July
The late Dr. Stephen Blizzard, MD’63, a physician, RCAF flight surgeon, jet pilot and peacekeeper, has been inducted posthumously into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
He was the first Black flight surgeon in the Canadian Armed Forces.
Dr. Tom Purdie, PHD’02, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). The category of Fellow honours members who have distinguished themselves by their contributions in research, education, or leadership in the medical physics community.
Dr. Clement Qaqish, DDS’04, recently returned from a week long medical missions trip to Yaoundé, Cameroon, Africa where he was part of a team of RESTORE surgeons who performed more than 300 procedures, including correcting congenital deformities of the head and neck, maxillofacial tumor excision and pathology services, cleft lip and palate repair, and more.
Dr. Qaqish has been involved with RESTORE for several years, traveling with them to help people in need in Senegal and Cameroon. In addition, Dr. Qaqish has partnered with several other nonprofit organizations, such as Smile Train and Mercy Ships, for medical mission work. He has been actively involved in surgical philanthropy for the past decade, helping those in need in his community, as well as abroad.
