ASSOCIATE CLINIC - Key Persons

Albert Earl Aikenhead was born on a farm near Brucefield, Ontario, in 1882. As a boy, he studied at the Clinton Collegiate Institute and graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1907. While at University, he was captain of the football team. Dr. Aikenhead interned at St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario, for a year before setting up his own practice in Hensell. During this time, he married and, in 1912, made his way to Calgary to set up a solo practice. Dr. Aikenhead had been practicing medicine for ten years when he was asked by Dr. Steward Macnab to help him form Associate Clinic. Having a deep commitment to his patients' wellbeing, Dr. Aikenhead was not interested in specializing. He was one of the last of his generation of practitioners who took the whole of medicine for their practice. "He looked after all kinds and conditions of people because they were human beings and were ill, acting to all such as friend and advisor." During his time at Associate Clinic as a general practitioner, he also worked as a surgical assistant and later became an anesthetist, though he never limited himself to this specific branch of medicine. Many physicians would recall the friendliness of the family. Whenever a new physician came to town, Mrs. Aikenhead would immediately invite them over for tea or dinner. Dr. Aikenhead was a member of the advisory board of the Salvation Army and superintendent at Grace Hospital (the Salvation Army Hospital). Retiring from the clinic in 1947, he became more active in the affairs of the city and was elected to city council in 1948, but he kept a watchful eye on the Clinic in which he took great pride and keenly watched the progress of the younger physicians. He was also a member of the Calgary Hospital Board and a past president of the Calgary Lawn Bowling Club. Dr. E.P. Scarlett described Dr. Aikenhead as one who never sought great responsibility in medical or public life but was content to do his job in the pattern of living which he had chosen. He was a man of complete integrity of character, and he was one who possessed a great sense of duty and the command of deep affection of his family and friends. Dr. Aikenhead would forever be remembered for his goodness, his loyalty, and his great devotion to duty.

Dr. Sinclair's clinical practice is focused on diabetes mellitus (including diabetes in pregnancy), thyroid and parathyroid disease, as well as treatment of pituitary, adrenal, ovarian, and testicular disorders. Given her particular interest in the health of Canada's indigenous peoples, she regularly attends an endocrine clinic located at a local Indigenous community. Her other interest is medical education, and she continues to participate in the training of medical trainees, as well as continuing medical education of other healthcare professionals.

Dr. Loewen finished his Family Medicine training in Calgary in 2003 and has been practicing at the Associate Clinic since 2005. In addition to full-spectrum Family Practice, he also provides prenatal-to full-term care and delivers at the Peter Lougheed Centre as part of the Lougheed Maternity Group. He has held various physician leadership roles in Calgary, chairs the Maternal Newborn Workforce Planning Committee, and coordinates Calgary Chapter activities for the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Canada. He is a Clinical Lecturer with the University of Calgary and frequently has Family Medicine residents working with him in the clinic. Dr. Loewen is married and a father of 3 children. He is passionate about incorporating physical activity into daily routines and practises what he preaches by biking to work year-round. He also is passionate about outdoor adventures with his family.

