- Overview
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I have endeavoured to provide mentorship to medical students at UBC, and particularly to foster students who are interested in surgical careers. For all of my time at UBC I have participated in the undergraduate mentor program, serving as a designated mentor for eight medical students. From 1999 to 2001 I organized and supervised the “OR Lounge”, a series of informal evening talks about surgical careers for first and second year medical students. I also assigned all first year students to spend a day with a surgeon in the operating room. In addition I offer students the opportunity to spend time with me in the operating room during the week and on weekends when I am on call.
In addition to my academic activities I maintain a clinical practice in pediatric general surgery at BC Children’s Hospital. This includes both elective and emergency referrals of babies and children from across the province, including on call coverage on a one in four basis.
I am committed to sharing surgical knowledge with physicians throughout the world. I have worked as a surgeon and teacher in Sri Lanka, China and Uganda. My work in Gulu, a community in northern Uganda, was part of a pilot project by the Canadian Association of General Surgeons to develop a site where interested Canadian surgeons could work on an ongoing basis to help provide surgical service and education to the local medical community.
- Publications
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The future is here! Pediatric surgery and the move to the royal college of physicians and surgeons of Canada's competence by design
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Bhanji, F. and Miller, G. and Cheung, W.J. and Puligandla, P.S. and Winthrop, A. and Baird, R. and Davies, D. and Lopushinsky, S.R. and Webber, E.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.01.031
2020Perioperative Hypotensive Crisis in an Adolescent with a Pancreatic VIPoma and MEN1-Gene Variant
Hormone Research in Paediatrics
Acosta-Gualandri, A. and Kao, K.-T. and Wong, T. and Webber, E. and Armstrong, L. and Panagiotopoulos, C.
DOI: 10.1159/000493396
2019Intussusception with cecal cyst as lead point in a child
Pediatric Emergency Care
Lai, M. and Coakley, B.A. and Webber, E.M. and Goldman, R.D.
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000893
2018Intussusception With Cecal Cyst as Lead Point in a Child
Pediatric Emergency Care
Michelle Lai and Brian A. Coakley and Eric M. Webber and Ran D. Goldman
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000000893
11/2016The Future of General Surgery: Evolving to Meet a Changing Practice.
Journal of surgical education
Webber EM and Ronson AR and Gorman LJ and Taber SA and Harris KA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2015.12.002
PubMed: 26830927
2016The past and future of the generalist general surgeon.
Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie
Webber EM and McAlister VC and Gorman L and Taber S and Harris KA
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.033213
PubMed: 24461219
02/2014Environmental scan of bereavement services at North American pediatric and maternity hospitals: a quality assurance study
Journal of Investigative Medicine
2014Running your residency program committee (RPC) meetings
The Royal College program directors handbook: a practical guided for leading an exceptional program
2013The surgical personality: comparisons between urologists, non-urologists and non-surgeons.
Canadian Urological Association Journal
Macneily AE and Alden L and Webber E and Afshar K
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.10142
PubMed: 21672480
06/2011Re-entry residency training: opportunities and obstacles.
Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
Jamieson JL and Webber EM and Sivertz KS
PubMed: 20547505
06/2010Re-entry residency training: Opportunities and obstacles
Canadian Family Physician
Jamieson, J.L. and Webber, E.M. and Sivertz, K.S.
2010Long-term bowel function and quality of life in children with Hirschsprung's disease
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Jessica L.A. Mills and David E. Konkin and Ruth Milner and Janice G. Penner and Monica Langer and Eric M. Webber
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.12.038
05/2008Expansion of Postgraduate Medical Education
BC Medical Journal
2008Expansion of postgraduate medical education
British Columbia Medical Journal
Webber, E. and Rungta, K. and Sivertz, K.
2008A universal global rating scale for the evaluation of technical skills in the operating room.
American journal of surgery
Doyle JD and Webber EM and Sidhu RS
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.02.003
PubMed: 17434353
05/2007Vascular surgery training, exposure, and knowledge during general surgery residency: implications for the future.
