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2022 Academic Year End Newsletter
We are pleased to share the 2022 Academic Year End Newsletter.
Bethune Round Table 2022 Wrap Up – Decolonizing Global Health
An annual interdisciplinary meeting aimed at addressing the challenges of providing accessible, high-quality surgical care to marginalized patients in low-resource settings.
Spotlight: Dr. Ameer Farooq
Dr. Ameer Farooq is a recent graduate of the UBC Colorectal Surgery Program.
2022 YWCA Women of Distinction Award Winner: Dr. Andrea MacNeill
Dr. MacNeill is Founder and Principal Investigator of the UBC Planetary Healthcare Lab
2022 Department Clinical Faculty Research Support Award Recipients
The purpose of this award program is to provide Clinical Faculty with a stipend to support time away from their clinical practice to focus on research.
Dr. MacNeill Challenges Health Systems:Go Green!
Dr. Andrea MacNeill, the founder and principal investigator at the UBC Planetary Healthcare Lab wants to accelerate the transition to low-carbon, sustainable health systems.
Dr. Nadine Caron Receives UBC’s inaugural Envision Equality Award
The awards celebrate exceptional women and gender-diverse faculty and staff who have demonstrated outstanding contributions
Department of Surgery Strategic Plan 2022-2025
As an academic surgical department, there is a clear commitment to clinical excellence, teaching, and research.
Dr. Glenn Regehr recognized by the AFMC
Dr. Glenn Regehr is the 2022 recipient of the AFMC President’s Award for Exemplary National Leadership in Academic Medicine. Read about the AFMC awards here.
Nis Schmidt History of Surgery Prize – Call for Submissions – Closes February 8, 2022
The Nis Schmidt History of Surgery Prize is currently accepting submissions until February 8, 2022. Dr. Schmidt is a UBC Department of Surgery Clinical Professor Emeritus who has generously endowed an award to stimulate interest and documentation in the history of surgery. A $1,000 prize will be awarded annually for the best publishable grade paper on […]