“Kudos and Congratulations” recognizes achievements by faculty, residents and trainees in the Department of Surgery. Please send items to be included to alice.mui@ubc.ca
53. – A message from New York
Congratulations to:
Dr. Alison Wallace (General Surgery, R1) Dr. Robert Foronjy,(M.D. Director of Lung Research, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center, Columbia University, New York) sends this message:
I am a lung researcher who has worked with Dr. Alison Wallace (PGY1, General Surgery)for the past several years on research focused on the genetic and molecular mechanisms of obstructive lung disease.
The Department of Surgery would be proud to know that Dr. Wallace has recently published a study in Toxicological Sciences that establishes that protein phosphatase 2A induction by cigarette smoke modulates immune and proteolytic responses to cigarette smoke exposure. This is significant because PP2A activity could be manipulated to prevent the inflammatory and proteolytic injury that occurs in the lung in response to cigarette smoke. At the American Thoracic Society International Conference in May 2012 Dr. Wallace will present her latest data demonstrating that PP2A activity can indeed be successfully modulated in vivo and that increasing PP2A activity is a feasible means of regulating the immune and proteolytic responses in cigarette smoke mediated diseases. In fact, hers was one of only 40 posters that was selected for presentation at the 2nd Annual Canadian Thoracic Society Poster Competition.
posted : 2012-April-11
52. – Global Surgery prize
Congratulations to:
Dr. Eiman Zargaran (General Surgery, R2)
who won first prize for a poster he presented at Center for Global Surgery:Extreme Affordability Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The title of the poster was: “The electronic Trauma Health Record (eTHR): a novel tool for trauma surveillance and care in low resource settings”.
His supervisors, Dr. Morad Hameed (General Surgery) and Dr. Nadine Schuurman (Dept of Geography, SFU) are very proud!
posted : 2012-April-2
51. – Vernon Surgeon
Congratulations to: 
Dr. Hamish Hwang (General Surgery)
who practises at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital, has published a study showing that colorectal cancer screening programs which target those over age 50, can reduce death rates by up to 83 per cent, and incidence by up to 81 per cent. His report suggests we should adjust our guidelines for who should undergo colorectal cancer screening. (Dr. Hwang pictured with Dr. Warnock at the 2006 UBC Surgery Graduation Day) Dr. Hwang’s paper was published in the BC Medical Journal, and featured on the front page of the March 13th Vancouver Sun.
posted : 2012-March-19