Welcome Chriselle Serna and Annalyn Cumaual
Welcome Chriselle Serna and Annalyn Cumaual! Chriselle is moving to a new position on the Education Team. She will be the Sr Program Assistant for the REI Fellowship and also the Sr Program Assistant to all our Advanced Training Programs (MIS, FPMRS, VV Sexual Medicine and Family Planning). She come with both Department and […] Read More
Welcome our new HR Assistant, Hannah Sauvé
We welcome our new HR Assistant, Hannah Sauvé. She will be working part-time with our department so you will be hearing from her in regards to staff and student appointments and other various HR related issues. Hannah has worked for Conferences & Accommodation at UBC in the past. She recently graduated from BCIT with a Diploma […] Read More
OBGYN Education welcomes 4 new Program Directors
A warm welcome to the 4 new Program Directors in the OBGYN Education: Undergraduate Program Director (middle) – Marketa Gogela, MD FRCSC, Clinical Assistant Professor Undergraduate Associate Program Director (left) – Dr Chris Ng, MD FRCSC, Clinical Instructor Residency Program Director (right) – Dr Hanna Ezzat, MD FRCSC, Clinical Assistant Professor Gynaecologic Oncology Fellowship (not […] Read More
Advanced Training in Family Planning Welcomes Dr. Mucsi
We are very excited to welcome Dr. Ashley Mucsi to the Advanced Training Program in Family Planning. Dr. Mucsi will be starting August 4th, for the one-year clinical program, with a focus on family planning, complex contraception and EPAC training. Dr. Musci completed her BSc in Cellular Molecular Microbial Biology, MSc in Immunology and her […] Read More
Congratulations Dr. Lisonkova!
Dr. Sarka Lisonkova, Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, is leading her research team in the study of “All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality and Acute Morbidity Attributable to COVID-19 and Medical History Associated with Severe COVID-19 Infection in BC“. As one of the first 10 successful research teams that have been awarded the […] Read More
Dr.Jason Hitkari Elected President of CFAS For 2020/2021
Dr. Hitkari is Co-founder and Co-director of Olive Fertility Centre in Vancouver, BC. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the University Of British Columbia (UBC). He completed his training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UBC and went on to do a formal fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at The University of […] Read More
CANCOVID-Preg: A National Surveillance Program of COVID-19 in Pregnancy
Currently, as effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy on both the mother and the fetus are largely unknown, there is very limited data to inform recommendations and care of pregnant women with COVID-19. Recognizing this gap in our collective knowledge of the disease, OBGYN professor and FoM Executive Vice Dean Dr. Deborah Money began dialogue […] Read More
Congratulations to SSTAR book award recipient Dr. Lori Brotto
Big Congrats to our very own Dr. Lori Brotto, OBGYN professor, sex researcher, and Executive Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI), on winning two major awards in recent weeks. In addition to being one of only three research faculty to be awarded the 2019 Distinguished Researcher Award from UBC Faculty of Medicine for […] Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Lori Brotto and Dr. Peter Leung!
Each year, UBC Faculty of Medicine (FoM) recognizes outstanding contributions by research faculty in all areas of health and life science research, as well as clinical and applied research to improve health outcomes of populations. On April 20th 2020, FoM announced the 3 recipients of the 2019 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Researcher Awards: Dr. Lori […] Read More
COVID-19 Residency Program Response
Preamble Scheduling and Redeployment Purview of Program Director and Committees Residents are health authority employees that provide essential services 3 Main Points: Resident Safety Patient Care Resident Education PGME Policies Out of province electives cancelled until further notice No travel outside Canada All vacations must be within Canada Residents may end up caring […] Read More
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