Upcoming Rounds
May 13, 2026 – UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds

- Presenter:Nadine Caron MD, MPH, FRCSC Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Director of Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, UBC
- Date:Wednesday, May 13, 2026 – 7:00am – 8:00am
- Location:Virtual Only For This Month
- Online Participants:https://ubc.zoom.us/j/99652042124?pwd=Z1hPSjFQSEFWczlDOGVHTVNHcTUzZz09
Meeting ID: 99652042124 Passcode: 042124
January 13, 2027 –UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds – Branch for Global Surgical Care. Stay Tuned for Topic and Speakers!
| Year | Series | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Surgical Suites Grand Rounds, BC Children’s Hospital | Surgical Suites Grand Rounds at BC Children’s Hospital | Dr. Christopher Moir |
| UBC Division of Pediatric Surgery 1st Annual Fraser Lectureship Surgical Rounds | Surgical Training for the Underserved | Dr. Christopher Moir Recording | |
| 2023 | OPSEI Rounds | Pediatric Surgery in Uganda | Dr. Sister Mary Margaret Ajiko Recording |
| Department of Surgery Grand Rounds | A Pediatric Surgeon’s Perspective on Providing Surgical Care During War | Dr. Shahrzad Joharifard | |
| 2022 | Department of Surgery Grand Rounds | Skirmish to Scars – The History of Surgery in Warfare | Dr. Matthew Boroditsky |
| Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds | Implementing a CBME Essential Surgical Skills Curriculum in South Sudan: A UBC – MSF Partnership | Dr. Shahrzad Joharifard | |
| 2021 | OPSEI Academic Rounds | Master of Global Surgical Care Alumni Presentations | Dr. Anise Barton, Dr. Ryan Falk, Dr. Godfrey Sama Philipo |
| Department of Surgery Rounds | The Global Surgery Lab – leveraging the passion of a multidisciplinary, diverse and inclusive group to improve knowledge and access to surgical care | Dr. Emilie Joos and Students from the Global Surgery Lab | |
| 2020 | Chung Lectureship | Something to Imagine: Equity in Pediatric Surgery | Dr. Melanie Morris |
| 2018 | BISC Mexico Global Surgery Rounds | Trauma and Global Surgical Care | Martha Talbot, Dr. DeMian Trueba, Dr. Lu Yin, Dr. Caroline Huyhn |
| BISC Rounds | The Role of Research in Low-Resource Surgical Care Program Globally | Dr. Peter O’Brien, Dr. David Stockton, Micael Cancilla, Trina Stephens, Dr. Geoff Blair, Arlene Muzira, Emily Kakanda | |
| 2017 | BISC Rounds | Global Surgical Care Rounds Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be | Dr. Mark Hill |
| Department of Radiology Grand Rounds | Global Surgical Care: Partnerships between Surgery and Radiology in Low-Resource Settings | Dr. Brian Westerberg and Dr. Pete Tonseth | |
| 2016 | Department of Surgery Grand Rounds | Models of Sustainability: Surgical Care in Low Resource Settings | Dr. Eleanor Reimer, Dr. Jana MacLeod, Dr. Sheona Mitchell-Foster, and Dr. Mark Hill |
| Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery Academic Presentation | Global Health Surgery | Dr. Robert Taylor | |
| Department of Surgery | General Surgery Residence Research Symposium Presentation on International Opportunities (Dec) | Dr. Robert Taylor | |
| Department of Surgery | General Surgery Residence Research Symposium Presentation on International Opportunities (Apr) | Dr. Robert Taylor | |
| 2015 | BISC Rounds | Surgical Care Training: Challenges in Low-Resource Settings | Dr. Brian Westerberg, Dr. David Fairholm, Dr. Geoff Blair, and Dr. Paul Dubord |
| 2014 | BISC Rounds | Accessing High-Resource Technology in a Low-Resource Setting: A Round Table Discussion | Dr. Brian Westerberg and Dr. Phyllis Kisa |
| 2012 | BISC Rounds | The Toll of Cervical Cancer in the Developing World | Dr. Dianne Miller and Dr. Flora Teng |
| BISC Rounds | Emergency Response in Humanitarian Disasters Globally: Coordination not Chaos | Dr. Hossam Elsharkawi and Dr. Ross Brown | |
| 2011 | BISC Rounds | Teaching Surgery in Kabul, Afghanistan Today’s Challenge and Wider Implications | Dr. Ken Foster and Dr. Karim Qayumi |
| BISC Rounds | Global Disability in Surgical Care: Exploring the issues and challenges | Dr. Nancy Van Laeken and Dr. Norgrove Penny | |
| International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery | Women for Women Program | Dr. Nancy Van Laeken | |
| OPSEI Annual Lectureship | What a Difference a Decade Made: International Surgery’s Evolving Mandate | Dr. Robert Taylor | |
| 2010 | BISC Rounds | Zambia: A Collaborative Approach to Surgical Education | Dr. Gary O’Connor |
| BISC Rounds | The Next Waves of International Health Initiatives: Our Residents share their Recent Global Work International Surgery | Dr. Sonia Yeung and Dr. Michael Goodwin | |
| BISC Rounds | International Surgery – Anesthesia | Dr. Brian Warriner | |
| BISC Rounds | Global Health Scholars | Dr. Siu-Kae Yeong and Dr. Flora TeDr. Kevin Bushng | |
| BISC Rounds | Plastic Surgery – Uganda |
