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Dr William Bill Stanish Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming Dr William Bill StanishMain NavigationAthletics Headlines UPEI Athletes Only Sports Centre Programs Sports Centre Hours Fitness and Wellness UPEI Sports Hall of Fame Summer Camps Student Athletic Council 2008Inductee Prince of Wales College 19611963 Football Hockey Basketball Dr William Bill Stanish began his academic career at Prince of Wales College in 1961 During his two years at PWC he played football hockey and basketball In 1962 he was named King of PWC athletics at the annual college day He served on the Amateur Athletics Association along with Joe Ghiz and Jack Hynes and chaired the Association in 196263 As star of the football team both years he won the Gordon De Blois Memorial Prize awarded to the best allround athlete Bill went on to medical school at Dalhousie University where he was captain of the Dalhousie football and hockey teams in the same year the first Dal student to hold leadership positions with both clubs In 1965 he was named Dals most outstanding male athlete and is considered one of the finest ever to attend the school Bill embarked on a distinguished career as a worldclass orthopedic surgeon in Halifax In 1976 he founded the Sports Medicine Clinic to rehabilitate many injured athletes He went on to work with Canadas elite athletes at the national and international level starting with the 1976 Olympics and continuing on as chief medical officer for the Canadian team at the Los Angeles and Seoul Olympic Games He was team doctor at the PanAm Games and several times served as team doctor for the Canadian Gymnastics Federation He now practices medicine with the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic where he is the clinical director Dr Stanishs surgical expertise combines cuttingedge techniques with conservative theory and pain management He is also Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Dalhousie University where he has taught for over 25 years earning him a worldwide reputation as a lecturer He carries out an active research program that focuses on ligaments and tendons and has contributed to more than 182 publications He is the coeditor of one of the worlds major sports medicine texts In 2007 Bill was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame for his contribution to sport medicine Said Premier Rodney MacDonald at the induction His ability to deal with patients and to ...