Actors, friends, and Welsh football team co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney added another role to their résumés: colonoscopy advocates.

#CSCRS Paper Session #CSF2024 come join us in M3 now to hear what your 🇨🇦colorectal colleagues are working on. Cdn General Surgeons CAGS Residents Ahmer Karimuddin

So proud to call Kelly Vogt our chair!

Canadian surgeons gave a hand to Society of Surgical Ergonomics at #CSF2024 Ameer Farooq MD MPH FRCSC here showing how it’s done! 💪 More data on surgeons hands 👏anthropometric to help design more adaptable instruments!🧰

So delighted to finally meet Surgical Ergonomics in person! Amazing to see how the society has grown and the culture change being driven by such a passionate group of people. #csf2024

It’s official, that’s a wrap on #CSF2024! Huge thank you to everyone - speakers and delegates alike - who helped us expand our procedural understanding and technical expertise, as well as those who showed us how to be vulnerable and compassionate in our pursuits.

Doctors of BC, in partnership with Provincial Health Services Authority, is launching a weekly webinar series – Tech Tuesday – to introduce the provincial solution for eReferrals. Join to learn the essentials of eReferrals & be part of the positive change in our #HealthCareSystem. ereferralsbc.phsa.ca

We asked, they answered! Learn what BC’s party leaders told us about their #HealthCare priorities. ow.ly/5vWp50TG0u8

Increasing the influence of the #PhysicianVoice. Our health care system is facing significant challenges. ER closures, a physician shortage, wait times, and delays are just a few of the issues. Read the President’s Comment: bcmj.org/presidents-com… Doctors of BC Ahmer Karimuddin

Respiratory illness season is here. Practice healthy habits: • Get your free, up-to-date flu and COVID-19 vaccines • Clean your hands well and often • Stay home if you’re sick • Wear a mask if you have cold/flu symptoms • Cover your coughs & sneezes gov.bc.ca/Respiratory-Il…

It’s National Rural Health Week! We're proud to celebrate the dedication, innovation, and impact of health care providers in rural communities across Canada. #RuralHealthWeek

Read the November President’s Comment ahead of print: “What we speak becomes the house we live in.” If we speak a language of #hope and togetherness, that is the future we will build. Read the President’s Comment: bcmj.org/presidents-com… #EarlyOnline Doctors of BC Ahmer Karimuddin

“What we speak becomes the house we live in.” Health care in British Columbia and across Canada has been shrouded in negativity for quite some time. Read the President’s Comment: bcmj.org/presidents-com… Doctors of BC Ahmer Karimuddin

82% of people said they’d go to work ill rather than getting a sick note from a health care professional. Sick notes are more than a nuisance – they’re part of our health care crisis.

Thank you for helping us be “better #together; never alone.” As I reflect on the past year, I am sincerely #grateful for the opportunity to have served as president. Read the President’s Comment: bcmj.org/presidents-com… Doctors of BC Ahmer Karimuddin

Congratulations to The Medical Post Innovative Practice Award Winner, Paul Winston MD - Restoring Movement is the goal.! Watch their video interview: ow.ly/jZtO50Uu3JQ Read their profile: ow.ly/Zcm150Uu3JM IslandHealthResearch @ourvichosptials @ubcimp #TheMedicalPostAwards

As we count down the final hours of 2024, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our members for this an incredible year for the surgical community. 🥂 Here’s to an incredible 2025, filled with new opportunities and continued excellence in general surgery. #HappyNewYear!

Meet our President Charlene Lui! “I hope for a transformed health care system that allows all physicians to provide high quality care in a system that is sustainable & harnesses innovation to meet the ever-evolving needs of patients & care providers.” doctorsofbc.ca/about-us/gover…

Upon returning from the SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! meeting w many American friends and colleagues, a plea. Let’s return to respecting/standing shoulder to shoulder with allies. And watchful eyes on countries that don’t share our mutual values of freedom and liberty. #bettertogether

Honoured to be named Head of Surgery University of British Columbia. I look forward to working with our incredible faculty, staff & learners to advance surgery. This wouldnt be possible without my UBC General Surgery family & Providence Health Care Colorectal Surgery team. They are my true inspiration.