Publication Feature: Creation of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol for Children with Wilms Tumours in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Mercedes Pilkington (our MGSC alumni), along with another MGSC alumni, Godfrey Sama Philipo and Mary Brindle, have recently published the results of a study to develop contextually-appropriate enhanced recovery after surgery recommendations for children undergoing resection for Wilms tumours in a low-resource setting. This study was based on Dr. Pilkington’s final MGSC project […]
Graduate Feature: Esther Chin
Dr. Esther Chin is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster University. She completed medical school and residency at McMaster. She is the Global Health Lead of the Department of Ob/Gyn at McMaster and is delighted to have joined UBC’s Global Surgery Lab as a Principal Investigator. She is also a Content Consultant […]
Graduate Feature: May Yau
May Yau is a Medical Radiation Technologist at Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services and an Instructor of Diagnostic Imaging at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. May’s credentials include: a Bachelor of Medical Radiation Sciences from McMaster University; Ontario College Advanced Diploma in Medical Radiation Sciences and Radiography from Mohawk College; and a Computed Tomography […]
Graduate Feature: Godfrey Sama Philipo
Godfrey Sama Philipo received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania and a Master in Public Health (MPH) from the Southern Medical University (SMU) in China before joining the MGSC. He worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator for the MUHAS-ORCI-UCSF Cancer Collaboration and co-founded the International […]
Graduate Feature: Montana Zaporzan
Montana Zaporzan is an Operating Room and Recovery Room Nurse with Island Health. She is also a travel nurse working in remote, rural areas of BC and an Acute Care RN with the Canadian Red Cross. She hopes the knowledge she has acquired from this program will be a step in the right direction towards […]