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Changes to the UBC Pain Medicine Residency Program Applications

Changes to the UBC Pain Medicine Residency Program Applications

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Starting in 2016, the Pain Medicine residency program applications are to be submitted through the CaRMs process. There are four programs involved in this year’s CaRMs match. These include: the University of British Columibia, University of Toronto, University of Ottawa and University of Western Ontario. For information on the Quebec programs, please see […]

Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award – Dr Paul Kliffer

Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award – Dr Paul Kliffer

The department would like to congratulate Dr Paul Kliffer for being awarded the Clinical Faculty Award for Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching. This award recognizes senior clinical faculty members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching over the course of their careers. More information and a list of other award recipients can be found here.

Research Day Award Recipients

Research Day Award Recipients

The 10th annual research day for Anesthesiology Pharmacology & Therapeutics was held on May 12th. We would like to thank all the participants and the people who helped make it a success. Here are the award recipients: Oral Presentations Anesthesia: 1st place Anne-Marie Madden “Review of Recombinant Activated Factor VII (rFVIIa) Administration at a Tertiary […]

The 2016 Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics Research Day.

The 2016 Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics Research Day.

This years event will be held on Thursday May 12th, 2016 at VGH Paetzold Auditorium. Full program available here How to get to the location: The Paetzold Auditorium and multipurpose room are located in the Jim Pattison Pavilion, Vancouver General Hospital. These can be accessed via the 899 W12th Avenue or 2700 Laurel Street entrances. […]

Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture – April 27, 2016

Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture – April 27, 2016

The UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics is proud to announce the 2015/16 annual Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture “WITHOUT SCIENCE THERE IS LITTLE ART IN ANESTHESIOLOGY” – James C. Eisenach, MD Francis M. James, III Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology & Pharmacology Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Editor-in-Chief, […]

Two B.Sc. Pharmacology students have been awarded The Wesbrook Scholarship

Two B.Sc. Pharmacology students have been awarded The Wesbrook Scholarship

The Wesbrook Scholarship, UBC’s most prestigious undergraduate award. Each year, a total of 20 Westbrook scholarships are awarded to senior undergraduate students (from various faculties, e.g., Science, Arts, Medicine, Applied Science, Education and Law) with outstanding academic performance, leadership, and involvement in student and community activities. Pharmacology students who won Wesbrook and Premier Undergraduate Scholarships […]

10th Annual APT Research Day – May 12th, 2016

10th Annual APT Research Day – May 12th, 2016

On behalf of the APT Research Day Organizing Committee, we are pleased to wish everyone a happy new year and announce our Department’s 10th Annual Research Day! As per the previous years, graduate students, residents, post-doctoral & clinical fellow from our Department will have an opportunity to showcase their work as oral presentations or posters […]

New publication in PLOS One – Pediatric Anesthesia

New publication in PLOS One – Pediatric Anesthesia

APT – Pediatric Anesthesia has published a new paper in PLOS One: Development and Internal Validation of a Predictive Model Including Pulse Oximetry for Hospitalization of Under-Five Children in Bangladesh Please follow this link to be directed to the article

APT Faculty Development Retreat, Nov. 21, 2015 at the University Golf Club

APT Faculty Development Retreat, Nov. 21, 2015 at the University Golf Club

The latest faculty development retreat was held on November 21st 2015. Please see below for pictures and guest speakers that were in attendance. Guest Speakers: Dr. Rose Hatala Dr. Rose Hatala is a scholar at CHES, a general internist at St. Paul’s Hospital, and an associate professor in the Department of Medicine. She completed her […]

2016 CIHR Project competition

2016 CIHR Project competition

As you are all aware, the CIHR Open Operating Grant Competition no longer exists, however, there will be a 2016 CIHR Project competition. Information has been posted on their website: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=2237&view=currentOpps&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true Since there is no limit to the number of CIHR Project Grants that may be submitted by an individual PI, we anticipate that there […]