Graduate Feature: Anise Barton
Dr. Barton completed her undergraduate training, medical degree, and surgical residency at the University of Alberta. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Society of Breast Surgeons. She has been practicing general surgery at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops, BC, since 2007. She has […]
Surgical Task-Sharing to Non-specialist Physicians in Low-Resource Settings Globally: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Dr. Ryan Falk, co-instructor of SURG 518, along with colleagues recently published an article that seeks to explore where, across all country income groups, NSPs are providing surgical services and what additional surgical training, if any, is available in each identified country. To read the full text, please visit here.
Graduate Feature: Emma Sumner
Emma Sumner is currently a 4th year OBGYN resident at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS with research interests in Global Health. She has completed projects in wheelchair donation evaluation in Haiti, and obstetric simulation in Ghana. Currently, she participates in and coordinates a Well Woman clinic for refugee women in Halifax and sits on the […]
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 […]
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 […]