By gruber7 on May 23, 2023
In May 2023, the third cohort of students will graduate from the Master of Global Surgical Care and several students will also graduate from our Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care.
By gruber7 on May 11, 2023
We are pleased to announce that effective July 1, 2023, Dr. Sam Bugis will become the new Director of the Branch for Global Surgical Care. Dr. Bugis brings a wealth of experience in surgical education and advocacy as well as in global surgical care. Currently, Dr. Bugis is Vice President, Physician Affairs and Specialist Practice, […]
By gruber7 on May 11, 2023
Since its creation in January 2021, the Global Surgery Lab has steadily grown and built relationships, collaborations and programs to improve access to quality surgical care undersexed areas. With more than 50 members, a part-time program manager and key partners in different disciplines, our Lab now has the capacity to build innovative and sustainable platforms […]
By gruber7 on April 12, 2023
We are very pleased to have the opportunity to feature a conversation with Senator Gigi Osler and Director of the Branch for Global Surgical Care, Dr. Brian Westerberg. During the rare and exciting opportunity to spend time with the Senator, they discuss how she became involved in medicine, and subsequently global surgical care, as well […]
By gruber7 on March 30, 2023
Ryan Falk (MGSC alumnus and current BGSC Faculty member) and Dawnelle Topstad recently published an article in the Canadian Journal of Rural Surgery seeking to understand the relative impact of family physicians with enhanced surgical skills (FP-ESS) and Specialist Surgeons in the surgical care of a mostly Indigenous rural and remote community in the western […]