Leith Garrett Douglas M.D.

DOUGLAS, Leith Garrett, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C), F.A.C.S. - We are saddened to announce Leith's passing on September 15, 2011 at the age of 80. Leith was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and was the son of the late Ira and Ella Douglas. After earning his medical degree from Dalhousie University in 1962 he went on to study plastic surgery in Toronto, Sweden, Austria and England, receiving his fellowship in 1967. He practiced in Toronto at The Wellesley and St. Michael's Hospitals and finished his career in the operating room at the Toronto Western Hospital in 2011. Leith will also be remembered for his enthusiastic work as plastic surgeon to the Toronto Maple Leafs for 36 years. He is survived by his loving wife Lorna, his daughter Ellen, son-in-law Peter Woodward and his three beloved grandchildren Julian, Caroline and Liam of Cobourg, Ontario. The family will receive their friends at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home, 6150 Yonge Street (at Goulding, south of Steeles, Toronto) on Friday, September 23rd from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. The funeral will take place in the R.S. Kane Chapel at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 24th with a reception to follow. Interment Cobourg Union Cemetery . In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Leith's memory to The Salvation Army, 25 Centre Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M2M 2L4 or to the Palliative Care Unit at the Northumberland Hills Hospital, 1000 DePalma Drive, Cobourg, Ontario, K9A-5W6. Condolences www.rskane.ca