28 December, 2010
TORONTO CONFERENCE CENTRES.
Best NON-BASEMENT locations:
Fairmont ROYAL YORK HOTEL (CLASSIC CONFERENCE HOTEL - DINNER for 1,670)
WESTIN HARBOURFRONT .HOTEL (LAKE VIEW)
YORKVILLE FOUR SEASONS. HOTEL ( MOST COMFORTABLE CHAIRS)
YORKVILLE PARK HYATT HOTEL
YORKVILLE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL
INTERCONTINENTAL CENTRE HOTEL (FRONT STREET)
RADISSON ADMIRAL HOTEL (LAKE VIEW- 400)
SUTTON PLACE GRANDE HOTEL (nearest to LEGISLATIVE BUILDINGS)
ARTS & LETTERS CLUB GREAT HALL (115)
UNIVERSITY TORONTO HART HOUSE
UNIVERSITY TORONTO FACULTY CLUB (150)
SUNNYBROOK HOSPITAL VAUGHAN ESTATE (180)
Fairmont ROYAL YORK HOTEL (CLASSIC CONFERENCE HOTEL - DINNER for 1,670)
WESTIN HARBOURFRONT .HOTEL (LAKE VIEW)
YORKVILLE FOUR SEASONS. HOTEL ( MOST COMFORTABLE CHAIRS)
YORKVILLE PARK HYATT HOTEL
YORKVILLE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL
INTERCONTINENTAL CENTRE HOTEL (FRONT STREET)
RADISSON ADMIRAL HOTEL (LAKE VIEW- 400)
SUTTON PLACE GRANDE HOTEL (nearest to LEGISLATIVE BUILDINGS)
ARTS & LETTERS CLUB GREAT HALL (115)
UNIVERSITY TORONTO HART HOUSE
UNIVERSITY TORONTO FACULTY CLUB (150)
SUNNYBROOK HOSPITAL VAUGHAN ESTATE (180)
27 December, 2010
CANADIAN MBA
More MDs are becoming MBAs. UK Financial Times has published Global rankings..
For Canada:
Toronto Univ 44th
Western (London) 59
British Columbia (Vancouver) 82
Alberta (Edmonton) 86
McGill (Montreal) 95
For the record the World's top three::
London Business School (DEAN: Prof Sir Andrew LIKIERMAN)
Wharton (Philadelphia)
Harvard( Boston)
For Canada:
Toronto Univ 44th
Western (London) 59
British Columbia (Vancouver) 82
Alberta (Edmonton) 86
McGill (Montreal) 95
For the record the World's top three::
London Business School (DEAN: Prof Sir Andrew LIKIERMAN)
Wharton (Philadelphia)
Harvard( Boston)
26 December, 2010
Ontario Medical Association:District 11 Elections.
District 11, Greater Toronto, is the most important District in Ontario with10.286 members.38 OMA-paid delegates are eligible to vote at the OMA Council meeting, this year held in the basement of the Toronto Hilton Hotel
The District is made up of 24 BRANCH SOCIETIES.which can send delegates depending on the membership.and history. CENTRAL is largest with 1381 and FIVE delegates. Smallest is 11 at SHERBOURNE medical centre with ONE. The are other anomalies: At present the Toronto Western Hospital,part of the University Health Network, has ZERO members and ZERO delegates.as does the Center for Addiction an Mental Health(CAMH). .The WELLESLEY teaching hospital was closed by a Conservative Government yet it still has 246 members and ONE delegate. The DOCTORS Hospital, also closed , still has 124 members and ONE delegate.
The OMA Economics`dept , directed by Dr. BORIS KRALJ Ph.D.has`reconfigured the boundaries. Toronto Western will have 461 members and 2 delegates. Doctors and CAMH will be joined to form one Branch society with 397 members and 2 delegates.
The Toronto Academy of Medicine in the past was an active Branch society..
