Top 40 under 40
Congratulations to two UBC alumni; Dr. Evan Wood and Salim Janmohamed, who are in BIV’s Forty under 40 list.
Medical Alumni Association Awards
Nominations are open for the Wallace Wilson Leadership Award, Honorary Medical Alumni Award & Silver Anniversary Award.
Midwifery 10th Anniversary Celebration
Come celebrate as we recognize the outstanding accomplishments that UBC Midwifery & its alumni have made over the past 10 years. We will be holding two events to celebrate: Victoria – Nov 8, 2012 Fairmont Empress Hotel 721 Government St. 5:00-7:00pm Cocktail Reception RSVP online here Vancouver – Nov 10, 2012 Museum of Vancouver […]
Nominations are now open!
The next award recipients won’t raise their own hands. That’s why we need you!
Avery Krisman, MD’87
Whether the story is told by the character in an opera he’s learning or by a patient in his Toronto psychiatry practice, Dr. Avery Krisman is fascinated by what the story reveals about the person who shares it. His approach to psychotherapy grew from his interest in talking with patients to understand who they are […]
Celina Laursen, BMid’09
When Celina Laursen left her small, close-knit community on Haida Gwaii to pursue her Degree in Midwifery at UBC, her goal was to give women the choice to birth on the Island. Any way you look at it, UBC Alumna Celina Laursen has achieved her goal, increasing the number of births on Haida Gwaii by […]
Alison McLean, BSc(OT)’89, MSc’10
A guiding principle of working with people with brain injuries is helping them find “somewhere to live, someone to love and something to do.” UBC alumna Alison McLean, BSc (OT)’89, MSc’10, aspires to help her clients achieve all three during their recovery and rehabilitation. She has witnessed how it can be incredibly challenging to live […]
Residents in a New Residence
Join us as we welcome the newest UBC Faculty of Medicine MD graduates who will be starting their residencies in Ottawa and Toronto.
John Webb, MD’82
There was no ‘ah-ha’ moment or a single person to take credit for a life changing procedure which has saved the lives of thousands around the world, but there was one alumnus from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine who lead a team of individuals through a series of incremental steps to pioneer percutaneous heart valve replacement; […]
Christopher Ong, PhD’95
Christopher Ong is someone who recognises talent around him and engages them to help achieve his goals. Picture nine students from his biochemistry course lined up in front of the class, handing off a football, crouching down and then standing up, as Dr. Ong talks them through the signalling pathways within the cell. Now imagine […]