Department of Surgery

The UBC Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery educates students at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels, and pursues research to make innovative advancements in knowledge and practice to improve health.

Specialty training programs are offered in Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics, Thoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery.

 

24
Master's Students
10
Graduate Degrees Awarded
 

Open Research Positions

This list of possible research projects is non-exhaustive. It only shows positions that are specifically advertised in the G+PS website.

 

Research Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Caron, Nadine health policy; special health needs and disparities of rural, remote, northern and Aboriginal communities.
Cheifetz, Rona Surgical oncology; Education
Crook, Juanita Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics
Davis, Noelle cancer surgery and surgical oncology, Surgical oncology, Head and neck cancer
Garnis, Catherine Cancer biology; Tumor progression; Oral premalignant lesions; Head and neck cancer; RNA biology, microRNAs; Alternative splicing; Biomarkers
Haji, Faizal Health care safety and quality improvement; Surgical Education; Global Surgery; Simulation in Healthcare; Health Professions Education; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Hoffman, Bradford Understanding how the genes critical to endocrine pancreas development, as well as ?-cell function and proliferation are regulated is essential for the development of novel strategies for the production of insulin-secreting cells, and for improving the efficacy of available transplantable material.
Honey, Christopher Richard Neurosurgery, deep brain stimulation, trigeminal neuralgia, menifacial spasm, movement disorders, mood, pain
Isaac, Kathryn Surgery; Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Johnson, James diabetes, hormones, cell biology, signal transduction, apoptosis or programmed cell death, heart failure, heart disease, calcium signalling, pancreatic cancer, obesity, longevity, imaging, Causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes at a molecular level discovery of genes and associated gene networks linked to diabetes risk and by known risk factors that predispose individuals to diabetes
Levings, Megan Immunology; Cell therapy; Immune tolerance; Transplantation; Autoimmunity; Gene Therapy; Regulatory T cells
Luciani, Dan Cell metabolism; Cell differentiation, proliferation and death; Organelle function; Other basic medicine and life sciences; Diabetes; Pancreatic beta-cell function and failure; Mitochondrial physiology; Lysosomal physiology; Cell calcium signalling; Cell stress signalling; Mechanisms of cell death; autophagy; Cellular senescence; fluorescence microscopy
Lynn, Francis Diabetes; ß-cell development; ß-cell biology; Human pluripotent stem cells; CRISPR/Cas; transcriptional regulation
Meneghetti, Adam Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery; oncology; Education and Curriculum Development
Mui, Alice Inflammatory Signalling Pathways
Nunez, Desmond Sensory systems, auditory; Otorhinolaryngology; Age Related Hearing Loss; Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss; Recurrent Acute Otitis Media
Oldani, Graziano
Olson, Robert Clinical oncology; Clinical trials; Radiotherapy; stereotactic radiotherapy; patient reported outcomes; Head and Neck Cancer; Breast Cancer; Epidemiology; Community Health / Public Health; Social Determinants of Cancer; health services delivery; Lung cancer
Phang, P Terence Colorectal cancer surgery, clinical research, diagnostic imaging, laparoscopy, sphicter-preserving resection, transanal microsurgery, medical education
Qayumi, Abdul Karim Device development and testing; Long-term survival of donor organs; Interactive teaching program development
Redekop, Gary Clinical trials in stroke and cerebrovascular disease, neurosurgery
Sidhu, Ravindar Vascular surgery, Medical education research, Postgraduate assessment and evaluation
Skarsgard, Erik Fetal surgery, Chest wall disorders in children, birth defects, neonatal surgical outcomes, perinatal networks, prenatal diagnosis and intrauerine surgery
Tamber, Mandeep Surgery; clinical epidemiology; registry research; epilepsy surgery; Hydrocephalus; Craniofacial surgery; pediatric neurosurgery
Taylor, David Medical, health and life sciences; Vascular surgery and diseases
Verchere, Bruce Diabetes research, pediatrics, Beta cell survival and function
Webber, Eric Pediatric surgery, Surgical education, post-graduate medical education, pediatric gastric surgery, delivery of healthcare services, hepatology
Wiseman, Sam Michael Surgical oncology, endocrine surgeyr, general surgery, clinic/translational research, education/teaching
Yee, John Lung transplantation, thoracic oncology, pulmonary surgery

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