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Brian Day

2007-2008 President - Canadian Medical Association

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By Jon Ferry Mixed martial-arts superstar Brock Lesnar was wrong to slam the...
Jan 25, 2010
Health-care system isn't 'the problem.' It's the long waits
The Province
By Brian Day Let's be clear about what medicare is: The word has nothing to...
Nov 17, 2009
Public sector unions should push for more private involvement
Vancouver Sun
Hybrid systems in Europe show the option can cut costs, reduce wait lists By...
Sep 19, 2009
Don't be afraid of private health care
Edmonton Journal
By Brian Day During the recent automobile crisis, President Obama’s pledge...
Sep 01, 2009
Politicians, economists, and lawyers: Who will save us?
BC Medical Journal
Brian Day is an orthopaedic surgeon and founder of the Cambie Surgery Centre...
Jul 31, 2009
Make Province A Haven For Medical Tourism
Globe and Mail
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, and the...
Jan 26, 2009
A cure for Canada
National Post
Dr. Brian Day gave an interview for a Fraser Institute segment. The video can...
Oct 09, 2008
Brian Day Video Interview
Fraser Institute
What is had news for health care fundamentalists is good news for the rest of...
Sep 08, 2008
The New Healthcare
Maclean's Magazine
Gary MasonIn his farewell address to the annual convention of the Canadian...
Aug 21, 2008
Globe and Mail Article
Globe and Mail
Outgoing head calls for more public-private partnerships By Aaron Derfel The...
Aug 20, 2008
Revamp medical schools, says CMA Chief
National Post
Politicians fail to address health issues, Day charges Aaron Derfel MONTREAL...
Aug 20, 2008
CMA head slams political parties
Canwest News Service
Dr. Brian DayPresident, Canadian Medical Association You've spent much of...
Jul 01, 2008
Vancouver Magazine Panorama
Vancouver Magazine
CORNER BROOKGARY KEAN The president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA)...
Jun 30, 2008
Newfoundland and Labrador can lead the way in reforming health care system: CMA president
The Western Star
Dr. Brian DayPresidentCanadian Medical AssociationCorner Brook, NL Ladies and...
Jun 28, 2008
Address to the Annual Meeting
Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association
B.C. experiments with a controversial plan to improve health careby Nancy...
Jun 18, 2008
Cash is its own reward
Macleans
Some Albertans are wary of the changes the province plans for our health-care...
Jun 15, 2008
Alberta has unique opportunity to lead the country in health-care delivery
Calgary Sun
Here is the full PDF article for online viewing (courtesy of the CARP...
Jun 15, 2008
Public vs. Private | Dr Profit or Dr. Prophet?
CARP
"Toward a Patient-Focused Health System" Dr. Brian DayPresidentCanadian...
Jun 07, 2008
Address to the Annual Meeting BCMA
British Columbia Medical Association
"Toward a Patient-Focused Health System" Dr. Robert Ouellet President-Elect...
Jun 07, 2008
Robert Ouellet's Address to the Annual Meeting
Doctors Nova Scotia
It has achieved spectacular success in health care delivery in recent years...
Jun 02, 2008
What we can learn from Britain
Ottawa Citizen
CMA chief says system needs major surgery By JAMES NEELEY The president of...
May 24, 2008
Health care broken, says top doctor
The Peterborough Examiner
With long waiting lists for treatment compared with other western nations,...
May 13, 2008
Calculating health costs
The Leader-Post (Regina)
"Toward a Patient-Focused Health System" Dr. Brian DayPresidentCanadian...
May 10, 2008
Address to the Annual Meeting (SMA)
Saskatchewan Medical Association
"Toward a Patient-Focused Health System" Dr. Brian Day PresidentCanadian...
May 07, 2008
Address to the 100th Annual Meeting
Manitoba Medical Association
"Toward a Patient-Focused Health System" Dr. Brian Day PresidentCanadian...
May 04, 2008
Address to the Annual Meeting (OMA)
Ontario Medical Association
"People are waiting longer than they should have to, and longer than their...
May 01, 2008
Waiting Room Nation - Medical Tourism
In Business
Patients should be put at the centre of the health-care system, not...
Apr 21, 2008
MD: Patients shouldn’t be considered financial drain
The Chronicle-Herald
"Building Momentum toward a Patient-Focused Health System" Dr. Brian...
