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Save the Date! 2015 Whistler Anesthesiology Summit  – February 26th – March 1st, 2015 Start Planning for your winter CME now. Join us for up to date topics, excellence speakers and our popular hands-on workshops in a world class ski destination.   Click Here to download the flyer

Hello everyone! Spring is here, the cherry blos-soms (or ornamental tree of some kind…) have started and there is finally snow on the local mountains! It has been a busy few months in the academic department, with promotions for both clinical and full-time streams as well as annual reports and annual faculty meetings. We have…

Welcome to the new Curriculum Renewal Newsletter. As mentioned in the previous email from Dr. David Snadden, we will distribute regular updates as part of our roles leading the development and implementation of the renewed curriculum and assessments. Read Newsletter    

Ethical Stories in the History of Pharmacology: European Science between the Wars When: Thursday, May 8 at 5:30 pm Where: Woodward Lecture Theatre 6, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, UBC (A reception will be held at 5pm in Woodward IRC lobby. Light refreshments will be served) Presented by the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty…

Seventh Annual Anesthesia for Global Outreach May 29th – June 1st, 2014 Halifax, NS, Canada Registration is open. For further information contact Lisa Nardecchia at lisa.nardecchia@cdha.nshealth.ca or visit us at — http://nsanesthesia.ca/s/AGO Download Flyer

On behalf of the Research Day Organizing Committee, we are excited to wish everyone a happy new year and announce the Eight Annual Research Day & Gala of the UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, June 19 & 20, 2014. In order to maximize attendance to both events, we have decided to hold the…

Welcome to the 11th Annual International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia, Pain Medicine, and Peri-operative Application (ISURA 2014) in Toronto. The symposium will be held in University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto and we’ve put together a fantastic program for you. Over the past 10 years, this meeting has become…

This course is intended for physicians who have some experience in interventional pain management. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the patient suffering from chronic low back pain will be reviewed. The technical skill of common interventional spine pain procedures will be reviewed on live and cadaveric models with ultrasound and fluoroscopy.

The mission of the Whistler Anesthesiology Summit is to deliver the highest standard in educational updates, covering all aspects of anesthesia care. www.whistleranesthesia.ca Download the Brochure and  Program Schedule Here

New dates added: May 21st & 22nd Are you a healthcare professional engaged in clinical teaching? Are you an educator? Do you want to learn how to use simulation as an effective learning tool? This 2 day course may be for you! Course Description: This course aims to provide an experience that will allow learners…

  >Download the Inaugural Department Newsletter here<   Inaugural Department Newsletter—Message from the Department Head Hello everyone! This has been on my list of things to do for a while, and became re-energized for the task after the Strategic Engagement Retreat in September where one of the clear messages was that as a department we…

Don’t Miss Early-Bird Rates! Early Registration ends December 21st Come and Experience it…Whistler 2014: FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 2 Internationally renowned speakers, hands on workshops, family friendly events and world class skiing. Where better to reconnect with colleagues than at the 4th Annual 2014 UBC Whistler Anesthesiology Summit? Visit www.whistleranesthesia.ca for our schedule

The Department of APT ‘s Strategic Planning Retreat was held on September 27th – 28th. Please bookmark this page as there will be a lot more detail to come in the next few weeks. Please ask those who participated for more info!   Download the graphical summary ‘What was said’ Download ‘Our vision and purpose’…

The seventh annual APT Research Day held on June 19th was a great success! We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this event. Winners and awards: Top Anesthesia Oral Presentation in the Fellows category: Neil Ramsay Top Anesthesia Oral Presentation in the Residents category: Eric Shin Top Pharmacology & Therapeutics Oral Presentation in…