Issue No. 54| Sept 2017

Divisional Digest

Ridge Meadows Division of Family Practice seeks to influence change by providing leadership to achieve optimal health
for our community and provide support to our physicians that enables primary care for our community.

Board of Directors:  Dr. F Villasenor, Chair ~ Dr.  A Neufeld, Vice Chair ~ Dr. V Bhatti, Treasurer  
Strategic Advisory Committee: Dr. U Luitingh, Past Chair ~ Dr. R Vanukuru ~ Dr. K Gounden ~  Dr. I Tcherenkova ~ Dr. L Hatlelid ~ Dr. J Dhaliwal ~ Dr. M Prem-Smith

Upcoming Member Clubs:  
Everyone Welcome Club - October 2 RSVP

Member Updates:

Welcome Dr. Mark Gulka family physician who just moved from Langley to Maple Ridge.  Mark will be starting with some locum work, walk in clinic and potentially joining the Residential Care on call group. 

Welcome Dr. Stacy Burton our new IMG that will be starting at Fraser Medical Clinic in 2018 providing a 2 year return of service commitment.   Stacy will also be joining the Residential Care on call group. 

We look forward to seeing Mark and Stacy at upcoming events and education with a big warm welcome to our medical community.

Congratulations to Dr. Shiraz Mawani for being awarded the Dr. Ken Burns Member Excellence Award for 2017 showing our community outstanding leadership and passion to improve patient care.

Congratulations Dr. Manisha Latti and her husband for expecting their first baby!   If you are interested or know of any locums who want to cover a Maternity leave in January please contact drlatti@icloud.com.   Full time preferred but part time considered, Split (overheads) negotiable depending on hours/days worked.

1.  RMDFP Annual General Meeting – Great night! 
2.
 GPSC Billing Code Changes Effective Oct 1, 2017 and January 1st, 2018
3.  2017 Medical Resource Guide GP and SP Directory and Clinic Map now available
4.  Golf & Braai Family BBQ Medical Community Fun!
5.
  MedRec letter to Family Physicians
6.  Practitioner Alert:  Syphilis testing via PCR
7.  Surveys, Surveys and more Surveys:  Everyone wants to hear your voice. 
8.  Proposed Federal Tax changes
9.  Physician sign up now for Be Active Every Day: October 2–27, 2017
10The Office of the Medical Health Officer is transitioning to an email newsletter 
11. Help your Senior Patients find services in our Community  -- pass on Anna’s business card!  
12. Rapid Response Nurse
13. Guidelines for Referrals to Home Health OT/PT
14. Going on vacation? Have residential care patients? Click here

Treena Innes
Executive Director
C: 778-885-5750 
E: tinnes@rmdivision.ca     W: www.rmpdf.ca