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Resume

Providence Health, Vancouver, BC

  • General & Colorectal Surgeon

  • Medical Staff Executive Committee (2020-22)

  • Surgical Champion, ERAS and SSIs (2012-20)


Education

  • BSc in Chemistry, University of Toronto, 1997

  • MD, Western University, 2001

  • General Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, 2007

  • Colorectal Surgery, University of Toronto, 2008


Additional Applicable Training

  • Crucial Conversations, 2019

  • University of British Columbia, Sauder Medical Leadership Course, 2016

  • Governance & Communications with Dr. Janice Stein

  • Governance & Leadership, Banff Leadership Institute


University of British Columbia

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

  • Director, General Surgery Residency Program


Doctors of BC

  • Tariff Committee (2016-22)

  • MOCAP Redesign Panel (2013-15)


Joint Collaborative Committees

  • Co-Chair, Specialist Services Committee 2020-22

  • Member, Specialist Services Committee 2013-18

  • Virtual Care Task Force (2021)

  • Provincial Surgical Executive Committee (2018-20)

  • General Surgery Reference Panel (2010-12)

Canadian Association of General Surgeons

  • Chair, Canadian Surgical Forum (2023-24)

  • Lead, Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (2020-22)

Quality Improvement

  • Enhanced Recovery Canada (2016-22)

  • BC Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Collaborative (2014-16)

  • BC Surgical Preoperative Optimization Collaborative (2018-21)


General Surgeons of BC

  • President (2010-14)


BC Surgical Society

  • President (2019-21)


Awards

  • UBC Program Director of the Year Award 2022

  • UBC General Surgery Resident Advocate Award 2021

  • PGME Faculty Wellness Award 2019

  • Island Medical Program Award for Excellence in Surgical Teaching 2012

  • Victoria Hospitals Foundation Caring Spirit Award 2010

  • Vancouver Island Clerkship Teaching Excellence Award 2011-2012

  • B’nai B’rith Human Rights Achievement Award 1994