where the priorities of medical students across Canada are brought forth and put into action by the CFMS Executive and members. Interested in what the CFMS is all about and want to know how to get involved? Check out their website at www.cfms.org for more information.

afton sielskiClass of 2012 VP External Senior – SMSS

WHite CoAt CereMonY On a beautiful fall day, the class of 2014 lined up in front of Convocation Hall on the University of Saskatchewan campus. The boys were trying not to dirty their newest suits, while the ladies were practicing walking in their new shoes. The class as a whole was not sure what to expect from their upcoming induction ceremony. The ceremony turned out to be a special event that highlighted the responsibilities and privileges of entering the College of Medicine. With the gifting of their white coats, the class of 2014 had officially begun their careers in medicine. Proud families, friends and classmates lined up outside for photos that will be treasured for years to come. September 24, 2010 was a day the class of 2014 will hold in their hearts throughout their long journey to becoming doctors.

Daniel D. haffeyClass of 2014 Med I Class Representative - SMSS

HoMeCoMinG BBQThe College of Medicine and the School of Physical Therapy have been looking for an occasion to celebrate the incoming classes, while at the same time giving the alumni a place to reunite. The Homecoming BBQ fit this bill perfectly. The BBQ was a

Student CornerThus far, the 2010-2011 academic year has been very eventful for College of Medicine students at the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to exam writing and enhancing our clinical skills, students have been dedicating their time and energy to a variety of fundraisers and extracurricular committees. The following highlights past and upcoming events for the 2010-2011 academic year, enjoy!

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great success, serving up southern style beef on a bun, blue grass music, and wonderful student entertainment. The festivities were held under a big white tent located in the bowl, just in front of Convocation Hall. The event fit perfectly into the homecoming weekend, seated along with the White Coat Ceremony, Fall Formal and Miles for Smiles. With over 400 attendees, the Homecoming BBQ is a wonderful event that will be enjoyed by all for years to come.

Daniel D. haffeyClass of 2014 Med I Class Representative - SMSS

fAll forMAl Our latest social event in the College of Medicine was the annual Fall Formal event held at TCU place on Saturday, September 25th 2010. Almost four hundred people were in attendance, which was by far the highest number this event has ever seen. This year, the fall formal was held in conjunction with the first ever homecoming weekend; a tradition I hope the college continues with. The evening was comprised of cocktails and dinner followed by an introduction of the class of 2014, award presentations, a few words from Dean Albritton, the alumni association, and the SMA, as well as our keynote speaker, Dr. Anne Dsuz. After the program came to an end, the night finished off with a dance put on by Boom Music. A good time was had by all that attended. Stay tuned for next year’s date and location for the 2011 fall formal.

erin KotClass of 2013 Social Representative - SMSS

HSSA MeDiCoMAniA Medicomania is a long-standing tradition at the University of Saskatchewan. It is an annual student-run variety show and fundraiser produced by the Health

Science Students’ Association. The event is run over two nights and profiles the talents of students in the Health Science Colleges of Pharmacy & Nutrition, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Kinesiology and Medicine.

Each night features a different set of hosts and acts by students from aforementioned colleges. Performers use a variety of media including dance, comedy, film and music to profile their talent to an audience composed of fellow students, professors and the community at large. The proceeds of the event go to sponsor an organization of the committee’s choosing. In 2009, proceeds went to Project Casa De Spera De Mae, to build a new house of waiting pregnant women in Massinga, Mozambique. This project is a student lead initiative partnered with the Making the Links program at the University of Saskatchewan.

Medicomania brings together students from all health science colleges and puts interprofessional collaboration into practice. It provides a practical forum for students to interact with their peers and celebrate the diversity of talents that exist amongst professionals in the health disciplines. This shared experience encourages intercollegiate collaboration and raises awareness about the broader global health issues facing us as health care providers.

Promoting interprofessional practice to students during their formative years in a manner that is constructive and engaging instills the positive benefits of developing and maintaining interprofessional relationships. Medicomania provides an interprofessional opportunity that allows students to partake in dialogue with one another. This dialogue has the potential to foster a mutual respect and appreciation amongst future health care professionals and to meet the rising expectations to improve client care and safety.

