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2015 Whistler Anesthesiology Summit – February 26th – March 1st, 2015
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Spring 2014 Newsletter
Hello everyone!
Spring is here, the cherry blos-soms (or ornamental tree of some kind…) have started and there is finally snow on the local mountains!
It has been a busy few months in the academic department, with promotions for both clinical and full-time streams as well as annual reports and annual faculty meetings. We have promotions in the clinical stream to announce (see page 2), others will come later as they work through the university process.
The budget process for the Faculty of Medicine has been ongoing since the fall. Unfortunately there have been no windfalls of cash, and the majority of the departments are challenged with managing all the expenses that are being transferred to the department budgets from UBC Central. However, the Therapeutics Initiative has had funding re-started as of January 2014.
I hope all of you who wanted some time off during Spring Break got it and had fun with the family.
MD Undergraduate Curriculum Renewal
Welcome to the new Curriculum Renewal Newsletter. As mentioned in the previous email from Dr. David Snadden, we will distribute regular updates as part of our roles leading the development and implementation of the renewed curriculum and assessments.
Rudolf Vrba Memorial Lecture 2014
Ethical Stories in the History of Pharmacology: European Science between the Wars
When: Thursday, May 8 at 5:30 pm
Where: Woodward Lecture Theatre 6, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, UBC
(A reception will be held at 5pm in Woodward IRC lobby. Light refreshments will be served)
Presented by the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Speaker:
Ryan J. Huxtable, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Pharmacology
The University of Arizona
Professor Ryan Huxtable emigrated to the United States from England in 1968. For 33 years, he was a professor of pharmacology at The University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. He did research on taurine, herbal toxicities, the neurochemistry of amino acids, and the pharmacology and toxicology of plant alkaloids. In 2003, Professor Huxtable and his wife Marion moved to a small Victorian seaport, Port Townsend, in Washington State, where they volunteer for various local activities, eat local foods and try to consume fewer of the world’s finite resources. He enjoys collecting art, gardening, walking and listening to string quartets.
Rudolf Vrba:
Rudolf Vrba (1924-2006) was one of only five Jews who ever escaped from Auschwitz. Immediately following his escape he co-authored a report about conditions in the extermination camp which became one of the most significant eyewitness accounts ever written about the Holocaust. After the Second World War, Rudolf Vrba became a noted biochemist. From 1976 until his retirement in 1990, Dr. Vrba was a member of the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. This lecture is made possible by generous contributions to the Rudolf Vrba Memorial Lecture Endowment. The mandate of the Vrba Endowment is to commemorate the life of Rudolf Vrba and his contributions to human justice, and to science. To help achieve this goal, the endowment supports lectures and speakers in these areas, particularly with respect to subjects that were of personal interest to Dr. Vrba. In this way we remember him, and honour his life and contributions.
Anesthesia for Global Outreach
Seventh Annual Anesthesia for Global Outreach
May 29th – June 1st, 2014
Halifax, NS, Canada
Registration is open. For further information contact Lisa Nardecchia at
lisa.nardecchia@cdha.nshealth.ca or visit us at — http://nsanesthesia.ca/s/AGO
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APT Research Day 2014 – Registration now available
On behalf of the Research Day Organizing Committee, we are excited to wish everyone a happy new year and announce the Eight Annual Research Day & Gala of the UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, June 19 & 20, 2014.
In order to maximize attendance to both events, we have decided to hold the Research Day and Gala on two different days: THURSDAY, JUNE 19 for the Academic Program, and FRIDAY, JUNE 20 for the evening Gala. Mark your calendars! Registration will start February 24, 2014.
More details to follow!
Registration is now open, please find the form >here<
International Symposium of Ultrasound (ISURA 2014)
Welcome to the 11th Annual International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia, Pain Medicine, and Peri-operative Application (ISURA 2014) in Toronto. The symposium will be held in University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto and we’ve put together a fantastic program for you.
Over the past 10 years, this meeting has become a dynamic forum for leaders and practitioners of ultrasound guided regional anesthesia, interventional pain procedures to increase their knowledge and to share with each other clinical experiences and challenges in this rapidly evolving field. This year, we have added musculoskeletal (MSK) imaging for pain medicine and perioperative applications for anesthesia practice.
Find out more >Here<
Canadian Interventional Pain Course 2014
This course is intended for physicians who have some experience in interventional pain management. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the patient suffering from chronic low back pain will be reviewed. The technical skill of common interventional spine pain procedures will be reviewed on live and cadaveric models with ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Continue reading “Canadian Interventional Pain Course 2014”