Awards

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• UBC Faculty Research Awards and Prizes


• Nomination/application notes and forms are available online and may be downloaded from Office of the Vice President R e s e a r c h site

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2012

APPLY NOW - The Branch for International Surgery's
2012 GLOBAL SURGERY RESEARCH AWARDS -

Visit Research Awards - Branch for International Surgery

Application due May 27, 2012

Global Surgery Research Awards   Download the 4 pages application form

posted : 2012-April-18

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Award - The Branch for International Surgery

Congratulations to:
Dr. Robert H. Taylor, Director Branch for International Surgery and Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery who has been chosen by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as the recipient of the 2012 Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian award.

The Teasdale-Corti award was established to acknowledge and celebrate Canadian physicians who, while providing health care or emergency medical services, go beyond the accepted norms of routine practice.

Dr. Taylor helped establish UBC's Branch for International Surgery to address surgical care in international health and has travelled to nearly every continent in the world to provide surgical care and teaching in the developing world, including working for the International Red Cross in conflicted regions. In addition to this Royal College award in 2010 Dr Taylor was made a Member of the Order of Canada for his humanitarian contributions to improving medical services and surgical care in underserved populations of the world.

posted : 2012-January-11

2011

• 2011-November-7 The 17^th. ANNUAL W.B. & M.H. CHUNG LECTURESHIP

  Program of the Day

the photos of the Research Day Awards Reception


• Faculty Research Awards for achievements in research



• The Richard J. Finley Senior Research Scholar Award recognizes research excellence by a senior faculty member.
  This year's recipient Dr. Aziz Ghahary (Plastic Surgery) accepted his award
  from Dr. Garth Warnock , Professor and Head at the Chung Research Day Awards Reception. Please view Video (~ 7 mins.) describing the research
  
  The Hjalmar W Johnson New Investigator Award: recognizes excellence in research by an early career stage investigator for excellence in research. This year's recipient
  Dr. Scott Tyldesley (Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics) accepted his award from Dr. Warnock at the Chung Research Day Award Reception
  Please view brief video (~ 4 mins.) introducing the works of Dr. Tyldesley and his team



• Chung Research Day Presentation Prizes
• Speed Poster Prizes
• Basic Science Awards:
• 1^st prize - Dr. Ryan Harwell [ iPad winner ] (General Surgery)
• 2^nd prize - Dr. Paul Sabatini (General Surgery)
• 3^rd prize - Dr. Sara White (General Surgery)
• Clinical/Education Research:
• 1^st prize - Dr. Erin Brown [ iPad winner ] (Plastic Surgery)
• 2^nd prize - Dr. Dawn Owen (Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics)
• 3^rd prize - Dr. Jennifer Higgins (Cardiovascular Surgery)


• 10 mins. Oral Presentation Prizes
• Faculty award -
• Dr. Jan Ehses (General Surgery)
• Basic Research Trainee -
• Dr. Eric Xu (General Surgery)
• Clinical Research Trainee -
• Dr. Adelyn Ho (Plastic Surgery) tied with Dr. Andrea MacNeil (General Surgery)
• Education Research Trainee -
• Dr. Yasmin Halwani (General Surgery)

posted: 2011-November-16

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The UBC President’s Letter to the Community : October 2011

• CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Ravi Sidhu
• Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine: who received the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada 2011 Young Educator Award;
  
  
• Please read   the President's letter

posted : 2011-November-3

The Division of Cardiovascular Surgery announces recipient
of the 2011 "Dr. Paul Cartier Cardiac Surgery resident award"

• CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Michael Yamashita - the best in Canada
• who was awarded the Dr. Paul Cartier Cardiac Surgery Resident Award at the annual Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC). This award was created in honour of Dr. Paul Cartier, who was highly regarded as an outstanding Canadian Cardiac Surgeon. It is sponsored by the Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons (CSCS) and is presented annually to a Cardiac Surgery Resident who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of cardiac surgery through basic science or clinical research and who has demonstrated promise for a distinguished academic career in cardiac surgery.

posted : 2011-November-2, revised: November-8.

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The Branch for International Surgery Research Awardee 2010
and team win innovation's Grand Challenges Canada

• CONGRATULATIONS to Mark Ansermino, Jacqueline Hudson Excerpt from The Globe and Mail


• Among the two Canadian winners was a University of British Columbia invention that transforms a simple cell phone - common even in the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa - into a portable blood-oxygen tester; the second home-grown winner was a Hospital for Sick Children creation of "pre-natal sprinkles" to get critically needed, but unusually terrible-tasting, calcium into the diets of pregnant women.
  
  The "Phone Oximeter," was developed by a team led by Mark Ansermino, a scientist and associate professor at the University of British Columbia. It will be field-tested in Stellenbosch, South Africa, where partners in the project are already working to identify mothers at risk because of high blood pressure.
  
  "Midwives will use this to screen women during pregnancy," Mr. Ansermino said, shortly after the winners were announced. He said the call for innovative ideas, partially funded by Grand Challenges Canada was "just a fantastic thing for researchers in Canada."
  