This year Medicomania will be taking place the evenings of November 12th and 13th at the Broadway Theater. It will feature acts from the students of Pharmacy, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, and Medicine. Be sure to keep your eyes and ears open for more information about this great annual event in the up-coming weeks!

emily sullivanClass of 2012 Senior HSSA Representative - SMSS

SMA rurAl BuS tour August 21, 2010 marked the most successful Rural Bus Tour to date! Kelsey Trail Health Region (KTHR) hosted 54 first year medical students as well as 2 SMSS representatives. The day commenced with breakfast in the Melfort Hospital Boardroom followed by a tour of the Melfort Hospital led by local physicians. The students were introduced to KTHR and were able to speak with the six physicians present regarding why they chose to practice rural medicine and why they enjoy practicing in Melfort.

The afternoon included a short road trip to Stoney Lake Bible Camp and an afternoon of fun in the sun! There were many activities available to participants including waterskiing and tubing, swimming, boat rides, rock climbing, volleyball, paintball or just chilling on the beach! The event wrapped up with a fantastic steak supper at Hidden Meadows Golf Course.

The students had a great time and provided much positive feedback. The Rural Bus Tour is held annually and sponsored by the SMA and the host health region. This year’s success could not have happened without the hard work of Jessie Brown, Physician Recruitment Coordinator - KTHR.

nikki rewuskiClass of 2012 Junior SMA Representative - SMSS


� 2010 AWArdS �Spirit of the Graduating Class On June 2nd 2010 the College of Medicine Alumni Association was pleased to present the Spirit of the Graduating Class award for the Class of 2010 to Dr. Susan Bobbit. Susan was enthusiastically nominated by a number of her class mates as a terrific friend and supporter to her whole class. We are happy to report that Susan is currently training and enjoying a Pediatric Residency in Halifax. We know she has strong family ties to Saskatchewan which we hope will result in her returning to us when she is finished!

GrADuAtinG ClASSAWARD RECIPIENT

Vince Matthew Award (CH&E) ................ Hart Stueck & Patrick WongGlaxoSmith Welcome Award (Stiefel) ............................ Caroline HartDr. Ernest McBrien (FM) ............................................Allison KirkhamVern Rogstad Memorial ...............................................Carla HolinatyHilliarn Silver Medal (IM) .............................................. Caroline HartDr. Eric Lepp Award in Medicine ...............................Allison KirkhamCharles E. Fross (Pharm) ................................................. Tyler LambPediatric Prize .............................................................. Caroline Hart J. W. Gerrard Prize in Clinical Pediatrics ........................ Caroline Hart Professor’s Prize in O&G ......................................... Sarah LiskowichObstetrics & Gynecology Silver Medal ..........................Ashley StueckPhysical Medicine & Rehab Award ................................. Chris Huang Henry & Cheryl Kloppenburg Prize (Psych) .................... Ken Harrison Dr. Karl E. Oberdieck Prize .........................................Allison Kirkham Beattie Prize (Regina) ................................................... Ken Harrison Mark Cohen - Ophthalmology ............................................. Riley Hall Hugh McLean Prize & Silver Medal (Surg) ..................... Caroline HartProfessor’s Prize in Surgery ........................................ Rose SabistonBhalerao Award ........................................................... Ken Harrison Emergency Med Award (Saskatoon) ............................. Brent ThomaEmergency Med Award (Regina) ................................Allison KirkhamSask Assoc Physician Indian Heritage ....................... Michael BarnettLindsay Gold Medal ...................................................... Caroline HartMacLeod Silver Medal .................................................. Sarah ParentJessie McGeachy MacLeod Award ................................ Caroline Hart Spirit of the Class........................................................Susan Bobbitt Senior Stick ............................................................. Michael BarnettGovernor General’s Nominee ........................................ Caroline Hart

fAll WelCoMe unDerGrADuAteAWARD RECIPIENT

Anatomy Award ..........................................................Kerry GardnerArthur Lyle Bell Memorial ............................................Michelle LongLeadership Award ................................................... Lindsay HubenigG. J. Miller Book .............................................. AnneMarie BueckertC. W. Cates for Pathology ............................................. Andrew JackLorne Massey in Pathology ......................................... Kerry GardnerGregory Stilwell Memorial ...............................................Cindi CohenHematology Award ................................................Jonathan MisskeyIsabelle & Emmett Hall ................................................. Andrew JackJon N. Lambi ..........................................................Alanna Courteau Ernest McBrien Award ..................................................Alistair SmithMerck, Frost in Pharmacology ................ D. Horne/L. Olson/G. PolleySMA Book Prize ............................................................ David HorneGary L Stoik Memorial .................................................Michael VargoC. J. Houston Prize (History) ......................................Andrea PerkinsRheumatology Award ..................................................Kristine SmithSylvia Turner Award ............................................... Chance DumaineSpirit of the College ................................................... Melanie FlegelSpirit of the Class - Yr II ..............................................Druvtej AmbatiSpirit of the Class - Yr III ...............................................Alistair SmithSpirit of the Class - Yr IV ................................................... Keri Ladd

