1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? “The continuity of care caused the concern” I had known this patient and his family for many years. He had had several significant injuries due to his job and lifestyle. On a Friday, his wife reported that he had a sore back that...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient “I studied and practiced Pediatrics in South Africa, prior to coming to Canada. On a daily basis, the majority of Pediatric cases in the public health care system, involved infectious diseases (HIV, Tuberculosis, bacterial sepsis) I had an interesting case of a 3 week...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient “I had a case where a patient had a previous septic knee and develop severe arthritis as a result. After a year of observation to ensure the infection had completely cleared, we proceeded with a total knee replacement. During surgery there was so much...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient “Emergency medicine is full of the most interesting cases! I had a case during the beginning of our first wave of COVID-19. A young teenager had collapsed at home. The mother had heard a bang come from the top floor and rushed up there...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? “So many! One that comes to mind recently happened when I first started working at Ridge Meadows Hospital on one of my first on-call shifts. I got a call from one of the physicians working in the intensive care unit regarding an insulin dependent...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? “A patient presented with heart failure, shortness of breath, lungs lesions, and they were not responding well with treatments. It took about 3 specialists to figure out it was related to hypereosinophilia, which is a group of blood disorders that occur when...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? “One of the most interesting cases recently involved a 65 year old man with a new diagnosis of prostate cancer. I removed his prostate without complication but his PSA remained elevated. We were able to get a PSMA PET scan showing two lymph nodes...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? “That is a hard one! I have had SO many interesting patient encounters. Some have been funny, some sad, some challenging, some inspiring. One elderly patient I looked after for many months comes to mind. He was hit by a car and almost died...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? “I have looked after over 40,000 patients since settling in Maple Ridge over 30 years ago. The honest answer to ‘my most interesting patient’ is simply this: The patient who happens to be in front of me at any given time. One of...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? “My most interesting and memorable case would be during my Respirology fellowship at UBC. In my last year, I was on Respirology service with my mentor, who happens to be the local Interstitial Lung Disease expert. We were consulted in the ER for a...