  The 77 finalists were winnowed down from more than 600 original entries in an unconventional attempt to gather bold ideas from around the globe and create a "pool of innovators" to address one of the most persistent development tragedies. Called "Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development," it is jointly funded by Grand Challengers Canada, the United States Agency for International Development, Norway's Foreign Ministry, the World Bank, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
  
  "We wanted to mobilize a global community of innovators," said Ms. Clinton, who has taken a personal interest in the effort.
  
  "Seed" grants of roughly $250,000 each were awarded to 19 of the finalists Thursday.



• Interested in learning more about Mark's work?
  Download his 2010 BIS ROUND presentation

media release issued & also posted here: 2011-July-28

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
announces recipients of the 2011 Award of Excellence in Medical Practice

• Now in its seventh year, the College's Award of Excellence Program is an annual peer recognition program that honours individual physicians who have made an exceptional contribution to the practice of medicine in teaching, research, clinical practice, administration or health advocacy. Other criteria include character, integrity, and ethics beyond reproach, demonstrated leadership, and collegiality in all interactions with patients and colleagues.

• M. Christo Wiggins, MB ChB, FRCSC - Chilliwack, BC
  Since 2007, Dr. Wiggins has held the position of chief of surgery at Chilliwack General Hospital. He is also the site director in the department of surgery at UBC's Chilliwack location. In his role as educator, Dr. Wiggins is consistently rated by residents as one of the best teachers they have ever had. They commend him for his ability to find teaching opportunities in every clinical encounter and helping residents to advance their knowledge and skill through hands-on learning. Dr. Wiggins is also regarded highly by his colleagues who consider him a natural leader, building a productive and supportive team even during difficult situations such as cut-backs in the Operating Room. Dr. Wiggins moved to Chilliwack in 1999 after spending four years in Prince Rupert. Prior to arriving in Canada, he worked on two missions with Doctors Without Borders in Indonesia and Somalia, and more recently he participated in a mission to Haiti.

media release issued May 26, 2011, posted: 2011-July-21

• 2011-June-3 The Annual Residents’ Graduation and Awards Day



• Awards won               List of Graduates         and Slide-show of the event



• DR. I.B. HOLUBITSKY MEMORIAL AWARD presented to the Surgical Resident who demonstrates the highest qualities of surgical excellence & in recognition of outstanding clinical teaching of medical students and residents
  Division of General Surgery-      LEANNE WOOD, M.D.



• DR. H.D. HILDEBRAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE presented to a Junior Resident for outstanding service & with greatest promise as a vascular surgeon
  Division of General Surgery-      SANDRA JENNESON, M.D.



• DR. H. ROCKE ROBERTSON AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Clinical teaching teaching of Surgery in 2009/2010
  Division of Plastic Surgery-      ARKO DEMIANCZUK, M.D.



• DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY BEST RESIDENT TEACHER AWARD
  Division of Neurosurgery-     PETER GOODERHAM, M.D.



• DR. A.D. FORWARD POSTGRADUATE FACULTY TEACHING AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Teaching Acclaimed by Surgical Residents
  Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics-     
  SCOTT TYLDESLEY, M.D.



• DR. A.D. McKENZIE CLINICAL TEACHING AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Clinical teaching of Medical Students and Residents
  Division of Paediatric General Surgery-      SONIA BUTTERWORTH, M.D.



• DR. A.W.D. BILL KNOX MEMORIAL AWARD this Fund was established by friends in memory of Dr Bill Knox, a young BC surgeon tragically deceased on the threshold of his career. This award is made to assist worthy candidates in post-graduate surgical study .The Award is made on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Surgery
  Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery-      DANIELLE MACNEIL, M.D.

posted : 2011-June-20

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"Kudos and Congratulations" recognizes achievements by faculty and trainees in the Department of Surgery. Please send items to be included to alice.mui@ubc.ca

Kudos and Congratulations 28.

Congratulations to:


Dr Alan Nichol , Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics for receiving a 2011 competitive grant from the Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada. His group will be conducting a phase II study to assess the value of functional imaging (PET/CT scanning) with F-18 labeled FDOPA in the planning of neurosurgical resections and the post-operative assessment of the completeness of excision prior to radiation therapy planning. It is anticipated that more individualized targeting of local therapies will improve control and survival rates for patients with malignant brain tumors while reducing the side-effects of treatment.

posted : 2011-June-19

Kudos and Congratulations 27.

Congratulations to:


Dr. Morad Hameed , (General Surgery),
who has received the Professional Association of Residents of British Columbia Resident's Advocate Award for 2010. Nomination were accepted from Residents to recognize an individual who is respected in the community and through his or her advocacy has improved Residents' well-being personal, professionally and educationally. Since he took on his current role as the General Surgery Residency Program Director in 2007, Dr. Hameed has consistently advocated on behalf of his residents. His efforts in restructuring the academic half day program, in designing and implementing a surgical CRASH co urse for dents, and in advancing the research agendas of his residents have been unparalleled. Dr. Hameed has also reliably supported his residents outside of the academic and clinical environments. For these reasons, the residents of BC have chosen to award Dr. Hameed with their Residents' Advocate Award for 2010. Past recipients have gone on to be appointed as Associate Deans within the Faculty of Medicine and other leadership positions within the university.

posted : 2011-June-17

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Academic Gowns 2011 - Dr. Ross Brown

  From left to right
  Dr. Warnock
  Dr. Brown
  and Dr. Stuart









Dean Gavin Stuart hosted a dinner reception on April 12, 2011 to recognize individuals who have been promoted to either Clinical Professor or Professor. Each individual being honoured was presented with an Academic Gown for their achievements.

posted : 2011-June-6

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Kudos and Congratulations 25.