American journal of surgery
Boutros J and Sekhon MS and Webber EM and Sidhu RS
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.02.006
PubMed: 17434355
05/2007Resident continuity of care experience: a casualty of current healthcare delivery, not work hour restrictions
American Journal of Surgery
02/2007Surgical Intervention in Children with Crohn Disease
International Journal of Colorectal Disease
2007Surgical intervention in children with Crohn's disease
International Journal of Colorectal Disease
Leonor, R. and Jacobson, K. and Pinsk, V. and Webber, E. and Lemberg, D.A.
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0281-3
2007Outcomes of pyloroplasty and pyloric dilatation in children diagnosed with nonobstructive delayed gastric emptying
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Wajid Jawaid and Ahmed Abdalwahab and Geoffrey Blair and Erik Skarsgard and Eric Webber
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.08.005
2006Laparoscopic vs percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion: A new pediatric gold standard?
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Mohammed Zamakhshary and Mohammad Jamal and Geoffrey K. Blair and James J. Murphy and Eric M. Webber and Erik D. Skarsgard
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.02.001
05/2005Canadian association of general surgeons evidence based reviews in surgery. 12. Primary repair for penetrating colon injuries
Canadian Journal of Surgery
Taylor, M. and Logsetty, S. and Barkun, J.S.T. and Gina, C. and Fitzgerald, G.W.N. and Henteleff, H.J.A. and MacRae, H.M. and McLeod, R.S. and Richard, C.S. and Taylor, M.C. and Webber, E.M. and McKenzie, M.E.
2005Canadian Association of General Surgeons evidence based reviews in surgery. 11. Evidence-based guidelines for children with isolated spleen or liver injury.
Canadian Journal of Surgery
McLeod RS and Webber E and CAGS Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group
PubMed: 15646448
12/2004Teaching practicing surgeons critical appraisal skills with an Internet-based journal club: A randomized, controlled trial.
Surgery
Macrae HM and Regehr G and McKenzie M and Henteleff H and Taylor M and Barkun J and Fitzgerald GW and Hill A and Richard C and Webber EM and McLeod RS
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2004.02.003
PubMed: 15349113
09/2004Canadian Association of General Surgeons evidence based reviews in surgery. II. Evidence-based guidelines for children with isolated spleen or liver injury
Canadian Journal of Surgery
McLeod, R.S. and Webber, E. and McKenzie, M.
2004Outcomes in esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
David E Konkin and Wael A O’Hali and Eric M Webber and Geoffrey K Blair
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.08.039
2003Meconium thorax: A case of bochdalek hernia and cecal perforation in a neonate with Job's syndrome
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Sonia A. Butterworth and Eric M. Webber
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.31640
04/2002Annular pancreas and duodenal stenosis
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Mark O. McCollum and Douglas H. Jamieson and Eric M. Webber
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.36722
2002Canadian Association of General Surgeons Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery. 4. Decision analysis of total thyroidectomy versus thyroid lobectomy in low-risk, differentiated thyroid cancer
Canadian Journal of Surgery
Richard, C.S. and Nason, R.W. and McLeod, R.S. and McKenzie, M. and Barkun, J.S.T. and Cina, C. and Fitzgerald, G.W.N. and Henteleff, H.J.A. and MacRae, H.M. and Taylor, M.C. and Webber, E.M.
2002Canadian Association of General Surgeons evidence based reviews in surgery. 1
Canadian Journal of Surgery
McLeod, R.S. and Smith, L. and Barkun, J.S.T. and Fitzgerald, G.W.N. and Henteleff, H.J.A. and Hill, A.B. and MacRae, H.M. and Richard, C.S. and Taylor, M.C. and Webber, E.M. and McKenzie, M.E.
