Warmest con
gratulations to our graduate student Dr. Anise Barton on graduating from the Master of Global Surgical Care program on November 26th, 2021. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours and can’t wait to see what amazing things you’ll go on to do in the future!
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 an interest in thyroid and breast surgery.
Beyond her clinical practice, Dr. Barton has a strong interest in surgical education and global surgery. She was actively involved in the UBC General Surgery Residency Training Program, and is the Site Director for residents in Kamloops. She is interested in developing partnerships between Canadian general surgery residency programs and surgical training programs in LMICs. As the Chair of the Global Surgery Committee for the Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS), she hopes to use the knowledge gained from the Master in Global Surgical Care to help develop surgical partnerships and networking across Canada and internationally.
She recently published her SURG 560 final report to UBC cIRcle. This report is a summary of the final practicum project “A pilot survey of access to breast cancer treatment in Guyana” conducted January 2019 – Aug 2021 To read the full text, please visit here. Congratulations, Anise!