There were over 90 guests to celebrate the achievements of 7 residents graduating this year: 3 from Anatomical Pathology (Eric Bol, Lawrence Lee, Maziar Riazy); 3 from Hematopathology (Natalia Blaszcyk, Habib Moshref Razavi, Audi Setiadi), and 2 from Medical Microbiology (Shazia Masud and Inna Sekirov).

Fellows include Erin Chapman (Head & Neck Pathology), and Shadhiya Al Khan (Transfusion Medicine).

The graduation dinner was held on Monday June 5th 2017.

Congratulations to UBC Pathology Resident, Dr. Tyler Hickey who received a 2017 Stowell-Orbison Award - Certificate of Merit at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Working together with PHC pathologists, Dr. Avrum Ostry, Dr. Michael Seidman, Dr. Hamid Masoudi and Dr. John Maguire, Dr. Hickey presented a poster titled “Iatrogenic Hydrophilic Polymer Emboli Following Endovascular Procedures: A Potentially Fatal Complication”.

Residents and staff at USCAP 2017 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas

The Northern Medical Program, part of the University of British Columbia distributed medical program and first of its kind in North America, it’s a highly successful model for distributed education. Through UBC admission, 32 medical students join in the NMP each year. Also, every year Anatomical Pathology residents are instrumental in teaching the small group clinical-pathological correlation sessions for the UBC second year medical students and now they are providing the same support and level of teaching to the distributed sites. Drs. Catalin Taraboanta (PGY-4), Yazeed Alwelaie (PGY-4), Basile Tessier Coutier (PGY2), Tyler Hickey (PGY4), Deidre Ongaro (PGY2) and Ellen Cai (PGY2) have only recently (November 2016 and January 2017) flew to Prince George to teach. The dedication of these residents for providing equal learning opportunities to the UBC medical students at the distributed sites speaks volumes in terms of pathology’s department commitment to improve and elevate medical education.

Careers Night is an event organized by the UBC Medical Undergraduate Society to allow medical students to engage with residents and program directors. This year, PGY-2 Anatomical Pathology residents, Drs. Ellen Cai and Ariel Liu represented the residency program and even brought a microscope and sample slides to their booth. They were joined by Neuropathology representatives Drs. Peter Schultz and Ian Mackenzie.

Q"Medical students don't have enough opportunities to explore Pathology as a career through medical school,' Liu said. "This event is a great way for them to get to know what being a pathologist is like."

Medical students who dropped by were very excited to try the microscope. One even made the correct diagnosis of malignant melanoma on a sample slide. Cai encouraged interested students to apply for electives in lab medicine to try out the different subspecialty areas.

Next year the residents want to administer a mini-slide exam to identify the most qualified candidate to come to their program.

Yi Ariel Liu is a PGY-2 resident in Anatomical Pathology who enjoys painting in her spare time. This year she created thirteen original watercolour paintings of different organ histology for the speakers at the Canadian Anatomic and Molecular Pathology conference. Can you identify them all?