Faculty

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jared Baylis

Meet Dr. Jared Baylis, Clinical Assistant Professor with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine.

UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Co-Interim Heads Extended to 2023

Dr. Roy Purssell and Dr. John Tallon will have their interim headship of the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine extended to June 30, 2023.

DEM clinical instructor Niresha Velmurugiah leads national survey on collection of sociodemographic data in emergency departments

Dr. Niresha Velmurugiah published new research in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, which found that the majority of Canadian emergency departments do not collect patient race, ethnicity and language data

Charlotte Crosbie

CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Hospital Site:Vancouver – Burnaby Hospital Dr. Charlotte Crosbie is a graduate of Dalhousie University Medical School (MD, 2016). She obtained her Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specialty certification in June 2021 through the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver site. Dr. Crosbie is also a non-practicing lawyer. Prior to […]

Savannah Forrester

CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR Hospital Site:Vancouver Island – Victoria General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital Dr. Savannah Forrester is a staff physician working out of both the Victoria General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. She is the physician lead and project co-lead for a Delirium Process Improvement project partnered with Seniors Health on Vancouver Island. […]

Dr. Barinder Brar selected as newest Emergency Medicine Leadership fellow

Dr. Barinder Brar has been selected as the most recent fellow in the University of British Columbia (UBC) – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Emergency Medicine Leadership Fellowship program.

Jeff Eisen

CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Hospital Site:Vancouver Island – Victoria General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital Dr. Jeff Eisen is an Emergency Physician at Victoria General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital, and Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine.  After completing residency he began his career in Barrie, Ontario working at (what is now called) the […]

Riyad Abu-Laban

PROFESSOR Hospital Site:Vancouver – Vancouver General Hospital Dr. Riyad B. Abu-Laban is an Emergency Physician at Vancouver General Hospital, Professor in the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM), and Scientific Director of the BC Emergency Medicine Network. He holds a MHSc in epidemiology from UBC, and has a wide range of publications including first authorship […]

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Emily Stewart

Meet Dr. Emily Stewart, a clinical instructor with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine and an emergency physician with Kelowna General Hospital.

John Tallon

CLINICAL PROFESSOR AND DEPARTMENT CO-HEAD Hospital Site:Vancouver – Vancouver General Hospital Dr. John M. Tallon is a Co-Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine. He recently finished his term as inaugural Chief Medical Officer with the British Columbia Emergency Health Services/Provincial Health Services Authority (August 28, 2020) where he was previously Vice President of Medical […]