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Dr. Sidney H. Zbarsky
Dr. Zbarsky joined UBC in 1949 from the University of Minnesota. He was a professor in the Department of Biochemistry for his whole career.
Dr. Rocke Robertson
Dr. Robertson studied medicine at McGill and served as the first Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Shaughnessy Hospital and Chief of Surgery at Vancouver General Hospital. On a few occasions he was Acting Dean of the UBC medical school. In 1959, he moved to Montreal where he continued his medical and academic career.
Dr. Robert Bens Kerr
Dr. Kerr joined UBC in 1950 as Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Ray Parkinson
Dr. Parkinson was a member of the first medical class. He later practiced psychiatry in Vancouver.
Dr. Norman MacKenzie
MacKenzie, at 92, discusses his early career, the formation of the medical faculty and school, and the obstacles encountered.
Dr. James G. Foulkes
Dr. Foulkes was recruited to UBC as a Professor of Pharmacology in 1957 and remained for the rest of his career.
Dr. Harold Copp
Dr. Copp describes the early teaching years; the BC Medical Centre; inter-faculty relations; the second Dean John Patterson and the integrated teaching experiment; the new medical sciences buildings; the huts and the Wesbrook Building
Dr. George B. Elliott
George Elliott was a former chief of surgical pathology at Vancouver General Hospital. He also worked for many years for the BC Provincial Health Department.
Dr. Geoffrey Clement Andrew
Dr. Geoffrey Clement Andrew Interviewed May, 1985 Int.: Professor Andrew, perhaps we could begin with your explaining a little bit about your role in the beginning of the Faculty of Medicine? G.A.: Well, I came to the University of British Columbia in September 1947 as Professor of English and assisting in the administration of the […]
Dr. Donald H. Williams
Dr. Donald H. Williams Interviewed September, 1985 Int.: Dr. Williams, to begin with could you tell us when you got involved with the Faculty of Medicine? What year were you first involved in what was going on out there? D.W.: Well, from the time that I arrived in Vancouver in December 1937 I became involved […]