The Macnab motto was, "Timor Omnis Abesto" ("Be all fear absent"). The daily life of Daniel Stewart Macnab, from boyhood to his death in 1951, was reminiscent of these words, including in his founding of the Associate Physicians and Surgeons of Calgary, later becoming the Calgary Associate Clinic, and subsequently Associate Clinic. "He was big, physically and mentally with a limitless power of work, always animated by a driving passion for medical practice. In the early days, there was a leonine touch about him, but this was never more than a fleeting impression quickly replaced by the sense of coiled steel in the man. The face was keen…the eyes were level and inquiring; the smile was that of a strong jaw, which could be set with a Scots tenacity that was not stubbornness. At rest, like most big men, he almost lolled in his chair. In action, he strode the world confidently and at work, his movements were quick and incisive. He was always direct. He was not talkative, but easy in speech. The voice was moderate, but when he was roused, it boomed like an Atlantic gale. The mood was capable of the most astonishing range from kindly tenderness to testy petulance to towering rage…a stalwart clansmen…working out his destiny with a stethoscope and scalpel in the less rugged hills and plains of Alberta." Born October 28, 1951, in Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, he was the eldest son of his mother's second marriage. Taught a strong work ethic from his mother, Stewart was required to take over the family farm at age 15, along with his younger brother, Ira, age ten, when his father became seriously ill and subsequently passed away. Young Stewart was required to give up his studies to help the family until an older half-brother arrived, which allowed Stewart to continue his schooling. He assisted on the farm, studied, and worked in the oyster beds by his home on Saturdays to earn the extra cash required to purchase higher education. At age 18, he made his way to Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived with his half-sister and worked for a year in a soft-drink plant and dairy (in its maple sugar section). These earnings took him to Colchester County Academy and the Provincial Normal School at Truro, Nova Scotia, for his grade-eleven and first-class teacher's license. He subsequently taught at the Malagash Rural School for $300.00 per year for two years until he could afford tuition to New York University and Bellevue Medical College. During this time, he lived with his half-brother. Despite offers of financial assistance from his brother, Stewart was determined to make his own way. While in medical school, he led his class each year and was described as bright and enthusiastic, and upon graduation in 1907, he joined Bellevue Hospital and served as an intern and house surgeon for three years. Stewart married in 1910, but, unfortunately, he spent his honeymoon alone as he became ill with diphtheria. He made his way to Calgary, Alberta, to recover his health. When he first arrived in Calgary, he practiced medical contract work, which was not received well by the other physicians in the city. Eventually, the Holy Cross Hospital opened its doors and its operating room to him and advised him that they would stand by him through "thick and thin." While at the Holy Cross Hospital, he practiced kind-hearted, excellent medicine twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, often to the point of exhaustion. Perhaps his main fault, according to his friends and associates, was that he "…practiced the loudest, unprintable cuss words in the community." This failing was compounded by the fact that he had a remarkably resonant voice that would travel quite a fair distance. His bad language in the operating room was well known, particularly in intense situations. When the surgery was complete, he would go around to every nurse in the room to personally thanking them for their hard work and apologizing for his enthusiastic language that was said in his excitement. Dr. Macnab was passionate about improving the quality of medical care available to Canadians. In order to accomplish this, he was active in several organizations. He sat on the executive Calgary Medical Society for several years, and he was elected president of the Alberta Medical Association in 1935. He was also appointed Chairman of the Western Canada Division of the American College of Surgeons. He would often travel around Alberta, talking with various groups, and helping to organize the first rural district medical societies. Dr. Daniel Stewart Macnab, as stated by Dr. E.P. Scarlett, was "an ambitious soul who could look back on a busy and successful career as a physician-surgeon from the time when as a boy and determined to emulate the example of his older half-brother, Dr. George David Stewart, who had become a famous New York doctor. His career was forged by work and driven by the power of single-mindedness, such as one may see only in saints or in fanatics…He was never happier than when shouldering his way through a staggering operation schedule in the morning, facing a crowded consulting room in the afternoon, and visiting a hospital full of patients in the evening. The practice of medicine was to him a battle, and he must always be in the thick of it.".

J.S. Gardner, in the Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, stated, "Earle Parkhill Scarlett was a man of distinction and culture. He was a classical scholar, author, historian, musicologist, and physician. He was sustained in these roles by his intellectual vigour, abiding faith in truth, and goodness."