DISTRICT 11 elections for EXECUTIVE will take place WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 at the VAUGHAN ESTATE of SUNNYBROOK HOSPITAL.
NOMINATIONS to OMA office by WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12 17:00. to OMA Manager, Constituency Services Ms Sharmann GRAD: sharmann.grad@oma.org Tel: 416-340-2912 or 416-599-2580 ext.2912.
POSTS VACANT:
District Chair; District Secretary; District Treasurer; District Directors(2) Additional delegate and Alternate to Council.
Nominations so far:
CHAIRMAN:: Scarborough GP L.ERLICK (Toronto.71)
SECRETARY: Toronto Radiologist J.CHIU (Hong Kong. 66)
TREASURER Scarboough Ob/Gyn W.EASTON (Manitoba 76)
DIRECTORS Etobicoke Ob/Gyn L.COLMAN (Western Ont. 83)
Scarborough GP C.JYU (Manitoba 80) MBA
ADDITIONAL DELEGATE:to OMA Council: Scarborough GP G.STEPHAN (Toronto 76)
The District is made up of 24 BRANCH SOCIETIES.which can send delegates depending on the membership.and history. CENTRAL is largest with 1381 and FIVE delegates. Smallest is 11 at SHERBOURNE medical centre with ONE. The are other anomalies: At present the Toronto Western Hospital,part of the University Health Network, has ZERO members and ZERO delegates.as does the Center for Addiction an Mental Health(CAMH). .The WELLESLEY teaching hospital was closed by a Conservative Government yet it still has 246 members and ONE delegate. The DOCTORS Hospital, also closed , still has 124 members and ONE delegate.
The OMA Economics`dept , directed by Dr. BORIS KRALJ Ph.D.has`reconfigured the boundaries. Toronto Western will have 461 members and 2 delegates. Doctors and CAMH will be joined to form one Branch society with 397 members and 2 delegates.
The Toronto Academy of Medicine in the past was an active Branch society..
DISTRICT 11 elections for EXECUTIVE will take place WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 at the VAUGHAN ESTATE of SUNNYBROOK HOSPITAL.
NOMINATIONS to OMA office by WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12 17:00. to OMA Manager, Constituency Services Ms Sharmann GRAD: sharmann.grad@oma.org Tel: 416-340-2912 or 416-599-2580 ext.2912.
POSTS VACANT:
District Chair; District Secretary; District Treasurer; District Directors(2) Additional delegate and Alternate to Council.
Nominations so far:
CHAIRMAN:: Scarborough GP L.ERLICK (Toronto.71)
SECRETARY: Toronto Radiologist J.CHIU (Hong Kong. 66)
TREASURER Scarboough Ob/Gyn W.EASTON (Manitoba 76)
DIRECTORS Etobicoke Ob/Gyn L.COLMAN (Western Ont. 83)
Scarborough GP C.JYU (Manitoba 80) MBA
ADDITIONAL DELEGATE:to OMA Council: Scarborough GP G.STEPHAN (Toronto 76)
23 December, 2010
TORONTO PRIVATE OPHTHALMOLOGY
Toronto BOCHNER EYE INSTITUTE offers PRIVATE Optical Coherence Tomography (OPKO) at $100. An OCT patient must be referred by Ophthalmologist or Optometrist; not by a GP.
PRIVATE LENS IMPLANTS
Bifocal implant $2500/eye
Toric for astigmatism $1900.00/eye
Aspheric $600.00
Standard is covered by OHIP
TONOPEN using DISPOSABLE covers used for Intraocular pressure testing
www.bochner.com
PRIVATE LENS IMPLANTS
Bifocal implant $2500/eye
Toric for astigmatism $1900.00/eye
Aspheric $600.00
Standard is covered by OHIP
TONOPEN using DISPOSABLE covers used for Intraocular pressure testing
www.bochner.com
UBS DRESS CODE
As light Xmas-tide reading here is UBS DRESS CODE . Best dressed docs at Toronto International meetings are SURGEONS.
http://www.letemps.ch/rw/Le_Temps/Quotidien/2010/12/09/Culture%20%26%20Societe/ImagesWeb/Dresscode_F.pdf
In words of Samuel CLEMENS (1835-1910) "CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN".
http://www.letemps.ch/rw/Le_Temps/Quotidien/2010/12/09/Culture%20%26%20Societe/ImagesWeb/Dresscode_F.pdf
In words of Samuel CLEMENS (1835-1910) "CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN".
