Branch for Global Surgical Care Leadership Update
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, […]
Global Surgery Lab – Spring 2023 Update
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 […]
Interview with Senator Gigi Osler
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 […]
Publication Feature: Surgery in the western Canadian Arctic: The relative impact of family physicians with enhanced surgical skills working collaboratively with specialist surgeons
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 […]
BGSC Instructor Appreciation: Winter 2022-23 (Term 2)
We would like to recognize and express our appreciation for the significant contributions of Dr. Hossam Elsharkawi and Dr. Ross Brown! They are instructors for SURG 514 – Surgical Care in Humanitarian Disaster Response. Read their biographies here.