Dr. E. P. Scarlett, when writing about Dr. George Douglass Stanley, states, "He had high scrupulous standards as a physician and practiced the exacting discipline of his profession all his life, keeping himself abreast of the rapid and bewildering developments…but above all, he had a spiritual and historical love of medicine which glowed in his mind like an altar lamp." George Douglass Stanley was born in Exeter, Ontario, on March 19, 1876. Shortly afterwards, the family moved to St. Mary's. It was here that he obtained his early education. During his years at high school, he played lacrosse, and after his graduation at 18, he attended Stratford Model School and proceeded to teach the lower grades at $250.00 per year. At the age of 20, he enrolled at the University of Toronto and entered the Faculty of Medicine, "Class of 1901." During his clinical clerkship, he and a friend offered to treat four advanced tuberculosis patients, and in October 1900, he was required to enter into the Muskoka Sanitorium at Gravenhurst with tuberculosis. While there, he met his future wife, wrote his final exams, and formed the "Lunger's Fellowship Club" (a group he kept in touch with all his life). During summer 1901, Stanley was feeling extremely discouraged as he had just suffered some pulmonary hemorrhages. While walking, he happened to meet one of his professors from the university, Dr. McPhedran. Dr. McPhedran was quite shocked to see how sickly Stanley looked and gave him this advice "…If you have any notion of continuing to live on for a while, get out of here at once, go way out to Alberta, take lots of her fresh air and sunshine, and forget your disappointments." Many doctors at the time felt that the climate in the west was extremely suitable for those with respiratory ailments. Stanley took this advice and, along with his brother, Van, made his way to Alberta by borrowing the fare of $37.50 for a harvester's excursion and arrived in Calgary in July 1901. While trying to decide where to live and set up his practice, the only advice he received was not to go to High River, so he proceeded forthwith to High River. "Dr. Stanley found himself amongst gamblers, cowpokes, homesteaders, and drunks…through a combination of luck and skill, he quickly established himself in this remarkable community." In November 1903, Annie Colvin came to High River to marry Dr. Stanley, whom she had met while he was recovering from tuberculosis. As they were about to depart for their honeymoon in Banff, a frantic knock came to their door. It was a rancher pleading with Dr. Stanley to go and attend to his wife, who was in labour. Dr. Stanley was quite upset as he was to depart for his honeymoon, but his new wife encouraged him to go; such is the life of a doctor in rural Alberta. They did eventually go on their honeymoon…twelve years later. While in High River, he owned and operated the first hospital between Calgary and Fort MacLeod. He was quite active in politics and various medical organizations. He reached the legislature in 1913 and remained there until leaving for Calgary. He also helped to build the town's first Methodist Church. After almost eighteen years in High River, Dr. Stanley became severely ill with the Spanish flu and subsequently developed pneumonia after going out on an emergency call. When he was finally able to leave the hospital, he realized that rural medicine was becoming too strenuous for him and that a quieter practice in Calgary would suit him better. In Calgary, Stanley practiced solo medicine for two years. During this time, he was president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. A motion was brought forward by the College that dependents of workmen be included in the Workmen's Compensation Act. Dr. Stanley was called before an extremely perturbed Calgary Medical Society, of which Dr. Daniel Stewart Macnab was a member. Stanley, even though he agreed with the opposition, felt that is was essential to support the College position. He said, "Since coming to Calgary a couple of years ago, whenever I am faced with a question respecting medical procedure, I have learned to follow one invariable policy, and that is to find out what certain doctors in Calgary would do, and then do the opposite." Macnab was so impressed with Dr. Stanley's courage that he asked him to become one of the five founders of Associate Clinic in 1922. Dr. Stanley established himself at the clinic, and in the 1930s, he took charge of the insurance examinations, which provided the clinic with the bulk of its income during the Depression. These exams were a particular field of medical practice in which he was entirely devoted. One of Dr. Stanley's significant contributions, along with Dr. E.P. Scarlett, was the development of the Calgary Associate Clinic Historical Bulletin. Dr. Stanley was chairman of the Board of Governors of both the University of Alberta and Mount Royal College. In 1951, he received an L.L.D. From the University of Alberta in recognition of his contributions to Canadian life. He was also awarded the King George Coronation Medal in 1937 and became an honorary life member of the Canadian Medical Association in 1950. Despite these accolades, Dr. Stanley set very high standards for his work as a physician and was much loved by his patients. One of Dr. Stanley's patients, who later became a reporter for the Vancouver Daily Province, stated "It used to be quite a privilege to be sick in our house…Dr. Stanley had white hair and a slight limp and a rich laughing voice that you could hear as soon as he stepped on the porch. And as soon as you heard it, absolutely everything was okay no matter how bad it had been before. You would stop being tense or scared because he was there." Dr. Stanley continued to work at a demanding pace until two weeks before his death in 1954. "With the passing of Dr. Stanley, something distinctive and memorable in the life of the West came to an end. He was one of the last of a generation of men and women who, in the nineties and at the turn of the century, came from the East and gave their heart and soul to the building of this new Western land. In this spirit, he worked mightily in his profession and public life."