2002H-type tracheoesophageal fistula
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Sonia A. Butterworth and Eric M. Webber and Douglas H. Jamieson
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.24005
06/2001Comparative genomic hybridization detects multiple chromosomal amplifications and deletions in undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics
Sowery RD and Jensen C and Morrison KB and Horsman DE and Sorensen PH and Webber EM
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00404-0
PubMed: 11376805
04/2001Abdominal pain
Handbook of Pediatric Emergencies, 3rd edition
2001Comparative genomic hybridization detects multiple chromosomal amplifications and deletions in undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver
Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
Sowery, R.D. and Jensen, C. and Morrison, K.B. and Horsman, D.E. and Sorensen, P.H.B. and Webber, E.M.
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(00)00404-0
2001Constipation
Handbook of Pediatric Emergencies, 3rd edition
2001Acute inguinal swellings
Handbook of Pediatric Emergencies, 3rd edition
2001Survey of the general surgeons of British Columbia: assessing the educational goals for residency training in general surgery
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Annals
2001Surgical abdominal disorders
Handbook of Pediatric Emergencies, 3rd edition
2001Presentation of low anorectal malformations beyond the neonatal period.
Pediatrics
Kim HL and Gow KW and Penner JG and Blair GK and Murphy JJ and Webber EM
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.5.e68
PubMed: 10799632
05/2000Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver: Results of clinical management in one center
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Eric M Webber and Kevin B Morrison and Sheila L Pritchard and Poul H.B Sorensen
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(99)90634-6
11/1999Perforated lymphoma of the colon in an immunosuppressed child
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
Eric M. Webber and Robert B. Fraser and Marlene Henry and Michael Giacomantonio
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-911x(199904)32:43.0.co;2-r
04/1999Laparoscopy as a cause of a false-positive Meckel's scan.
Clinical nuclear medicine
McKevitt EC and Baerg JE and Nadel HR and Webber EM
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199902000-00005
PubMed: 9988066
02/1999Analysis of liver regeneration in mice lacking type 1 or type 2 tumor necrosis factor receptor: Requirement for type 1 but not type 2 receptor
European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Yamada, Y. and Webber, E.M. and Kirillova, I. and Peschon, J.J. and Fausto, N.
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199901000-00011
PubMed: 9755232
1999Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver: Results of clinical management in one center
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Webber, E.M. and Morrison, K.B. and Pritchard, S.L. and Sorensen, P.H.B.
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(99)90634-6
1999Perforated lymphoma of the colon in an immunosuppressed child
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
Webber, E.M. and Fraser, R.B. and Henry, M. and Giacomantonio, M.
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199904)32:43.0.CO;2-R
1999Congenital laryngotracheoesophageal cleft
Journal of Otolaryngology
Carr, M.M. and Clarke, K.D. and Webber, E. and Giacomantonio, M.
1999Congenital laryngotracheoesophageal cleft
Journal of Otolaryngology
1999Tumor necrosis factor primes hepatocytes for DNA replication in the rat.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
Webber EM and Bruix J and Pierce RH and Fausto N
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280509
PubMed: 9794905
11/1998Analysis of liver regeneration in mice lacking type 1 or type 2 tumor necrosis factor receptor: requirement for type 1 but not type 2 receptor.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
Yamada Y and Webber EM and Kirillova I and Peschon JJ and Fausto N
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280410
PubMed: 9755232
10/1998Disorders in foregut diverticulization: Congenital hepaticoesophageal fistula in a baby with laryngotracheoesophageal cleft
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Eric M Webber and Michael Giacomantonio
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90718-1
04/1997: Perianal ependymoma presenting in the neonatal period
Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Eric M . Webber and MD Robert Fraser and Lothar Resch and M D Michael Giacomantonio
DOI: 10.1080/713601279
03/1997Perianal ependymoma presenting in the neonatal period
Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Webber, E.M.
DOI: 10.1080/107710497174930
1997Disorders in foregut diverticulization: Congenital hepaticoesophageal fistula in a baby with lryngotracheoesophageal cleft
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Webber, E.M. and Giacomantonio, M.
