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  • 1985

    • 40th Meeting, Montreal, QC

      1985-06-22

      40th annual meeting held in Montréal, QC

      • CUASF holds its Annual General Meeting in conjunction with the CUA AGM 
      • It is determined that the CUA President and his wife will be funded for travel and entertaining at the AUA Annual Meeting
      • The Public Relations Committee, in collaboration with the Canadian Cancer Society, produced a public education announcement regarding self-testicular examination, and will ask radio stations to play it
      • Public Relations Committee arranges for members of the press to attend the Scientific Program
    • Dr. Pierre E. Bertrand

      1985-06-22

    • Executives

      1985-06-22

      Vice-president: Oliver H. Millard

      Treasurer: David W. Moors

      Secretary: Said A. Awad

       

      Members-at-large: 

      Normand Sullivan

      G. Bruce Piercy

      Bernard M. Churchill

      Ian R. Davis

      Ernest W. Ramsey

      Romeo Charrois

    • Committees

      1985-06-22

      Local Arrangements: Dr. Ara Karesteci      

      Programme: Dr. Norman W. Struthers           

      Public Relations: Dr. G. Bruce Piercy                

      Research:          Dr. Michael A.  Jewett 

      Representative à l’AMC: Dr. Ernest W. Ramsey       

    • CUASF

      1985-06-22

       CUASF Scholars: Dr. Laurence H. Klotz, Dr. J. Curtis Nickel      

  • 1986

    • 41st Meeting, London, UK. Combined with BAUS

      1986-06-22

      41st annual meeting held in London, England. Joint meeting with BAUS

      • Annual dues = $125 ($65 CUA operations, $20 Foundation fee, $40 Scientific Program
      • The Terms of Reference for the Public Relations Committee will be to focus on patient education, letting the issue of press relations for the Annual Meeting fall to the Local Arrangements Committee
      • A Prize Essay Award does not need to be given annually if there are no suitable submissions
      • The Executive proposes that two non-physicians be awarded with Honorary Membership.  The motion was defeated at the AGM due to concerns about non-medical individuals attending the Scientific Program

       

       

       

       

       

    • Dr. Grant A. Farrow

      1986-06-22

      Dr. Grant Farrow earned his degree in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1958. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1964, a McLaughlin Travelling Fellow in Surgery from Paris and London in 1965 and 1966, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1973. He was on the academic staff of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto for many years, and worked as a surgeon at the Toronto General Hospital beginning in 1966. While there, he developed many new surgical procedures, including performing the first human kidney transplant at the Toronto General Hospital, and subsequently the next 50 as well. Over the course of his career, Dr. Farrow worked extensively outside of Toronto. During the 25 years between 1970 and 1995, he taught and/or performed surgery in Canada in Victoria, Kingston, Halifax, Ottawa, the Ontario Legislature, and Osgoode Hall. Places he worked overseas include: Beijing and Xian in China; Istanbul, Turkey; Edinburgh, Scotland; Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; San Juan, Puerto Rico; London, UK; Seville, Spain; Mansura, Egypt; and, Harare, Zimbabwe. Dr. Farrow also participated in many medical and scientific associations.

       

       

       

       

    • Awards

      1986-06-22

       Honorary Membership: Mr. John P. Blandy (USA)

    • Executives

      1986-06-22

      Vice-president: André Vallières

      Treasurer: David W. Moors

      Secretary: Said A. Awad

       

      Members-at-large:

      Normand Sullivan

      G. Bruce Piercy

      Bernard M. Churchill

      Ian R. Davis

      Jean-Paul Perreault

      Alvaro Morales

    • Committees

      1986-06-22

      Local organizing: James B. Metcalfe

      Scientific program: William H. Lakey

      Historian: Vinton A. Crawford

      Post-graduate training: William H. Lakey

      Economics and Manpower: Sender Herschorn

      Research: Michael A. Jewett