Regina learner Holly Kozan (MD Class of 2028) is an elite goaltender in Canada's National Ringette League (NRL), giving her a unique perspective as she journeys through medical school.
From greenhouse laboratory to teaching sites across the province, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Medicine has been shaping health care in Saskatchewan and beyond for a century. This year the college celebrates two milestones—100 years since the two-year School of Medical Sciences was established and 70 years since students have been able to take their entire four-year medical degree at USask.
Dr. Calvin Tsui recognized for excellence as a medical education teacher with a 2025 Regina Campus Teaching Award.
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Twenty individuals and two teams from across the College of Medicine have been honoured for their outstanding dedication and contributions through the 2025 Faculty and Staff Awards.
The campaign for the College of Medicine Regina Campus expansion at Regina General Hospital has successfully concluded, raising an incredible $400,000 thanks to the generosity of our donors and alumni.
A pediatrician, scholar, and esteemed educator, Dr. Sarah Forgie (MD) is the new dean of the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) College of Medicine.
The College of Medicine is celebrating the staff and faculty recipients of its 2023-24 college awards.
Following years of collaborating with other universities to train dermatology residents for Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Medicine will welcome its first resident into its newly accredited dermatology program in July 2024.
Dr. Ernesto Figueiro (MD, PhD) and his team are conducting clinical research on the use of placental growth factor (PlGF) test as a tool to manage high-risk pregnancies, aiming to improve outcomes for Saskatchewan mothers and babies. A $150,000 grant will help expand the team as they develop the test for clinical use.
In 2019, two University of Saskatchewan (USask) medical residents began their journey to become pediatricians.
REGINA – The College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is celebrating the expansion of its Regina-based undergraduate medical doctor (MD) program with the grand opening of its new campus facilities. The ribbon cutting ceremony officially marks the expansion of the MD program in Regina to the full four years and celebrates the MD program being based in two Saskatchewan cities.
SASKATOON – The College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has achieved further strong results for its medical doctor program from the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS).
REGINA – An anatomy lab is being built at Regina General Hospital to support University of Saskatchewan (USask) medical students learning in Regina.
It’s been a series of firsts for the medical doctor (MD) program on the College of Medicine’s Regina campus. For some, it’s their first time in Regina, for others it’s integrating a whole new year of curriculum, space planning and facilitating cultural experiences.
In the spring, the College of Medicine sent out a call for nominations for awards to recognize staff members at the college who go above and beyond.
The University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Medicine Regina Campus welcomed its first cohort of Year 1 students on Aug. 3.
For Drs. Erin Kot and Jackie Ferguson, graduates of University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Medical Doctor (MD) and Obstetrics and Gynecology programs, building their clinic in Regina was a clear choice. It’s their hometown and where they found support from their colleagues and career opportunities.
As Saskatchewan drops its proof-of-vaccine requirements and masking orders, doctors and nurses are angry and frustrated, as they care for record numbers of COVID patients.
Three simulated patients talk about their experiences in helping medical students practice their skills while training to become physicians.
Dr. Rob Woods (MD) recalls working a shift with a fifth-year emergency medicine resident about a year ago. A new staff physician who’d been a resident the year before was just finishing his shift and was handing off patients to Woods, an emergency medicine and transport physician in Saskatoon and director for the emergency medicine residency program in USask’s College of Medicine. The three of them sat down together.
This past summer, I had the privilege of participating in a community-based participatory research project with the pewaseskwan (The Sky is Clearing) research group.
For people struggling with opioid and other addictions, COVID-19 hit swiftly with devastating results.
Being a University of Saskatchewan medical student in Regina has always felt like being in on a best kept secret.
SASKATOON – The University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) College of Medicine will expand its teaching and learning presence in Regina in August 2022 when that campus will become home to about 40 first-year medical students.
Two College of Medicine faculty received Nutrien Women of Distinction Awards at YWCA Regina’s virtual awards gala on May 29. These awards honour women for their community contributions and leadership.
Saskatchewan now has its first Regina-based pediatrics residency program.
When it comes to transporting patients in need of emergent medical care, the stars are the limit!
Becoming a doctor was a career path that Dr. Rashmi Bhargava’s (MD’91) father suggested.
