Candace is our Receptionist and Office Manager and will be able to assist callers with questions about our services. She has a strong background in Sports and has studied both Philosophy and Psychology and certified as a Pharmacy Technician. She is studying nursing.

Suzanne has joined our clinic, having worked in the healthcare field for several years.

Katie M Has recently joined us. Besides reception she is also involved with the Kwagala Foundation, a non profit organization to help children in Uganda.

Past Reception Staff

Marita V has left  our clinic for another career and is doing well. Marita is returning to help out during our recent busy season.

Genevieve our other Receptionist and Massage Therapist is currently on Maternity leave. We congratulate Genevieve and her husband Kris on their second baby..

Clinical Travel Nurses

Sandra has recently joined us having been a recent Nursing grad but also expierence as a veterinarian nurse.

Davilyn works on  one of Winnipeg's busiest Internal Medicine wards besides working as a Travel medicine nurse.

Bernadette works part time as an Internal Medicine nurse and will be helping with our influenza clinics this fall.

Kim  is a recent nursing graduate and has also a degree in Kinesiology.

Shauna is alsoin some a U of manitoba Nursing Grad  with an interest in Public Health and Nursing Research and will assist us pending publications

Tenise also works at Deer Lodge and will be joining us as a casual/ relief nurse.

Winter Oct-Dec 2007

We are pleased to welcome several new staff that we have hired during our busy season and will be at our satalite branch in St Vital mall:

Mya who works in Labour and delivery at St Boniface

Tenise who works at Deer Lodge

Donna from Mt Carmel

Lisa also from H4 Medicine

Audrey from Meadowood clinic

Susan from HSC

Betty from Winnipeg Clinic who I have worked with for over 10 years.

Erin has joined us from working with Unicef

Mobile Flu clinic nurses-

We had a very busy season with the 2007-8 Influenza campaign and special thanks to all the staff, nurses and participating office managers who helped makethis work smoothly.

Past staff

Stella L has worked as a Registered Nurse in Korea for 19 years at the Seoul National University since her graduation. She has worked in Internal medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Oncology, and Immunization departments in Korea. She has also completed a Public health nursing program in Korea.
Since moving to Canada she has finished a RN refresher course through Red River College and has been a Registered Nurse since January 2004. Stella speaks Korean and reads German. She is also able to assist travelers going to teach in Korea on Korean culture. Stella has relocated with her family to Toronto.

Margeaux works as an emergancy nurse as well as a clinical travel nurse.

Krista has gone to work closer to her family

Ellie T joined our clinic and brought with her  a wealth of expierence as an Occupational and Public Health Nurse. She and her husband Ron have traveled extensvely. Ellie will be leaving us due to other committments but will still be a part of our clinic as she returns to Winnipeg from time to time. She is located in BC with a new Travel medicine clinic.

Trish F had worked for us in the summer of 2006 before returning to her studies as a Law Student in Calgary. She also is an expierenced labour and Delivery nurse which she still maintains while studying in Calgary.

Gail O has been a registered nurse since 1991. She has worked at the Misercordia General Hospital as well as two rural hospitals- serving several communities including French, First Nation, and Hutterite patients. She was also part of Misercordia's transition to an Interim Personal care Facility, and has personal care home experience within a Ukrainian community setting. Prior to completing her Nursing education Gail participated in two cross-cultural exchanges: Katimavik and Canada World Youth, experiencing Rural life in Quebec, British Columbia and Brazil. She speaks French and English. Gail has recently completed an Underwater Investigator course and is now qualified to investigate scuba accidents.

Clinic Director

Gary Podolsky M.D, BSc (Med) and BSc (Sci) Certificate in Travel Medicine TM His past experience includes working as an Emergency Physician at the Grace Hospital, Sports Medicine at the Pan Am clinic, Medical Officer for Carnival Cruiselines, Expedition Doctor in Nepal and Tibet, and as a Civilian physician with the Canadian Air force in addition to General Practice. All of these disciplines and experiences have been used to develop our Sports and Travel Medicine Clinic.

Dr Podolsky practices both Sports and Travel Medicine out of our clinic. He has a particular interest in Marine and Altitude Medicine from prior experiences in Tibet and the Caribbean. He is studying several languages- Spanish, French, German, Russian and Ukrainian.

He is continually developing conferences in Travel Medicine and related field which are listed in our what's new section

Recent Continuing education

Advanced Wilderness Medicine Life support (2005)

International Society of Travel Medicine Certificate (2001)

Canadian Aerospace Medical Air Transport (2005)

Avalanche Course Level One (2007)

Links to recent articles about the clinic: Medical Post, Medical Post 2

Acknowledgements
Special Thanks to all the staff who have helped our clinic develop into our present form- Candace C, Amanda, Deborah S, Gail O, Stella L, Jaycee T, Rachel S, Vanessa C, Genevieve H, Kendra F, and Vanessa S.
We also thank our support staff- Jill T for developing and maintaining our website, Kal at ideamonsters.com for developing logos, and Mike Yachison for support on our building. Also many thanks to the many friends and family who have helped as well.