UBC Surgery Fellows Social
We were thrilled to host our Clinical Fellows Social on November 20, 2025 bringing together an incredible group of fellows from around the world who are completing training at UBC.
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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.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Caron, Nadine | health policy; special health needs and disparities of rural, remote, northern and Aboriginal communities. |
| 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 | Surgical Education; Global Surgery; Simulation in Healthcare; Health Professions Education; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; 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 | Breast Reconstruction 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 |
| Karimuddin, Ahmer | Surgical Education; Colorectal Cancer; Inflammatory bowel disease; Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery; Anorectal Diseases; Surgical Education, Colorectal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery, Anorectal Diseases |
| Levings, Megan | Immunology; Cell therapy; Immune tolerance; Transplantation; Autoimmunity; Gene Therapy; Regulatory T cells; Immunology, Cell therapy, Immune tolerance, Transplantation, Autoimmunity, Gene therapy, Regulatory T cells |
| Luciani, Dan | 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; 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; CRISPR/Cas, Diabetes, Human pluripotent stem cells, Transcriptional regulation, ß-cell biology, ß-cell development |
| Ma, Zhenwei | Biointerfaces and biomaterials design; Medical device engineering and functionalization; Mechanobiology, biomechanics and mechanotherapy; Interfacial mechanics of biological and synthetic materials; |
| Meneghetti, Adam | Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery; oncology; Education and Curriculum Development; Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery, Oncology, Education and Curriculum Development |
| Mui, Alice | Inflammatory Signalling Pathways |
| Nunez, Desmond | Age Related Hearing Loss; Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss; Recurrent Acute Otitis Media; Age Related Hearing Loss , Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Recurrent Acute Otitis Media |
| Oldani, Graziano | |
| Olson, Robert | 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; 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, Ravi | 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; Neurological disorders (except neuromuscular diseases); Pediatrics; clinical epidemiology; registry research; epilepsy surgery; Hydrocephalus; Craniofacial surgery; pediatric neurosurgery; clinical epidemiology, registry research, Epilepsy surgery, Hydrocephalus, Craniofacial surgery, pediatric neurosurgery |