DR. JOSEPH SLADEN

I met this doctor in  1976.  He was my savior!  I remember that day well. After numerous different doctors (around 12) promised to heal my ulcers in the three or 4-year time span completing numerous therapies some very painful (read my story here) none of them were successful.   I walked into his office and after a brief informal inspection, he said that he would heal them no problem.  All he did was cut a few foam pieces and wrap my ankle with a tensor bandage.

  "Think I would believe him?  NO!" 

All he did was cut a few foam pieces and wrap my ankle with a tensor bandage.   After 2 weeks of feeling less and less pain, I returned to his office thinking the ulcers got worse (sloppy and wet ulcers can be less painful)

"But When He Unwrapped My Leg The Ulcer Was Gone!"

40 years of no ulcers I wish he was here to thank him again and again.....

About Dr Sladen

He attended Baron Renfrew Public School and Upper Canada College. After graduating from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine in 1954, he headed west in a car he and a friend constructed out of fiberglass. Interrupted by authorities for driving an impressive but incomplete vehicle, undeterred he persevered to residency at Shaughnessy Hospital (Vancouver) followed by a Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at St. Mary's Hospital (London, England). His career as an accomplished teacher (Professor Emeritus, UBC) and an innovative and compassionate surgeon at St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) spanned over 40 years, retiring in 1998. During his tenure at St. Paul's he was the longtime Head of the Division of Vascular Surgery and was the President of both the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery and the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery in the US.
Joe's skill and creativity as a surgeon crossed over to his private life as a passionate and conservation-minded fisherman. He was an active member of the Totem Flyfishers and Steelhead Society since the late 1960s. In the early 1960s, Joe saw the promise in a west coast ski resort (Whistler), investing both in shares of the Garibaldi Lift Company and buying a ski chalet for his family. Skiing last in 2015, his fervency for the sport was contagious. As with medicine, Joe was always willing to share his knowledge, technique and equipment with a fellow angler or skier. His love for the mountains, rivers and lakes of BC, surpassed only by his love for his family, was an inspiration to many, and lives on in our hearts!