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Student leadership Award

Alumnus of the College recognizes student leadership with a new award

The College was very proud to unveil a new award for students at our Fall Welcome banquet. We have long known that our medical students do tremendous community work outside the classroom as well as in, during their time at school. This commitment to community leadership is a value our school both supports and fosters as we know that the leadership skills students develop in school, will serve their profession and their patients later. Among other things, within the past year students in the College of Medicine have collectively raised more than $40,000 for charity, the Student Medical Society was named group of the year by the University of Saskatchewan Student Union, many medical students contributed to the founding of the SEARCH student medical clinic in Regina and making SWITCH the preeminent student clinic in Canada. These are exceptional accomplishments that require leadership, dedication and substantial work that deserve to be celebrated and rewarded.

So when an alumnus of the College came forward to create an award in this area, we were thrilled. The Leadership in Medicine Award, described as “recog-nizing a College of Medicine student who has shown initiative and taken on a significant leadership role in the community and/or in the College of Medicine” was awarded for the first time this fall.

There was terrific interest in this award from our student body, which was also very encouraging with seventeen individual students nominated, and in a number of cases multiple times. Ultimately the recipient for this award, Lindsay Hubenig (Class of 2012) with nominations from three indi-vidual students and a College staff person, was welcomed to the stage with overwhelming applause and enthusiasm. Just looking back through the photos for our weekend, we see the evidence as to why Lindsay is such a deserving recipient- she was everywhere and doing everything.

Lindsay is as comfortable supporting others’ initiatives as she is in leading her own. Over the past year she has taken on positions as both the VP Internal of the National Health Science Students Association and the Student Medical Society in addition to organizing such events as the CHEP banquet, Miles for Smiles, I-Pass, the 1st year Art show, and the Physician Wellness Initiative. As an example of her commitment to going above and beyond for these initiatives, I’m told that she recently ran the half marathon route for Miles for Smiles “just to try it out.”

The reason she was selected for this award was best summarized by a classmate, who said in his nomination letter that “through all of her contributions she has never drawn attention to herself or looked for recognition, which is one of the biggest reasons that she deserves it.”

Coming to us from Edmonton, Lindsay is currently in her third year and will graduate in the Class of 2012. Join us in congratulating Lindsay Hubenig.

Lindsay at Miles for Smiles which she organized from beginning to end this year.


First-hand, everyday, you witness how careers in health sciences contribute to quality of life. You also see how the fields of medicine and physical therapy have evolved to respond to the changing health needs of Saskatchewan, Canada and the world.

The education and training that the next generation of health professionals receive needs to be as diverse as the health issues they will be facing. The U of S Health Sciences project, in bringing together all disciplines of health sciences, will create a new future of health research, education and practice, one that builds on the history and values of the past.

Cranes dot the skyline of the Health Sciences project site. And for good reason as it is the largest capital project in the history of the U of S. When complete, the Health Sciences building will be an innovative and integrated facility that supports interdisciplinary cooperation between students and faculty in every aspect of health science education and research.

The project will bring together a cross-section of researchers, teachers and students from all disciplines of health sciences. Dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and nutrition, physical therapy and public health will all find a new home in the state-of-the-art facilities.

Collaborative spaces will be available so researchers and students can work closely with colleagues in kinesiology and veterinary medicine.

This facility and innovative approach to health will attract the world’s best researchers. They will teach future health-care providers how working in teams improves patient outcomes, and those students will then go on to practice what they have learned. The interaction between research, education and clinical practice will create health-care practitioners and researchers who will discover life-changing treatments, new approaches to contemporary health issues and innovative health-care services.

The Health Sciences project, because of its size and scope, will be finished in a series of stages: D wing, shown in the images here, will be completed by 2012; E wing will be completed in 2013; and the A and B wing renovations will be completed by 2016.

Every aspect of our lives is crucial to health, and the Health Sciences project will address all of them.

For more information about the project, visit www.usask.ca/healthsciences or contact our College development officer Fred Matiko at 306-966-1786.

View of “E” Wing from west side off College Drive

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We have been fortunate over the years that most graduating classes in the College of Medicine choose to create a yearbook as a good-bye gift to class members as they leave the College . And our Alumni Association has generously helped out with the printing costs for many of these books . Our Association office has been working to create a library of these books going forward . So if you have an extra copy for your year that you wish to donate to us we would appreciate it .

