Our Faculty

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Dr. Denise Blake PADI open water SCUBA diver since 1984 PADI open water SCUBA instructor since 1988.

 

300 logged dives, Canada (West Hawk Lake, Quarries, ThunderBay), Carribean (Bahamas, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Antigua, Bonaire, St Lucia, Barbados), South Pacific (Palau, PNG, Fiji, Australia).

 

Education Bachelor of Nursing, U of M 1991 Adult Intensive Care Nursing Program 1993-4 MD, U of M 1999 Emergency Medicine Resident 1999-present Courses Hyperbaric Medicine Team Training, San Antonio, Texas, 1996 Hyperbaric Medicine Course, Sydney, Australia, 2000 Experience Townsville Hyperbaric Chamber, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Busiest Chamber in the world for diving accidents 1999 4 weeks 2000 3 months 2001 1 year in Australia with some hyperbaric work, mostly emergency medicine.

 

 

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Bio

Gail Oborne, RN

 

 

Gail Oborne has been at registered nurse since 1991. She worked throughout Misericordia General Hospital, as well two rural Manitoba hospitals - serving several communities, including French, First Nation, and Hutterite patients. She was also part of Misericordia'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.

 

In March of this year, Gail joined Skylark Medical Clinic as a travel nurse.

 

Gail still enjoys a yearly "spring mountain migration" to the Rockies - to camp and ski with her husband and two daughters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr Gordon Giesbrecht is a physiologist with a special interest in cold research. He is a board member of the wilderness medical society and a frequent lecturer.

At our meeting make sure you ask him about his upcoming trip to the North Pole .

 

His website is at:

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/physed/research/people/giesbrecht.shtml

 

 

 

 

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Dr Christine Buchel is an avid traveler with her husband Al and has a Family Medicine Practice and Travel medicine Practice at the University of Manitoba Health Services Clinic.

 

Dr Gary Podolsky practices Sports medicine and Travel medicine at the Skylark clinic as well as well as being affiliated with many groups in the city. He has worked for Carnival Cruise lines (below with Nurse Linda), and accompanied expeditions to Nepal and Tibet. He is also the coordinator of this meeting and any questions can be sent to this website or the Skylark Clinic 453-9107.

 

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We regret that we did not have photos of our other staff at time of printing:

 

Dr Terry Galloway is a University of Manitoba entomologist, has been studying ticks in Manitoba for the past 22 years. He assists with an ongoing deer tick surveillance program run by Manitoba Health and the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health., He will be speaking on the behavior of medically important insects and bring prepared specimens to his demonstration.

 

Dr Richard Haydey is an Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba. He practices Dermatology at the Winnipeg clinic. His practice also includes many skin cancer patients. His talk " The Hidden Epidemic of Skin Cancer " will highlight to our audience the importance of skin protection and debunk many assertions that suntanning is safe and healthy.

 

Dr Mona Hegdekar is an Emergency Physician at the Victoria hospital. An experienced traveler she will be speaking on medical kits, giving a critical overview of what to include and how to use it.

 

Dr Kim Wiebe was unable to attend our event due to commitments overseas. We hope to have her speak for us at a future meeting.