PRESENT POSITIONS:
Responsible for developing a transdisciplinary (family physicians, obstetricians, nurses, midwives and doulas) educational and research program to address looming access problems in BC and to promote team education and practice.
Responsible for the largest department of family physicians engaged in maternity care in Canada—4000 of the 7000 births at the Centre. Developed administrative, educational and research programs for the department in cooperation with UBC and other departments and divisions at the hospital and at UBC. Provincial role in leading family physicians in development of “best practices,” included developing Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Course (ALSO) for Western Canada.
Practiced intrapartum and full maternity care at approximately 40-50 births per year. Founded the Family Practice Maternity Service (FPMS), a group that attends births for family physicians who do not engage in intrapartum maternity care. Founded the support group for midwives at the hospital in the pre-legalizations era in BC. This activity led directly to the legalization of midwifery in BC.
Responsible for developing research in the multiple McGill teaching sites and developing collaborative research programs.
Practice full spectrum of family practice 25%--including obstetrics. Teaching in several settings 10%.
Responsible for a hospital Department of Family Medicine of 100 members including 14 full-time and 20 part-time, who work in the Family Practice Teaching Unit. Includes Division of Geriatrics, Adolescent Unit, Behavioral Science, Teaching Program, Ambulatory Internal Medicine Program, Drug Rehabilitation Program, Unwed Teenage Mothers Program, Undergraduate Teaching Clerkship, Family Practice Obstetrics Group, Family Practice Research Group, and three inpatient wards. Management of more than 3 million dollar budget from multiple sources.
The Residency Program expanded from 22 to 40 residents and includes two community sites as well as the "model unit" at the Herzl Family Practice Centre in the hospital.
Time was divided as: 30% practice of family medicine (including large obstetric component), 40% administration, 30% teaching and research.
February 1991
Visiting Professor, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social Programa Medicina Familiar Y Comunitaria, Lecturing and Faculty Development Supervision.
October – December 1990
Visiting Professor Department of Social Medicine, Harvard University School of Medicine. Lecturer in the Department.
Course work in medical anthropology and qualitative analysis techniques.
February & March 1990
Dozor Visiting Professor – Department of Family Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Primarily worked on faculty development and needs assessment in Cupertino with Chairman and staff of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Family Medicine.
June 1989
Dozor Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, June 1‑30, 1989
Developer: The McGill University ‑ Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel) Family Medicine Faculty Development and Exchange Program. This is a program linking McGill and Ben Gurion University for the exchange of faculty and trainees. It brings Israeli faculty from Ben Gurion to McGill for advanced training and it brings McGill Family Medicine Faculty to Ben Gurion (Beersheva) for lectures and program development.
January– March 1989
Visiting Professor, University of Costa Rica and Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social in Medicina Familiar Y Comunitaria
Aug. 1980 – July 1981
Visiting Professor of Family Medicine, Paediatrics Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine & Obstetrics University of Oxford, England
Associate National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
1985 – 1993
Associate Professor of Paediatrics, McGill University
1975 – 1984
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, McGill University
Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine, McGill University
1982 – 1993
1975 – 1982
1971 – 1975
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Aug. 1973 – July 1975
Medical Director , Westside Health Services and Chairman, Westside Medical Groups
Founding Project Executive and Medical Director, Westside Health Services. With the Westside Community Board developed OEO Grant for the Westside portion (1.3 million dollars) of the Rochester Health Network
1970 – 1974
Lead Committee, Monroe County Department of Health, Ceramic Sub‑Committee
1970 – 1975
Attending Physician Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester New York
(2 months per year in charge of the intensive care nurseries)
1970 – 1971
Medical Consultant to the Westside Component of the Neighbourhood Health Centers Incorporated Network, Rochester, New York
1967 – 1970
Paediatric Coordinator, St. Jacques Citizens Committee
Clinic and Member Equipe Sante, St. Jacques Citizens Committee, Montreal, Quebec
Ethio‑Swedish Paediatric Clinic, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia (supervisors, Edgar Manhaimer, Demisse Hapte, Ynve Larson)