Some of the events that happened during the year

Author
Mayumi Shimada
Residency Program Assistant;
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC;
(604) 875-4111 ext 23087
pathology.residencyasst@ubc.ca

Get to know Mayumi Shimada, New Residency Program Assistant

Hi everyone! I recently joined the UBC Pathology team. It is my pleasure to share a bit about myself. I was born in Japan and came to Vancouver when I was 18. I received my BA majoring in International Studies at SFU. I have lived in Vancouver for more than 10 years and I feel Vancouver is like my second hometown. Before joining UBC, I have worked at various educational institutions both in Canada and Japan for more than 7 years. I am very excited to start my career at the Pathology Dept. In my private life, I love to read, try new restaurants/cafes, and exercise at the gym.

1. How would you describe yourself? I'm always looking for creative inspiration wherever I can find it (in drawing, DIY, photographing..)
2. What five characteristics must your work environment or culture have to make you feel engaged, alive, excited, and contributing as an employee? Respect, integrity, teamwork, open communication, balance
3. What quality do you most admire in a leader? Integrity
4. What skills would you like to develop in future? Photography and cooking skills
5. What’s something that no one would guess about you? When I was a kid, I had many afterschool activities such as playing tennis, paying the piano, learning the calligraphy, magician skills, drawing, chorus, swimming… and more!
6. Something you would never do? Running a full marathon, just simply I don’t have physical strength to keep running for that long.
7. Where’s the next place on your travel bucket list and why? I definitely want to go to Uzbekistan and try as many local foods as possible (especially non bread).
9. What’s the most visited website on your Internet browser? The most played song on your phone? Instagram. And, “Life is Like a Song” by Wanting Qu.
10. Fill in the blank: If you really knew me... In my parents’ home, there are approx. 1,000+ books in 10 bookcases and my love in comics/novels starts there.
11. When are you the happiest? When I go to see my family in Japan with my husband.
Author
Shelley Berkow B.Com
Residency Program Manager;
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC;
Phone 604.875.4111 ext. 23125
shelley.berkow@pathology.ubc.ca

CARMS

The residency office was extremely busy over the last few weeks, with all the CARMS candidates interviewing for our 7 residency positions starting July 2019. We found out on Feb 26 who matched to our program, and we are very happy to welcome the following PGY1 residents July 1:

  • Anatomical Pathology: Ardalan Akbari (UBC), Chen Yu (Jamie) Lee (Western), Collin Pryma (UBC) and Deepak Toor (Western)
  • Hematopathology: Robert Guo (Western)
  • Medical Microbiology: Suefay Liu (UBC)
  • Neuropathology: Brenden Joseph (Western)

General Pathology Residency Program

Effective July 1, 2019 , the General Pathology residency program will be inactive.

Competence By Design

New this year, Anatomical pathology is the first of the Pathology Residency programs that will be implementing Competence By Design in July with our four new PGY1 residents. We are busily preparing for this transition. The incoming PYG1 residents will no longer spend 1 year doing a Basic Clinical Year. This has been reduced to 6 blocks. They will spend the first 2 blocks with Anatomical Pathology on orientation, and then the 6 clinical blocks and the remaining 5 anatomical pathology blocks will be scheduled throughout the rest of the year. The other PGY2-5 residents will remain on the traditional track.

Residents’ Graduation Dinner

The UBC Pathology Residents’ Graduation dinner will be held on Thursday May 16 at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club.

    This year we have 10 residents graduating.
  • Anatomical Pathology: Kenrry Chiu, Nissreen Mohammad, Daniel Owen, Jessica Saunders & Ema Todorovic
  • Hematopathoogy: Maraym AlBakri, Krista Marcon and Hamish Nicolson
  • Medical Biochemistry: Catherine Cheng
  • Medical Microbiology: Lisa Li

    Two fellows will be completing their fellowships this year:
  • John Aird – Gastrointestinal Pathology – Supervisor- Dr David Schaeffer
  • Noorah AlMadani – Gynecological Pathology – Supervisors: Dr Blake Gilks and Dr Lien Hoang

Farewell to Dr. Pat Doyle

We said farewell to Dr Pat Doyle, past Program Director of the Medical Microbiology Residency Program at the Residency Training Committee meeting & wished him well on his retirement from clinical duties.

Finance
Seen here with his past residents & current RTC members:
L-R Dr Chris Lowe (Program Director, Medical Microbiology Residency Program), Dr Victor Yuen, Current MedMicro PGY4 Resident, Dr Titus Wong, Dr Shazia Masud, Dr Pat Doyle, Dr Miguel Imperial, Dr Linda Hoang, Dr Ghada Al-Rawahi, Mrs Shelley Berkow (Program Manager) & Dr Jen Grant (Infectious Diseases)