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The f OCS Featuring this month, another of Port Perry’s husband and wife teams of family physicians - Dr. Elizabeth and Dr. Steve Russell PART SEVEN Drs. Elizabeth & Steve Russell Packing all their worldly possessions into a trailer, the young doctors began their trek to Yellowknife, settling in a small ‘shack’ on an isolated island Long before they met, Dr, Steven and Dr. Elizabeth Russell had something in common... a sense of adventure. And it was this passion for adventure that lured the couple from the com- forts of their southern Ontario homes, on a 5,000 km drive to Yellowknife, North West Territories, to begin th jheir exciting new careers as general practitioners of mi Both of the Russells grew up and attended s schools i in medium sized Ontario communities, Steve in Oakville and Elizabeth in Cobourg. Then it was off to university. For Steve it was the University of Western Ontario in Lon- don, and Elizabeth at Queen’s University in Kingston for undergraduate studies. And while Steve attended the University of Toronto to complete his medical degree, it was during his postgraduate training in Family Medicine at Queen’s that he first met Elizabeth. She had attended Queen’s and completed her medical school training in Kingston. Elizabeth and Steve met in 1989 and after a one year courtship they were married. Steve contin- ued his final year of schooling while Elizabeth stayed Please turn to page 18 FOCUS - AUGUST 2010 19