Dr. Roger Wong Appointed as Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education

Dr. Roger Wong, a Clinical Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine, is a Consultant Physician and Head of the Geriatric Consultation Program at Vancouver General Hospital. As Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, he will provide overall leadership of residency education programs, a role that will include ensuring that the CanMEDS framework is integrated into the Faculty’s programs; leading postgraduate medical education development; representing the Faculty in discussions with the B.C. Ministry of Health and accrediting and licensing organizations about postgraduate medical education,  health human resource planning and resident training requirements, financial management, allocation of residency positions to programs, distribution and expansion of residency training programs and funding; and interacting with the Ministry of Health and Canada Immigration to prepare and submit applications for resident work permits and visas. His appointment is effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2017.

Dr. Wong is President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society and founded the state-of-the-art Acute Care for Elders Units (ACE) in Vancouver, which has been implemented nationally and internationally. His clinical research focuses on hospital medicine in vulnerable older adults, including quality improvement in acute care geriatrics. Dr. Wong has published and lectured extensively on geriatric medicine and medical education, and has been invited as Visiting Professor by national and international centers. Dr. Wong is an invited member of multiple peer-review boards for scientific publications in the fields of geriatric medicine, internal medicine, and medical education. He has received numerous awards of appreciation from the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia to recognize his advocacy work in the community.

Dr. Wong received his MD degree from the University of Alberta in 1992 and completed postgraduate and fellowship training there. He joined UBC in 1997 and was promoted to Clinical Professor in 2010. He has taken on a number of educational leadership roles within the Faculty, including Assistant Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, Chair of the MD Undergraduate Program Curriculum Renewal Exit Competencies Working Group, and Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program from 2004 to 2012. He has been serving as Interim Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education since May. He has received numerous teaching awards in recognition of his teaching excellence, including the UBC Killam Teaching Prize in 2007, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Donald Richards Wilson Award in 2007, and the Department of Medicine Master Teacher Award in 2012. Nationally, he is a member of the Royal College Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine Examination Boards, and internationally, he was elected to the Fellowship of the American College of Physicians in 2005.