Apr 19, 2008
Address to the Annual Meeting (QMA)
Quebec Medical Association
Dr. Brian DayPresidentCanadian Medical AssociationHalifax Good morning. My...
Apr 18, 2008
Address to Rural and Remote 2008 Conference
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
CMA president backs physician IT, sees the need for new approaches.Dr. Brian...
Apr 07, 2008
Dr. Day stresses importance of healthcare IT
Canadian Healthcare Technology
It seems inconceivable that, given the grave challenges facing Canada's...
Apr 03, 2008
Keeping patients on wait lists cripples our health system
The Province
Doctors may soon be tracking patients with high blood pressure or asthma over...
Apr 02, 2008
MDs launch online tool for patients
Toronto Star
The virtual house call, the latest thing in health care, arrived on...
Apr 02, 2008
Now you can visit your doctor online
Vancouver Sun
Good afternoon, it is my pleasure to be here today and address the Vancouver...
Apr 01, 2008
Speech Delivered by Dr. Brian Day
Vancouver Board of Trade
Dr. Brian Day, president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), faced the...
Apr 01, 2008
Health system unsustainable without private sector help
By Terry Hadley
Few people have done more to raise the issue of medical wait times than Dr....
Jan 21, 2008
The wisdom of Brian Day
Ottawa Citizen
At first glance, the Canadian Medical Association's suggestion that private...
Jan 19, 2008
Private medical schools are worth studying
Montreal Gazette
Dr. Brian DayPresidentCanadian Medical Association Thank you very much for...
Jan 15, 2008
The High Cost of Waiting for Care
Economic Club of Toronto
Audio clip can be played directly on cbc.ca. Please visit: CBC Directly. Dr...
Dec 09, 2007
Dr Brian Day on Rex Murphy's Cross Country Checkup
CBC Radio One
Vancouver Magazine Power 50 - #27Dr Brian Day, President, Canadian Medical...
Dec 01, 2007
Dr. Brian Day named in Vancouver Magazine's Power 50
Vancouver Magazine
Dr. Brian DayPresidentCanadian Medical Association Thank you for the...
Nov 02, 2007
Remarks to the Representative Assembly
Saskatchewan Medical Association
He's been called Dr. Profit and the Darth Vader of health care, but the...
Nov 01, 2007
Changes needed, but U.S. system isn't for us
Montreal Gazette
Dr. Brian Day made a speech at the Empire Club of Canada. The video can be...
Oct 12, 2007
Speech at the Empire Club of Canada
Empire Club of Canada
The cure to our ailing system: a dose of competition. By Erin Pooley It's the...
Oct 08, 2007
Health care: Medicare Inc.
Canadian Business Magazine
New Canadian Medical Association President Brian Day says his plan will Cure...
Oct 02, 2007
Don't Take a Number
Financial Post Magazine
Dr. Brian DayPresidentCanadian Medical AssociationCalgary Thank you for the...
Sep 29, 2007
Building a Culture of Putting Patients First®
Canadian Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association NORMAN SPECTOR The ascendancy of Vancouver...
Aug 27, 2007
Brian Day's not-so-scary prescription for health care
Globe and Mail
Ageing population making reform even more urgent William Hanley A close...
Aug 25, 2007
Hybrid fix looms for health-care ills
National Post
Michael Campbell  Oh my gosh, here we go again. With Dr. Brian Day's term as...
Aug 25, 2007
Health care system suffers from monopoly
Vancouver Sun
Nigel Hannaford  Brian Day, new Canadian Medical Association president, came...
Aug 25, 2007
Tireless agent for change
Calgary Herald
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Aug 22, 2007
Dr. Brian Day intervied on CBC's as it happens
CBC News
Dr. Brian Day CMA President Vancouver, BC  Dr. Brian Day's speech at the CMA...
Aug 22, 2007
Presidential CMA Speech 2007
Canadian Medical Association
Guard hopes surgery fixed balky knee that plagued his first season in Atlanta...
Aug 02, 2007
Claxton Rehabs Career Hopes with Knee Surgery
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
image/photo: Paul Joseph By Gary Mason Brian Day chatters away as he works a...
