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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Med School Will Work Wonders For Saint John

DMNB Class of 2014
Having medical schools in local communities is extremely powerful, according to MP and pediatrics orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kellie Leitch.

She tells CHSJ news having Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick in Saint John will work wonders for training and keeping doctors locally. Leitch says she's seen first hand the effects a medical school has in an area. She says when she was the associate dean at the University of Western Ontario, she saw the opening of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Since it's opening in 2005, she says their grads have stayed there and worked wonders in that area.

Leitch says she's confident young physicians will make Saint John their home. The first set of med students are set to graduate in 2014.