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Dr. Garth Slysz leaving Charlottetown practice

A well-known Charlottetown doctor will be leaving the Island for a new job.

Award-winning doctor leaving for new opportunity in Caribbean

Dr. Garth Slysz received the Reg L. Perkin Award in November as one of Canada's top 10 doctors. (Submitted)

A well-known Charlottetown doctor will be leaving the Island for a new job.

Dr. Garth Slysz, a family physician in Sherwood, will start a new job in January as a professor of clinical medicine in St. Kitts in the Caribbean. 

Last month, Slysz was one of 10 doctors in Canada to receive the Reg L. Perkin Award for his "leadership and compassion to his patients and students."