But we have far more copies of four yearbooks than we can possibly use or store . In fact we have dozens of copies for the Classes of 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2002 . This leads us to believe that many members of these classes did not in fact receive their yearbook . We will have copies of these years available at future reunions for you to pick up if you did not receive one (or misplaced yours) .

But if you would like to have one mailed to you, please contact our office at [email protected] and we would be pleased to send it to you by mail . Depending on your location we may need to charge you a small shipping fee .

Do you know where your medical class yearbook is?

Harry Vinters, M.D. of UCLA

• Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Neurology

• Chief of Neuropathology

• Member of Brain Research Institute, Neuroscience Graduate Program, ACCESS Program: Dept of Cellular & Molecular Pathology

Dr. Harry Vinters recently established the Irene Grodums Memorial

Graduate Scholarship as a memorial to very close family friend,

scientist and teacher, Emma Irene Grodums (nee Veide). The annual

scholarship will reward the academic excellence of graduate students

pursuing M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in the Department of Microbiology

& Immunology at the University of Saskatchewan. Irene was Harry’s

Aunt’s Godmother, and as such, was considered not only a family

friend, but a family member. Irene was a Professor Emerita of the

University of Saskatchewan where she obtained a Ph.D. in anatomy

and pathology and then became a faculty member and accomplished

researcher in the Department of Microbiology. Irene died of natural

causes at age 90 on August 20 2007. Dr. Vinters hopes to pay tribute

to Irene by funding the students of today for a brighter tomorrow.

Thank you for your ongoing and generous gift, Dr. Vinters.

To donate to this fund or other funds the College of Medicine

Development Officer, Fred Matiko, is available to help you create

tailor-made gifts to the college, students and research.

Contact him at (306) 966-1786 or [email protected].

We thank you,

Dr. Vinters


Over the past three years as we make way for new build-ings on our campus and face lifts for older buildings we have rediscovered some beautiful old treasures. One of the challenges facing our college is how to create a balance of old and new, of tradition and innovation in our new facilities and environment. One such treasure below is on our minds these days.

If you spent time during school in our original medical school building you may have had the pleasure of seeing several large colored pictures painted on the walls of the third floor corridor. The question is where did these four

murals come from, located across from the gross anatomy dissection room? And why? An escutcheon, located near one of the murals, states that they were painted in 1962 by Geoffrey Jamieson (Class of 1965), then a medical student.

In the summer of 1962, several medical students had been hired to work in the Anatomy Department. Geoff Jamieson, a student who had just completed his first year of studies, asked Dr. H. Fritsche, an instructor in gross anatomy, if he could use someone to produce anatomical drawings for use in his lectures. By way of testing the student’s ability, he showed him a complex

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Geoffrey Jamieson M.D. ‘65 works on murals in the College.

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colored picture in an anatomy book of a section of a ball and socket joint and asked the student to reproduce it as a much larger illustration. This was done in short order and, pleased with the result, the instructor showed it to Dr. R. Altschul.

Dr. Altschul, director of the Anatomy Department, upon seeing the illus-tration, decided to commission the student; not to prepare anatomical illustrations, but to decorate the bare walls of the department corridor with murals of significance in the history of medicine. He left it up to the student to select specific subjects, placing no guidance as to size, approach, or materials, other than they should have historical anatomical significance.

For the first subject, Jameison chose to reproduce the engraved portrait of Andreus Vesalius as it appears in his 16th century work, de Huanis Corporis Fabrica, the first complete and accurate book of human anatomy. Working directly on the wall’s existing, dry painted surface, he first outlined the subject in pencil and then painted it using acrylic paint. Acrylic paint was relatively new and he was unsure whether it would adhere to the wall and remain there over time. He did not want to use oil paint because of its slow drying time and strong odours. Acrylics dry very quickly and have virtually no irritating qualities.

The second work was a wood cut illustration from a medieval book on anatomy, showing a Master demonstrating an autopsy for students. For the third mural, Jamieson selected the well-known drawing by Leonardo da Vinci of a man standing with arms outstretched within a circle and square which shows the body’s relative proportions. Finally, the fourth mural was taken form a sketch by the 15th century artist Albrecht Durer. It is a self-portrait that Durer sent to his physician in which he points to an area in his abdomen which is giving him trouble. (Durer was left-handed, so we cannot be sure if he points to his left side, not knowing if he used a mirror).

The murals were done in a matter of several weeks. Dr. Altschule wanted to extend murals further down the corridor, including putti – those babies that float through clouds in many renaissance paintings and church ceilings – of which he was particularly fond. Alas, time had run out as Jamieson had been accepted for the Canadian Forces Subsidized Medical Training program and had to report for duty.