Congratulations to:


Dr. Doug Cochrane (Neurosurgery),
who has received a Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in service to the University and Community. Dr. Cochrane has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of safety in health care. He was a recipient of a grant from the Canadian Patient Safety Institute to investigate incidents and types of adverse events in children in large community hospitals. He led British Columbia participation in the National Advanced Study in Paediatrics and for this, he was presented with the Family Centered Award from the British Columbia Children's Hospital. Dr. Cochrane also chairs the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council which implements and measures safety for the Ministry of Health Clinical Care Management. This has fostered the safety curriculum in the Faculty of Medicine by providing input for both the new curriculum and the Doctor Patient and Society course.


Dr. Sandra Jarvis-Selinger (General Surgery),
who has received a Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in education. Dr. Jarvis-Selinger is Michael Smith Foundation Scholar who directs her research and teaching to pedagogical innovations in health through the examination of learning technologies. During the past year, she succeeded in securing in excess of $1,000,000 in educational research funding for several key initiatives including a CIHR grant to look at e-Health mentoring to develop health professional careers for aboriginal youth, and a CIHR Grant to develop home based tele-health help for chronic disease management. She also recently co-developed and taught two new courses: (i) Surgical Residents as Teachers, for the Departments of Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, and (ii) e-health for the UBC School of Population and Public Health.


Dr. Yasmin Halwani
(General Surgery PGY3), who won the first place prize for a podium presentation entitled "Assessing Residents' Surgical Skills in the Operating Room: Utility of a Universal Global Rating Scale" at the 34th Annual Resident's Research Day for General, Pediatric General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery.

Dr. Elaine Lam
(General Surgery PGY3), who was awarded the 2^nd. place prize for her podium presentation entitled "Thyroid Pathology Reporting at a Canadian Centre: A Critical Appraisal" presented also presented at Resident's Research Day.

Dr. Lisa Aird
(General Surgery PGY2), who won the best poster prize at Resident's Research Day for her proposal entitled for "A Radomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Cosmetic Outcome of Electrocautery vs Scalpel for Surgical Skin Incisions".

Megan Himmel
(PhD student with Dr. Megan Levings, General Surgery), who won the prize for the top basic science podium presentation
"Human CD4+FOXP3+ T regulatory Cells Produce IL-8 Recruit Inflammatory Immune Cells" at Resident's Research Day.

posted : 2011-May-25

Kudos and Congratulations 24.

Congratulations to:
Xiaoxie Wang (supervisor Dr. Garth Warnock, General Surgery) successfully defended her PhD thesis on May 9th. The newly minted Dr. Wang was the first to show, during her PhD studies, that the inhibitory action of the T-cell co-signalling molecule B7-H4 can be used to prevent pancreatic islet rejection during allogeneic transplantation. Amazingly, the recipients become tolerant of their grafts and do not require any further immune suppression.

Andrew Ming-Lum (supervisor Dr. Alice Mui, General Surgery) has won the first place prize of $1500 in UBC's inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their thesis project to a non-specialist audience. Over 100 graduate students from all disciplines competed in series of elimination heats, and the university-wide final was held May 10th. For the occasion, Andrew wore a tie (something that he said he only ever wears at weddings and funerals).

posted : 2011-May-18

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Dr. Graham Bryce wins Courage to Come Back award

Graham Bryce, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, has won the Courage to Come Back Award in the medical category from Coast Mental Health.



The Courage To Come Back Awards honour British Columbians who have overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges and reach out to help others -- "individuals who offer hope and inspire us with their courage, strength, and drive to give back to their communities."

One award is given in each of these categories: Addiction, Medical, Mental Health, Physical Rehabilitation, Social Adversity, and Youth. All the recipients have their stories told in The Province newspaper, in an interview with Deborra Hope on Global BC’s News, and in stories on News1130 radio.

According to The Province, Dr. Bryce, a former ear, nose and throat surgeon at St. Paul's Hospital, suffered a stroke in 2000 caused by an infection that cut off the blood supply to part of his brain. He needed surgery to have most of the right side of his brain removed, which limited his mobility on the left side of his body and ended his career as a surgeon.

Dr. Bryce now spends his time advocating for hearing health, mostly on a volunteer basis. He helped launch the early hearing program in B.C. that ensures that every baby's hearing be screened at birth and another program designed to prevent the epidemic of noise-induced hearing loss, according to The Province.

Dr. Bryce also became a board member for the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, where he worked to help the hard of hearing improve their communication and access to society.

Despite left-side paralysis and loss of vision in his left eye, Dr. Bryce continued work he had begun before his stroke, chairing the fundraising committee for the B.C. Family Hearing Resource Society, became involved in the Balance and Dizziness Society and joined the Faculty of Medicine, teaching ethics and the community. He is also on the board of directors for the Greater Vancouver Community Services Society.

