Dr. Jonathan White MB BCh BAO BMedSci(Hons) MSc(Med Ed) PhD FRCS(Gen Surg) FACS FRCSC
Dr White has been involved in surgical education for more than 15 years and obtained a Masters Degree in Medical Education from the University of Calgary in 2009. He was selected as the John Provan Canadian Outstanding Surgical Educator for 2010/11 and was awarded the University of Alberta’s McCalla Professorship in 2010 for Research in Teaching. He is the co-creator of Surgery 101 which has been downloaded more than 5 million times in almost 200 countries. He is the University of Alberta’s first Tom Williams Endowed Chair in Surgical Education and the first surgeon ever selected as a 3M National Teaching Fellow, and also received the University of Alberta’s Rutherford Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr White holds positions in both the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (Department of Surgery) and the Faculty of Education (Department of Educational Psychology) and he collaborates widely within these two Faculties and beyond. He is available to supervise students pursuing Masters Degrees and PhDs in the area of surgical education.
Dr. Parveen Boora
Dr. Boora co-created Surgery 101 when he was a chief resident at the University of Alberta. He is currently a General Surgeon in Lethbridge.
Shannon Erichsen
Shannon is the Team Lead of Undergraduate Surgical Education and joined the team in 2011. She is very interested how students learn and how to engage them in their learning. Shannon brings 25+ years of combined experience of working in the hospital and in medical education through various positions in Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Undergraduate Medical Education and Surgery. She is the recipient of the 2013 University of Alberta Support Staff Research Enhancement Award for consistently making a positive contribution to the research success of our Faculty/Department and the University. She is an avid audiophile and ensures everyone on the team listens to great music.
Tracy Berryman
Tracy Berryman is Dr. White Clinical and Academic Assistant, also know as the “Boss of the Boss” and has been with him since he opened his clinical practice in 2006. Tracy spends her days balancing Dr. White’s clinical and academic responsibilities. Tracy has been part of the Undergraduate Surgical Education office since Dr. White became the Director and has watched the team grow from being just herself and Dr White to the amazing team we have now. In her free time she spends time with her Daughter, Sophia and her Husband, Jason, and their 2 dogs, Lola and Harley.
Michelle Lindberg
Michelle developed her passion for education as a junior/senior high teacher and then joined the University of Alberta over fifteen years ago. Since then she has worked to enhance the knowledge and skills of faculty members, students, and community members, through curriculum development, course creation, workshops, and online learning opportunities. With a passion for health care, wellness, and leadership in education, she draws on her knowledge and experience in curriculum planning and development to work with the Surgery 101 team and guests to create outstanding learning materials. She loves being active and motivating our hard-working team to make sure they incorporate active breaks!
Surgery 101 Alumni
Michelle Peters-Jones
Michelle is a sociology and communication studies graduate and loves social media and communication. She previously worked at the Canadian Journal of Sociology. She has a passion for learning new skills and is looking forward to working with the Surgery 101 team and students to create creative and interesting educational materials. She loves climbing and can often be found at the Wilson Climbing Centre, bouldering or leading on the high walls.
Kellie Wright
Kellie is a student with the Surgery 101 team for the 2020 excitement-packed summer. She is currently a Native Studies student at the University of Alberta who aspires to become a nurse in the future. During her studentship, she was eager to develop and expand her social media skills further. Kellie is off to a great virtual start and is really enjoying e-working with the team!
Rachel Wang
Rachel was a student at Surgery 101 for the Summers of 2017-2019 and is going into her 4th year of a BSc in Pharmacology. Her strong background in directing, cinematography, photography, and post-production has been a great asset to the team these past summers. Rachel is a big fan of Marvel and Disney Studios and looks forward to be able to combine her love for medicine and fine arts in her future career.
Vidhi Patel
Vidhi was a student at Surgery 101 for summer 2019 and is in her third year of BSc. She is very knowledgeable about computing software, which has greatly helped in resolving issues and maintaining an efficient workflow for post-production of content. Her hawk-like hearing sense and editing skills have been a great attribute for the production team. Vidhi is exceptionally organized and always ready to help her co-workers allowing her to complete her work before the deadlines.
Natalie Marsden
Natalie was a student at Surgery 101 for summer 2017 and 2018, she is in Medicine at the University of Alberta in the fall of 2017. She was raised in southern Alberta and completed her Undergrad in Chemistry at the Augustana campus. Natalie is a very organized and creative addition to the team her attention to detail made her invaluable for our stop-motion projects, ensuring a smooth production from beginning to end.
