Dr. Brian Grunau receives Mid-Career Achievement Award and Lecture from the American Heart Association
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Grunau for receiving a 2023 Mid-Career Achievement Award from the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative, and Resuscitation with the American Heart Association.
Department Spotlight: Janet Chung
Meet Janet Chung, Undergraduate Medical Education Program Manager with the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Natasha DeSousa selected as 2023 Emergency Medicine Leadership fellow
Dr. Natasha DeSousa 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.
Dr. Gord McInnes receives 2023 UBC Faculty of Medicine Award
Congratulations to Dr. Gord McInnes for receiving a 2023 Faculty of Medicine Award.
Emergency medicine resident Dr. Kevin Duncan studies patient opinion and acceptance of ED buprenorphine/naloxone to-go home initiation packs
Buprenorphine/naloxone to-go is a well-regarded and acceptable treatment initiation strategy for patients with opioid use disorder who visit the Emergency Department, according to a new study by UBC DEM RCPSC-EM resident Dr. Kevin Duncan and UBC DEM clinical professor Dr. Andrew Kestler.
UBC emergency medicine graduate Dr. Matt Douglas-Vail leads study on the association of forest fires with emergency department visits in BC
There is a probable association between air quality during forest fire season and emergency department visits for respiratory chief complaints, according to a new study led by UBC Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) RCPSC-EM graduate Dr. Matt Douglas-Vail.
Meet our 2023 Incoming Residents
The UBC Department of Emergency Medicine is honoured and excited to welcome an incredible group of new trainees to our RCPSC-EM Residency Program in July 2023.
Dr. Kevin Clark recognized with PGME Program Director Award
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Clark, Provincial Program Director of the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) RCPSC-EM Residency Program, for being recognized for his outstanding service to postgraduate medical education (PGME) at UBC with a PGME Program Director Award.
UBC emergency medicine researchers find virtual physician calls safely reduce in-person visits to the emergency department
UBC Department of Emergency Medicine researchers published a new study in CMAJ Open, showing that the addition of virtual physicians to British Columbia’s existing health information telephone service safely reduces the number of urgent in-person visits to provincial emergency departments.
Applications now open for the 2023/24 clinical faculty mentorship program
Apply now to be a UBC Department of Emergency Medicine clinical faculty mentor or mentee!