UBC ObGyn 18th Annual Academic Day

Our 18th annual Academic Day was held on Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 at the Chan Auditorium in the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute.  Sixteen trainees had the opportunity to present their work as an oral presentation, and eight posters were presented and judged in a separate event on May 15th.  Faculty abstracts were displayed to showcase the research done in 2017 by the department faculty.

The invited guest speaker was Dr. Lee A Learman, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Academic Affairs, Professor of Integrated Medical Science, Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, who gave the keynote presentation on “Alternatives to Hysterectomy for Noncancerous Uterine Conditions: What Does the Evidence Tell Us”.

Academic Day Awards

Dr. Leanne Dahlgren presented the awards to the 2018 Academic Day Best Student Presentations.  Our congratulations to the following recipients for sharing their research!

Best poster presentation – Dr. Shaina (Joohyun) Lee

Best resident paper presentation – Dr. Rachel Kim

Best graduate student paper presentation – Joshua Hoenisch

Best fellow paper presentation – Dr. Roopan Gill

Dr. Jag Ubhi presented the Best Publication by a Resident Award to Dr. Kristy Cho for the publication “Adverse perinatal outcomes associated with crown-rump length discrepancy in in vitro fertilization pregnancies”.

Teaching Awards

Dr. Geoffrey Cundiff presented the teaching awards to the 2017 winners.  Our congratulations to the following recipients for being honoured!

Mike Turko Surgical Teaching – Dr. Mark Heywood and Dr. Fariba Mohtashami – a tie!

CREOG Resident Teaching – Dr. Nadia Branco

Undergraduate Teaching – Dr. Susan Sadeghi

APGO Teaching – Dr. Nicole Todd

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology would like to thank our sponsors this year for their very generous support with educational grants: Allergan, AstraZeneca, Bayer, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Research Education, Merck, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada, and the Women’s Health Research Institute!

Congratulations to our winners of an 8GB memory stick – Amy Dawson and Marta Llaurado.    All they had to do was complete an evaluation form and hand it in at the end of the day!

 Program Completion Certificates

Dr. Geoff Cundiff also announced and presented the following certificates:

Completion of Master of Science Program – Kenny Louie

Completion of Master of Science Program – Natasha Orr

Completion of Master of Science Program – Richard Ng

Completion of Doctor of Philosophy Program – Asif Raza Khowaja

Completion of Doctor of Philosophy Program – Jianfang Zhao

Completion of Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship – Dr. Sarah Coad

Completion of Reproductive ID Fellowship – Dr. Chelsea Elwood