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EDI Spotlight – Stephen Tredwell
For the month of July, each Monday we are featuring an interview with a UBC Department of Orthopaedics member about how equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) appears in their life.
In the first spotlight of our four-part introductory EDI Spotlight Series, we speak with Professor Emeritus Dr. Stephen Tredwell.
Dr. Kishore Mulpuri on ‘local to global to local’
“Local to global to local” is the mantra of UBC Orthopaedics. And one thing Dr. Kishore Mulpuri would like to clear up as the new department head is the common perception—or misperception—of the term “international.”
2022 Academic Gown Ceremonies
On May 25, the Faculty of Medicine celebrated the academic achievements and distinguished careers of faculty members during the most recent Academic Gowns and Emeriti Recognition Ceremony. We would like to congratulate our newly promoted faculty members! Learn more about the careers and accomplishments of our UBC Orthopaedics honourees: Drs. Peter O’Brien, Christine Alvarez, and Danny Goel.
Dr. Dena Shahriari Receives NSERC Discovery Grants for Spinal Cord Research
Dr. Dena Shahriari among Faculty of Medicine researchers awarded more
than $3.9 million through 2022 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) programs.
Dr. James McEwen Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
Long-time Faculty member Dr. James McEwen was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Washington, DC. Dr. McEwen invented the first microprocessor-controlled automatic surgical tourniquet system. Devices based on his innovations are used worldwide in close to 20,000 surgeries each day!