Upcoming Events

Join MDs4Wellness for an Introduction to Pickleball! All Levels Welcome

Date & Time: Sunday, Nov 10th 6:30-8:30pm
Locations: 

• Sunday Nov 10 - Queen Mary Elementary ( 230 W. Keith Rd, North Van )
• Sunday Dec 8 - Ridgeway Elementary ( 420 8th St. E, North Van )

Spouses / partners welcome along with LGH Medical Staff and North Shore Division of Family Practice members. Registration available below, but drop-ins also welcome!

We have scheduled a few dates to help you learn how to get out and have some fun and play this popular sport. In cooperation with the North Shore Pickleball Club and Sr. Pro Maggie Murch, you will learn the basic strokes, rules and how to play a game. All equipment will be provided, however please bring your own gym shoes.

For those who already know how to play, we will have courts available to come and have fun to challenge your colleagues and friends.

What Is Pickleball?

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in North America and here’s why!

• Pickleball is ideal for all skill levels and ages
• Pickleball is a very social activity
• Playing pickleball is great exercise for your mind and body. Pickleball and racquet sports could extend your life!
• Can play indoors and outdoors 
• Inexpensive and requires minimal equipment and gear
• A lower impact sport
• Easy to learn, challenging to master

How to play:

Pickleball is played on a badminton size court with the net lowered to the ground, similar to tennis. In doubles, 4 people play on a court at once. The paddles (not racquet) look like an oversized ping pong paddle. Because of it’s strategic nature, it is a sport that young and old, and all genders can play together. 

Drop-ins are also welcome! Please clontact Dr. Erin Hasinoff by cell: 778-773-4052 or e-mail: erin_hasinoff@yahoo.ca for any questions or last minute notifications.

 

Register Here

 

 

 

MDs4Wellness Well Doc Series: Longevity 101

Date: Monday, November 25, 2024
Time: 6:45pm - 8:30pm, with dinner served at 7:00pm
Location: The Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, Portside Room (near the Lobby Restaurant)
Speaker: Dr. Rob Stenstrom, Emergency Physician at St. Paul's Hospital

Topic: Longevity 101

Learning Objectives

1. To briefly describe the process of aging
2. To describes some strategies to potentially extend lifespan and health span:
     a. Find disease earlier
     b. Exercise and healthy aging
3. Supplements and repurposed drugs
     a. Protein intake
     b. Creatine
     c. Hormones
     d. Metformin
     e. Other anti-diabetic drugs
     f. Rapamycin
4. The future

Speaker Details

Dr. Rob Stenstrom is a staff emergency physician at St Paul’s Hospital and senior researcher there. He obtained his MD and EM residency training at the University of Ottawa. Prior to that he completed a PhD in biostatistics and epidemiology at McGill.

Rob is a a clinical professor of medicine at UBC and an investigator with the Edwin S.H. Leong Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Medicine University of British Columbia. He is a scientist with the Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, and program lead for sepsis and infections for Emergency Care BC.

He has a longstanding interest in health aging and longevity medicine and, as he gets older, is constantly looking for ways to cheat death.
 

The fifth presentation of the MDs4Wellness: North Shore Well Doc Series will be given by Dr. Rob Stenstrom on Monday, November 25th, 2024. 

Join us for an evening at the Pinnacle Hotels Lobby Restaurant, including dinner and networking with your colleagues. Dinner will be served from 7:00pm - 8:00pm. During this interactive session with small group discussions, learn about the medical science behind ageing. 

Underground parking will be provided on site and can be accessed from the the entrance from Victory Ship Way. All parking fees will be covered by the NS Division, simply note your license plate number and the number of your parking stall and bring that information to the front reception desk.

Registration closes on Friday, November 22nd, 2024 @ 12:00pm. There is a maximum capacity of 30 guests to attend in-person, so if you do not see the option to register through the in-person link then you can register to the "Wait List." If anyone cancels their RSVP before the evening's event, those on our waiting list will be notified on a first-come, first-served basis.

There is also the option to attend the event virtually via Zoom for anyone who is interested but is unable to attend in-person. Please use the links below to register to your preference.

 

Virtual Registration

 

If you have already registered to attend in-person but have to cancel for any reason, please notify sorti@nsdivision.ca by the end of day November 22, 2024.

 

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Previous Events

Title: Well Doc Series 4: Cure Your Time Stress - Practical Solutions for Joyful Productivity

Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Kelly Luu

• Recording of the Event

 

 

Title: 3rd Annual Hike, Pizza, Bjorn at the Cleveland Dam

Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Location: Cleveland Dam Park, 3735 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver, BC

 

 

Title: Well Doc Series 3 - Learnings from CBT That Can Help Us & Our Patients

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Lisa Gaede

 

 

Title: Well Doc Series 2 - Self-Compassion: Your Untapped Superpower

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Baxter

• Recording of the Event

Resources:

• Insight Timer - offers guided meditations/practices - Kristin Neff, Tara Brach
• Self-Compassion Retreat for Female Physicians: https://drjennbaxter.my.canva.site/may-self-compassion-wellness-retreat
• Websites: 
  • Center for Mindful Self-Compassion: https://centerformsc.org/
    • Includes further training opportunities in Mindful Self-Compassion
  •  https://self-compassion.org/
    • A great resource with free practices available online (Kristin Neff).

• Books:

  • The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook (Neff/Germer)

  • Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (Neff)

  • Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive (Neff)

 

 

Title: Well Doc Series 1 - Physician (un)Wellness: A Review of the Landscape and Finding Some Solutions Withing

Date: Thursday, January 11, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Simon Pulfrey, LGH ER Physician

• Recording of the Event