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Abraham, John Anthony, Oakville, Ontario; University of London, London, England, 1956. Died Oct. 10, 2007, aged 82.
Appleby, Lyon Henry Thomas, Quesnel, British Columbia; Queen's University, 1950. Died Sept. 27, 2007, aged 83.
Brohovici, Ruhla H., Montréal, Quebec; Institutul de Medicina si Farmacie, Bucuresti, Romania, 1930. Died Oct. 20, 2007, aged 102.
Brown, Thomas Maxwell, Red Deer, Alberta. University of Queensland Medical School, Australia, 1954. Died Jan. 1, 2007, aged 77.
Burns, Robert Arthur, Delta, British Columbia; University of Toronto, 1950, dermatology. Died Oct. 6, 2007, aged 86.
De Jong, Pieter, Burlington, Ontario; Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, Leid, Netherlands, 1950, family medicine. Died Oct. 25, 2007, aged 87. “During World War II he served with the Office of Special Missions in Europe and the Far East and was decorated by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina, Her Majesty Queen Juliana and His Royal Highness Prince Bernard of The Netherlands. Dr. De Jong was predeceased by his wife, Sylvia, and is survived by his children, Tomina and Jim, as well as his wife Odette.”
Dhatt, Gurvinder Lawrence, Hamilton, Ontario; University of Western Ontario, 2001. Died Sept. 27, 2007, aged 34.
Doyle, Charles Edward, Dalhousie University, 1945, general surgery. Died Sept. 11, 2006, aged 86.
East, William Henry Sparling, Fernie, British Columbia; University of Manitoba, 1941. Died June 23, 2007, aged 94. “Dr. Sparling was a founding member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. He never stopped serving his patients and the community for 46 years. Survived by his wife of 65 years, Mary, children Stewart, Craig, Fraser and Blair, 7 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.”
Marinker, Simon, Victoria, British Columbia; England, 1936, general surgery. Died Apr. 9, 2007, aged 94.
Mateen, Sheikh Abdul, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; University of New Castle and Durham, England, 1966, psychiatry. Died Oct. 29, 2007, aged 68. “Following the partition of India in 1947, young Abdul and his family moved emergently to Pakistan. His parents could afford to send only 1 of their 23 children to England for schooling, and Abdul was chosen. He immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where he met the love of his life, Ingrid. They moved to Prince Albert [Saskatchewan] in 1974 and Abdul established his practice, and he worked long hours and was dedicated to the well being of his patients. Dr. Mateen predeceased his wife, Ingrid, daughter Farrah, whom he called his ‚precious princess,' as well as many siblings in Pakistan and elsewhere.”
Morrin, Peter Arthur Francis, Kingston, Ontario; National University of Ireland, Ireland, 1954, internal medicine. Died Oct. 3, 2007, aged 75. “In 1960 he was appointed acting director of the renal division at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, where he carried out the first successful use of hemodialysis in that city, saving the life of a 9-year-old. Appointed in 1961 to the Department of Medicine, Queen's University, he established the renal program and the nephrology division, opening the first renal unit at Kingston General Hospital in 1967. Dr. Morrin retired in 1995, by which time the specialty of nephrology had progressed from when kidney failure meant death, to the existence of renal replacement therapy. Dr. Morrin is survived by his wife Mariella, sons Peter, Hugh and Robin, 6 grandchildren, sister Alice and brother Francis. Queen's University established The Dr. Peter Morrin Academic Fund to recognize his 35 years of service. A memorial website has been created by his son, Hugh: www.magma.ca/~morrin.”
Page, John, Brockville, Ontario; Queen's University, 1950, internal medicine. Died Sept. 17, 2007, aged 82.
Quigley, Hadsel Gordon, Sandy Grove, Nova Scotia; Dalhousie University, 1942. Died Oct. 4, 2007, aged 94. “Dr. Quigley was descended from the ‚Foreign Protestants' who settled Lunenburg in 1753, and the New England Planters and United Empire Loyalists who settled in Annapolis-Digby in 1760 and 1783. He was a survivor of the Halifax Explosion in 1917. He was instrumental in establishing the in-patient polio clinic at the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax during the epidemic of the early 1950s. Dr. Quigley is survived by Lila Gwendolyn, his wife of 67 years, as well as children Richard, Carol, Karen, and Gwendolyn, 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.”
Rennie, Charles Sutherland, Richmond, British Columbia; University of Manitoba, 1940, internal medicine. Died Oct. 17, 2007, aged 92.
Smith, John Arnold, Hantsport, Nova Scotia; Dalhousie University, 1955, anesthesia. Died Oct. 24, 2007, aged 77.
Wallace, Christopher F., Abbotsford, British Columbia; King's College Hospital, University of London, 1971, family medicine. Died Oct 6, 2007, aged 60. “Born into a family of doctors, Chris practiced family medicine in the truest sense. In the last few years his practice was centered on the care of the elderly. Loved by all, he will be missed.”