2025 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipient: Dr. Lindsey Forest
Dr. Lindsey Forest, DEM Clinical Instructor, has received the Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching.
We Are Hiring: PGME Program Director
The UBC Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking a part-time PGME Program Director.
Publication Highlight: Real-Time Virtual Support
Congratulations Drs. Helen Novak Lauscher and Kendall Ho on their recent publication, Real-Time Virtual Support: a network of virtual care for rural, remote, First Nations, and pan-provincial communities in British Columbia, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)! In British Columbia, a collaboration among the Rural Coordination Centre, the First Nations Health Authority, the BC […]
International Overdose Awareness Day: Sidney Should Be Here
On August 31, we come together to observe International Overdose Awareness Day, a vital opportunity to raise awareness about the devastating impact of drug overdoses and to promote effective prevention strategies.
BC RESURECT: 20 Years of Advancing Resuscitation Science
For over two decades, the BC Resuscitation Research Collaborative (BC RESURECT) has brought together clinicians, scientists, and first responders to develop research strategies to improve survival from cardiac arrest in Canada.
Congratulations to our 2025 UBC-MGB Emergency Medicine Leadership Fellows
The UBC Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) is pleased to announce that Dr. Trevor Skutezky and Dr. Michael Bergunder have been selected for the 2025 UBC-MGB Emergency Medicine Leadership Fellowship at Mass General Brigham.
Publication Highlight: Prehospital antibiotics and intravenous fluids for patients with sepsis
Drs. Jim Christenson, Laurie Morrison, Rob Stenstrom have recently published Prehospital antibiotics and intravenous fluids for patients with sepsis: protocol for a 2×2 factorial randomised controlled trial. In their research, they found that quickly recognizing and treating patients with sepsis can significantly improve survival rates. Unfortunately, patients taken to the hospital with sepsis often don’t receive […]
$3.5 million CIHR funding awarded to DEM researchers
Drs. Brian Grunau, Jeffrey Brubacher, and Corinne Hohl recently received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Meet our 2025 Incoming Residents
The UBC Department of Emergency Medicine is delighted to welcome this year’s exceptional cohort of new trainees who will join the RCPSC-EM Residency Program starting in July 2025. This diverse group of incoming residents brings a wealth of experiences from various backgrounds, and we’re excited to support them as they embark on their important journey […]
Indigenous History Month
June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to honour and celebrate the stories and experiences of Indigenous people. We encourage all of our faculty, staff, and students to recognize this occasion and to consider taking action in the spirit of celebration and solidarity. In particular, we want to highlight an important report about racism […]