Celebrating our physicians’ years of service
At VCH, career milestones are a cause for celebration. That’s why every year at the Vancouver Medical Staff Awards we take the time to recognize our physicians for their years of service, dedication and commitment to our community of care.
This year’s event, held at the VGH Paetzold Auditorium on June 6, was no exception. Hosted by Dr. Marshall Dahl, President, Vancouver Medical, Dental & Allied Staff Association, the well-attended celebration honoured 183 physicians with a Years of Service Award. Each recipient in attendance was presented with a certificate by his or her department head, as well as a gift bag with chocolate and a commemorative pin.
For a complete list of the 2016 Years of Service Award recipients, keep reading. To view all Years of Service Award photos, scroll through the Flickr album.
45 years of service
Dr. Marshall Dahl, Dr. Perry Trester, Dr. David Sowden (Dept of Dentistry).
Award Recipient: Perry Trester
40 years of service
Dr. Marshall Dahl, Dr. Ellen Wiebe, Dr. Jay Slater (Dept of Family Practice).
Award Recipients:
| John Richards | Frank Buffam | Richard Hay |
| Arturo Manes | Samuel Segal | Ellen Wiebe |
35 years of service
Dr. Dahl, Dr. Tony Salvian (Dept of Surgery), Dr. Gary Redekop.
Award Recipients:
| James Warren | Jorge Denegri | Harvey Grant Stiver | Alan Weiss |
| John Sehmer | Anthony Salvian | John Fleetham | Margaret Knowling |
| Jack Taunton | Donald Mintz | Charles Kerr | Lorne Kastrukoff |
| James Wright | Andrew Churg |
30 years of service
Dr. Marshall Dahl, Dr. Stuart Smith (Dept of Opthalmology), Dr. David Maberley.
Award Recipients:
|
Ross Macgillivray |
Michael Vondette | Peter Phillips |
David Wilkie |
| Reinhold Bernat | Michael Rekart | David Brooks |
Mark Nigro |
|
Stuart Smith |
John Yeung-Lai-Wah | David Thompson |
Barbara Kane |
| William Mcdonald | Anthony Fung | John Schrader |
Thomas Perry |
|
James Durham |
25 years of service
Dr. Marshall Dahl, Dr. Soma Ganeson with Dr. William Honer and Dr. Kulbir Singh (Dept of Psychiatry).
Award Recipients:
|
Kulbir Singh |
Philip Teal | David Kendler | Linda Warren |
|
William Honer |
Peter Lutsky |
Stephen Nantel | Allan Bruce Forster |
| Diane Roscoe | David Hsu | Frank Ryan |
Charles Zwirewich |
|
Elizabeth Bryce |
Duncan Anderson | Craig Ries |
Lorna Weir |
| Bakul Dalal | Douglas Courtemanche | Cyril Gilks |
20 years of service
Dr. Marshall Dahl, Dr Hamed Umedaly, Dr. Rael Klein (Dept of Anaesthesia).
Award Recipients:
|
Donald Garbuz |
Alastair Younger | Brian Toyota |
Michelle Mezei |
|
Julia Flint |
Donald Anderson | Michael Boyd | Dean Foti |
| David Pi | James Abel | Christina Aquino-Parsons |
John Esdaile |
| Jeffrey Brubacher | Samuel Lichtenstein | Richard Bebb |
Neil Wade |
| Stephen Chung | Rona Cheifetz | Thomas Nevill |
Rael Klein |
|
Riyad Abu-Laban |
Richard Simons | Robert Reynolds |
Leslie Sadownik |
| Nardia Strydom | Carol Dingee | Dean Chittock |
Catherine Allaire |
| Iain Mackie | Christopher Honey | Linda De Luca |
Alexander Jonathan Stoessl |
|
Anthony Cheung |
Rajbrinder Raina | Peter Chan |
Sayed Mirmiran |
|
Leon Berzen |
Kevin Nolan | Margot Genge |
Sean Flynn |
15 years of service
Dr. Marshall Dahl, Dr. Anthony Traboulsee, Dr. Ted Steiner, Dr Gayatri Sreenivasan, Dr. Graydon Meneilly (Dept of Medicine).
Award Recipients:
|
Michael Wilkins-Ho |
Roderick March | Laura Magee |
Elliott Weiss |
|
Miriam Driscoll |
Ari Giligson | Jason Kong |
Maziar Badii |
|
Kulwant Riar |
Patrick Ma | Theodore Steiner |
Anthony Traboulsee |
|
Gail Knudson |
Andrew Denton | Guat Khim Tung |
Gayatri Sreenivasan |
|
Nigel Ball |
Shahzad Karim | Sherri Caswell |
Heather Underwood |
|
David Huntsman |
Garth Warnock | Marshall Dahl |
Charles Warriner |
|
Darin Tognotti |
Ryojo Akagami | John Stockton |
Tammy Gracen |
|
Caroline Benedek |
Alan Rabinowitz | Tanya Petraszko |
Gregory Laakmann |
|
Gordon Andrews |
Peter Von Dadelszen | Gerald Marquette |
John Duncan |
|
Marie-France Delisle |
Amanda Skoll |
Lynn Stothers |
10 years of service
Dr. Marshall Dahl, Donald Griesdale, Dr. Hamed Umedaly (Dept of Anaesthesia).
Award Recipients:
| Richard Kendall | John Arthur | Samuel Broome | Mark Hill |
| Stewart Ford | Dauna Cutforth | Sara Bishara | Danny Wong |
| Paul Clarkson | Zahir Vellani | Helen Ting | Yasser Abou Mourad |
| Patrick Chin | Sandra Witherspoon | Nima Rabbani | Neil Cashman |
| Bernardus (Arno) Smit | Timothy Sakaluk | Steven Wong | Tiffany Townsend |
| John Street | Janet Heavyside | Nadia Zalunardo | Charles Li |
| Kenneth Hughes | Nasreen Ismaily | Parvathy Nair | Raymond Tang |
| Karen Kruse | Lica Chui | Peter Yao | Donald Griesdale |
| Robert O’Connor | Brian Fitzsimmons | Nicole Racette |
Lori Anne Brotto |
|
Gordon Finlayson |
Sarah Jane Finlayson | Heather Finlayson |
Ben Chew |
|
Paul Kent |
Jessica Mcalpine | Ian Forbes |
Chinnapalli Manjunath |
|
Christopher Nguan |
Thomas Lu |
Paul Steinberg |
More to celebrate
Congratulations to all physicians celebrating a career milestone in 2016. We thank you for your years of service and contributions to quality patient care. Next week, read VCH News for more on the Vancouver Medical Staff Awards and our 2016 Academic Award recipients.