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Graduate Feature: Serena Kassam
Dr. Serena Kassam is a pediatric dentist sub-specialized in cleft and craniofacial care. She is working with BC Children’s Hospital / UBC and private practice. Serena has been a volunteer and board member with Global Smile Foundation, a registered non- profit dedicated to improving the lives of patients with cleft lip and palate in […]
SURG 560 Final Report: Aesthetic Outcomes of Patient with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Following NasoAlveolar Molding (NAM) Therapy in an Outreach Setting, in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Serena Kassam, a student of the MGSC program, recently published their SURG 560 final report to UBC CIRcle. This report summarizes the final practicum project “Aesthetic Outcomes of Patient with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Following NasoAlveolar Molding (NAM) Therapy in an Outreach Setting, in Guayaquil, Ecuador” conducted during the […]
Graduate Feature: Roy Hilzenrat
Roy Hilzenrat began his medical career at 17 years old as a first aid responder on Magen David Adom ambulances in downtown Haifa, Israel, and surrounding villages. During medical school, he participated in Medical Students for Haiti (MS4H) in which he coordinated an anatomy course in Port-au-Prince, Haiti at the time of the 2018 social […]
Welcome New BGSC Faculty Members 2024/25!
BGSC is excited to welcome two new Faculty members who will be co-instructing our courses beginning in 2024/25! Dr. Jason McVicar will be joining SURG 518 – Surgical Care in Canada’s Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities with Global Comparisons and Dr. Ruth Vilayil will join SURG 560 – Global Surgical Care Field Practicum. Dr. McVicar […]
Global Surgery Symposium 2024: Teaching Surgical Skills for Medical Deserts
The Global Surgery Lab’s recent symposium provided an excellent platform for discussing the challenges and opportunities in surgical training for multidisciplinary healthcare providers in low-resource settings. With over 120 participants from around the world, both in-person and virtually, the event explored and compared the delivery of surgical care programs for medical deserts on a global […]