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.
GCGSC Graduates
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Simon Holland, MB FRCS(C )FRCS
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Clinical Professor, Deparmtent of Ophthalmology, UBC
Chair, ORBIS Canada
Jessica Winter, MD
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Plastic Surgeon, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Doctor of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Plastic Surgery Residency, University of Manitoba
Charlotte Allen, MBCHB, FRACS
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Auckland
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
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
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
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
Christina Schweitzer, BSc, MD, MPhil, MPH
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Doctor of Medicine, University of Calgary
Master of Public Health in Health Policy, Harvard University
Master of Philosophy in Biological Science, University of Cambridge
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University
General Surgery Resident, PGY4, University of British Columbia
Co-Founder, Tomy Low-Cost Ostomy Device
Health Policy Intern, United Nations International Organization for Migration
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
Supriya Singh, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Orthopedic Surgery Residency, University of Western Ontario
Fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery, UBC Member of Team Broken Earth
Emma Sumner, MD
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident (PGY-4), Dalhousie University
Coordinator, Well Woman Clinic for Refugee Women in Halifax,
Member, Global Health and Advocacy Committee at the IWK Health Center, Halifax
Caitlin Vandecappelle, MD, FRCPC
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Anesthesiologist, Hamilton Health Sciences
Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Executive, McMaster Global Health Office Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anaesthesia, Surgery (MacGlObAS)
James Yan, MD, FRCSC
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Orthopedic Surgeon, Residency at McMaster University
Fellowship in Adult Trauma, Royal Columbian Hospital Fellowship in Arthroplasty, Hamilton