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Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Caron – Appointee to the Order of British Columbia

Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Caron – Appointee to the Order of British Columbia

Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Caron, BGSC faculty member and co-instructor of SURG 518 – Surgical Care in Canada’s Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities with Global Comparisons, who has been appointed to the 2022 Order of B.C. in acknowledgment of her outstanding achievements, including being the first general surgeon of First Nations descent in Canada, the […]

Student Spotlight: Serena Kassam

Student Spotlight: Serena Kassam

  Serena Kassam is originally from Vancouver, BC. She completed her B.A/D.M.D at Tufts University in Boston, MA and Pediatric Dental Residency through Lutheran Medical Center at St Josephs Hospital, In Providence, RI. She then completed a research fellowship at New York University Langone Medical Center, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, in Craniofacial Pediatric Dentistry and […]

Welcome New BGSC Faculty Members

Welcome New BGSC Faculty Members

BGSC is excited to welcome several new, accomplished surgical care professionals and researchers to our Faculty this year! We are excited about the depth of experience and knowledge you will bring to our learners. Dr. Jessica Chan Dr. Phyllis Kisa Dr. Doreen Nakku Dr. Lawrence Takeuchi     To learn more about our instructors, see […]

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Shafique Pirani

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Shafique Pirani

Dr. Shafique Pirani is one of our instructors for SURG 516: Program Planning and Evaluation in Surgical Care Low Resource Settings  See Dr. Pirani’s faculty spotlight at the Department of Orthopedics here. View Dr. Shafique Pirani’s full biography here.

Student Spotlight: May Yau

Student Spotlight: May Yau

      May Yau is a Medical Radiation Technologist. She currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Read on to find out more about May, her background and experiences, what lead her to the field of global surgical care, the MGSC, and more!       What has inspired you to study and work in […]