Damian Feldman-Kiss, Interior Site
Damian was born in Ottawa but raised by the mountains in BC and New Zealand. How, might you ask? Well, refusing to become an adult, Damian graduated high school then hopped on a flight to Vancouver. Although Whistler Park was a softer place to fall than the ice in Quebec, he needed more, so he […]
Trisha Kandiah, Vancouver Site
Having lived in Ontario her whole life, Trisha was excited to make the drive from her hometown Ottawa all the way to Vancouver in order to work alongside the amazing people in beautiful British Columbia! When she is not in the hospital you can find her either playing basketball at Kitsilano Beach, singing at home, […]
Hanna Parmar, Vancouver Site
Hanna joins an elite crew of UBC lifers, having completed her undergraduate and medical degrees in Vancouver before joining the Vancouver emergency medicine residency program. She is drawn to the acuity, diversity and procedural components of emergency medicine, and has a particular interest in point-of-care ultrasound. As a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and […]
Victoria Forcina, Vancouver Site
Victoria is from Toronto, Ontario but made the big move to BC for EM and wouldn’t have it any other way. Shocked by the flashing green traffic lights and “hikes” that are purely uphill, Victoria is slowly getting accustomed to her new surroundings and learning the ways of the laid-back west coasters. Considering a “late night” […]
Francesca Bell Peters, Vancouver Site
Francesca grew up on beautiful Gabriola Island, trail running, cliff jumping, and getting sea-sick on the ferry to school every day. After completing her degree in Biochemistry at UVIC, she spent two years working with children on the Autism Spectrum. She was excited to move to Vancouver for medical school, and was quickly hooked on […]
Daniel Shi, Vancouver Site
Daniel hails from the far-away land of Brampton, Ontario. He grew up playing chess, video games, cards, and pretty much any other type of game you can think of. After completing medical school at Queen’s, he was thrilled to make the move out west for EM. While on call, you can find Daniel trying to […]
Tracy Huynh, Vancouver Site
Tracy was born and raised in the beautiful city of Surrey, BC. She went to Simon Fraser University and never finished her degree in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry because she did too many co-op terms and the courses were too detail-heavy for her tiny brain. She did, however, start a hiking club at SFU after […]
Inderdeep Mander, Fraser Site
Inderdeep was born and raised in cold and snowy Edmonton. She completed her undergrad in Psychology and Bio Sci and worked on community advocacy throughout her medical school career. She co-founded the Bag Half Full program during the pandemic to delivery groceries to vulnerable community members. Passionate for mental health, she also co-founded a Peer […]
Jessica Jacob, Fraser Site
Jessica was born in South India and spent her early childhood in the UK and the Middle East before finally settling in Maple Ridge, BC. It’s safe to say that the travel bug got to her at a young age. She would find any and every excuse to explore, mostly through the avenue of attending […]
Eva Bruketa, Vancouver Island Site
Eva joins us with a bit of mileage under her belt as she was born in Germany, lived in California, and then moved to Toronto to complete a double major in neuroscience and psychology. From there, she moved yet again for her medical school training at Queen’s University and then looked across the country to […]