The Department of Medicine at Providence Health Care has a proud tradition of excellence in clinical care, research, and education. Many of our members are superlative educators and researchers and as a result of their labours, have been recipients of numerous prestigious international, national and local awards.

Special Awards

Dr. Barry Kassen, Head, Division of General Internal Medicine, PHC, VA and UBC, is the recipient of 2010 The Prix d’excellence from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in recognition of his longstanding contribution to medical education and to the academic community. The Prix d’excellence is awarded annually in each province or territory recognizing Fellows for achievement in any of the three criteria: outstanding qualities and contributions as medical educators; outstanding service to their community; outstanding service to the Royal College

Dr. John Gill, Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology has won the 2010 Clinical Science Investigator Award from the American Society of Transplantation.

Dr. Evan Wood Receives Junior Doctor of the Year Award from British Medical Journal (2010)

 

Dr. Evan Wood, a lead researcher at Providence’s BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), has been recognized by one of the world’s leading providers of trusted medical information and services, BMJ Group, for his groundbreaking research in HIV, public health, illicit drug policy and addiction.

 

BMJ Group, publisher of the BMJ (British Medical Journal), named Dr. Wood as the recipient of its first annual Junior Doctor of the Year honour, which is provided to a physician who is early in their career and has done the most to improve the world we live in or to inspire others. Dr. Wood was selected for this inaugural award from among more than 100 nominations from Britain and countries as far afield as Sudan, Iraq, Australia and Brazil.

 

Dr. Wood is co-director of the BC-CfE’s Urban Health Research Initiative (UHRI). Dr. Wood is one of the founding principal investigators of Vancouver’s Insite, North America’s only supervised injecting facility. His scientific and peer-reviewed evaluations of Insite have demonstrated that the program reduces overdose deaths, lowers HIV transmission rates, and increases uptake into addiction treatment.  He now serves on the editorial boards of a host of infectious disease and addiction journals and is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Drug Policy.

Dr. Julio Montaner, Head, Division of AIDS and Director, B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS received the 2009 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Knowledge Translation Award. 

On November 17, 2009 CIHR presented gold medals to four of Canada's most outstanding researchers including Dr. Montaner. For more information please click here.

Dr. Jim Russell (Critical Care Medicine) received the 2009 Research and Mission Award from Providence Health Care in recognition for his groundbreaking work on sepsis and the genetics of inflammatory responses in the critically ill. For more information on Dr. Russell's research interests, please click here.

Dr. Julio Montaner, Head, Division of AIDS and Director, B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, is the first Canadian recipient of the The National Institutes of Health (NIH) inaugural Avant-Garde Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) consisting of $500,000 per year for five years. (Announced September 4, 2008)

The funding from the Avant-Garde Award will be directly earmarked for research related to the advancement of the Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS (STOP HIV/AIDS) proposal.

Dr. Julio Montaner, Head, Division of AIDS and Director, B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, recently became President of the International AIDS Society (IAS) during the closing ceremony of the International AIDS Conference that took place in Mexico City in August 2008. The world's leading independent association of HIV/AIDS professionals, the IAS speaks as an independent voice for global action to end the AIDS pandemic.

Dr. Andy Ignaszewski, Head of the Division of Cardiology, was recently awarded the 2008 Individual Award for Excellence in Health Promotion from the B.C. Medical Association. The award recognizes exceptional efforts that have demonstrated a concern for the health and safety of British Columbians through specific initiatives that show ingenuity and creativity, with the goal of positive, long-term improvement.

Dr. Adeera Levin received the 2007-2008 National Kidney Foundation’s Garabed Eknoyan Award for exceptional contributions to key initiatives of the NKF such as the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) or clinical research in the field of kidney disease.

In 2008 Dr. Adeera Levin (Nephrology) and Dr. Thomas Kerr (Respiratory Medicine) were honoured with the Providence Health Care Research and Mission Award.

Dr. G. E. Ted Wilkins (Endocrinology), was the recipient of 2006 The Prix d’excellence from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Region 5, in recognition of his longstanding contribution to medical education and to the academic community. The Prix d’excellence is awarded annually in each province or territory recognizing Fellows for achievement in any of the three criteria: outstanding qualities and contributions as medical educators; outstanding service to their community; outstanding service to the Royal College.

Dr. Anita Palepu (General Internal Medicine) was honoured with the 2006 Boston University School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Award.

Dr. Barry Kassen (General Internal Medicine) was the recipient of the prestigious Osler Award in 2004, the highest honour that the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine bestows on individuals in recognition of extraordinary professional contributions and achievements over the course of a career and who demonstrate excellence in achievement in the field of general internal medicine, either in clinical practice, research, medical education, or specialty development.