Jenni Marshall
Jenni was the Digital Education Program Assistant here and most of her work focuses on Surgery 101. She has been with the team from 2008-2019 and was formerly the Year 3 Clerkship Administrator and returned to this new role after taking time off after her daughter was born. She loves the creativity involved in her role and working with such an excellent team around her.
Kat Pederson
Kat is the Year 4 Specialty Surgery Clerkship Administrator was part of the team from 2011-2017. This former roller derby girl came to us with 12 years experience in healthcare, and was also a Queen’s Bench court reporter. As a self-proclaimed nerd, she has loved being a part of the evolution of Surgery 101, from podcasts, to videos and beyond. When Kat is not at work, she volunteers at the Edmonton Humane Society and runs a cupcake business. She also loves to blog, paint, read comics, get tattoos, and spend time with her daughter, husband, dog, and two cats.
Corey Luda
Corey was a summer student in 2015 at surgery 101 and has decided to return for 2016. Corey was born in Toronto and raised in Cold Lake, AB. He is currently enrolled at the University of Alberta working towards a BSc major in pharmacology, going into his second year. Corey has been a listener of Surgery 101 since he was 14. He is also a supporter of the New Jersey Devils and Bayern Munich.
Lucy Wang
Lucy is a student at Surgery 101 for summer 2015. She immigrated from China in 2005, has just finished her second year at the University of Alberta, and will be entering the U of A School of Medicine in the Fall. Lucy is strongly passionate about singing and has produced/collaborated on multiple song covers in the past couple of years. She is very enthusiastic about upcoming Surgery 101 projects and hopes to learn everything she can about video editing and production.
Keshav Bhargava
Keshav finished his BSc at the University of Alberta, and is currently working on a law degree at the University of Alberta. In his spare time, Keshav likes to spend time with his friends and family, watch hockey, and play golf during the summer.
Juanita Gnanapragasam
Juanita is currently pursuing a degree in Biological Sciences, minoring in Music. She has always been a supporter of Surgery 101 and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to work with the incredible Dr.White and his team in summer 2014. Outside of school she can be found baking cakes and watching Netflix. She cites Surgery101 as one of the best experiences of her undergraduate career; and advises any students who consider working with Surgery101 in the future to just go for it an apply.
Jennifer Dacany
Jennifer is an alumni from the Digital Media and IT Diploma program at NAIT. Specializing in Digital Cinema, she worked on a number of projects such as short films, documentaries and music videos. Aside from video production, Jennifer is involved in photography and has covered events including StoryWorldQuest and the 2015 Alberta Film and Television Awards.
Anna Yu
Hello! My name is Anna and I’m a medical student at the U of A. I enjoy reading, napping, and the occasional run during my free-time. Currently, I own more instruments than I can play (working on it!) Having trained as an engineer before medicine, I think surgery+technology is pretty awesome! It was a lot of fun being an actress, puppeteer, and animator for Surgery101!
Jesse Basnak
I’m a third year medical student at the University of Alberta. I’m interested in free open access medical education (FOAM), peer-to-peer learning, and applying technology to teaching. I got started with Surgery 101 in 2012 by developing virtual patients. It’s been awesome to watch the initiative grow since then, and be part of the fun. I’m excited to see where we take medical education in the future.
Youness Elkhalidy
I am a medical student part of the 2017 graduating class here at the U of A. My nickname within the class is the “5 O’clock shadow” for I have both a fast growing beard and a tendency to shadow especially in the evening. Although studies have taken over most of my time for the past 8 (!) years, outside of school I am an avid basketball player and enjoy running more than is probably healthy for me. Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of working with the Surgery 101 team and have learned a lot about medical education and surgery. I have really enjoyed being part of this great initiative and hope to continue helping out where I can. So far I am most interested in the otolaryngology head and neck surgery and wish to pursue this interest going into my next 2 years of clerkship.
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ennifer Baird
Former summer student at Surgery 101.
Matt Villeneuve
Former summer student at Surgery 101.
Justine McKinnon
Former summer student at Surgery 101.
Cassidy Freeman
Former summer student at surgery 101.
Jazleen Dada
Former summer student at surgery 101.
Alex Preston
Former summer student at surgery 101.