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  • 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…

  • In Memoriam – Dr. Kim Stevenson – Victoria General Hospital

    Please find announcement here.  

  • WELCOME DR. JOHN (KIP) KRAMER

    We are very pleased to announce that Dr. John (Kip) Kramer will be officially joining the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics on September 1, 2020 as an Assistant Professor (tenure track). We are already discussing teaching contributions, establishing some non-lab space at Med C, and will be inviting Dr. Kramer to sit on one…

  • In Memoriam: Dr. John J Crosby – Clinical Associate Professor

    Dr. John Crosby passed away on July 15, 2020, the full obituary where you can express condolences and share memories published in the Vancouver Sun and Province on 2020-08-01 found here.

  • Minutes of APT Full Faculty Meeting – July 23, 2020

    Minutes details can be found here.

  • In Memoriam – Dr. Graham McMorland – Clinical Professor Emeritus

    Dr. Graham McMorland passed away in South Africa on August 1 of this year. Over the last number of years he suffered from myelodysplastic syndrome and required blood transfusions frequently. This became more problematic during the current Coronavirus pandemic. As most of you know Graham lived the last number of years in South Africa. Born…

  • Dr. Stephan Schwarz as the next CJA Editor in Chief

    Hello all, On behalf of the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia Editor in Chief Selection Committee, chaired by Dr Daniel Bainbridge, it is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Stephan Schwarz as the next CJA Editor in Chief, as of January 1, 2021. Dr Schwarz will assume the position as Dr Hilary Grocott ends…

  • ASRA Graduate Student Award – Desmond Fung

    Congratulations to Desmond Fung, MSc. student in Dr. Stephan Schwarz’s lab, for receiving the ASRA award. For more details, please click on link.    

  • Dr. Kramer – Objectifying the Experience of Pain – June 24, 2020

    Please click on link below for Dr. John Kramer’s presentation: Objectifying the Experience of Pain