"I've had to build a whole new life," he told The Province. "It was a change in my identity. My life is very different from what I anticipated. People don't anticipate this happening and until you're there and you face whatever challenges, you don't know how you're going to respond."

Read the complete article here.

posted : 2011-May-14

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Member of the Order of Canada

Dr. Robert H. Taylor
Director of the Branch for International Surgery has been appointed to the Order of Canada for his humanitarian contributions to improving medical services and surgical care in the developing world. The Order of Canada is one of our country's highest civilian honours and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community, and service to the nation. UBC' VP Research and International congratulated Dr. Taylor on this achievement at the Research Gala in March. (left to right, Dr Taylor-3^rd person)

A full list of recipients is available at the Governor General's website

posted : 2011-January-5; last revised with photos May-16

2010

Kudos and Congratulations 16.

Congratulations to:
our 14^th Annual Transplantation Research Day award winners.
We look forward to seeing everyone at next year's Research Day
on December 5. 2011 (mark your calendars)!!



Pictured from the left: Dr. Molly Shoicet (Keynote speaker, U. Toronto),

Maggie Yu Yao (Steiner lab, 3rd prize poster),
Megan Himmel (Megan Levings lab- General Surgery, Tx Trivia contest),
Ryan Hartwell (Aziz Ghahary lab- Plastics, 1^st prize poster),
Ben Paylor (Rossi lab, 2^nd prize poster),
Peggy Assinck (Tetzlaff lab, 2^nd prize oral),
Clara Westwell-Roper (Bruce Verchere lab- General Surgery, 1^st prize oral),

Dr. Stephen Chung (Founding director- General Surgery, Tx Training Program),
Dr. Mark Siegler (Keynote speaker, U. Chicago).

posted : 2010-December-20

• 2010-October-22 The 16^th. ANNUAL W.B. & M.H. CHUNG LECTURESHIP

  Program of the Day


• Faculty Research Awards for achievements in research
• Richard Finley Senior Research Scholar Award:
  Dr. Christopher Ong (General Surgery)
  Hjalmar Johnson New Investigator Award:
  Dr. Sandra Jarvis-Selinger(General Surgery)



• Chung Research Day Presentation Prizes



• Best Faculty oral presentation:
• Dr. Ravi Sidhu (Vascular Surgery)


• Best Resident/Trainee oral presentation - Clinical:
• Dr. Jennifer Higgins (Cardiovascular Surgery)
• Best Resident/Trainee oral presentation - Basic:
• Dr. Gareth Lim (General Surgery)
• Best Resident/Trainee oral/video presentation - Education:
• Dr. Monica Langer, Jennifer Yam and Steven Rathberger (General Surgery)


• 1^st prize speed poster/poster presentation- Dr. Trevor Hartl (Otolaryngology)
• 2^nd prize speed poster/poster presentation- Dr. Dawn Owen (Radiation Oncology)
• 3^rd prize speed poster/poster presentation- Dr. Sara White (General Surgery)
• Presenters who were present to receive their prizes receive both the honour and the cash award. Presenters who were absent receive the honour and half of the cash award (initially, we had warned everyone that absent presenters would not receive the cash award at all).

posted: 2010-October-26

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Kudos and Congratulations 9.

Congratulations to:

Dr. Megan Levings (General Surgery) who was recognized by a "New Key Opinion Leader" Award from the International Transplantation Society.

posted: 2010-October-18

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Kudos and Congratulations 8.

Congratulations to:

Dr. Aziz Ghahary (Plastic Surgery) and his group , for their manuscript published in the journal Diabetes, the most highly ranked journal in the field of diabetes research.
Dr. Ghahary's group showed that co-implantation of fibroblast engineered to express the tryptophan degrading enzyme IDO with pancreatic islets grafts resulted in long term graft acceptance without additional immune suppression. Why would IDO expression induce immune acceptance? Please come to
Chung Research Day (Oct 22) and hear Dr. Reza Jalili (the first author) explain.

Local expression of indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase in syngeneic fibroblasts significantly prolongs survival of an engineered three-dimensional . Jalili RB, Forouzandeh F, Rezakhanlou AM, Hartwell R, Medina A, Warnock GL, Larijani B, Ghahary A. Diabetes. 2010 Sep;59(9):2219-27

A commentary on the work appears at Diabetes. 2010 Sep;59(9):2102-4.

Promise of new facility draws surgeons back to Canada

• Read more: in today' issue of The Vancouver Sun, Westcoast News section
  mention of our faculty member Dr. Jugpal Arneja.

Kudos and Congratulations 7.

Congratulations to:

Dr. Nathaniel Bell, a postdoctoral research fellow within the Section of Trauma Services, was awarded the very prestigious CIHR Fellowship in the July 2010 competition. Dr. Bell's research will focus on quality of care following injury in British Columbia and the Yukon and the use of linked administrative data sources to evaluate care. Dr Bell's application ranked within the top 4% of this year's application pool of 768 entries. This is an exciting step in the maturation of research within the Department of Surgery and in building long-term research capacity in understanding the determinants that increase risk of injury and prolong recovery during reintegration back into work and society.

