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.
From the departments of occupational science and occupational therapy to medical genetics and beyond, recipients from across the faculty wore black gowns to mark their recent promotions to Professor, Clinical Professor or Professor of Teaching.
Dr. Janice Kwon
One of the recipients, Dr. Janice Kwon, was promoted from associate professor to tenured professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology where she is also department vice head.
Dr. Kwon is a gynecologic oncologist at UBC, Vancouver General Hospital, and BC Cancer. She is also a clinician scientist affiliated with OvCaRe and Chair of the Priority and Evaluations Committee at BC Cancer. She serves as the Chair of the National BRCA Collaborative, and on the Committee on Economic Analysis for the Canadian Cancer Trials Group. Her expertise is in hereditary cancer syndromes and conducting cost-effectiveness analyses of testing criteria and risk-reducing interventions.
“It is truly an honour to be promoted, and to join the company of such highly respected colleagues in my department,” Dr. Kwon said. “This could not have been possible without the support of my department, academic environment and collaborators, and I feel very fortunate to be here. I look forward to contributing to the academic mandate of this department, by guiding the career path of the next generation of trainees, and developing research collaborations with partners throughout UBC and worldwide.”
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.
Recipients:
- Tillie-Louise Hackett, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- George Isac, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Matthew Klas, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Jörg Gsponer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Brian Deady, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Joseph Finkler, Department of Emergency Medicine
- James Goulding, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Robert Stenstrom, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Leslie Vertesi, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Maureen Ashe, Department of Family Practice
- Wendy Norman, Department of Family Practice
- Cornelius Boerkoel, Department of Medical Genetics
- Monica Beaulieu, Department of Medicine
- Hannah Briemberg, Department of Medicine
- Kristine Chapman, Department of Medicine
- Michael Copland, Department of Medicine
- Gerald Da Roza, Department of Medicine
- Jasmine Grewal, Department of Medicine
- Shannon Jackson, Department of Medicine
- Kenneth Madden, Department of Medicine
- Yazdan Mirzanejad, Department of Medicine
- Christopher Ryerson, Department of Medicine
- Marie-France Delisle, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Janice Kwon, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Jessica McAlpine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Patricia Erlendson, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Liisa Holsti, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Michael Lee, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Mary Lou Jackson, Department of Ophthalmology
- Hamza Khan, Department of Ophthalmology
- Christine Alvarez, Department of Orthopaedics
- Danny Goel, Department of Orthopaedics
- Reza Alaghehbandan, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Lindsay Brown, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Katherine Chipperfield, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Marc Romney, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Peter Schubert, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Brian Skinnider, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Suzanne Vercauteren, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Shelina Babul, Department of Pediatrics
- Angela Devlin, Department of Pediatrics
- Laura Sly, Department of Pediatrics
- Susan Cox, School of Population and Public Health
- Hugh Davies, School of Population and Public Health
- Christian Schütz, Department of Psychiatry
- Arman Rahmim, Department of Radiology
- Jason Shewchuk, Department of Radiology
- Neil Chadha, Department of Surgery
- Carol Dingee, Department of Surgery
- Mitchell Liu, Department of Surgery
- Elaine McKevitt, Department of Surgery
- Daniel Wong, Department of Surgery
Emeriti:
- David Ansley, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Angela Enright, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Raymer Grant, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Jon Harper, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Carolyne Montgomery, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Pieter Cullis, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Lawrence McIntosh, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Martin Dawes, Department of Family Practice
- Carol Herbert, Department of Family Practice
- Lorne Clarke, Department of Medical Genetics
- Susan Creighton, Department of Medical Genetics
- Jeff Beckman, Department of Medicine
- Mary Doyle-Waters, Department of Medicine
- Vincent Duronio, Department of Medicine
- Neil Reiner, Department of Medicine
- Stephen Sullivan, Department of Medicine
- H.C. George Wong, Department of Medicine
- Mark Heywood, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Sydney Thomson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Henry Woo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Jillian Rihela, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Samuel Broome, Department of Ophthalmology
- Peter O’Brien, Department of Orthopaedics
- Margaret Colbourne, Department of Pediatrics
- Peter Wong, Department of Pediatrics
- Rosemary Basson, Department of Psychiatry
- William Koch, Department of Psychiatry
- Roy O’Shaughnessy, Department of Psychiatry
- Thomas Pickles, Department of Surgery