Graduate Certificate | UBC Branch for Global Surgical Care

The Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care (GCGSC) is a 12-credit certificate program designed to meet the growing need for professional development in global surgical care.

Program Requirements

The Certificate is comprised of four graduate level online courses.

SURG 510 – Surgical Care in International Health
SURG 512 – Global Disability: A Surgical Care Mandate
SURG 514 – Surgical Care in Humanitarian Disaster Response
SURG 516 – Program Planning and Evaluation in Surgical Care Low Resource Settings

Students with an interest in global surgical care but who do not wish to complete the GCGSC can enroll in SURG 510 independently of the certificate.

The Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care (GCGSC) can ladder into the MGSC. Details about this process can be found in UBC’s transfer credit policy, outlined by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

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GCGSC Graduates

Kristen Stevens, BSc, MPAS, CCPA, GCGSC

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Canadian Certified Physician Assistant (CCPA)

Master’s Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS), University of Manitoba,

B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences, University of Ottawa

Andrew Lawe, MD, FRCS(C)

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

General Surgeon, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital

General Surgery Residency, University of Calgary

M.D., University of British Columbia

B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Victoria

Sam Bugis, MD, FACS, FRCSC

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia

Board Chair, Canadian Network for International Surgery

Vice President, Physician Affairs and Specialist Practice, Doctors of BC

Jugraj Singh Chhatwal, MBBS, MS (Gen. Surg.)

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Medical Intern, various Departments, LNJP hospital & Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.

First Year Junior Resident in Surgery and Medicine, LNJP Hospital and GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Resident in Surgery and Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Medical Officer Class 1 CHS, School Health Scheme in Delhi Administration, New Delhi, India.

Private Consultant Surgeon.

Manager, Neo Convent Senior Secondary School (Grades 1-12).

Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India.

Master’s in Surgery – General Surgery, University of Delhi, India.

Dalal Hubail, MB BCh BAO, MRCSI, MSc, AFHEA (UK)

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Medical Graduate, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain

Surgical Residency at Bahrain – Salmaniya Medical Complex: Arab Board of Health Specializations & Saudi Board, Saudi Commission for Health Specialities

MSc in Laparoscopic Surgery and Surgical Skills: Queen Mary University London – Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Associate Fellow in the Higher Education Academy – UK): Queen Mary University London – Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Huiyu (Anne) Li, M.Med

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Co-founder, Shanghai Haoju Medical Technology Co. Ltd, China

Master’s Degree of Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China

MBA Certificate Program, School of Management, Fudan University, China

Rachel Livergant, BScH, MBT, MD

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Doctor of Medicine, University of Alberta

Master of Biomedical Technology, University of Calgary

Bachelor of Science, Major in Life Sciences, Queen’s University

Nina Maerkl, BSc, MD

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Doctor of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Resident (PGY5), University of British Columbia

Anna Mierzwa, BSc, MD

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Doctor of Medicine, Western University

General Surgery Resident, PGY4, University of Alberta

Jovana Momic, MD

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Doctor of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, ON

General Surgery Resident, University of Western Ontario

Anisa Nazir, MCh, MBBS

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Masters (MCh) in Surgical Science and Practice, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland

Graduate Student, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada

Medical Graduate, Foundation University Medical College, Pakistan

Former Co-Chair and VP Communication, Canadian Global Surgery Trainees Alliance

F. Gigi Osler, MD, FRCSC

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Past President, Canadian Medical Association

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Manitoba

Independent Senator for Manitoba, Senate of Canada

Annie Ritter, BSc, MB BAO BCh

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

General Surgeon

Trauma Fellow, University of Calgary

General Surgery Residency, Queen’s University

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor in the Art of Obstetrics and Bachelor of Surgery (MB BAO BCh), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Society, Cornell University

Doug Ritter, MD, FRCP (C)

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRSC(C))

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queensway Carleton Hospital

MD, Queen’s University

Christian Schamberg-Bahadori MD, MBA, DIU HSAE

Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care

Attending Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University-affiliated Teaching Hospital, Ochsenfurt, Germany

HSAE (Humanitarian Surgery in Austere Environments) with Médecins sans frontières (MSF) and Universities Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Liège (ULg) in Brussels, Belgium

Master of Business Administration (Health Care ), SRH Riedlingen, Germany

Lecturer : University of Mainz, Germany and MSF & UCL , ULB and ULg, Brussels , Belgium

MD, University of Antwerp, Belgium