Surgery Grand Rounds

UBC Department of Surgery Rounds are typically scheduled from 7-8am on the second Wednesday every month from September to June.

**Please note: March 11, 2026 Room Change: Diamond Health Care Centre 9299
The UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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March 11, 2026 | 07:00 AM to 08:00 AM

Title: Healthcare Policy and Surgical Research: Shaping the Opportunity

Presenter: Jason Sutherland, PhD
Professor of Health Services and Policy, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, UBC

Bio: Dr. Sutherland is the Director of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) and is the UBC Professor of Health Services and Policy in the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health (SPPH). Dr. Sutherland has been leading policy and health services research in two domains: health care funding policy and variations in patients’ health status attributable to health services. Dr. Sutherland has extensive collaborative relationships with health services researchers, decision-makers and clinicians across Canada, the US and Europe. Dr. Sutherland has provided advice and recommendations on health system funding policies to a number of provincial governments and Health Canada. Dr. Sutherland is also the Division Head of Health Services and Policy in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health and the Program Head of Health Outcomes in the Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes at Providence Healthcare.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this session, participants will:

  • Describe the policy imperatives provincial governments address.
  • Analyze how data and evidence can be applied to affecting surgical policy.

Surgery Grand Rounds Meeting ID: 996 5204 2124, Passcode 042124

One-click Zoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/99652042124?pwd=Z1hPSjFQSEFWczlDOGVHTVNHcTUzZz09

2025/2026 Dates

September 10, 2025 – Dr. Arman Abdalkhani, Undergraduate Surgical Education
October 8, 2024 – Drs. Rola Ajjawi and Faizal Haji, Surgical Education Scholarship
November 12, 2025 – Dr. Andrea Pusic, Patient-Reported Outcomes in Healthcare
December 17, 2025 (Presented jointly with Dept of Orthopedics) – Dr. Brian Kwon, Biomarkers and Biobanking for Spinal Cord Injury and the Translational Research Applications for Orthopaedics
January 14, 2026 – Dr. Ahmer Karimuddin, Strategic Plan Town Hall
February 11, 2026 – Dr. Abraham Alexander, Sharp Shots, Soft Landings:  Toxicity and Disease control with Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) for localized prostate cancer
March 11, 2026 – Dr. Jason Sutherland, School of Population and Public Health
April 8, 2026 – Dr. Mahesh Nagarajan, Sauder School of Business
May 13, 2026 – not booked yet
June 10, 2026 – not booked yet

Archived Grand Rounds Presentations (Videos)

Access recorded presentations here: UBC Canvas

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Video-recorded Grand Rounds presentations are posted on the UBC’s e-Learning System and accessible with a UBC Campus-Wide Login (CWL) account.