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APT Full Departmental Meeting – April 14, 2022

APT Full Departmental Meeting – April 14, 2022

Meeting presentation can be found here.  

Dr Morley Sutter passed away on December 19, 2021

Dr Morley Sutter passed away on December 19, 2021

It is with sadness that we announce Dr. Morley Sutter MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor and former (longstanding) Department Head of Pharmacology (& Therapeutics), passed away on Saturday December 19, 2021. Dr. Sutter had a long career in Pharmacology research and education, focusing on the cardiovascular system and atherosclerosis. Dr. Roanne Preston

Dr. Alana Flexman, Michael Smith Health Research BC – Health Professional-Investigator Award

Dr. Alana Flexman, Michael Smith Health Research BC – Health Professional-Investigator Award

Congratulations to Dr. Alana Flexman who was awarded a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator Award to support her research focussed on Perioperative stroke screening and outcomes in high-risk surgical patients. Up to two percent of patients will experience a stroke during or after surgery and these patients have a high chance of disability […]

APT Graduate Program Director – Dr. Pascal Bernatchez

APT Graduate Program Director – Dr. Pascal Bernatchez

Please find memo here.

UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program CaRMS Info Session – November 2, 2021
UBC Anesthesia CaRMS Info Night

UBC Anesthesia CaRMS Info Night

Greetings from the UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program! We’d like to invite medical students across Canada to join us on an info session with Dr. Laine Bosma (Program Director), Dr. Sadiq Abdulla (Assistant Program Director), and some of our current residents. This session will provide you with some information that we hope will reduce anxiety related […]

In Memoriam – Dr. Gerry O’Connor

In Memoriam – Dr. Gerry O’Connor

We are saddened to share the news that Dr. Gerry O’Connor, beloved by all who knew him, died on Friday, October 1. He joined the department in 1975 as a pediatric anesthesiologist with a special interest in cardiac. He moved from Vancouver General to BC Children’s Hospital when it opened in 1982. He retired from […]

APT Full Departmental Meeting – August 31, 2021

APT Full Departmental Meeting – August 31, 2021

Meeting details found here. Educational Report details found here.  

Dr. Hoiland, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 2 year Craig H Neilsen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Hoiland, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 2 year Craig H Neilsen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

August 6, 2021 Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Hoiland (Postdoctoral Fellow in Drs. Christopher West, Prof. Brian Kwon & Dr. Donald Griesdale’s laboratories) who was awarded a 2 year Craig H Neilsen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to support his research project entitled “A novel targeted vascular approach to mitigate secondary hypoxic injury following traumatic SCI” A lay […]

Dr. Linde, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 2 year Craig H Neilsen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Linde, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 2 year Craig H Neilsen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

August 6, 2021 Congratulations to Dr. Lukas Linde (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Kip Kramer’s lab) who was awarded a 2 year Craig H Neilsen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to support his research project entitled “Less is more: Low concentration topical capsaicin to relieve neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury” A lay summary for the grant can […]