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Retired Anesthesiologist:


I worked at The Scarborough Hospital, a large public general hospital in an eastern suburb of Toronto., where I was twice Chief of Anesthesiology and once Vice President of the Medical Staff Association. I previously worked at Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, and I created their original website, which was the first independent community hospital website.
I have written a number of scientific articles about anesthesiology and participated in collaborations such as GASNet and the Virtual Anesthesia Textbook.
I have worked as an anesthesiologist in New Zealand, the UK, Canada, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
I was an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and an assessor for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Smoking Cessation Activist:

In my work as an anesthesiologist, I get to see first hand and close up how much damage the tobacco industry is doing to human bodies.

I founded the Stop Smoking for Safer Surgery campaign. I also published a blog series about smoking: Stop Smoking blog page

I am currently interested in the use of vaping as a way to get smokers to quit and have set up a Quit by Vaping program. 

Traveler and photographer:

My parents were in the Royal Air Force, so I moved to Aden (in what is now Yemen) when I was six months old, and lived in Germany from the age of 8 to 11. That seems to have led to an insatiable curiosity about the world. I met my wife on a rail tour of the Soviet Union. My tastes run mainly to cool and mountainous areas: Iceland, Ireland, Nepal, New Zealand, Patagonia, and the Antarctic, but I do not turn down the opportunity to go to Bermuda or Djibouti.

Many of my pictures (of Antarctica, Arizona, Bermuda, Ethiopia, Ireland, Quebec, Cuba, The Netherlands, and of native plants) are on Flickr.

Environmentalist and Landowner:

I can still remember being taught the word environment when I was about eight or nine years old. In High School, I challenged a visiting professor who argued that as long as we build chimneys high enough, we can pollute as much as we like. I got the opportunity to put my beliefs into action when we purchased Oak Hills Farm, a 101-acre property south of Peterborough, Ontario. After much thought about the most responsible way to use this extraordinary opportunity, I created a three-acre tallgrass prairie, a 120-species arboretum, and planted about 5,000 native trees. I was on the board of the North American Native Plant Society for four years and served as its Vice-President.

Netizen:

I grew up in a world without the internet. That time now seems as remote as the dark ages. I am concerned about what the internet is doing to our children, but it is an amazing playground and resource for adults. I use it voraciously, and try to do my bit by contributing to sites such as Wikipedia and Trip Advisor.

Social Media:

Dr. John'sBlog &  Stop Smoking blog page

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Trip Advisor
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I tried to persuade the mint to create a Quit Quarter to encourage smoking cessation, but they declined

I tried to persuade the mint to create a Quit Quarter to encourage
smoking cessation, but they declined.

Information about the OYSTON Family Name is at www.oyston.com/oyston

Travel Pages:

Medical Pages:

My other anesthesia pages are old and have not been updated in years. I have therefore removed them.

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