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The newly elected President of the CDF was born in Germany, and emigrated to Canada as an MD in 1958. He continued his studies in France, Germany and England, where he completed his Fellowship training in Dermatology. From 1985 to 1991, John Albers was Chief of Dermatology at the University of Western Ontario, and in 1995 was promoted to Professor Emeritus. Dr. Roy Forsey, in his Vignettes of Canadian Dermatology, Volume II, pays tribute to John Albers’ dedication to the Canadian Dermatology Foundation. According to Dr. Forsey’s account, John Albers acknowledged that the Foundation "completely took over my interest and energy, liberated by the unfulfilled academic ambitions and plans… and desire to contribute to the dermatology community in Canada." Annual fundraising campaigns, primarily under the aegis of the Secretary-Treasurer John Albers, have increased support for the Canadian Dermatology Foundation. The Endowment Fund has continued to grow through bequests, Members’ contributions and corporate grants, leading to a commensurate increase in the number of research grants awarded to Canadian investigators. A significant bequest by the late Winefride Raye, a long time dermatology patient, had a particularly great impact on the nascent Endowment Fund. Prior to accepting the position of President of the Canadian Dermatology Foundation, John Albers served three terms as Secretary-Treasurer. He has now passed on this mantle of fiscal responsibility to Dr. Ken Kobayashi, of Waterloo, Ontario. The Canadian Dermatology Foundation is a registered, non-profit, charitable organization and is a major source of funding for dermatology research in Canada. |
Dr. John Albers, of London, Ontario, has been elected President of the Canadian Dermatology
Foundation, a major source of funding for dermatological research in Canada. Dr. Albers replaces
retiring president Dr. David I. McLean. Dr. Albers has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the
Canadian Dermatology Foundation since 1989, a function which he willingly embraced, viewing it as
an opportunity to make a contribution to Canada in an academic way.
