Personal Stuff

I was born in 1947, am married to Robin, and we have three children all born in the 1980s. I now live outside Vancouver at Roberts Creek. Some of my non-medical interests are philosophy, cooking, wine, reading fiction, and bluegrass banjo. I spent a year in France in the early 90s, and go back to that wonderful country as often as I can.

I’m from Vancouver, and went to school on the west side (Maple Grove, Point Grey, and Magee). I stayed in Vancouver after high school, studying at the University of British Columbia. My undergraduate degrees are in English with a philosophy “minor” (I took some courses), and then Biology. I’m an arts type, and science doesn’t come easily. I guess partly for that reason, I got into medical school (UBC again) on my fourth try, and accumulated three other degrees in the process. I did my internship in Newfoundland.

I was in general practice in Vancouver for 15 years or so, before switching to full-time care of the elderly at home. I’ve tried to support care of the elderly in my new home on BC’s Sunshine Coast. In 2023 I more or less “officially” retired from clinical work (seeing patients) but I continue to help lawyers and others with mental capability evaluation for medicolegal purposes. I’m also still trying to help some of the most underserviced parts of the Sunshine Coast dealing with difficult cases essentially absent healthcare providers.

Here are a few photos.

Robin, Gord, Geoff, Sal, me.

Roberts Creek

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