Teaching Awards

Dr. Rhonda Shuckett (Rheumatology) is the recipient of the UBC Class of 2011 Outstanding Educator Award. This award is made by the 2nd year medical students to a lecturer who has brought exceptional interest, dedication and involvement in teaching.

Dr. Barry Kassen (General Internal Medicine) is the 2008 recipient of the Killam Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in teaching by UBC faculty.

Dr. Linda Vickars (Hematology) is the recipient of the 2008 Career Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching at UBC.

Dr. Jean Gilles (Rheumatology) was awarded the Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 2007.

2007 - 2008 UBC and PHC Department of Medicine Teaching Awards

Dr. Debbie Rosenbaum (General Internal Medicine)
The SPH Graeme C. Copland and The Fay R. Dirks Award for Excellence in Teaching at UBC.

Dr. Ron Werb (Nephrology)
The SPH Howard B. Stein and UBC Master Teacher Award.

Research Awards

Dr. Karin Humphries (Cardiology) was awarded the 2008 Achievement Award for Excellence in Applied Research at UBC. In addition, Dr. Humphries also received the 2008 PHC Department of Medicine and Martin M. Hoffman Award For Excellence in Research.

Dr. Don Sin (Respiratory Medicine) received the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award in the Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research from the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine.

Dr. Julio Montaner (AIDS) was recipient of the the 2007 Killam Research Award at the University of British Columbia.

Grants

There are three Canada Research Council Chairs among the membership of the Department of Medicine.  Dr. Andrew Sandford is the Canada Research Chair, Tier II, in Genetic Susceptibility to Inflammatory Airway Diseases (2001), Dr. Don Sin is the Canada Research Chair, Tier II, in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (July 2004), and Dr. Denise Daley will be a Canada Research Chair, Tier II, to be announced in October 2008.

In addition, several Department members have been successful in achieving personnel support awards:

Boyd, John
2007 MSFHR Post Doctoral Award – Clinical
2007 SPH Foundation Physician Scholar Award

Cook, Wendy
2007 SPH Foundation Physician Scholar Award

Daley, Denise
2007 MSFHR Scholar Award – Population Health
2008 Canada Research Chair (Tier II) TBC October 2008

Dorscheid, Del
2002 MSFHR Scholar Award - Clinical
2006 CIHR New Investigator Award
2006 MSFHR Senior Scholar Award – Clinical

Gill, Jagbir
2008 SPH Foundation Physician Scholar Award

Gill, John
2005 MSFHR Scholar Award – Health Services

Grewal, Jasmine
2010 SPH Foundation Physician Scholar Award

Harrigan, Richard
2008 GlaxoSmithKline CIHR Research Chair Award

Hogg, Robert
2001 MSFHR Senior Scholar Award – Population Health
2004 Michael O’Shaughnessy Professorship in HIV/AIDS and Population Health

Humphries, Karin
2002 MSFHR Scholar Award – Clinical
2006 CIHR New Investigator Award
2008 MSFHR Senior Scholar Award – Health Services

Khan, Nadia
2006 CIHR New Investigator Award
2006 SPH Foundation Physician Scholar Award

Kerr, Thomas
2006 MSFHR Scholar Award – Health Services
2006 CIHR New Investigator Award

Lee, Phillip
2006 SPH Foundation Physician Scholar Award

MacRedmond, Ruth
2007 MSFPH Post Doctoral Award – Biomedical
2007 CIHR Fellowship Award
2007 SPH Foundation Physician Scholar Award

Montaner, Julio
1996 UBC Endowed Chair in AIDS Research

Palepu, Anita
2004 MSFHR Senior Scholar Award – Population Health

Paré, Peter
2001 MSFHR Distinguished Scholar Award – Biomedical

Ramanathan, Krish
2006 SPH Foundation Physician Scholar Award

Sandford, Andrew
2001 Canada Research Chair (Tier II, Genetics)
2003 MSFHR Scholar Award – Biomedical
2008 MSFHR Senior Scholar Award – Biomedical

Sin, Don
2001 CIHR New Investigator Award
2004 Canada Research Chair (Tier II, Respiration)
2004 MSFHR / GSK - SPH Foundation Professorship in COPD
2006 MSFHR Senior Scholar Award – Clinical

Tyndall, Mark
2005 BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
2006 MSFHR Senior Scholar Award – Health Services

Van Eeden, Stephan
2006 MSFHR Senior Scholar Award – Clinical

Walley, Keith
2003 MSFHR Distinguished Scholar Award – Clinical

Webb, John
2008 McLeod Family Professorship in Valvular Heart Disease Intervention