22 December, 2010
The resurrection of the Toronto Academy of Medicine.
Those interested in restoring the dignity of Toronto medicine and establishing a MEDICAL LIBRARY are invited to to comment on this web.
The Ontario Medical Association library is limited to Health Administration. The OMA is directed by mainly non-Toronto MDs.
At present there is little MEDICAL social connection between Toronto specialists and GPs. .
The Ontario Medical Association library is limited to Health Administration. The OMA is directed by mainly non-Toronto MDs.
At present there is little MEDICAL social connection between Toronto specialists and GPs. .
21 December, 2010
Real politik of Ontario medicine
UK INDEPENDENT: Private UK medicine worth NINE BILLION DOLLARS a year.
In Toronto Ontario Government Insurance rates pay GPs about $150 a hour GROSS before office expenses; about the same as a LAW CLERK in a large Law office. Illegal to offer privately what Government offers free.
Cosmetic medicine mainly private as are Eye exams between 20-64y, (unless there is a` medical necessity or poverty)
Doctors moving to Private medicine friendly British Columbia, Quebec and of course the USA.
Status of Doctors in Ontario Hospital degraded by new laws that remove voting power of doctors sitting on Hospital Boards.( unless strangely they do not work in the hospital!).
Legal loophole is the "WELLNESS CLINIC" offering non-Government insured services such as Dietitian, Psychologist, Fitness trainer etc. GPs and Specialists work in the Wellness Clinics but do not bill the government for their services. Unlike the UK, the Ontario government will still pay for Lab and Xrays in a private facility.Main private medicine suppliers in Toronto are MEDISYS Health Group Inc.& CLEVELAND CLINIC CANADA with a 30,000 sq.ft office. (see web sites. Average yearly fee approx. $4,000.
Unlike Montreal there is NO PRIVATE EMERGENCY. . Waits can easily be 4-6 hours. Offering to pay does not help. Quicker to take a 2 hr Limo ride to LEWISTON, USA. Mount St. Mary hospital. Phone ahead to arrange Specialist consult.
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In Toronto Ontario Government Insurance rates pay GPs about $150 a hour GROSS before office expenses; about the same as a LAW CLERK in a large Law office. Illegal to offer privately what Government offers free.
Cosmetic medicine mainly private as are Eye exams between 20-64y, (unless there is a` medical necessity or poverty)
Doctors moving to Private medicine friendly British Columbia, Quebec and of course the USA.
Status of Doctors in Ontario Hospital degraded by new laws that remove voting power of doctors sitting on Hospital Boards.( unless strangely they do not work in the hospital!).
Legal loophole is the "WELLNESS CLINIC" offering non-Government insured services such as Dietitian, Psychologist, Fitness trainer etc. GPs and Specialists work in the Wellness Clinics but do not bill the government for their services. Unlike the UK, the Ontario government will still pay for Lab and Xrays in a private facility.Main private medicine suppliers in Toronto are MEDISYS Health Group Inc.& CLEVELAND CLINIC CANADA with a 30,000 sq.ft office. (see web sites. Average yearly fee approx. $4,000.
Unlike Montreal there is NO PRIVATE EMERGENCY. . Waits can easily be 4-6 hours. Offering to pay does not help. Quicker to take a 2 hr Limo ride to LEWISTON, USA. Mount St. Mary hospital. Phone ahead to arrange Specialist consult.
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