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  • 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

    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

    Meeting details found here. Educational Report details found here.  


  • 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

    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…


  • Dr. Matthew Wiens awarded a MSFHR Scholar Award

    August 6, 2021 Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Wiens who was awarded a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award to support his research focussed on Smart Discharges to improve post-discharge survival following admission for infection. Dr. Wien’s research program focuses on understanding and predicting vulnerability of mothers, infants, and children after discharge from hospital,…


  • Dr. Matthew Wiens, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research – Scholar Award

    Smart Discharges to improve post-discharge survival following admission for infection July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2026 My research program focuses on understanding and predicting vulnerability of mothers, infants, and children after discharge from hospital, and using this knowledge to develop programs that improve post-discharge outcomes. In our Smart Discharges program, healthcare workers use our…


  • New Faculty Member

    I am pleased to introduce Dr. Catrina Loucks, who is a new full-time faculty member in our department. This is a position shared jointly with the Department of Pediatrics, and is one of the faculty renewal positions we applied for in 2019. The area of research for Dr. Loucks is the Pharmacogenomics of Pain. Dr.…


  • Dr. Donald Griesdale – 2 year extension

    Dr. Donald Griesdale, Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, has had a 2 year extension for his Michael Smith Health Professional Investigator Award.


  • Dr. John Kramer – NSERC Discovery grant

    We are very pleased to report that Dr. John Kramer has received an NSERC Discovery grant. The neuroaxis of pain: Peripheral transduction to central integration $ 200,000  (5 years)


  • Making medications fit: towards increase – 25 Jun 2021

    This is a candidate’s seminar presentation by Wade Thompson Title: Making medications fit: towards increased implementation of deprescribing in clinical practice Click the following link to stream:  https://mediasite.audiovisual.ubc.ca/Mediasite/Play/ca8373c1b9b54aeb84a633aaa9d6d8191d


  • Dr. Alana Flexman as the inaugural Vice-Chair EDI

    It is my pleasure to announce that the inaugural UBC Department APT Vice-Chair EDI is Dr. Alana Flexman. Dr. Flexman is a Clinical Associate Professor in the department, working clinically at St. Paul’s Hospital/Providence Healthcare, where she is also the Director of Research. Dr. Flexman is currently completing an Executive MBA in Healthcare. She is…


  • Dr. Hackett as the new CRC Tier 1 Chair in Asthma and COPD Lung Pathobiology & Therapeutics

    Congratulations to Dr. Tillie-Louise Hackett who was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Asthma and COPD Lung Pathobiology & Therapeutics and Canadian Foundation for Innovation Funding for Single Cell Imaging Research. In Canada, over 5.8 million people have asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – diseases for which there is no cure…


  • VP Series: Setting our Sights on Long Term Outcomes – 09Dec2020

    Recording now available… Click the following link to stream: https://mediasite.audiovisual.ubc.ca/Mediasite/Play/ec730711c8c04598937903d988288ac11d Click the following link to download: https://mediasite.audiovisual.ubc.ca/Mediasite/FileServer/2fa71667-5d89-4131-b70d-d2cac9fa99c1/Presentation/ec730711c8c04598937903d988288ac11d/videopodcast.mp4?attachmentname=VP%20Series:%20Setting%20our%20Sights%20on%20Long%20Te%20-%2009Dec2020.mp4


  • Dr. Veronica Guadagni – Sleep and Exercise: New therapeutics for – 26Nov2020

    Click the following link to stream: https://mediasite.audiovisual.ubc.ca/Mediasite/Play/25715575003647de92a7a139695041871d Click the following link to download: https://mediasite.audiovisual.ubc.ca/Mediasite/FileServer/2fa71667-5d89-4131-b70d-d2cac9fa99c1/Presentation/25715575003647de92a7a139695041871d/videopodcast.mp4?attachmentname=Sleep%20and%20Exercise:%20New%20therapeutics%20for%20-%2026Nov2020.mp4


  • UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program Info Session

    The UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program hosted an info session on October 28th for medical students nation-wide to provide an update on clerkships, electives, and CaRMS. To view video, please click on link.


  • Dr. Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture – Dr. Beverly A. Orser

    For details, please click here.


  • 2020 Rudolf Vrba Memorial Lecture – Dr. Joseph Ragaz

    For details, please click here.  


  • CaRMS 2021 is Online

    Info Session With all the changes to clerkships, electives, and CaRMS due to the COVID-19 pandemic for medical students across Canada, the UBC Anesthesiology Program will be hosting this information session to provide you with some more information about our program. Students from all Canadian Medical Schools are welcome to attend. When: Wednesday, October 28th…