Aug 01, 2007
Day in Your Life
BC Business Magazine
Let's hope medical firebrand remains a breath of fresh airBrian Day, the...
Jun 19, 2007
Editorial: IN OUR OPINION
The Province
GARY MASON  VANCOUVER -- There isn't a week that goes by that Dr. Brian Day...
May 10, 2007
New CMA boss seeks cure for inefficiency virus
Globe and Mail
Volume 49, Number 3, April 2007, page 105-106 Editorial How many are aware...
Apr 01, 2007
Divided we stand, divided we fall
BCMA Journal
The man behind the melee: Dr Brian Day, president-elect of the CMA  By...
Nov 15, 2006
The man behind the melee: Dr Brian Day, president-elect of the CMA
National Review of Medicine
Vol 368, p. 1321 By Michael McCarthy Delegates to the Canadian Medical...
Oct 14, 2006
Brian Day: CMA’s next president supports private health care
The Lancet
Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman has stated the election of B.C....
Oct 13, 2006
Private health care works
Neil Desai
The election this summer of Vancouver's Dr. Brian Day as president of the...
Sep 23, 2006
Times Colonist Editorial
Times Colonist
By Rick Campbell  It was a cold, rainy night in November 2003. The Medical...
Sep 19, 2006
Waiting and watching the future of medicine
Medical Post Editorial
More...
Aug 28, 2006
Dr. Brian Day - the left's worst nightmare
Canada Free Press
By David Gratzer Dr. Brian Day has gone from Liverpool socialist to...
Aug 24, 2006
A new Day for the CMA
National Post
Time to take back our health care system.  I feel privileged that the General...
Aug 22, 2006
Back to the Future: Brian Day
CMA Annual Meeting
Dear Dr. Ruth Collins-Nakai, Dr. Colin McMillan and Colleagues, We are...
Aug 19, 2006
Letter of Support
Canadian Orthopaedic Resident Association
Six respected, highly qualified physicians put their names forward in...
Aug 18, 2006
Dr. Brian Day is the right tonic to stimulate health care debate
Vancouver Sun
A Message from Dr. Tracy Monk, COFPBC President  The COFPBC is a grassroots...
Aug 15, 2006
The CMA Election - Coalition of Family Physicians of British Columbia (COFPBC)
Dr. Tracy Monk
Reproduced with permission from Dr. Jorge Denigri President, Vancouver...
Jul 20, 2006
Open Communication from Dr. Jorge Denegri, VMA President, supports Dr. Brian Day
By Pamela Fayerman  The B.C. Medical Association will throw its weight -- and...
Jul 18, 2006
BCMA pushes Brian Day for CMA President
The Vancouver Sun
BC Medical Journal  Volume 48, Number 6,  July/August 2006, page 253-254...
Jul 01, 2006
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one
BC Medical Journal
According to the joint CMA (Canadian Medical Association) and BCMA (British...
Jun 28, 2006
Wait times costing billions, joint CMA-BCMA study shows
As good as Canada’s health care system has been, critical decisions have to...
Jun 01, 2006
CMA discussion paper conclusions: It's about access
Canadian Medical Association
The following audio interview featuring Dr. Brian Day appeared as a...
Apr 20, 2006
Audio Interview on the future of health care in Canada
New England Journal of Medicine
'There has to be a reason why you can get a hip replacement or an MRI in a...
Mar 07, 2006
Q and A with Dr. Brian Day, Canadian Medical Association's incoming president...
Macleans Magazine
British Columbia physicians choose private clinic owner Dr. Brian Day as...
Feb 28, 2006
A new 'Day' for the CMA
The Medical Post
Canada's Private Clinics Surge as Public System Falters  By CLIFFORD KRAUSS...
Feb 28, 2006
Canada's Private Clinics Surge as Public System Falters
New York Times
In 2004, Brian Day was made an Honorary Member of the Cuban Orthopaedic...
Feb 18, 2006
Dr Brian Day honoured during humanitarian teaching trip to Cuba.
Cuban Orthopaedic Association
From Beatles and Castro to the CMA Dr. Brian Day: Likely new head of...
Feb 18, 2006
From Beatles and Castro to the CMA
National Post
By Don Cayo Dr. Brian Day is the nemesis of Medicare, if you believe some of...
