Dr. Lorraine MacDonald, MD’09
Through her medical training in northern B.C. and learning about the disparities in the provision of medical services, Dr. Lorraine MacDonald, MD’09 was inspired to practice as a family physician in rural and First Nations communities on Manitoulin Island in Ontario.
Dr. Rick Celebrini, BSc (Phys Ther)’92, PhD’2011
After a successful soccer varsity career as part of the UBC Thunderbirds, Rick is now Director of Sports Medicine and Performance with the Golden State Warriors. In his profile, Rick shares how he applied his UBC experiences to his career and his favourite memories as a UBC student-athlete.
Juliette Mudra, BMw’20
Juliette took the journey from the farm she grew up in the Nova Scotia to UBC’s Midwifery Program because of her dream: bringing midwifery to her rural community back home.
Dr. Richard Warren, MD’74
Dr. Richard Warren is a 2020 recipient of the UBC Medical Alumni Association Wallace Wilson Leadership Award. Dr. Warren is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of British Columbia in the Division of Plastic Surgery. He is currently Medical Director of the Vancouver Plastic Surgery Center. Dr. Warren was born and raised in […]
Dr. Kenneth Gin, MD’85
Dr. Kenneth Gin is a 2020 recipient of the UBC Medical Alumni Association Wallace Wilson Leadership Award. Dr. Gin graduated MD at UBC in 1985, and completed his internal medicine and adult cardiology training, followed by an echocardiography fellowship. Appointed by the UBC Department of Medicine and VGH Division of Cardiology in 1992, he achieved […]
Poh Tan, PhD’08
Entrepreneur. Scientist. Researcher. Polynesian dancer. Educator. PhD candidate, again! Dr. Poh Tan, PhD’08, is all these and more.
Claire O’Gorman, MPH’12
Finding the intersection of community development and health, Claire O’Gorman, MPH’12, utilized her education in public health and nursing to creating Alberta’s first supervised drug-consumption site, Safeworks.
Derek Mah, BA’96, BSc (Phys Ther)’99, LLB’03
Although no longer a practicing physiotherapist, Derek Mah, BA’96, BSc (Phys Ther)’99, LLB’03, has been able to merge his education in physical therapy and law in order to help people with personal injury litigation.
David Meddings, MHSc’94, MedRes’97
Dr. David Meddings, MHSc’94, MedRes’97, has worked at the World Health Organization since 2002 and is currently in the Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention.
Marshall Chasin MSc’81
Marshall Chasin, MSc’81, has been a clinical and research audiologist for almost 40 years. He is the director of research and the chief audiologist for the Musicians’ Clinics of Canada.