During his internship at St. Paul’s Hospital, Jamieson produced several medical paintings while in the pathology department. He continued paint-ing throughout a full career in the army as a medical officer. The army commissioned him to portray soldiers on UN duty in Cyprus and Egypt and across Canada. He has some three dozen works in the Canadian War Museum collection and many more in regimental collections. He is a Life Member of the century old Calgary Sketch Club and is Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Portrait Artists.

Take a look at some of Dr. Jamieson’s more recent works at http://www.calgarysketchclub.com/artists/jamieson/index.htm


You have likely seen reports in previous connective issues about how our College is doing when it comes to attracting support from our alumni to our annual fund. Every spring our Dean consults with faculty and staff, to identify what our most pressing needs are, that are not currently being funded by the College budget. Then we work with a student representative in our College to craft an annual appeal letter which goes out to about a quarter of our alumni who have shown interest in supporting our annual fund in the past.

The letter which arrives in our alumni’s mailboxes in September is usually followed up by a student caller to ensure the alumnus has received the letter and to answer any questions they may have. This important way of giving means that our alumni have provided much needed support to a number of programs in our College in the past; ranging from establishing a website for our Continuing Professional Learning unit to providing expensive simulation equipment for medical students in our Clinical Learning Resources Centre and providing observation equipment for Family Medicine Resident training in eleven rural sites in the province.

Giving to this fund peaked in 2007 and although it has flattened a little in the past couple of years, continues to

provide significant funding for an important project every year. If you have supported this college initiative in the past we sincerely thank you. We know that our alumni like the flexibility of this program with the opportunity to give in a variety of ways (credit card, online, through pledging and pre-authorized giving).

To learn more contact our office at 306-966-8864 or check out the information on our University website which helps us to administer this program. http://www.usask.ca/alumni/support_the_uofs/areas_to_support/college_priorities.php#Med

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This year’s Scientific Committee was anxious to carry forward the fundraising initiatives that have been a part of the previous Highlight Conferences and especially noted what the Class ’59 did for their 50th Year Celebration last year.

The Class ’59 under the inspiration and challenge given by Dr. Haver raised over $28,000 for an endowed Class ’59 Student Bursary in Medicine. When the Class ’85 Reps, Dr. DeeDee Maltman and Dr. Wendy Gore-Hickman heard about that this year, they decided their class would not wait for their 50th Anniversary but would challenge their class to establish an endowed fund for the Class ’85 Student Bursary. They have already raised over $16,250.

All the Class reps at Highlights 2010 challenged their classes to contribute and donate to the Reunion Medical Student Bursary, and $15,230 was donated to this fund. In total all donations that were made to the College of Medicine around Highlights were over $36,000 and an additional $4,650 was raised from the silent auction, for a total of over $40,000.

Way to go alumni, your donations are much appreciated!

reunion giving at Highlights 2010

Alumni & friends GivingSeptember 2009 - August 2010

77% Friends of College$625,049

18% Other alumni gifts to College$143,932

5% Alumni gifts to annual fund$40,623

1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,0001970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,0401975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,1001980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $901985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,2501990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8002000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,000

“Setting up a class gift allows us to leave a financial legacy and

make a difference in the lives of countless students to come. By

giving back to the institution that afforded us our education, we

have become re-engaged in the college and its future.”

– Dr. DeeDee Maltman, College of Medicine Class of ‘85

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Your Gift Generates Change.Cure cancer. That’s the change Alumnus Dr. Bill Roesler, PHD ’86, dreams of for his research. Thanks to the funding he received from the Hazel Constance Brooker Research Fund, he’s one step closer.

Supported by an estate gift by Ms. Hazel Constance Brooker, Dr. Roesler has discovered a new function of the protein regulator in genes that controls cell division. “Cancer is a class of diseases in which cells display uncontrolled growth, and by controlling cell division we are one step closer to curing cancer.” Dr. Roesler further explained that, “Without the support of the Brooker Fund our understanding of how cells divide would have been lost.”

By considering the University of Saskatchewan in your financial and estate plans you can ensure that world-class research, like Dr. Roesler’s will continue at the University of Saskatchewan. Your support can also be directed towards capital projects, such as the Academic Health Sciences project or student awards.

Change the future by planning a gift today.For more information about planning a gift to the University of Saskatchewan in support of the College of Medicine, please contact:

Fred J. Matiko, Development Officer College of Medicine Advancement Office Phone: (306) 966-1786 Email: [email protected]

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