Matthew Harry Duncan Walker
December 18, 2024
Matthew Harry Duncan Walker
Clinical Assistant Professor
Vancouver General Hospital
Faculty Bio
Anesthesiologist at Vancouver General Hospital Completed medical school at Dalhousie University, anesthesia residency at UBC and a trauma anesthesia fellowship at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Co-lead of the division of trauma anesthesia at VGH. Medical director of the VGH PACU. Research interests include anesthesia for burns and trauma and perioperative outcomes.
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Anesthesia for burns and trauma. Perioperative outcomes. Sustainable anesthesia.
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ORCID: 0000-0003-1470-7325
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Secretary, Canadian Anesthesia Society, Environmental Sustainability Section
December 18, 2024
Mark Vu
Clinical Assistant Professor
Victoria General Hospital
Trauma Physician, Trauma Services
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Mark Vu is an anesthesiologist and trauma physician at Island Health in Victoria, BC. His clinical interests are in resuscitative medicine, trauma care, crisis resource management, human factors, prehospital emergency care and tactical emergency medical support. Mark completed medical school at the University of British Columbia, his anesthesiology residency at Dalhousie University, and a trauma fellowship at Harborview Medical Centre. He has worked on both coast of Canada, the US, Australia, and Honolulu, Hawaii. Mark has started using phrases like “when I was a trainee”, groans quietly when he gets out of a chair, and has a preference for well crafter dad-jokes. Although he rejects the label, he has been referred to as a senior member of the department.
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Trauma care, resuscitative medicine, tactical emergency casualty care, human factors, physician mental health.
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Quality Committee Chair, Mental Health Advocate, Trauma Services Health Care Informatics Lead
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UBC Post Graduate Anesthesiology Resident Master Teacher Award (2010, 2021, 2022, 2024); Island Health Emergency Medicine Off Service Teaching Award 2020; UBC Medical Student Teaching Award 2022; UBC General Practice Anesthesia Resident Master Teacher Award (2011)
December 18, 2024
Hamed Umedaly
Vancouver General Hospital
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December 18, 2024
Shelley D Tweedle
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December 18, 2024
Matthew Turnock
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Dr. Matthew Turnock is a Consultant Anesthesiologist and Trauma Team Leader at the Royal Columbian Hospital and Eagle Ridge Hospital. He is also currently the Anesthesia Residency Site Coordinator. Prior to completing a Fellowship in Prehospital Medicine and Aeromedical Transport, he received his MD and Anesthesia Residency education at the University of Toronto. His graduate studies at McMaster University investigated the use of patient simulators in austere environments for telemedicine support of human space-flight activities. He currently volunteers as an Advanced Medical Provider with North Shore Rescue.
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Trauma, Regional Anesthesia, Residency Education
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Fraser Health Authority, Anesthesia Assistants Program Medical Lead
December 18, 2024
Alan Tung
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UBC Medical School – Graduated 2015 UBC Anesthesiology Residency – Finished 2020 University of Michigan Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship (ICPNT Accredited) – Finished 2021 BC Anesthesiologist’ Society Education Chair – 2023-2024
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Interest in the impact of EEG on anesthetic practices. Developing open source technologies to support the use of EEG in anesthesia
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ORCID: 0000-0002-4907-1278
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Use of EEG in anesthesia, TIVA/TCI, and low-cost open-source syringe pump
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Peer Reviewer for British Journal of Anesthesia, BMJ Open, BMC Anesthesia, Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesia, Can J Anesthesiology; BC Anesthesiologists’ Society Board Member; BC Anesthesiologists’ Society Education Chair -UBC Medical School Group Mentor
December 18, 2024
Keith Sun
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Dr. Sadiq Abdulla is an Anesthesiologist at BC Women’s Hospital. He has a clinical fellowship in Obstetric Anesthesia from Mount Sinai Hospital inToronto, Ontario. He has also completed the UBC Sauder Physician Leadership Program and was the inaugural Associate Program Director for theAnesthesia Training Program. His research interests include optimizing uterotonic use, ultrasound use in obstetric anesthesia, and developing anenhanced recovery pathway for cesarean delivery. He is currently a Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada examiner for the Anesthesiology specialty.
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Cardiac anesthesia, Cardiac intensive care, Transesophageal echocardiography
December 18, 2024
Travis Schisler
Clinical Assistant Professor
Vancouver General Hospital
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I completed my medical degree and anesthesiology residency training at UBC followed by a cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. I have been on staff at Vancouver Acute since 2014 specializing in cardiac and thoracic anesthesia, lung transplant anesthesia and perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. I am the anesthesia lead for lung transplant anesthesia and the Division Head of Thoracic Anesthesia for UBC. My academic interests are in ERAS for cardiac anesthesia and thoracic anesthesia including the perioperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension. My early career accomplishments include implementing the use of VA ECMO to support lung transplantation at VGH and using regional anesthesia in patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
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My clinical interests are in cardiac and thoracic anesthesia, lung transplant anesthesia and perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. I am the anesthesia lead for lung transplant anesthesia and the Division Head of Thoracic Anesthesia for UBC. My academic interests are in ERAS for cardiac anesthesia and thoracic anesthesia including the perioperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension. My early career accomplishments include implementing the use of VA ECMO to support lung transplantation at VGH and using regional anesthesia in patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
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UBC Division Head of Thoracic Anesthesia; VGH Site Lead for the Anesthesia Residency Training Program (2016-2018); Royal College Examiner 2021-present.
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Residency training program academic day lectures for thoracic anesthesia. R5 Seminar Series preparations in cardiac and thoracic anesthesia
December 18, 2024
Taren Roughead
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December 18, 2024
Meghan P O’Connell
Clinical Assistant Professor
Victoria General Hospital
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Department of Anesthesiology, Island Health Authority Island Medical Program Clinical Education Lead; Victoria General Hospital Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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POCUS in obstetric anesthesia Uterotonic dose optimization Enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery
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Member of the Victoria department of Anesthesia QA/QI committee
