The Richard J. Finely Senior Scholar Award is given annually to an outstanding senior scholar in the Department of Surgery.
Sam M. Wiseman BSc, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, UBC, Chair, Endocrine Tumor Group, BC Cancer Agency Surgical Oncology Network, Director of Research, Dept. of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital & Providence Health Care. Dr. Wiseman obtained his medical and General Surgery residency training at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. He then spent three years in subspecialty fellowship training at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, including an American Head and Neck Society Advanced Training Council approved Head & Neck Surgery Fellowship, a Society of Surgical Oncology approved Surgical Oncology and Endoscopy Fellowship, and an Oncology research fellowship that was focused on studying the molecular biology of cancer. In 2003 Dr. Wiseman joined the staff at St. Paul’s Hospital and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at UBC. While his research has especially focused on thyroid and parathyroid disease, Dr. Wiseman has also continued to study other human cancer types, as well as many other General Surgery questions. Much of his research has taken a translational approach, or he has applied new knowledge/discoveries learned in the laboratory to address important clinical diagnostic, prognostic and treatment questions. Dr. Wiseman has been recognized with many honors and awards. Notably, Dr. Wiseman in 2005 was the first surgeon to ever receive the prestigious Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award; in 2007 he received an American College of Surgeons Travelling Fellowship to Japan; in 2008 he received a Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award; and in 2010 Dr. Wiseman was the first surgeon to receive the Providence Health Care Research and Mission Award.
Dr. Sam Wiseman received this year’s award at the Chung Research Day dinner on Nov. 2.
posted : 2015-November-9