Celebrating faculty and staff achievements

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.

Funding boosts USask team developing test to determine preeclampsia risk

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.

USask’s College of Medicine Regina campus cuts the ribbon on MD program expansion and new anatomy lab

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.

A year of firsts for College of Medicine’s Regina campus

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.

Cathy Cuddington: Advocacy in Action

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.

USask OB-GYN alumni build their practice in Regina

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.

Rewards of teaching and research go beyond sharper clinical skills for USask medical faculty

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.

USask College of Medicine campus in Regina set to expand

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.