Class Notes

Class of 5T7

Dr. Maurice KELTZ practiced medicine in Toronto for 66 years before retiring on November 30, 2023. "He has been a pillar of our community, providing exceptional care and demonstrating unwavering commitment to his patients," says his colleague, Robin Kincaid. "Throughout his career, Dr. Keltz has exemplified the highest standards of medical practice, earning the respect and admiration of both colleagues and patients." 

Dr. Elizabeth OLIVER-MALONE pays tribute to her "WE 4" group, assigned to the same cadaver in 1953-4, three of whom are now deceased: Beverly Lewis, Dorothea Liedke and Sharon (Saeko) Nabeta. Each represented different cultural backgrounds and religions, but together they remained good friends for life. "We brought our husbands to every five-year class reunion we could, and donated to student bursaries," she says. She hopes for a Canada where people continue to embrace multiculturalism and diverse equity, and solve differences with respect, cooperation and love.

Class of 6T1

Dr. Theodore Herzl (Ted) TULCHINSKY graduated from Yale grad in public health 1968, followed by a wide public health career in Canada, Israel, U.S. and countries in eastern Europe and central Asia. He is also lead author of an international textbook of public health (The New Public Health), first published in 1999/2000 in Russian and English editions. This was followed by second and third English editions in 2005 and 2014 respectively, with translations/publications in Mongolian, Moldovan, Bulgarian, Georgian, Uzbek, and Turkish. The fourth English edition was issued in January, 2023 and is now available for publication in many languages with free copyright (pro bono).

Class of 6T7

Dr. Arthur WEINSTEIN has found a new "love" and challenge in his retirement — competitive duplicate bridge.

Class of 8T6

Dr. Robert BANKS recently had his name added to the Royal Military College Wall of Honour in Kingston in recognition of his professional accomplishments. Now in early retirement, he wrote a book: Warriors and Warships: Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point Frederick. It's available where you buy books in hardcover, audible book and eBook.

Class of 9T9

Dr. Christine GIBSON wrote her first book. Published with HacheJe Go (U.S.), The Modern Trauma Toolkit is an accessible and inclusive look at trauma and toxic stress. Solution-focused activities are shared for individual nervous system regulation and communities facing oppression. "As a mental health educator on TikTok (tiktoktraumadoc), I believe knowledge transfer has to go beyond academy and exclusive journals," she says. "The book and my socials are a way that I leverage systems change." She has completed a master's in medical education (Dundee University) through creating a residency in health equity at the University of Calgary, and she is now working on a doctor of professional studies in transdisciplinary studies. Her clinical work is in family medicine and also trauma therapy with refugee and adult addiction clinics.

Class of 1T9

Dr. Kimia SOROURI has completed her PGY-3 in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Alberta, and is thrilled to share that her research with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard University was among four abstracts selected from over 7,000 abstracts submitted to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Conference, to be highlighted in the Press Program this year. As a result, several news outlets have covered the research, which found that a majority of 200 young women treated for breast cancer who tried to conceive after treatment were able to become pregnant and give birth to a child.