Ontario endocrinologist Dr. Elika Safar Zadeh also threatened to jeopardize the patient’s child custody status by filing a lawsuit for harassment and defamation, according to the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal.
Regulatory policy changes at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario include removal of assessment and supervision requirements for doctors trained and board-certified in the U.S.
For 86 years and counting Brown’s Pharmacy has served the rural community of Walkerton, Ont., and continues to prosper in the ever-changing pharmacy landscape.
The new peer support program—expected to launch in June 2023 under the leadership of Winnipeg family doctor Dr. Jacqueline Gougeon—will teach skills such as empathetic listening.
More Indigenous practitioners are needed to address systemic racism, but that can’t happen without a supportive education system that also envisions them in leadership roles.