On May 14, the Faculty of Medicine celebrated the academic achievements and distinguished careers of faculty members during its annual Academic Gowns and Emeriti Recognition Ceremony.
From the Departments of Surgery, Midwifery and beyond, recipients from across the faculty wore black gowns to mark their recent promotions to Professor, Clinical Professor or Professor of Teaching.
Kate Shannon, professor in the Department of Medicine
One of the recipients, Kate Shannon, was promoted from associate professor to tenured professor in the Department of Medicine. She also holds the Canada Research Chair in Gender Equity, Sexual Health and Global Policy. She is also the executive director of the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity.
“This recognition is an incredible honour and also tremendously humbling,” Shannon said. “For me, it is confirmation that this is just the beginning and much more work needs to be done to advance gender equity and address sexual health gaps for marginalized and under serviced communities.”
Special recognition was also reserved for members who were granted Emeritus or Emerita status for the significant contributions they made over the course of their careers. In his opening remarks, Dermot Kelleher, dean of the faculty of medicine and vice-president of health, congratulated the members on their academic excellence and service to the community.
“Your research in all areas — from occupational science and therapy to pediatrics to health services and policy — has had a profound positive impact on patient and public health in communities across B.C., across Canada and around the world,” he said. “And your dedication to teaching has enabled the success of countless students now serving as dedicated care providers and scientists.”
Your research in all areas has had a profound positive impact on patient and public health… and your dedication to teaching has enabled the success of countless students.
Dermot Kelleher
dean, faculty of medicine
vice-president, health
The 2019 recipients are:
Recipients:
- Terrence Stephen Waters, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Garth Hunte, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Maria Michelle Hubinette, Department of Family Practice
- Gurdeep Parhar, Department of Family Practice
- John Paul Pawlovich, Department of Family Practice
- Millan S. Patel, Department of Medical Genetics
- Richard Arseneau, Department of Medicine
- Wee Shian Chan, Department of Medicine
- Philippa Hawley, Department of Medicine
- Cheryl Lynn Holmes, Department of Medicine
- Rhonda Shuckett, Department of Medicine
- Graham Wong, Department of Medicine
- Anthony P. Cheung, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Jerome Dansereau, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Stephen Howard Kaye, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Ari Giligson, Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Derek V. Godinho, Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Hugh MacPherson Parsons, Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Meenakshi Dawar, School of Population and Public Health
- Kenneth Fung, School of Population and Public Health
- Paul Hasselback, School of Population and Public Health
- Elisabeth Anne Baerg Hall, Department of Psychiatry
- Abi Dahi, Department of Psychiatry
- Ryojo Akagami, Department of Surgery
- Carl Brown, Department of Surgery
- Sonia A. Butterworth, Department of Surgery
- Roy Ma, Department of Surgery
- Ingrid T. Spadinger, Department of Surgery
- Elaine Wai, Department of Surgery
- Roanne Preston, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Eric Jan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Thibault Mayor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Christopher Loewen, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
- Guy Tanentzapf, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
- Saraswathi Vedam, Department of Family Practice
- William Thomas Gibson, Department of Medical Genetics
- Stephen K.L. Chia, Department of Medicine
- David Moore, Department of Medicine
- Kerry J. Savage, Department of Medicine
- Kate Shannon, Department of Medicine
- Scott Tebbutt, Department of Medicine
- Susan Forwell, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Andrew Philip Weng, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Shubhayan Sanatani, Department of Pediatrics
- Kimberlyn McGrail, School of Population and Public Health
- Monika Naus, School of Population and Public Health
- Jason Murray Sutherland, School of Population and Public Health
- Jehannine Austin, Department of Psychiatry
- Jacqueline Brown, Department of Radiology
- Alison Harris, Department of Radiology
- Jonathon Avrom Leipsic, Department of Radiology
- Michael Koehle, Department of Family Practice (Kinesiology)
- Penny Miller, Department of Family Practice (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Emeriti:
- Gary Brayer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Christian Naus, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
- Alastair Carruthers, Department of Dermatology and Visual Sciences
- Joanna Bates, Department of Family Practice
- John Cairns, Department of Medicine
- Richard Keith Humphries, Department of Medicine
- S.F. Paul Man, Department of Medicine
- David N. Ostrow, Department of Medicine
- Amanda (Mary) Skoll, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Sandra Irene Bressler, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Jan Gauthier, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Katerina Dorovini-Zis, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Alexander Magil, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Michael Allen Noble, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Hermann Ziltener, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Oscar Casiro, Department of Pediatrics
- Jeffrey H. Davis, Department of Pediatrics
- John Melville, Department of Pediatrics
- David Israel, Department of Pediatrics
- Anne Kristine Junker, Department of Pediatrics
- Juliette Prendiville, Department of Pediatrics
- Jeffrey Simons, Department of Pediatrics
- Carolyn Gotay, School of Population and Public Health
- Lili Kopala, Department of Psychiatry
- Anna Celler, Department of Radiology
- Garth Warnock, Department of Surgery