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 the subject of surgical history. The paper can address a topic of local, national or international interest in any field of surgery – biographical, developmental, clinical, technical, educational and ethical, and is open to all UBC undergraduate medical students and residents in any surgical discipline. The winning paper will be presented at Department of Surgery Grand Rounds on March 9, 2022.
Please send your submission to susan.nye@ubc.ca before February 8, 2022.