Brian Grunau receives the MSFHR 2019 Health Professional – Investigator Award
Congratulations to Brian Grunau for receiving funding from the MSFHR’s 2019 Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) competition. His research studies are on ‘How can we Improve Survival from Opioid-Related Cardiac Arrest?’. The MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program is designed to develop BC’s research talent and help decrease the gap between health research and its implementation. The awards support […]
Jill McEwen Receives 2019 CAEP President’s Award
Dr. Jill McEwen was recognized with the 2019 CAEP President’s Award, presented at the recent CAEP conference. The President’s Award recognizes a member who has demonstrated a commitment to CAEP through activities that have directly impacted the association. CAEP activities include board activities, committee work, involvement with working groups, advocacy, research, CPD activities, international work. […]
Jim Christenson Receives Helen Karounis Memorial Award for Professionalism in EM
Congratulations to Dr. Jim Christenson, who received the Helen Karounis Memorial Award for Professionalism in Emergency Medicine at the 2019 CAEP Conference. This award recognizes a physician, resident, staff, who upholds the highest standards of professionalism in emergency medicine. The recipient demonstrates the following qualities: Is altruistic, has integrity, is honesty, and conducts themselves […]
Caroline Tyson Receives CAEP Terry Sosnowski Memorial Teacher of the Year Award
Dr. Caroline Tyson received this prestigious teaching award at the 2019 CAEP conference. The award recognizes excellence and dedication in teaching the next generation of emergency medicine physicians. Congratulations Dr. Tyson! See more 2019 CAEP award recipients.
First Residents Graduate from Kelowna Residency Program Site
Congratulations to Dr. Jared Baylis and Dr. Daniel Ting on their recent graduation from the UBC RCPS-EM Kelowna Program Site! This is the inaugural graduation for the remote residency training site which began accepting residents in 2014. Dr. Ting has started working clinically at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Children’s Hospital. Dr. Baylis has started […]
Andrew Kestler Receives VCHRI Innovation & Translational Research Award Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Kestler for his recent VCHRI Innovation and Translational Research Award for his study, “Buprenorphine/naloxone to-go and intensive outreach team follow-up for emergency department patients with opioid use disorder”. Dr. Kestler has received $75,000 to be used over 2 years. St. Paul’s Hospital ED launched a pilot program in December 2018 to […]
Faculty Renewal Update: Substance Use and Addictions Faculty Member
The Department is very happy to announce that Jessica Moe has accepted the offer as a full-time funded academic faculty member within the Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC. This position was awarded to the Department from the Faculty of Medicine to focus on Substance Use and Addictions. Jessica is highly qualified and is already […]
Jeff Brubacher: Low THC levels not linked to increased risk of car crashes
Canadian drug-impaired driving laws penalize drivers found to have blood THC levels of between two to five nanograms per millilitre. However, new research led by the University of British Columbia suggests that THC levels less than five nanograms/ml of blood do not lead to an increased risk of causing car crashes in most drivers. […]
Dr. Julian Marsden is awarded the 2019 David Haughton Leadership Award!
Dr. Julian Marsden is awarded the 2019 David Haughton Leadership Award! Julian was awarded the 2019 David Haughton Leadership Award which “Recognizes the exemplary achievements of Dr. Julian Marsden as a Physician, Leader, and Teacher in the Section of Emergency Medicine of Doctors of British Columbia”. Emergency Medicine in BC has been and continues to […]
Dr. Kevin Clark new RCPS Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director
We are pleased to announce and to congratulate Dr. Kevin Clark as the new RCPS Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director effective June 1, 2019. This is a new position only in that it is now separate from the distributed Associate Director positions in Vancouver, Fraser, the Interior and Vancouver Island. We are grateful to Brian […]