Feb 18, 2006
Nominee to lead CMA wants to help public medicine, not slay it
The Vancouver Sun
Bill Good: BC doctors have elected Dr Brian Day as their nominee as 2007-2008...
Feb 15, 2006
BCMA nominates Dr. Brian Day for CMA president elect
CKNW Radio
By Pamela Fayerman Vancouver Sun Dr. Brian Day said 'people voted for a...
Feb 15, 2006
Doctors pick private-care pioneer
Vancouver Sun
Most favour mix of public, private care poll: Survey finds 61 per cent would...
Jan 18, 2006
Most favour mix of public, private care: poll
National Post
MDs association one of most powerful lobby groups Private-medicine maverick...
Jan 18, 2006
Private-medicine maverick Dr. Brian Day aims to head CMA
The Vancouver Sun
Today Brian Day appeared across Canada on multiple network radio stations,...
Jan 16, 2006
Brian Day guest on Adler Online
CKNW Radio, Canada Network Radio
This article appeared in the National Post on Wednesday, January 4th, 2006,...
Jan 04, 2006
Federal Election Op-Ed by Brian Day
National Post
"Personally, I do not see in Canada it would be a feasible thing if any...
Jan 01, 2006
Back to the future, Time to take back our health care system
Dr. Brian Day
Health care cure? Try family doctors Too many of the problems in our medical...
Dec 15, 2005
Health care cure? Try family doctors
The Vancouver Sun
How Uncle Jack found salvation George Koch and John Weissenberger Friday,...
Dec 09, 2005
How Uncle Jack found salvation
Calgary Herald
Dr. Brian Day will appear on CBC at 9 PM on Decmber 8th and December 12th in...
Dec 08, 2005
Dr. Brian Day Appears in New Documentary on CBC-TV tonight at 9pm
CBC's Passionate Eye
Dr. Brian Day of Cambie Surgery Centre featured in show on ACL...
Dec 01, 2005
Brian Day featured in ACL Television Spot
HealthSpot TV
The fatal sickness of a broken system As public health care grows...
Nov 12, 2005
Health system, you're fired
The Globe and Mail
It's a realistic medical goal Let's eliminate waiting lists, not study them...
Nov 09, 2005
Let's eliminate waiting lists, not study them - Brian Day
The Vancouver Sun
Crisis in Health Care Monopolies don't benefit the consumer  Brian Day...
Nov 09, 2005
Monopolies don't benefit the consumer - Brian Day
Times Colonist
BC Medical Journal  Volume 47, Number 9, November 2005, page 469 Editorial...
Nov 01, 2005
Who pays? by Brian Day
BC Medical Journal
This article appeared in Parkhurst Exchange in August 2005. You can see the...
Aug 01, 2005
Is Public healthcare dying? by Brian Day
Parkhurst Exchange
BC Medical Journal  Volume 47, Number 6, July/August 2005, page 279-280...
Jul 01, 2005
Two-and-a-half cheers for the Supreme Court!
BC Medical Journal
20 years ago today, Dr. Day was involved in the first ever live 2 way video...
Jun 27, 2005
20 years ago today...
Press Photo
Brian Day performed two knee surgeris and one shoulder operation at his...
Jun 10, 2005
The new face of medicare
The Globe and Mail
Dr. Brian Day performs surgery on the cartilage in Rock's knee. Body...
Jun 03, 2005
Body degenerates as patients wait
The Vancouver Sun
Almost 10 years ago, we developed and opened the Cambie Surgery Centre (CSC)....
May 01, 2005
Prohibition and medicare in Canada
Canadian Society of Physician Executives
This article appeared in the Bangkok Post on March 20th, 2005. It is...
Mar 20, 2005
Free And First Class
Bangkok Post
BC Medical Journal  Volume 47, Number 2, March 2005, page 76-86 Editorial...
Mar 01, 2005
Evidence and outcomes
BC Medical Journal
By Janice C. MacKinnon (Former Saskatchewan NDP Finance Minister)  There is a...
Sep 14, 2004
Health care arithmetic by former NDP Finance Minister
CMA Journal
BC Medical Journal  Volume 46, Number 6, July/August 2004, page 270-271...
Aug 01, 2004
Medicare's D-Day? by Brian Day
BCMA Medical Journal
In 2004, Dr. Brian Day had a candid snapped with Prime Minister Paul Martin...
