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Dr. Ruth Vilayil
Dr. Ruth Vilayil is a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (2015). She trained at the University of Alberta, with international experience in New York, India, and East Africa, and spent three years in Kampala, Uganda, where she served as Head of Department at an international women's hospital and Consultant OBGYN at The Surgery Uganda. She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC, Principal Investigator at UBC's Global Surgery Lab, and Regional Division Head of Gynaecology for Fraser Health Authority, as well as a practicing community Gynaecologic Surgeon and Obstetrician in Maple Ridge, BC. Her interests include surgical education, quality improvement, and global health.
Dr. Ruth Vilayil
Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia
Dr. Esther Chin
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster University
Dr. Esther Chin
Dr. Esther Chin is an Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Assistant Professor, and Global Health Lead of the Department of Ob/Gyn at McMaster University, where she is also Founding Programme Director of the Graduate Diploma in Global Surgery. She holds a Master's in Global Surgical Care from UBC, where she is Adjunct Professor and Principal Investigator at the Global Surgery Lab. She also serves as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Dr. Chin developed STITCH, a surgical simulator for postpartum haemorrhage procedures, used in rural Canada and sub-Saharan Africa, and has worked clinically in Angola, Guatemala, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Her research interests include surgical education, simulation, health equity, maternal mortality, and obstetric fistula.
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Global Surgery Lab
The Global Surgery Lab is an interdisciplinary, inclusive, and diverse group that aims to improve knowledge of and access to surgical care in underserved communities through innovative, anti-colonialist, and equitable educational platforms and research projects.
The global pandemic introduced changes in the delivery of surgical care and spurred calls for action to address the social inequalities that plague our healthcare systems, including the need for surgical education that addresses historical biases and inequities in the ways that surgical providers and the populations they serve access high-value surgical care. The GSL was established during the height of the pandemic to organize and direct the growing energy of students and faculty from disciplines across campus and around the world with passions for surgery and social justice. Through the work of a diverse team of students, nurses, and physicians, the GSL’s vision is to achieve universal access to quality surgical care worldwide.
The global pandemic introduced changes in the delivery of surgical care and spurred calls for action to address the social inequalities that plague our healthcare systems, including the need for surgical education that addresses historical biases and inequities in the ways that surgical providers and the populations they serve access high-value surgical care. The GSL was established during the height of the pandemic to organize and direct the growing energy of students and faculty from disciplines across campus and around the world with passions for surgery and social justice. Through the work of a diverse team of students, nurses, and physicians, the GSL’s vision is to achieve universal access to quality surgical care worldwide.
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