The Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care (GCGSC) is a 12-credit certificate program designed to meet the growing need for professional development in global surgical care.
Program Requirements
The Certificate is comprised of four graduate level online courses.
- SURG 510 – Surgical Care in International Health
- SURG 512 – Global Disability: A Surgical Care Mandate
- SURG 514 – Surgical Care in Humanitarian Disaster Response
- SURG 516 – Program Planning and Evaluation in Surgical Care Low Resource Settings
Students with an interest in global surgical care but who do not wish to complete the GCGSC can enroll in SURG 510 independently of the certificate.
The Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care (GCGSC) can ladder into the MGSC. Details about this process can be found in UBC’s transfer credit policy, outlined by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
GCGSC Graduates
DR. F. GIGI OSLER, MD, FRCSC
(Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery)
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Past President, Canadian Medical Association
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Manitoba
DR. S. P. BUGIS, MD, FACS, FRCSC.
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, UBC
Board Chair, Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS)
Vice President, Physician Affairs and Specialist Practice, Doctors of B.C
DR. DALAL HUBAIL, MB BCh BAO, MRCSI, MSc, AFHEA (UK)
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Medical Graduate, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain
Surgical Residency at Bahrain - Salmaniya Medical Complex: Arab Board of Health Specializations & Saudi Board, Saudi Commission for Health Specialities
MSc in Laparoscopic Surgery and Surgical Skills: Queen Mary University London - Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Associate Fellow in the Higher Education Academy - UK): Queen Mary University London - Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
DR. ANISA NAZIR, MCh, MBBS
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Masters (MCh) in Surgical Science and Practice, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland
Graduate Student, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
Medical Graduate, Foundation University Medical College, Pakistan
Former Co-Chair and VP Communication, Canadian Global Surgery Trainees Alliance
DR. CHRISTIAN SCHAMBERG-BAHADORI, MD, MBA, DIU HSAE
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Attending Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University-affiliated Teaching Hospital, Ochsenfurt, Germany
HSAE (Humanitarian Surgery in Austere Environments) with Médecins sans frontières (MSF) and Universities Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Liège (ULg) in Brussels, Belgium
Master of Business Administration (Health Care ), SRH Riedlingen, Germany
Lecturer : University of Mainz, Germany and MSF & UCL , ULB and ULg, Brussels , Belgium
MD, University of Antwerp, Belgium
DR. SUPRIYA SINGH, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Orthopedic Surgery Residency, University of Western Ontario
Fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery, UBC
Member of Team Broken Earth
DR. EMMA SUMNER, MD
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident (PGY-4), Dalhousie University
Coordinator, Well Woman Clinic for Refugee Women in Halifax,
Member, Global Health and Advocacy Committee at the IWK Health Center, Halifax
DR. JAMES YAN, MD, FRCSC
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Orthopedic Surgeon, Residency at McMaster University
Fellowship in Adult Trauma, Royal Columbian Hospital
Fellowship in Arthroplasty, Hamilton