RESIDENTS’ ADVOCATE AWARD

The PAR-B.C. Residents’ Advocate Award is to recognize an individual who does not need to be a physician that advocates on behalf of Residents and in doing so improves their well being. The award will be presented annually to a person who conducts him- or herself in an ethical and professional manner, who is respected in the community and who through his or her advocacy improves Residents’ well being in any of the following areas:

• Personal
• Work
• Educational

2011 – Dr. Aisling O’Gorman, Pediatrics

2010- Dr. Syed Morad Hameed, General Surgery Program Director

2009 – Dr. Steve Beerman, Family Practice, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

2007/2008 – Dr. Alexandra Tcheremenska-Greenhill, BC Medical Association

2006 – Dr. Eric Yoshida, Division of Gastroenterology, UBC

2005 – Dr. Carl Whiteside, UBC Rural Family Medicine

2004 – Dr. Richard Klasa, Medical Oncology, BC Cancer Agency

2003 – Dr. Eric Webber, General Surgery, Vancouver Hospital

2002 – Dr. Kristin Sivertz (Co-recipient) Psychiatry, Vancouver Hospital

2002 – Dr. Kamal Rungta, (Co-recipient) Psychiatry, Vancouver Hospital

2000 – Dr. Dr. Galt Wilson, Family Practice, Prince George, Site