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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday A pril 2, 2003 - B3 March 31 April 6 2003 Get the Most from a Visit to your Doctor 7. Repeat what you think you doctor said, in you own re taking, words. Ask for written instructions 8 . Learn some basic medical terms. Ask the doctor for a booklet with a glossary. PINNACLE P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y 0 1neck/back pain 1joint problems 1sports related injuries · pre & post partum discomfort · repetitive strain/tendonitis · soft tissue injuries 1injuries due to m otor vehicle accident S h a r o n C o te , b s c p. t . R e g is t e r e d P h y s io t h e r a p is t 905-842-8100 446 Reynolds Street, Oakville Bronte Centre Pharmacy Independently Owned & Operated W hen you g e t home: 9 . Keep a journal. Write down what you have learned, know if they your prescribed medications, reactions to treatment and questions as they occur. Feeling o v e rw h e lm e d ? P le a se say so. hts and esses at will help, nts or tests. 1 O . Too many questions? 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While practicing pediatric oncology, Dr. Pandya met a Canadian physician, Dr. Ronald Gould, who was on sabbatical at the time. A doctor at the Hospital for Sick Children, Dr. Gould convinced the young doctor, who wos debating a move to England or the United States, to join him in Canada. In 1986, after corresponding with Dr. Gould, he immigrated to Saskatchewan with his wife. It was there that he began the Canadian part of his career, interning at Plains Health Centre and then Pasqua Hospital in Regina. He then moved to Toronto where he completed his internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, under the University of Toronto program. Finally, in 1992 he completed the medical program and moved to London, Ontario, where he started gastroenterology training and planned to pursue an academic career. But after applying to a position in Oakville, Dr. Pandya decided to continue his career as a Gastroenterologist in a community practice. Although it was a long time coming, Dr. Pandya recognizes the education and training he received during his lime in both Africa and Canada has helped in his involvement in the Oakville community through speaking engagements and teaching lectures, which he says is extremely rewarding. "I have lead teaching sessions with the public, as well as with family physicians, and have involvement in the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. And eacn time, I stress how important it is for doctors to not only treat, but educate their patients," he soys. Dr. Pandya says he thoroughly enjoys his time helping patients and the Oakville community in general, and says it is very important to help people prepare themselves for their illness. "I always say a physician sees his patient at one point in time, but that person has to live with their condition on o daily basis. If I can help educate them and help them deal with the long term outcome of their disease, I'm better equipped to provide them with quality care." He also has a few words of wisdom for young people entering the medical field. "It doesn't matter how much knowledge you have, if you can't explain to your patients, you can't provide them with the help they need," he savs. "I always say there is a meas urable part of medicine, which is the procedures and prescriptions, and the intangible part, which comes in the form of helping them with their feelings and dealing with their illness. You can't have one without the other." 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Now available a t.. Dr. Sudhir Pandya ' 7 /u- r eesb ____ c / iv e n d o t u n ^ i * MCeorgest., Trwi/no Towne Square, Oakville 905-845-8802 Hours Moa-Snt ll).<X);un-&00pm, A love of people and a desire for a challenging and rewarding career led Dr. Tom Stanton to pursue a career in medicine. The family practitioner who now has his own practice in Oakville, graduated from medical school at Queen's University and has been practicing since 1992, when he finished his residency at McMaster University. Not only does the husband and father of three see patients from one to 91 years old on a day-to-day basis, his list of community involvement is impressive. Over the years, Dr. Stanton has served on the Oakville Hospital Board of Directors for two years, was president of the medical staff of Hospital and a physician "o f fOakville ............. educator at the Diabetes Education Centre in Oakville, and has been pari of the Community (C.H.A.T.) program that brings students , and Hospital Against Aaoinst Trouma (C.H. into the hospital for a day and educates them to moke better decisions about their activities The latter program is something he feels most strongly about. "The program came out of being exposed to trauma and accidents in the emergency room. When you see kids in the prime of their life traumatized and compromised for their rest of their life, it rips your heart out," he says. "C.H.A.T. is an excellent program that allows me to get involved in a preventative way." , Not only does Dr. Stanton volunteer much of his time to community endeavours, he also believes every physician has an obligation to both patients and the com munity to provide them with all the help and service they can. "Being involved in the community is a part of my job. I gel so many different things back from helping the community," he says." I think the ability to do medicine is a gift, so you should use it to help people on levels. Community involvement has broadened who I am as a person." Dr. Stanton credits the support he receives from wife Julie to his personal and professional success. " I'm blessed to have a family and wife that allows me to do this. Without the support of a spouse, there's no way you can give up your time and be a part of the community," he soys. And although he has been practicing for over a decade, Dr. Stanton has not forgotten what it islike to be a medical student, and has this advice to offer those studying medicine and beginning their careers in the medical field. "To only be a physician or be overly focused on what you do gives you less to offer patients - themore you getinvolved inyour community, the more you have to give to people," C e n tre o f B o n in g to n OPEN HOUSE Sunday, April 61 * 1 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Dr. Tom Stanton Yoga D e m o n s tra tio n s P ro d u c ts fo r Sale P rizes R e fresh m en ts In q u irie s a n d R e g istra tio n s (Special get-acquainted offer with each new 10 or 20-class purchase) il free: 1-863-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866) TTY 905-827-9838 egion.halton.on.ca 541 B ra n t Street (above th e S co tia B a n k ) (905) 639-6138