Cecilia Gruber
Publication Feature: Lessons from developing, implementing and sustaining a participatory partnership for children’s surgical care in Tanzania
Dr. Godfrey Sama Philipo, BISC Adunct Professor, along with Shobhana Nagraj, Zaitun M Bokhary,and Kokila Lakhoo, recently published an article that shares experiences on developing, implementing and sustaining a partnership in global children’s surgery in Tanzania. To read the full text, please visit here. Abstract: Global surgery is an essential component of Universal Health Coverage. […]
Congratulations to BISC Spring 2021 Graduates!
Congratulations to all BISC Spring 2021 graduates! In May 2021, the first cohort of students will graduate from the Master of Global Surgical Care and several students will also graduate from our Graduate Certificate of Global Surgical Care.
Graduate Feature: Sydney Girard
Sydney Girard is a radiation therapist who has worked across Canada primarily in centres that serve northern and rural communities with diverse populations (Aboriginal, French, and immigrant). Currently, she works at the North Eastern Cancer Centre in Sudbury Ontario as well as with the local Public Health Unit in the COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Her interest […]
BISC Strategic Planning Retreat and Spring Advisory Committee Meeting
BISC is beginning work on developing a new five-year Strategic Plan for the Branch from 2022 – 2027. Stakeholder consultations will take place with the global surgical care community in British Columbia as well as globally, in order to understand the priorities for this field that the Branch may focus on and areas of potential […]
Graduate Feature: Rupinder Khotar
Rupinder Khotar has been an OR nurse for over 20 years and focused on perioperative nursing standards. She served as the President of the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (2013-2015) and as the Secretary of the International Federation of Perioperative Nurses (2015-2018). Rupinder taught perioperative nursing for a decade before becoming the Supervisor of […]