Dr. Bell received his Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University, where he applied health geomatics and population health approaches to the study of injury epidemiology. During his fellowship, Dr. Bell will work under the mentorship of Professor Boris Sobolev and Dr. Richard Simons (General Surgery). If you would like information on this project or are interested in contact Dr. Bell he can be reached at nathaniel.bell@vch.ca

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Kudos and Congratulations 6.

Congratulations to:

Clara Tan-Tam (General Surgery, PGY5) who gave an oral presentation on her work on the use of mesenchymal stem cells to improve islet transplant survival at last week's XXIII International Congress of the Transplantation Society. This meeting is the largest gathering of clinicians and scientists focused on organ transplantation and occur every two years.

Two of Dr. Bruce Verchere (General Surgery) students, Kate Potter (MD-PhD) and Jacques Cortades (MSc) who worked together to submit an entry to the Canada-wide Transplantation Grand Challenge essay competition. Kate and Jacques shared the $4000 first prize with a General Surgery PGY3 resident, Jon Yeung, from the University of Toronto. Both teams addressed the problem of endogenous retroviruses in porcine tissue/organ grafts. (The third prize of $1000 was also won by a General Surgery resident, Minh-Tri Nguyen, from McGill University. No entries were received from UBC residents. Perhaps next year?)

Drs. Bin Zheng, Adam Meneghetti, Neely Panton and Karim Qayumi (General Surgery and CESEI) for their Royal College Medical Education Research Grant entitled "Eye-tracking as an Educational Tool for Improving Laparoscopic Performance for Surgical Residents". [ Aka....keeping an eye on residents? :-) ]

Kudos and Congratulations 5.

Congratulations to:

Dr. Richard Finley (Thoracic Surgery) and his co-investigators (Dr. John Mayo, Joanne Clifton MSc, Dr. John Yee, Dr. Ken Evans, Dr. John English, Dr. Larry Lynd) for their grant from the VGH/UBC Hospital Foundation to support their longitudinal study of patients who have undergone Thoracoscopic Resection for Subcentimetre lung nodules after localization using percutaneously inserted platinum microcoil under CT guidance.

Dr. Finley and his team developed this innovative method for marking lung nodules and is also conducting a randomized control trial to determine if thoracoscopic resection of subcentimetre lung nodules after localization using percutaneously inserted platinum microcoils under CT guidance reduces rate of conversion to open thoracotomy from 50% to 10%. The RCT is also supported by a grant from the BC Lung Association.

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Kudos and Congratulations 4.

Congratulations to:

Dr. Amjad Alwaal who successfully defended his M.Sc. in Surgery thesis. Dr. Alwaal is currently completing his Urology residency and will be returning to King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia to assume his position as an assistant professor. Saudi Arabia is investing a great deal of resources into research and training and Dr. Alwaal plans on sending us his best trainees for further research and resideny training.

Shevaun Hughes (supervisor Cathie Garnis , Otolaryngology) who received a CIHR Masters studentship. These awards recognize the top Masters students in any discipline in Canada. The Dept of Surgery is proud to note that three of our students received these awards in the 2010 competition.

Kudos and Congratulations 3.

It has been a good month for research in General Surgery. Congratulations to:

• Mani Roshan Moniri (supervisor Dr. Garth Warnock, General Surgery)
  and Nadya Ogloff (supervisor Dr. Chris Ong, General Surgery) who have received CIHR Banting and Best Masters Studentships. These studentships are awarded to the top M.Sc. students in any discipline across Canada.
• Dr. Jan Ehses (General Surgery) who has received a Catalyst Grant from the Canucks for Kids Fund to study the role of the pancreatic α cell gp130 receptor in α cell expansion and the progression of type 1 diabetes(T1D). The insufficient pancreatic β cell derived insulin in T1D patients is exacerbated by overproduction of cell derived glucagon. Dr. Ehses will study the possibility that elevated glucagon levels are due to an increase in pancreatic α cell numbers induced by gp130 receptor stimulation.
• Dr. Brad Hoffman (General Surgery) who also received a Canucks for Kids Fund Catalyst Grant to study the role of Baf45d and nucleosome remodeling in endocrine cell specification.

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Kudos and Congratulations 2.

Congratulations to

• Dr. Sandra Jarvis-Selinger (General Surgery, Associate Director, Education eHealth Strategry Office) and her team who have just received a CIHR grant from the special call operating grant on Aboriginal Health Interventions. This grant entitled "Building pathways to health careers for Aboriginal youth" was one of only 3 awarded across Canada, will support developing an eMentoring program which connects health science students to rural, remote and First Nations youth with the hopes of increasing their numbers acrosee all health science programs.
• Dr. Aziz Ghahary (Plastic Surgery, Director, BC Firefighter's Burn and Wound Healing Lab) who received a CIHR/NSERC Collaborative Health Research Project grant entitled "Development and application of nanofibres releasing anti-fibrogenic factos for treating dermal fibrosis". Dr. Ghahary will be working with Dr. Frank Ko (UBC Microsystems and Nanotechnology Group) to produce sutures, stents and wound dressing which prevent fibrosis from occurring.
• Dr. York Hsiang and Dr. Joel Gagnon (both from Vascular Surgery) who also received a CIHR/NSERC Collaborative Health Research Project grant. They will be working with Dr. Kenichi Takahata (UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering) on "Smart stents for wireless monitoring of vascular disease". These stents will be implanted into patients with coronary heart disease and function as radiofrequency wireless sensors which allow doctors to monitor the patient's heart with a portable reading.

