Disaster Medicine Interest Group joins the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine
The UBC Department of Emergency Medicine established the Disaster Medicine interest group in October 2023, which will support disaster medicine collaboration, research and training among healthcare professionals in British Columbia.
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Anthony Fong
Meet Dr. Anthony Fong, Clinical Assistant Professor with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine.
In the News: Dr. Anthony Fong reflects on his time as Fogo Island’s only doctor
Dr. Anthony Fong, Clinical Assistant Professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine, published an article in CBC News about the two weeks he spent as the only doctor in Fogo Island.
In the News: Dr. Anthony Fong writes about how ‘medical gaslighting’ can harm long-COVID patients
Dr. Anthony Fong, Clinical Assistant Professor, published an article in Healthy Debate about the harms of under-recognition of long COVID.
In the News! What it’s like at a Canadian field clinic in Ukraine
Dr. Anthony Fong, a UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor, and other Canadian doctors and nurses volunteering at a field clinic in Ukraine near the Polish border are seeing surges of exhausted refugees with heartbreaking stories. Watch CBC’s The National and Forum Daily.
In the News! Canadian doctors, nurses provide medical aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland
Dr. Anthony Fong, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor, talks to Global News about the work of the Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT), a humanitarian organization that helps provide disaster relief.
In the News! ‘All the trends paint a dire picture’: B.C. facing looming shortage of family physicians
Dr. Anthony Fong, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor, writes about the looming shortage of family physicians British Columbia faces as an estimated 40% of family physicians are expected to retire in the next 10 years.
In the News! For Olympic hopefuls, long COVID poses career threat
Dr. Anthony Fong, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor co-writes about how world-class athletes are still facing the fact that age and fitness doesn’t spare them from prolonged COVID symptoms that could be career ending.
In the News! Emergency departments at a ‘tipping point’
Dr. Anthony Fong, a clinical assistant professor with UBC Department Emergency Medicine and an emergency physician at Delta Hospital, writes about a recent paper, “Saving emergency medicine: is less more?” published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, and the state of emergency departments in Canada on healthydebate.ca.
In the News! Are vaccinated people getting hospitalized with Omicron? Your COVID-19 questions answered
CBC asked Dr. Anthony Fong, a clinical professor at UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, about vaccine passports and proving COVID-19 status to an employer without a test. CBC Share this story: Latest News