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NOSM Faculty Members Honoured by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Each year the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) honours members of the College who demonstrate outstanding achievement. Candidates for the CPSO's Council Award are nominated for demonstrating excellence in the categories of: Medical Expert/Clinical Decision Maker; Communicator; Collaborator; Gatekeeper/Resource Manager; Health Advocate; Learner; Scientist/Scholar; and, Person and Professional. Recently, the CPSO released the names of the 2013 recipients of the Council Award. The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is thrilled to announce that two out of the four recipients this year are NOSM faculty members. ...
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NOSM Announces New Regional Program Director of the Obstetrics Gynecology Northern Stream Residency Program
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce Dr. Frank Potestio is the new Regional Program Director of the School's Obstetrics Gynecology Northern Stream Residency Program. Based in Thunder Bay, Potestio has operated a Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice since 1998 and has also worked as an attending physician at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC). With a medical degree from the University of Toronto, Potestio completed his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at McGill University and Western University. Since 2007, Potestio has worked as an Assistant Professor in...
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Collaboration Advances Understanding of the Mechanisms of Drug Resistance to Dual-Agent Chemotherapy in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
More than half of all patients with ovarian cancer experience recurrent disease and will eventually fail to respond to chemotherapy. The failure of chemotherapy is usually due to the development of resistance to the two main classes of chemotherapy agents used to fight it - platinating agents and taxanes. Now, a study reported in the open-access Journal of Ovarian Research provides novel information that further adds to clinicians' understanding of the mechanisms involved in the development of resistance to dual-agent chemotherapy. It was not known whether mechanisms of resistance to dual-agent chemotherapy are a combination of single...
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