Obituaries - Canadian Dermatology Association

July 2013
Obituaries
Hurst, Harold G.
Winnipeg, MB - Dr. Harold G. Hurst completed his medical school training at St. Boniface Hospital.
He then enlisted in the R.C.A.F. (1942) where he served as a medical doctor during the Second
World War. Upon return to Winnipeg in 1949, he was one of five Dermatologists in western Canada
and practised out of the Medical Arts building. He was President of the Canadian Dermatology
Association, Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba and head of the section of
Dermatology at the Health Sciences Centre in the 1970’s. On Saturday, February 2, 2013, at his
home, Dr. Harold G. Hurst passed away peacefully at the age of 95.
To read the full obituary as prepared by the Hurst family visit the Winnipeg Free Press online.
If you know of a Canadian dermatologist who has recently passed away please email Laura Craig,
[email protected], and their obituary will be included in the following issue of the eBulletin.
If you would like to submit a personal remembrance for any dermatologist who has passed away
these will be included in a new section entitled Lives Lived. Please email any submissions to Laura
Craig at [email protected].
Editorial Board/
Conseil de rédaction
Regional Editors /
Rédacteurs régionaux
National Editor/
Rédacteur en chef
Benjamin Barankin, MD
Toronto, ON
Charles W. Lynde, MD
Markham, ON
Marc Boucier, MD
Moncton, NB
Executive Director /
Directeure générale
Peter R. Hull, MD
Saskatoon, SK
Chantal Courchesne
Ottawa, ON
Robert Jackson, MD
Ottawa, ON
Ian Landells, MD
St. John’s, NL
Catherine McCuaig, MD
Montréal, QC
Kathleen Moses, MD
Ottawa, ON
Paul Kuzel, MD
Edmonton, AB
G. Daniel Schachter, MD
Toronto, MD
Victoria Taraska, MD
Winnipeg, MB
Catherine Zip, MD
Calgary, AB
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