Join us on November 3rd for an evening of food, drink, and conversations at CRAFT Beer Market Victoria Harbour!
Dr. Una Srejic, MD’92
Dr. Una Srejic is a 2025 recipient of the UBC Medical Alumni Association Wallace Wilson Leadership Award.
Dr. Una Srejic MD 1992 UBC Faculty of Medicine
Board Certified USA 1998 Anesthesiology
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego UCSD, CA
Fellowship Director Neuro-Anesthesia, UCSD
With 27 years of clinical practice, teaching/mentoring and clinical research experience, Dr. Srejic has been sincerely grateful for the opportunity to practice Anesthesia in 6 premiere institutions. Following her steadfast foundation laid at Vancouver’s UBC Faculty of Medicine she then trained at the renowned private school Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas and became Board Certified in the specialty of Anesthesia in the USA in 1999. Her career subsequently led her through 5 more institutions: Baylor College of Medicine Ben Taub Trauma Hospital (2 years), MD Anderson Cancer Center (9 years), Stanford University Hospital (1 year, 10 years as Adjunct Faculty), UCSF University of California San Francisco (8 years), and UCSD University of California San Diego (7 years), her ongoing current affiliation.
Recently, Dr. Srejic was presented with 2 other honors: (1) Women in Neuro-Anesthesia and Neuroscience Mentorship, Education and Research Academy of Mentors Award, at the International meeting in 2023 for SNACC Society of Neuroscience in Anesthesia and Critical Care, and (2) UCSD Neuro-Anesthesia Excellence in Teaching Award presented by the Fellowship class 2023-2024.
One of the quotes she lives by: “The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. But the great teacher– inspires” by William Arthur Ward. She believes that the ability to infect one’s students with one’s personal professional enthusiasm and love for one’s craft is the ultimate gift.
Dr. Srejic will be recognized at the UBC Medical Alumni Awards 2025 on October 22nd.
Dr. Sarah McCorquodale
Dr. Sarah McCorquodale is a 2025 recipient of the UBC Medical Alumni Association Honorary Medical Alumni Award.
As Regional Associate Dean, Interior, Dr. Sarah McCorquodale provides strategic leadership for the Faculty’s undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs within B.C.’s Interior. In collaboration with Interior Health, the Divisions of Family Practice and community partners, she helps to ensure a high-quality educational experience for all learners in the region, and facilitates the Faculty’s health research strategy for the Interior.
Dr. McCorquodale is a family physician and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine, and has previously served as the Family Practice Site Director and provincially as the Clinical Experiences Integration Co-Lead and MEDD 422 course co-director.
Dr. McCorquodale will be recognized at the UBC Medical Alumni Awards 2025 on October 22nd.
Dr. Beverley Tamboline, BA’53, MD’60
Dr. Beverley Tamboline is a 2025 recipient of the UBC Medical Alumni Association Wallace Wilson Leadership Award.
Dr. Beverley Tamboline is a trailblazing physician, researcher, and advocate based in Vancouver, BC. One of only six women to graduate from the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 1960, following her earlier studies in the Faculty of Arts, she returned to Vancouver for her residency at Shaughnessy Hospital, after completing her internship at the University of Toronto, where she launched British Columbia’s first mentorship program for female physicians in 1962.
Her career spans seven decades and includes pioneering work in geriatric and occupational medicine. She served with the Provincial Mental Health Service before being appointed to lead the medical team at the Workers Compensation Board, where she enhanced occupational health standards across the province until her retirement in 1997.
Dr. Tamboline also served in the Royal Canadian Navy, holding the position of Principal Medical Officer at HMCS Discovery from 1968 to 1975, and later became the first woman elected President of the Defence Medical Association of Canada in 1981–1982.
Her leadership extended to numerous professional organizations:
- President of the Vancouver Medical Association (1987), only the second woman to hold the role.
- President of the UBC Medical Alumni Association (2000–2003) and long-time Newsletter Editor.
- President of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada (1980–1981), where she strengthened ties with the Medical Women’s International Association and championed women’s health and preventative care.
- President of the Medical Women’s International Association (1984–1987), during which she hosted the 1984 International Conference in Vancouver.
Her contributions have been recognized with numerous honours:
- Officer of the Order of St. John (1995)
- Silver Medal of Service from Doctors of BC (2011)
- Senior Membership in the Canadian Medical Association (2000)
- Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals) Award (1987)
- King Charles III Coronation Medal (2024)
Dr. Tamboline has also made lasting contributions to medical history and literature. She authored and edited several landmark publications, including:
- One Hundred Year History of Medical Women of British Columbia (1893–1993)
- Medical Women’s International Centennial Book: 100 Years in 100 Pages
- History of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada: 100 Year History (2024)
- Indomitable Lady Doctors: 50th Anniversary Celebration of the FMWC (1974)
Outside of medicine, she has been active in the arts and heritage sectors, serving on the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Opera Association and volunteering at the Museum of Anthropology. She also served as President of the Vancouver Associates (2000–2001).
Dr. Tamboline’s legacy is one of unwavering advocacy, mentorship, and leadership. Her impact on medicine in British Columbia and beyond continues to inspire generations of physicians.
Dr. Tamboline will be recognized at the UBC Medical Alumni Awards 2025 on October 22nd.
Dr. Nick Carr, BSc’77, MD’83
Dr. Nick Carr is a 2025 recipient of the UBC Medical Alumni Association Wallace Wilson Leadership Award.
Nick obtained a BSc in medical genetics from the University of British Columbia (UBC). He then taught school in Nigeria for 2 years before returning to medical school at UBC. He was the Gold Medalist in his graduating medical school class. He interned at the Toronto East General Hospital and then worked as a family doctor in Inuvik in the Canadian Arctic. He returned to Vancouver completing his plastic surgery training at UBC in 1990 followed by a hand and microsurgery fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Nick is a Clinical Professor in Surgery at UBC and has been on staff at Vancouver General Hospital since 1990. He served as residency program director and was chief of plastic surgery at UBC for over a decade. He is an active member in the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the NorthWest Society of Plastic Surgeons and has been president of all these organizations. He has also been an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, having been the Canadian representative on the ASAPS and ASPS Ethics Committees. He has successfully run Skinworks Surgery Centre, a private aesthetic surgery facility in Vancouver for over two decades.
As head of the UBC Division of Plastic Surgery Nick was instrumental in fund raising and establishing the BC Firefighters Burn and Wound Healing Laboratory and the Patty Clugston Endowed Chair in Breast Reconstruction.
Nick has been actively involved in UBC plastic surgery’s Uganda residency teaching program and has worked there regularly. His hobbies include skiing, biking, fly fishing, and guitar. Nick spends his weekends on his partner Linda’s farm on Galiano Island, where they keep their horses. He has three children, Matthew, Michael, and Lauren. Matthew and Michael are completing their plastic surgery training and Lauren has just started ophthalmology practice.