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MGSC Student Spotlight: Esther Chin
Dr. Esther Chin, MD, FRCSC, is Obstetrician/Gynecologist from Hamilton, Ontario, currently enrolled in the MGSC program. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at McMaster University. Dr. Chin completed medical school and residency at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She is passionate about global surgical […]
Publication Feature: Surgical Task-Sharing in the Western Canadian Arctic: A Networked Model Between Family Physicians with Enhanced Surgical Skills and Specialist Surgeons.
Ryan Falk (past MGSC student and current BGSC Faculty member), Dawnelle Topstad and BGSC Faculty member Dr. Laura Lee, recently published an article in the World Journal of Surgery exploring how family physicians in enhanced surgical skills (FP-ESS) provide access to surgical care for rural and remote populations, focusing on the Beaufort Delta Region of […]
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Cameron on His Retirement!
Please join us in extending sincere thanks and gratitude for Dr. Brian Cameron’s contributions to the Branch for Global Surgical Care over the years. Dr. Cameron was a co-instructor of SURG 510 since 2019. He was a Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Director of the International Surgery Desk at McMaster University. Brian Cameron improved both […]
Publication Feature: Building global surgical workforce capacity through academic partnerships
Zineb Bentousi and Anisa Nazir (past GCGSC student) recently published an article exploring how global surgery academic partnerships between institutions in high-income countries (HICs) and low-middle income countries can be a model of sustainable collaborations based on mutual interest. To read the full text, please visit here To read Anisa’s alumni spotlight, please visit here. […]
Announcement: Branch for International Surgical Care is now the Branch for Global Surgical Care!
The Branch for International Surgical Care (BISC), housed within the Department of Surgery, was created in 2003. The Branch is responsible for the Graduate Certificate and Master in Global Surgical Care – programs intended to prepare surgical care professionals from many disciplines to address surgical challenges and to contribute to finding solutions in low-resource settings […]