Orest Talpash

(- a representative of the Third Generation in North America)

 

Summary:

·    born 9 February 1940 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada

·    medical doctor, specialist in dermatology, Clinical Professor

·    1964 married Olesia Gorchynski; 4 children: Larissa, Yvan, Andriy, Lydia

·    interests - reading, social history, genealogy, travel, writing short stories

Education

 - 1971 awarded, after examinations, Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) in Dermatology
 - 1967-1972 specialization training: Internal Medicine, Pathology and Dermatology -Toronto
 - 1964 completed internship at the Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon
 - 1963 Doctor of Medicine - University of Saskatchewan
 - 1959 Bachelor of Arts - University of Saskatchewan
 - 1956 completed high school in Buchanan, Saskatchewan

 

Professional activity (until retirement in 1998)

 - 1972-1998 - private Dermatology practice, Edmonton, Alberta 
 - Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta
 - Active Staff, Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta                   
 - Consulting Staff in six other hospitals in Alberta and the Northwest Territories, Canada
 - 1964-1967 - Medical Officer, rank of Captain, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps; service in Canada, Germany, Norway, and at the National Defence Medical Center in Ottawa

 

Community activity

 - active in many Ukrainian-Canadian organizations 1973 to the present.