Kudos and Congratulations 1.

Congratulations to

• Dr. Paul Clarkson for successfully defending his M.Sc. in Surgery thesis. Dr. Clarkson is now a faculty member in the Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery and will continue his research interest in surgical oncology.
• Azadeh Hosseini Tabatabaei, a PhD student with Dr. Aziz Gahary (Plastic Surgery, Burn and Wound Healing Lab) who won a CIHR Vanier Scholarship.
  This is one of the top awards for graduate students in Canada.
• Dr. Cathie Garnis (Otolaryngology, BCCRC Lung Cancer Group)
  Dr. Alice Mui (General Surgery, Transplantation Research)
  and Dr. Garth Warnock (General Surgery, Ike Barber Islet Laboratory)
  for their success in the recent CIHR operating grant competition.

Kudos and Congratulations first posted here: 2010-August-27

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• 2010 CSPS Lifetime Achievement Award :
                           was given to Dr. Charles Snelling - on June 18, 2010
  
  This award honours members of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons who have made an outstanding contribution to the profession and to the Society.

posted : 2010-April-18

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• 2010-May-28 The Annual Residents’ Graduation and Awards Day



• Awards won               List of Graduates         and Photos of the event



• DR. I.B. HOLUBITSKY MEMORIAL AWARD presented to the Surgical Resident who demonstrates the highest qualities of surgical excellence
  Division of Plastic Surgery-      ALEX SEAL, M.D.



• DR. H.D. HILDEBRAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE presented to a Junior Resident for outstanding service on Vascular Surgery
  Division of General Surgery-      VIRGINIA GUNN, M.D.



• DR. H. ROCKE ROBERTSON AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Clinical teaching acclaimed by undergraduate students
  Division of General Surgery-      PETER BLAIR, M.D.
  Division of Vascular Surgery-      JIM DOONER, M.D.



• DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY BEST RESIDENT TEACHER AWARD
  Division of General Surgery-     MATTHEW ROBINSON, M.D.



• DR. A.D. FORWARD POSTGRADUATE FACULTY TEACHING AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Teaching Acclaimed by Surgical Residents
  Division of Plastic Surgery-      KEVIN BUSH, M.D.



• DR. A.D. McKENZIE CLINICAL TEACHING AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Clinical teaching of Medical Students and Residents
  Division of Plastic Surgery-      MARK HILL, M.D.



• DR. A.W.D. BILL KNOX MEMORIAL AWARD this Fund was established by friends in memory of Dr Bill Knox, a young BC surgeon tragically deceased on the threshold of his career. This award is made to assist worthy candidates in post-graduate surgical study .The Award is made on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Surgery
  Division of Neurosurgery- Resident:      RAYMUND YONG, M.D.

posted : 2010-June-8, updated with link to photos June-9

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• Best Resident Paper Award :
  "Management of the exposed, infected cranioplasty with free tissue transfer and custom alloplastic implants"
                           by Farrah Yau MD and Scott Williamson MD, FRSCS
  
  
• at the Annual Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, Hawaii
  February 20-24, 2010

posted : 2010-April-18

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2009

• November-9 The 15th ANNUAL W.B. & M.H. CHUNG LECTURESHIP

  Schedule of the Day
• 
  View the photos of the Research Day Presentations
  
  and the photos of the Research Day Dinner
  
  Awards won
• Departmental Faculty Prizes
• Richard Finley Senior Research Scholar Award: Dr. Garth Warnock (General Surgery)
  Dr. Warnock is an accomplished surgeon-scientist and mentor. He performed the world's first islet transplantation while he was at Edmonton, and has set up a thriving Islet Transplant Program and Islet Research Laboratory here. In the past year, he has published several high profile papers including one describing the outcome of a clinical trial which showed that type I diabetics who receive an islet transplant suffer far fewer complications due to diabetes than those undergoing intensive medical therapy.
• Hjalmar Johnson New Investigator Award: Dr. Adam Meneghetti
  (General Surgery) Dr. Meneghetti has made great progress in his development and evaluation of surgical performance metrics through collaboration with faculty in the Division of General Surgery and the CESEI. His original research efforts have been recognized with a Department of Surgery Concept award and a research grant from the RCPSC.