James Scovil Murray was a native of St. John, New Brunswick. He received his early education at Saint John High School and Rothesay Collegiate School before attending McGill University, where he graduated in 1904. His first practice was in Upham, King's County, and later, he moved on to Hampton, New Brunswick, before coming to Alberta in 1909. He settled and maintained a solo practice in Okotoks. Dr. Murray loved the Foothills of Southern Alberta and their backdrop of the Rocky Mountains. He later went to Calgary and, with Dr. Macnab, helped found Associate Clinic. Dr. Murray was considered the problem solver of the group. It was said that his presence in a room was often enough to lift the spirits of those whom he attended. "When he entered a sick room, he inspired confidence. His patients felt better; got better." During the early years of the Clinic, any group practices faced strong opposition from solo practitioners. Many criticism and slurs were brought against the physicians in the Clinic, and it was Dr. Murray who helped to bring the group together to rise above the disparaging remarks. He said, "Let us give each other the right hand of fellowship in faithful promise that henceforth as a matter of policy, no matter what unkind thing may be said, we will never utter back a single word of resentment." Dr. Murray especially enjoyed obstetrical work. One associate estimated that he delivered more than 3000 babies during his career, even though he did not specialize in obstetrics. Dr. Murray was an avid fisherman and took great delight in the trout waters of the Highwood River. He was also skilled as a mechanic, and he had a great love for cars. Despite the enjoyment of these hobbies, he never let his own personal needs interfere with his practice. In 1943, a cardiac condition forced Dr. Murray to take a part-time position with a shipping company in Vancouver, performing examinations of seamen. He died there on December 23, 1947. His obituary in the Historical Bulletin read "…His friendship to his associates was constant and sincere; his relationship to his patients was intimate and kindly; his service in the art of medicine was skillful and dependable, and he as always ethical, trustworthy, and highly respected."

Job Titles:

• Specialist in Clinical Immunology

Dr. Joel Doctor is a specialist in Clinical Immunology and Allergy. He joined Associate Clinic in 1994 and established a leading Allergy practice dedicated to serving the needs of children and adults in Calgary and surrounding communities. There is a strong focus on accurate allergy diagnosis and treatment of allergic conditions that is guided by medical evidence and 25 years of clinical experience.

Dr. Julia Carter attended the University of Calgary for medical school and completed her family medicine training with an additional year of training in Women's Health at Queen's University. She also works with Alberta Health Services, the Digestive Health Strategic Clinical Network, and is a board member of Calgary West Central Primary Care Network.

Dr. McKeen's clinical expertise includes many aspects of endocrinology, including diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy, thyroid disease, reproductive disorders, pituitary disease, and adrenal disease. She is also involved in both undergraduate medical and postgraduate resident training. She is a member of the Resident Training Committee for the Endocrinology Fellowship Program with the University of Calgary. She is also a contributor to Continuous Medical Education programs, particularly for allied healthcare professionals, in the area of diabetes. Since 2009, she has been the Medical Director of the Diabetes Centre Calgary, offering patients comprehensive, up-to-dat e, and timely care for their diabetes. Dr. McKeen has been a Core Committee member of the AHS Diabetes Obesity Nutrition Strategic Clinical Network (DON SCN) since 2011. She is the Medical Lead of the DON SCN Provincial Inpatient Diabetes Management Initiative. She participated in the development of the Alberta Health Insulin Pump Therapy Program (IPTP) and is a member of the IPTP Clinical Advisory Committee. Education and Appointments BSc Biological Sciences, University of Calgary MD, University of Alberta FRCPC, Internal Medicine, University of Calgary FRCPC, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Calgary Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary

Dr. Hinz has a general Endocrinology practice, including diabetes, thyroid disease, bone and calcium disorders, adrenal disease, and reproductive conditions. She has a special interest in Metabolic Bone Disease and shares her time with the Southern Alberta Transplant Clinic and David Hanley Osteoporosis Clinic caring for patients with osteoporosis. Dr. Hinz has a passion for teaching and recently completed a Masters of Medical Education, researching factors that influence how students manage insulin in hospital. She works in the Cumming School of Medicine as a Master Teacher, the Clerkship OSCE Evaluation Coordinator, and a Faculty Advocate Against Mistreatment. Her passion for education extends to her patients and she loves to draw hormone pathways and explain endocrine conditions so that patients can truly be empowered partners in their own care. Education and Appointments BSc Biological Sciences, University of Calgary MD, University of Western Ontario FRCPC, Internal Medicine, University of Calgary FRCPC, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Calgary MSc Medical Education, University of Calgary

Dr. Grundy is a general endocrinologist with experience in many areas, including diabetes, reproductive health, and adrenal disorders. He has a special interest in thyroid cancer and works in collaboration with his endocrine, surgical, and oncology colleagues in this area and is a member of the Thyroid Cancer Tumour Group. He has been practicing at Associate Clinic since 1997. Education and Appointments BSc Biological Sciences, McGill University MD, University of Calgary FRCPC, Internal Medicine, University of Calgary FRCPC, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Western Ontario Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary

Dr. Kinnear is a faculty member in the Division of Endocrinology, University of Calgary. Her clinical expertise includes thyroid disease, diabetes, reproductive disorders, pituitary disease, and adrenal disease. She has a special interest in thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, and thyroid ultrasound, and performs ultrasound-guided thyroid biopsies. She is a member of the Thyroid Cancer Tumour Group within the Division of Endocrinology at University of Calgary. Dr. Kinnear is also involved with medical education, both at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. She serves as the Clinical Clerkship Supervisor for medical students on the Endocrinology rotation, and as a member of the Resident Training Committee for the Endocrinology Fellowship Program with University of Calgary.

Dr. Tamara Narine is a born-and-raised Winnipegger who attended medical school at the University of Manitoba in her hometown before moving to Montreal to complete her Family Medicine Residency and subsequent Fellowship in Maternal and Child Health at McGill University. Dr. Narine and her husband were recruited to Thunder Bay, Ontario, where they enjoyed practicing medicine for seven years. In 2012, Dr. Narine, along with her husband and two young children, moved to Calgary, and they are proud to call this beautiful city home.

William Ayers Lincoln was born in Stanstead, Quebec, probably in 1878. He graduated from McGill University in 1904 and came to Calgary in 1907, where he went into private practice. For a brief period, he left to go to London, England to do post-graduate work; he returned to Calgary to resume his practice. During this time, he built up an excellent reputation. Dr. Lincoln was one of the founding members of Associate Clinic, and at the Clinic as well as at the Holy Cross Hospital, he was often responsible for taking x-rays. Many doctors during this time often took an interest in both civic and medical affairs in Calgary, and Dr. Lincoln was no different. In addition to being an alderman for four years, he was chairman of the public library. He also served as the president of the Alberta Medical Association in 1916. He was on the board of executives of the Canadian Medical Association, and after being president in 1946, during the next year was made a life member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Dr. Lincoln was also the first superintendent of the Calgary General Hospital and was responsible for establishing the Calgary chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses. Dr. Lincoln was the only one of the founding members to leave Associate Clinic before retirement. Based on his excellent reputation, by 1938, he established a very successful practice as a very able and busy surgeon