For more information, please see link under Faculty Development section with red highlight.
Dr. Pillay, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee Award
Dr. Pillay, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee Award: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Yashodani Pillay (Postdoctoral Fellow in Drs. Matthew Wiens and Mark Ansermino’s laboratories) who was awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her research project entitled “ Smart discharges for mom+baby: Saving mother-newborn dyads by developing a predictive risk model to identify dyads and guide delivery of post-discharge care”
A lay summary can be found – https://healthresearchbc.ca/award_researcher/yashodani-pillay/
Dr. Kyriakis, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee Award
Dr. Kyriakis, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee Award: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Efthymios Kyriakis (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. David Fedida’s laboratory) who was awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Postdoctoral Fellowship to support his research project entitled “ Cryo-EM studies of activators and inhibitors of KCNQ1 and KCNQ1:KCNE1 channel complexes”
A lay summary can be found – https://healthresearchbc.ca/award_researcher/efthymios-kyriakis/
Dr. Lindsay Diana Rawling passed away
It is with profound sadness, mixed with a degree of disbelief, that we have to share the devastating news of the death of Dr Lindsay Rawling, friend, colleague and staff anesthesiologist at BC Children’s Hospital.
Lindsay trained in the UK and first came to BCCH as a Clinical Fellow in 2014. She returned to join our Faculty in 2017. During her short career with us, she successfully challenged the FRCPC, became a Clinical Assistant Professor in the UBC APT Department, and took on the role of Medical Director of our Preoperative Assessment Clinic. In this last capacity, amongst other achievements she helped lead our implementation of the ever-shifting perioperative COVID guidance as it pertained to children in 2020 and 2021.
Outside of work, Lindsay was a phenomenal athlete. She excelled at every sport she tried. She took a year out of anesthesia training in the UK to play professional tennis, and continued to coach here in Vancouver. She was an avid cyclist, with sub-4hr Whistler Gran Fondo times. And she loved skiing and ski touring. She was also a musician, played piano and clarinet in her time. She was a private person but great fun to be around, always with a twinkle in her eye & a wicked sense of humour. We will miss her more than words can possibly describe.
Dr. Anshula Ambasta receives a Faculty of Medicine Strategic Initiative Fund (SIF) grant
August 26, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Anshula Ambasta who recently received a Faculty of Medicine Strategic Initiative Fund (SIF) grant to support her project – RePORT – Re-purposing the ordering of ‘routine’ laboratory testing in health care systems.
The goal of Dr. Ambasta’s project is to optimize laboratory testing in clinical medicine. Appropriate laboratory test utilization can benefit: (i) patients, who avoid discomfort /inconvenience related to blood draws and downstream cascades of further testing and therapeutic use related to false-positive results, (ii) healthcare providers, who have increased confidence in ordering practices and lower cognitive load related to false positive results, and (iii) healthcare systems, that are faced with economic restraints, heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ambasta and her co-applicants will partner with relevant stakeholders to develop system re-design and knowledge exchange tools to guide future knowledge translation in this critically important area of health care.
Vice-Provost International – Dr. Emmanuel Osei highlight
Dr. Emmanuel Osei, Dr. Hackett’s graduated joint PhD student and PCTH program were recently highlighted by the vice provost.
You can find a link to the full article here.
Dr. Ken Turnbull passed away on July 3rd
Dear Colleagues
I sadly must report the loss of another of our excellent ‘old guard’. Dr. Ken Turnbull passed away on July 3rd. Dr. Turnbull worked in the VGH Department of Anesthesia, and became upon retirement from clinical practice, one of our treasured early simulation program support faculty.
He is survived by his wife, children and grandchildren.
There is no announcement of service yet.
Dr. Roanne Preston
Kenneth W. Turnbull, MD FRCPC
Acting Head – 1991
Dr. Ken Turnbull was a Professional Civil Engineer before he became an anesthesiologist and joined Vancouver General Hospital and UBC in 1972.
He was the chair of the Continuing Medical Education and Visiting Professor program until 2003. And in the same year, he initiated the use of the Centre of Excellence of Surgical and Education Innovation (CESEI) for anesthesia simulation. He invested in the Anesthesia Simulation Program over the years; getting it started initially and then the provided the ongoing weekly support until 2016.
He was promoted to Clinical Professor Emeritus in 2003 after retirement. He was awarded the Clinical Practitioner Award by the CAS in 2002
He was an excellent clinician and teacher who was involved in the wide variety of activities, in medical undergraduate and residency teaching, giving lectures nationally and internationally. He chaired many committees in the hospital and the University during his tenure and he was highly respected by his anesthetic and surgical colleagues and was a life time learner.
Faculty Promotion – Dr. Matthias Gorges
For more information, please see memo.
The 16th Annual APT Research Day
Welcome to the 16th Annual APT Research Day
Details are as follows:
• May 26, 2022 (Thursday)
• 1030 to 1530
• St. Paul’s Hospital, Cullen Lecture Theatre (map attached)
• APT research day program found here
• Zoom Meeting ID 95272 854360, Passcode 854360
Directional instructions to the Conference Centre:
• Thurlow Street Entrance: Follow the dark blue and white Conference Centre sign to elevator. Take the elevator to Level 1.
• From St. Paul’s Hospital Parkade: Take elevator or stairs to Providence Level 1.
• Burrard and Comox Street Entrances: Walk past the Information Desk (turn left if entering from Burrard) to the end of the hall. Take one flight of stairs down to Providence Level 1 (1st door downstairs). Turn right down the long hallway. At the end of the hallway, turn right to the Conference Centre.