Defining Rare Disorders: A Profile of Dr. Judith Hall | The Scientist Magazine
At a 1978 genetics conference in Montana, Philip Pallister, then the clinical director of the Boulder River School and Hospital, asked medical geneticist Judith Hall and a group of other researchers a rather startling question: Should we dig up a decomposing baby? “This story is ghoulish,” Hall tells The Scientist. The baby had been born with extra fingers, […]
Congratulations to Dr. Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon!
Dr. Kissoon is the recipient of the 2020 Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award presented by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) for exemplary and pioneering achievements in the care of critically ill and injured infants and children. The Society of Critical Care Medicine is pleased to present this distinction during the combined American […]
World Sleep 2019 conference in Vancouver, Sept 20-25
World Sleep Society (founded by World Association of Sleep Medicine and World Sleep Federation) has collaborated with the Canadian Sleep Society to host World Sleep 2019. The venue selected for the congress on sleep medicine from September 20-25, 2019 is the Vancouver Convention Centre. World Sleep 2019 offers a worldwide forum inviting sleep professionals […]
New leadership in the Department of Pediatrics effective Sept 1 2019
**On behalf of Dr. Allison A. Eddy, MD, FRCP(C), Head, UBC Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital** Delighted that each of them has agreed to take on new responsibilities and they are already having an impact!