• Chung Research Day Presentation Prizes
• Faculty Podium Presentation:
• Dr. Scott Tyldesley (Radiation Oncology)
• Trainee Podium Presentations:
• Prizes are given to trainees in each of basic, clinical and education research. Since there were no trainee podium presentations in education research this year, two awards for clinical research were awarded.
• Clinical: Dr. Erica Stokes (Radiation Oncology)
• Clinical: Dr. Jennifer Goulart (Radiation Oncology)
• Basic: Mr. Andrew Ming-Lum (General Surgery)
• Trainee Poster Presentations:
• Education: Dr Talal Alandejani (Otolaryngology)
• Clinical: Mr Matthew Paquette (Radiation Oncology)
• Basic: Mr. Dan Luciano (General Surgery)

posted: 2009-November-13, updated: November-24

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The inaugural Program Director of the Year Award
by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

• Dr. Ravi Sidhu , the Department's Director, MD Postgraduate Education, has been named one of two recipients of the inaugural Program Director of the Year Award by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The national award was established
  "to recognize a program director who has demonstrated a commitment to enhancing residency education as evidenced by innovation and impact beyond his/her program."              See more
    details

posted : 2009-August-27, revised on August 31

The 2009 McLaughlin-Gallie Visiting Professorship

• One of our faculty members Dr. Richard Simons has been awarded the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada McLaughlin-Gallie Visiting Professorship.
               See for details   The announcement from VCH

posted : 2009-July-9

The 2009 Award of Excellence in Medical Practice

• Two of our faculty members Dr. Charles Scudamore and Dr. Bill Nelems have been named recipients of this award.
  See for details the original announcement from the BC College

posted : 2009-June-5

• We congratulate Dr. Ravi Sidhu on being awarded
                                 the AD Forward Post Grad Faculty Teaching Award
• This award is presented annually in recognition of outstanding teaching acclaimed by the residents of the Department of Surgery

posted : 2009-June-1

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• 2009-May-21 The Annual Residents’ Graduation and Awards Day



• Awards won               Graduating Residents         and Photos of the event



• DR. I.B. HOLUBITSKY MEMORIAL AWARD presented to the Surgical Resident who demonstrates the highest qualities of surgical excellence
  Division of General Surgery-      ADRIENNE MELCK, M.D.



• DR. H.D. HILDEBRAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE presented to a Junior Resident for outstanding service on Vascular Surgery
  Division of General Surgery-      JASMINE LAM, M.D. and ANDREA ROWE, M.D.



• DR. H. ROCKE ROBERTSON AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Clinical teaching acclaimed by undergraduate students
  Department of Family Practice-      RAHUL HAMPOLE, M.D.



• DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY BEST RESIDENT TEACHER AWARD
  Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics-
  STACY MILLER, M.D.



• DR. A.D. FORWARD POSTGRADUATE FACULTY TEACHING AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Teaching Acclaimed by Surgical Residents
  Division of Vascular Surgery-      RAVI SIDHU, M.D.



• DR. A.D. McKENZIE CLINICAL TEACHING AWARD presented in recognition of outstanding Clinical teaching of Medical Students and Residents
  Division of Neurosurgery-      DOUGLAS COCHRANE, M.D.



• DR. A.W.D. BILL KNOX MEMORIAL AWARD
  Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery; Resident-      KEVIN WONG, M.D.

posted : 2009-May-27

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CANADA'S TOP 40 UNDER 40 AWARDS

• Dr. Sam Wiseman, one of our faculty members has been named a recipient of one of the distinguished Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Awards! See- Globe & Mail news

posted : 2009-May-1

UBC's Technician/Research Assistants Professional Development Award
Four such recipients at the University for the 2008/2009 year

• Rosa Garcia, Research Technician, Transplantation Research, has been named the recipient of UBC's Technician/Research Assistants Professional Development Award, one of only four such recipients at the University for the 2008/2009 year. Rosa's research endeavours have been conducted under the supervision of Dr. Megan Levings for the Division of General Surgery.



• Funding will support Rosa's participation in the Keystone Symposia on Molecular & Cellular Biology's 2009 conference on PI 3-Kinase Signaling in Disease.

posted : 2009-April-22

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2008

At the UBC Department of Surgery Residents Sports Day & Dinner
on Thursday, May 22, 2008 the following awards were presented

• I.B. Holubitsky Memorial Award
  HANNAH PIPER, M.D Graduating Resident, Division of General Surgery
  
  
• Hjalmar W. Johnson New Investigator Award
  MORAD HAMEED, M.D.
  Division of General Surgery
  
  
• Richard J. Finley Research Scholar Award
  ERIK SKARSGARD, M.D.
  Division of Pediatric General Surgery
  
  
• H. Rocke Robertson Award for Acclaimed Undergraduate Teaching
  GARTH WARNOCK, M.D.
  Division of General Surgery
  
  
• Department of Surgery Postgraduate Training Best Resident Teacher 2007-2008
  PETER KIM, M.D. Graduating Resident, Division of General Surgery
  
  
• A.D. Forward Postgraduate Faculty Teaching Award
  JAMES BOND, M.D.
  Division of Thoracic Surgery
  
  
• A.D. McKenzie Clinical Teaching Award
  TOM PICKLES, M.D.
  Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics
  
  
• A.W.D. Bill Knox Memorial Award
  JENNIFER PRINCE, M.D. Graduating Resident, Division of Plastic Surgery
  
  

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Department of Surgery Awards-
                       Centre of Surgical Research Concept Awards

• This year four concept awards of $10,000 each has been awarded
• Application deadline: Friday May 12   View Poster     for Contact & details
• Announcement of winners: Friday May 23


1. Cell-based gene therapy for pulmonary hypertension: Application of an established therapy in a neonatal model
   Principle Investigator: Dr. Andrew Campbell
   Division of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
   
