37th Annual D.A. Boyes Society Meeting

An Obstetrics and Gynaecology update for practising specialists

Thursday and Friday, October 27 and 28, 2011

Conference Location

Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue (map)

580 West Hastings Street,

Vancouver, B.C.  V6B 5K3

Tel: (604) 291-5800

Conference Overview

This interactive and innovative CME-CPD program will provide a timely and clinically relevant update on selected topics in all areas of obstetrics and gynaecology including maternal fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology, urogynaecology, gynaecologic oncology and general gynaecology.

Conference registration and information
Early registration deadline - 26th September 2011

Dr. David Boyes, former Head of the BC Cancer Agency, along with Dr. H.K. Fidler, developed the first organized program in the world to screen for cervical cancer. By 1960, thanks to his pioneering efforts in training physicians and technologists in the program and promoting it to women, cervical screening became available free of charge to every woman in BC over the age of 20 years. The program led to a decline of over 70% in incidence and mortality of cervical cancer. It was the most successful population screening program anywhere in the world and remains a model for cancer control.

In addition, Dr. Boyes, along with Dr. Michael Turko, was the first in the world to develop the cone biopsy method of investigating and removing the abnormal cells detected through the Pap smear examination. He traveled throughout the world demonstrating the methodology to physicians.

Furthermore, Dr. Boyes was one of the first to take research directly to the patient's bedside, a system now an integral part of the BC Cancer Agency's mandate and known as translational research.

During his 27 years with the BC Cancer Agency, from 1960 to 1987, Dr. Boyes built the Agency into a world-class centre. Under his leadership, the BC Cancer Agency developed the tumour-group team model, as well as a standardized treatment policy manual for each tumour group, for use by all physicians in BC.

Dr. Boyes has been recognized world-wide. Closer to home, a group of gynaecologists and oncologists formed the illustrious "David Boyes Society", which meets annually to discuss various oncology topics.