MD’94 30th Anniversary Reunion

Friday Welcome Reception
Date: Friday, October 4, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Salon A, Tigh-Na-Mara | 1155 Resort Dr, Parksville, BC

Saturday Morning Presentations and Breakfast (Classmates only)
Date: Saturday, October 5, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Salon A, Tigh-Na-Mara | 1155 Resort Dr, Parksville, BC

Saturday Evening Dinner
Date: Saturday, October 5, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Walbran & Foyer, Tigh-Na-Mara | 1155 Resort Dr, Parksville, BC

Emil Lee is a community radiologist, with a subspecialty in interventional radiology, in the Valley Medical Imaging group in the Fraser Valley. He is Past President of the BCRS & Doctors of BC Section of Radiology, Past President of the Canadian Association of Radiologists, and past member of the Board of Chancellors of the American College of Radiology. He is currently President of the Canadian Radiological Foundation, the Regional Medical Director/Regional Department Head of Medical Imaging, Fraser Health Authority and the District 6 Representative on the Representative Assembly of Doctors of BC. He attended UBC for his diagnostic radiology residency with Silvia Chang, Will Siu, Vanessa Van Raalte & Ken Wong from the class of 94. After completing a fellowship in interventional radiology at the University of Iowa, he returned to British Columbia where he has been practicing since. His outside interests include travel, SUP, running, scuba diving, skiing and having spirited debates with his wife and two children.

Joined the illustrious UBC 94 class as a young and immature 20 year old Alberta farm boy. Has developed into a full grown General Internist practicing in Penticton with a special interest in cardiac risk reduction, cardiac rehab and valvular heart disease. Takes great pride in being a mentor to generations of young UBC trainees, considers himself kind of a " health care concierge  " . An amateur bon vivant and foodie with more interests than time currently lives in Naramata wine country with wife Michelle of 26 years and a dad to four great kids.

After residency Aaron worked at the Very Great Hospital, before moving on to Royal Columbian Hospital for the last 25 years.  However when Covid hit and the stores of ivermectin and bleach got low, he started to help out in the smaller communities ultimately becoming a Locum throughout the arctic including being one of the last docs to leave Yellowknife as the fires evacuated the city last year. He continues to work at Royal Columbian in the emergency and expensive care unit, as well as Squamish general hospital. And then when the kids get expensive flies his little plane to the smaller hospitals of the Sunshine Coast and continues to Locum in the north.

Sanjay Parikh is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Seattle Children's Hospital and Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington.   Dr. Parikh attended medical school at the University of British Columbia (hoorah!) and then trained in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Toronto. He then undertook fellowship training in pediatric otolaryngology at Boston Children's Hospital - Harvard Medical School.  He worked in New York City at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore-Einstein for 10 years before joining Seattle Children's Hospital - University of Washington in 2011.

Dr. Parikh is President-Elect of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Past Chair of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Past President of the Northwest Academy of Otolaryngology. Dr. Parikh’s current research interest is to further the understanding of the role of bias in shared-decision making between caregivers and families of children with sleep apnea.  He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children where he spends his free time with his family cooking, cycling, and skiing.

Accommodations are available at Tigh-Na-Mara (please see details below)

Tigh-Na-Mara
Website: https://tigh-na-mara.com/
Address: 1155 Resort Dr, Parksville, BC V9P 2E3

Spa Bungalow Studios: $224/night
Spa Bungalow Suites: $260/night
Two Bedroom (pet-friendly) Cottages: $305/night
All other room types are available on a discounted event rate.

To book under the UBC MD’94 Reunion at Tigh-Na-Mara:

1. Booking Website: https://tigh-na-mara.com/book-now | Group code: 11B6IY
2. Phone: Call the Reservations Department at 800-663-7373 and quote UBC MD 1994 30th Anniversary Reunion to receive the group rate.

Reservations need to be booked by Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Classmate Ticket Cost: $325
Guest Ticket Cost: $275

Registration for this event is now closed.