EDUCATION:

B.Sc. Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology
University of Calgary
1985-1989

Medical School
University of Toronto
1989-1993

Internship
St. Paul’s Hospital
1993-1994

General Surgery Residency
University of British Columbia
1994-1999

Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship
Mount Sinai Medical Center
1999-2000

CERTIFICATIONS:

Board Certified in General Surgery
The American Board of Surgery

LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS:

OR State Medical License (2000-2025)
WA State Medical License (2007-2027)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Diabetes Association
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
American College of Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
British Columbia Surgical Society
Association of Women Surgeons
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
North Pacific Surgical Association

AWARDS/HONORS:

I.B. Holubitsky Memorial Award for Academic Excellence, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, 1999
Resident’s Research Prize at British Columbia Surgical Society Annual Spring Meeting, Whistler, British Columbia, 1999. Effect of an esophageal bougie on the incidence of longterm dysphagia after Nissen fundoplication: a prospective, double-blind, randomized trial.
W. H. Sutherland Award, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, 1999
Resident Award for Teaching Excellence, Canadian Association of General Surgeons & Merck Frosst, 1998
Senior Resident 1st Prize at General, Thoracic, and Vascular Resident’s Research Day, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, 1998
Resident’s Research Prize at British Columbia Surgical Society Annual Spring Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, 1997 Radiofrequency ablation of porcine liver in vivo: effects of blood flow and treatment time on lesion size.
Graduated with Honours, M.D., University of Toronto, 1993
Graduated with First Class Honours, BSc., University of Calgary, 1989
Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship, Alberta Heritage Fund, 1989
Summer Studentship, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 1989
Province of Alberta Scholarship, 1988
University of Calgary Undergraduate Merit Award, 1988
Alberta Society of Professional Biologists Scholarship, 1988
Summer Studentship, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 1988
Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship, Alberta Heritage Fund, 1987
Calgary Co-operative Trust Fund Bursary, 1987
Summer Studentship, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 1987
Province of Alberta Scholarship, 1986
University of Calgary Undergraduate Merit Award, 1986
Calgary Japanese-Canadian Centennial Scholarship, 1986
Summer Studentship, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 1986
Alexander Rutherford Scholarship, Alberta Heritage Fund, 1985
University of Calgary Matriculation Merit Award, 1985