   
2. Optical Methods to Enhance Anatomical Structures During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
   Principle Investigator: Dr. Adam Meneghetti
   Division of General Surgery
   
   
3. The microdialysis method in sample collection for extracellular MMP and keratinocyte derived anti-fibrogenic factor concentrations in pressure ulcers
   Principle Investigator: Dr. Anthony Papp
   Division of Plastic Surgery
   
   
4. Tissue Microarray & Exon Expression Profile Analysis For Identification of ThyroidCancer Diagnostic Molecular Markers
   Principle Investigator: Dr. Sam Wiseman
   Division of General Surgery
   
   

posted: 2008-May-30

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Significant UBC Awards

• The Department of Surgery is very pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Seal, Associate Professor, is a recipient of the Career Award for Excellence in Teaching.
  Dr. Scott Bloom, Clinical Assistant Professor, is the first recipient of a new honour, the Teaching of Significant Impact in the Local Community Award.
  
  We are also delighted that Maureen Berard, Administrative Manager for the Division of Plastic Surgery, is the recipient of the Applegarth Staff Service Award.

posted: 2008-April-11

Archived Announcements

2007

• Distinguished Service to CME-CPD Award
• Dr. Kendall Ho, Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, received recognition as a recipient of the Distinguished Service to CME-CPD Award for his outstanding commitment to the UBC Faculty of Medicine in recognition of substantial long term contributions to continuing professional development in the faculty. This award is presented annually. Find more information about the award.

posted: 2007-August-29

• Transplant Research Summer Studentships Awards


• • Alstad, Alicia
  • Gold, Matthew
  • Gunn, Virginia
  • Ip, Stephen
  • Wang, Adele Yuan-Hsiang
  • Wong, Casey

posted: 2007-April-13

• Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME)
  2007 Certificate of Merit Award
• The Department of Surgery is very pleased to announce that
  Dr. Ravinder (Ravi) Sidhu , Assistant Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, has received national recognition as a recipient of the CAME Certificate of Merit in 2007 for his outstanding commitment to medical education at UBC. He has pursued education and educational research as the focus of his scholarly activities, and he has been engaged in research in the areas of technical skills evaluation, optimum learning environments and assessment.

posted: 2007-February-19

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2006

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At the UBC Department of Surgery Residents Sports Day & Dinner
on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 the following awards were presented

                             and photos of the event

• I.B. Holubitsky Memorial Award
  Dr. Raymund Yong, Neurosurgery Resident
  
  
• Hjalmar W. Johnson New Investigator Award
  Dr. Sam Wiseman Division of General Surgery
  
  
• Richard J. Finley Research Scholar Award
  Michael Cox PhD, Division of Urology
  
  
• H. Rocke Robertson Award for Acclaimed Undergraduate Teaching
  Dr. Graeme Duncan Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics
  
  
• Department of Surgery Postgraduate Training Best Resident Teacher
  Dr. Joel Gagnon, Vascular Surgery
  Dr. Hamish Hwang, General Surgery
  
  
• A.D. Forward Postgraduate Faculty Teaching Award
  Dr. Morad Hameed Division of General Surgery
  
  
• A.D. McKenzie Clinical Teaching Award
  Dr. Eric M. Webber Division of Pediatric General Surgery
  
  
• A.W.D. Bill Knox Memorial Award
  Dr. Omar Nazif, Urology Resident
  
  

posted: 2006-May-19

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2005

At the 11th Annual W.B. and M.H. Chung Research Day
on Monday, October 24, 2005 the following awards were presented

• Best Faculty Presentation Dr. Chris Honey Neurosurgery
  
  
• Best Resident / Student Presentation Dr. Erik Vu, Emergency Medicine
  
  
• Best Poster Presentation Dr. Don Anderson Otolaryngology
  
  

Posted on 2005-October-26

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• The 2005 Applegarth Staff Service Award
• was presented to Ruth Shafron for her many years of exemplary service to the Department of Surgery and to UBC

posted: 2005-July-2

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Awards won on Annual Residents’ Sports Day: 2005, June 16

• I.B. Holubitsky Memorial Award
  Dr. Keith A. Baxter, General Surgery Resident
  
  
• A.W.D. Bill Knox Memorial Award
  Dr. Shahid M. Gul, Neurosurgery Resident
  
  
• Richard J. Finley Research Scholar Award for 2005
  Dr. Riyad Abu-Laban Division of Emergency Medicine
  
  
• Hjalmar W. Johnson New Investigator Award for 2005
  Dr. Erik Skarsgard Division of Pediatric General Surgery
  
  
• A.D. Forward Postgraduate Faculty Teaching Award
  Dr. Karen Zahn Division of Emergency Medicine
  
  
• Department of Surgery Postgraduate Training Best Resident Teacher
  Dr. Benjamin Achtem, Otolaryngology Resident
  
  
• H. Rocke Robertson Award for Acclaimed Undergraduate Teaching
  Dr. Scott Bloom Division of General Surgery
  
  
• A.D. McKenzie Clinical Teaching Award in recognition of
  Outstanding Clinical Teaching of Medical Students & Residents
  Dr. David Taylor Division of Vascular Surgery
  
  

posted: 2005-June-20

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posted: 2005-May-4

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