Aug 01, 2004
Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada Discuss Health Care Issues
Press Photo
Vancouver - With its spacious waiting room, wide corridors, gleaming wood...
Jul 12, 2004
Sleek private clinics slip from Health Act scrutiny
Globe and Mail
Janice MacKinnon  Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask....
Jul 01, 2004
More Arithmetic of Health Care by Janice MacKinnon
Policy Matters
Operating on the Fringes  As pressure mounts on all sides, medicare prepares...
Mar 01, 2004
Operating on the Fringes
MD Canada Magazine
BC Medical Journal  Volume 45, Number 9, November 2003, page 427 Editorial...
Nov 09, 2003
Competition - by Brian Day
BCMA Medical Journal
Commision of the Future of Health Care in Canada  Summary of Recommendations...
Apr 15, 2003
Brian Day's Summary of Recommendations for Health Care
Official Document
In 2003, Brian Day became the second Canadian to be president of the...
Apr 01, 2003
AANA Presidential Address - by Brian Day
Arthroscopy Association of North America
BC Medical Journal  Volume 45, Number 2, March 2003, page 68 - 69  Editorial...
Mar 01, 2003
A Canadian Health Charter - by Brian Day
BCMA Journal
In 2003, Dr. Brian Day was named one of the top 50 people to look out for by...
Jan 20, 2003
Brian Day named in the top 50 people to look out for
Maclean's Magazine
'Dr. Profit' is ready to operate  Margaret Wente Globe and Mail  In British...
Dec 03, 2002
Dr. Profit is ready to operate
The Globe and Mail
Shouldn’t We Have the Right to Choose? Dr. Brian Day has a cure for...
Dec 01, 2002
Shouldn't we have the right to choose?
National Post Business
Dr. Brian Day is a pioneer private practitioner and founder of the...
Apr 08, 2002
A new Day for health care
The Vancouver Sun
Private clinic offers quick access to specialists Patients who pay up to $500...
Apr 02, 2002
Private clinic offers quick access to specialists
The Vancouver Sun
U.K. soccer star picks B.C. surgeon $11-million player travels to Vancouver...
Mar 08, 2002
U.K. soccer star picks B.C. surgeon
The Vancouver Sun
The Chairman: I would thank you all for being here today. Senators, our next...
Oct 18, 2001
Brian Day's Evidence before the Senate Committee in Ottawa
Published by the Government of Canada
Medicare  Brian Day  Orthopedic surgeon; Vancouver, BC  The statement in your...
Apr 18, 2000
Getting The Facts - Correspondence by Brian Day
CMAJ
Brian Day's letter to the Editor  Published on February 9, 1999 - Volume 35...
Feb 09, 2000
Brian Day's take on unsubstantiated drivel
The Medical Post
The Medical Post  Dr Brian Day's Letter to the editor January 26, 2000 -...
Jan 26, 2000
Brian Day's take on crooked thinking
The Medical Post
The Canada Health Act - Concept versus Reality Dr Brian Day...
Jan 01, 2000
The Canada Health Act Concept versus Reality
Print Source
This article appeared in the Vancouver Sun on April 1st, 1999. It is...
Apr 01, 1999
Hippocratic vs. Hypocritical - by Brian Day
The Vancouver Sun
This article appeared in the Vancouver Sun on December 17th, 1997. It is...
Dec 17, 1997
How to end the rationing of health care in Canada
The Vancouver Sun
His own private hospital Deborah Jones  CMAJ 1997;157:297-300  In brief  Dr....
Jun 01, 1997
His own private hospital
CMAJ Medical Journal
This article appeared in the Vancouver Sun on January 10th, 1995. It is...
Jan 10, 1995
Slice at clinics angers surgeon
The Vancouver Sun
This article was written by Dr. Brian Day and appeared in The Vancouver Sun....
Jul 11, 1991
System needs some TLC
The Vancouver Sun
This editorial by Dr. Brian Day appeared in the Calgary Herald. It is...
Jan 01, 1990
Legislation Strangling Health Care
The Calgary Herald [date unknown]
This official Medical Post article from over 20 years ago showcases Dr. Brian...
Nov 12, 1985
World's first surgical robot
The Medical Post



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