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At the frontlines of pediatric sepsis care, Dr. Matthew Weins is applying data-driven, digitally connected approaches to ensure high-risk children receive support after leaving the hospital.

Congratulations to Brandon Kohlen and Ryan Loke, this year’s recipients of the Dr. K. Leighton Pharmacology and Therapeutics Graduate Award!

Dr. Jason Chui has been awarded $250,000 in seed funding to launch the PRIME program at VGH, advancing innovative research in perioperative brain and mental health.

At the intersection of engineering, data science, and clinical medicine, Dr. Mark Ansermino is dedicated to innovating predictive technologies to improve real-time care for infants and children.

Meet the 20 incoming R1 residents joining the Anesthesiology Residency Program this July.

Through a recent trial that determined hydromorphone is noninferior to morphine for post-cesarean analgesia, Dr. Ilana Sebbag’s work in obstetric anesthesia is helping translate clinical evidence into safer maternal care.

Congratulations to Dr. Hamed Umedaly for being awarded the 2025-26 Alumni Builder Award!

Meet Dr. Lynnie Correll, Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC, whose work aims to empower children and families to better manage stressors surrounding medical procedures through a co-designed, evidence-based mobile app.

Meet Dr. Donald Griesdale, Associate Professor at UBC, whose most recent study intersects critical care, clinical epidemiology, and neuroscience in an effort to improve neurologic outcomes for ARDS patients receiving VV-ECMO.

Meet Dr. Anshula Ambasta, whose work blends quality improvement, patient safety, and implementation science to understand and modify current healthcare processes with the goal of improving patient outcomes.

Dr. Janny Ke shares insights from her latest study on predicting postoperative complications, revealing how timing-based risk prediction could reshape recovery for surgical patients and improve outcomes after surgery.

Congratulations to Dr. Amrit Singh on his new appointment as new Vice Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

Driven by a shared vision for improving pediatric care, Dr. Teresa Skelton and her colleagues are reimagining how transfusion medicine is taught to the next generation of clinicians.

Discover how Dr. Matthew Turnock is bridging aerospace medicine, anesthesiology, and fluid dynamics to help shape safe anesthesia protocols in space and our understanding of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics.

Congratulations to Dr. Sukhpal Brar, Clinical Assistant Professor at Royal Columbian Hospital on being named a 2025 Champion of Philantropy for the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation By demonstrating their philanthropic commitment and making important contributions in support of the Foundation’s mission, Dr. Brar, a member of Royal Columbian Hospital has distinguished himself by encouraging his…

The Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics is pleased to extend congratulations to our clinical faculty members who were successfully promoted effective July 1, 2025 2025 clinical Promotions Approved for Promotion from Clinical Instructor to Clinical Assistant Professor Simon Burrows – Lions Gate HospitalHeather Cadenhead – St. Paul’s HospitalKatherine Mittermaier – Vancouver General HospitalCole Wong…

Congratulations to Dr. Wesam Farag (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman’s laboratory) who was awarded a 3-year Michael Smith Health Research BC / Alzheimer Society of BC Postdoctoral Fellowship to support his research project entitled “Targeting G Protein-Coupled Receptors to Improve Neurovascular Coupling in Alzheimer’s Disease” A lay summary can be found – Targeting G Protein-Coupled…

Congratulations to Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman on the recent awarding of a Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) award for The Abdelrahman Lab on the role of GPCRs in Alzheimer’s Disease pathophysiology. Dr. Abdelrahman’s lab is dedicated to understanding how Alzheimer’s disease disrupts brain function, particularly through its impact on blood flow.…

This award recognizes innovation and/or creativity with original work in the area of CME/CPD programming The Therapeutics Initiative (TI)’s Portrait education tool graphically displays clinicians’ prescribing and test-ordering patterns, offering personalized feedback in concert with peer- or target-comparisons and evidence-based recommendations. The rigorous development process, innovative design, and thoughtful translation of knowledge empower physicians, NPs,…