BGSC Faculty and Advisory Members participate in Rounds in the UBC Department of Surgery, and other Departments. In addition, BGSC organizes BGSC global surgical rounds periodically.
Past Rounds
March 9, 2022 | 07:00 AM to 08:00 AM
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
Title 1: Skirmish to Scars – The History of Surgery in Warfare
Presenter 1: Matthew Boroditsky, Nis Schmidt History of Surgery Prize Winner, PGY1, Plastic Surgery and Current Student in Master of Global Surgical Care
Title 2: Changing The Status Quo: Origin & Evolution of the UBC Breast Reconstruction Program
Presenter 2: Dr. Sheina Macadam, Clinical Associate Professor, Plastic Surgery
Learning Objectives:
- To understand the historical events leading to the evolution of breast reconstruction as a distinct subspecialty.
- To learn the steps necessary to create a stand-alone program within a division and the factors necessary for success.
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Title: Implementing a CBME Essential Surgical Skills Curriculum in South Sudan: A UBC – MSF Partnership
UBC Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Date: January 21st, 12:00 pm Pacific
Presenter: Dr. Shahrzad Joharifard, MD, MPH, FRCSC
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2021
Title: Office of Pediatric Surgical Evaluation and Innovation (OPSEI) Partnership Celebration Grand Rounds
Date: December 7th, 7:00 am Pacific
Presenters:
Dr. Ryan Falk, MD CCFP(ESS) FCFP MGSC | Adjunct Professor, Branch for Global Surgical Care, Department of Surgery; Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, UBC
Circumpolar Surgery: The Experience of a Family Physician with Enhanced Surgical Skills in the Western Canadian Arctic
Dr. Anise Barton, MD FRCSC FACS MGSC | General Surgeon, Royal Inland Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Professor, UBC
Surgical Education in the Global Context
Dr. Godfrey Sama, MD MPH | School of Public Health, MUHAS; Adjunct Professor, Branch for Global Surgical Care, UBC
Global Surgery Training: Perspectives from LMICs
Learning Objectives:
- Describe motivations for joining the Master of Global Surgical Care Program
- Reflect on the knowledge and skills obtained through this unique graduate program
- Discuss the impact of the Master of Global Surgical Care on your surgical practice
- Provide peer advice to potential applicants to this program
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Title: The Global Surgery Lab – leveraging the passion of a multidisciplinary, diverse and inclusive group to improve knowledge and access to surgical care
Date: Wed, October 13th, 2021 7:00am – 8:00am | US/Pacific
Presenters: Emilie Joos, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS and Students from the Global Surgery Lab
Originally from Montreal, Dr. Joos completed her medical school at McGill University where she obtained her M.D.C.M degree. She then underwent general surgery residency at Laval University, in Quebec city, from 2007 to 2012. From 2012 to 2014 she completed a Trauma and Surgical Critical Care fellowship at University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Hospital. She then joined the group of trauma surgeons at Vancouver General Hospital. She completed a Masters in Global Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2019. She has been working with Médecins Sans Frontières since 2015 and was deployed several times in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2017 she completed her Emergency Response Unit training with the Canadian Red Cross and is now on the roster for deployment. Dr. Joos is the Associate Director of the UBC Branch for Global Surgical Care and the Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship program director.
See information on the Global Surgery Lab here
Video-recorded Grand Rounds presentations are posted on the UBC’s e-Learning System and accessible with a UBC Campus-Wide Login (CWL) account.
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Year | Series | Topic | Speakers |
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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 | 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 Tang | |
BISC Rounds | Plastic Surgery – Uganda | Dr. Kevin Bush | |
BISC Rounds | Anesthesia in Challenging Environments: What are the options? | Dr. Eleanor Reimer | |
2009 | BISC Rounds | Surgical Education in Low Resource Regions: Experience in Skills Training Models | Dr. Bob Hawkins and Dr. Ron Lett |