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\ JOCS The / Featuring this month, another of Port Perry’s more recent arrivals to the medical community - Dr. Brain Tse. Dr. Brian Tse Dr. Brian Tse (pronounced ‘see’) is one of anew crop of young physicians who have settled in Port Perry recently to begin a career in medicine. When asked about his decision to become a doctor, even he admits, “Sometimes I wonder.” But on thinking about it, he believes it was probably positive experiences with his own doctor growing, up, that led him in that direction. owing a sense of humour, Dr. Tse candidly confesses, “I was too clumsy to work with my hands, wasn’t creative enough to pursue the arts, and just didn’t understand politics and business!” Having been born and raised in Markham and North York, it’s not surprising that the University of Toronto would be his choice for further school- ing. After graduating he attended the University of Western Ontario and then returned to Toronto for a his internship. It was during his internship that Dr. Tse first came to Coming to Port Perry, he got a sense of warmth, comaraderie Port Perry as part of the “Internship in and support. Family Medicine” “It’s not everywhere — Program. “The U of T has you can find such a a sort of hybrid ‘ru- conglomorate of ral’ Family Medicine we ” . program, with the Positives ...Dr.DavidTse —firgt year spent at a community hospital in Toronto/ East York for me, and the second year entirely in an affiliated community”, he explains, Port Perry being one of those communities. It wasn’t long into his year of interning in Port Perry that Dr. Tse began to understand the advan- tages of practicing in a small, rural community. “T got the sense, which everyone likely does when they come here, of warmth, camaraderie, support, pleasantness, combined with good people 414 FOCUS - MAY 2012 05. MAY 64 FINAL FINAL.indd 14 DR. BRIAN TSE and beautiful scenery. It’s not everywhere you can find sucha conglomerate of positives,” he says with his trademark smile. Having been in Port Perry only since last July, Dr. Tse has yet to get a handle on what attracted him back to Port Perry after his graduation, but speculates it was the friendly and easy-going style of life and the many opportunities for activi- ties and the outdoors. And when it comes to his free time — when he’s not in his office treating patients — Dr. Tse enjoys a host of other sport- ing activities, including soccer, tennis, badminton, softball, skiing, snowboarding, rock-climbing, hiking, golf and any- 12-04-22 10:23 AM