Winter 2016 (Volume 26, Number 4)

Snippets and Snapshots from Nova Scotia

Download PDF

News from Dr. Trudy Taylor

Dr. Evelyn Sutton was recently awarded the Achievement in Medical Education Award from the Department of Medicine at Dalhousie University, a nice way to finish off her term as Head of the Division of Rheumatology which ended in July. Dr. Volodko Bakowsky has taken over the helm as our new interim Division Head and will be sure to steer us on a successful course. In other news, there has been a significant amount of media coverage around Dr. Sutton’s Collaborative Care clinic which she runs along with family physician, Dr. Sam Hickcox, and several physiotherapists and nurses in the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre in Halifax. This coverage has been a great vehicle to keep the important issue of rheumatology care at the forefront of the minds of Nova Scotians.

Dr. Evelyn Sutton at Lake O’Hara

Update from Dr. Juris Lazovskis

It has been 14 years since Dr. Juris Lazovskis drove a U-Haul from Minneapolis to Sydney, Nova Scotia, after finishing his fellowship at the University of Minnesota. What attracted him to and keeps him “holding the fort” as the sole rheumatologist on Cape Breton Island is the all-season splendour of the Cape Breton Highlands, the loyal patients and his team (pictured from left to right): office manager, Ms. Pamela Chant; research assistant, Ms. Carolyn Burns; and nurse, Ms. Lynn Vickers. "

Dr. Lazovskis and his team

Update from Dr. Adam Huber

The Pediatric Rheumatology Team at the Izaak Walton Killam (IWK) Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia includes four pediatric rheumatologists, two nurses, a physiotherapist, occupational therapist and social worker, along with a number of other outstanding support staff. We provide subspecialist pediatric rheumatology care to the three Maritime provinces and occasionally beyond.