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90718-1
1997Tetralogy of Fallot with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and esophageal atresia: complete correction in infancy
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Eric M. Webber and D. Alex Gillis and David B. Ross
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00364-5
08/1996Helicobacter pylori is not associated with nonspecific abdominal pain in children
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
N.R. Yoshida and E.M. Webber and R.B. Fraser and M.T. Ste-Marie and J.M. Giacomantonio
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(96)90121-9
06/1996Roux-en-Y jejunostomy in the pediatric population.
Journal of pediatric surgery
Yoshida NR and Webber EM and Gillis DA and Giacomantonio JM
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(96)90135-9
PubMed: 8783105
06/1996Helicobacter pylori is not associated with nonspecific abdominal pain in children
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Yoshida, N.R. and Webber, E.M. and Fraser, R.B. and Ste-Marie, M.T. and Giacomantonio, J.M.
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90121-9
1996Teratology of Fallot with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and esophageal atresia: Complete correction in infancy
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Webber, E.M. and Gillis, D.A. and Ross, D.B.
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00205-6
1996Roux-en-Y jejunostomy in the pediatric population
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Yoshida, N.B. and Webber, E.M. and Gillis, D.A. and Giacomantonio, J.M.
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90135-9
1996Liver regeneration. 2. Role of growth factors and cytokines in hepatic regeneration.
The FASEB Journal
Fausto N and Laird AD and Webber EM
PubMed: 8529831
12/1995Rapid DNA binding by nuclear factor kappa B in hepatocytes at the start of liver regeneration.
Cell growth & differentiation : the molecular biology journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
FitzGerald MJ and Webber EM and Donovan JR and Fausto N
PubMed: 7794809
04/1995Rapid DNA binding by nuclear factor ¿B in hepatocytes at the start of liver regeneration
Cell Growth and Differentiation
FitzGerald, M.J. and Webber, E.M. and Donovan, J.R. and Fausto, N.
1995Role of growth factors and cytokines in hepatic regeneration
FASEB Journal
Fausto, N. and Laird, A.D. and Webber, E.M.
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.9.15.8529831
1995Overexpression of transforming growth factor-alpha causes liver enlargement and increased hepatocyte proliferation in transgenic mice.
The American Journal of Pathology
Webber EM and Wu JC and Wang L and Merlino G and Fausto N
PubMed: 8053497
08/1994In vivo response of hepatocytes to growth factors requires an initial priming stimulus.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
Webber EM and Godowski PJ and Fausto N
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840190230
PubMed: 8294105
02/1994Liver regeneration
The Liver: Biology and Pathobiology, 3rd edition
1994Overexpression of transforming growth factor-a causes liver enlargement and increased hepatocyte proliferation in transgenic mice
American Journal of Pathology
Webber, E.M. and Wu, J.C. and Wang, L. and Merlino, G. and Fausto, N.
1994Transforming growth factor-alpha expression during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy and toxic injury, and potential interactions between transforming growth factor-alpha and hepatocyte growth factor.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
Webber EM and FitzGerald MJ and Brown PI and Bartlett MH and Fausto N
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840180622
PubMed: 8244268
12/1993Mechanisms of growth regulation in liver regeneration and hepatic carcinogenesis.
Progress in liver diseases
Fausto N and Webber EM
PubMed: 8272507
1993Control of liver growth
Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression
Fausto, N. and Webber, E.M.
1993Erratum: Control of liver growth (Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression (1993) 3:2 (123-124))
Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression
Fausto, N. and Webber, E.M.
1993Mechanisms of growth regulation in liver regeneration and hepatic carcinogenesis.
Progress in liver diseases
Fausto, N. and Webber, E.M.
1993Mechanisms of growth regulation in liver regeneration and hepatic carcinogenesis.
Progress in liver diseases
Fausto N and Webber EM
PubMed: 8272507
1993Control of liver growth.
Critical reviews in eukaryotic gene expression
Fausto N and Webber EM
PubMed: 8324292
1993Preoperative radiotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum.
Canadian Journal of Surgery
Webber EM and MacFarlane JK
PubMed: 2200597
08/1990Augmentation ileocystoplasty in children with myelodysplasia.
Canadian Journal of Surgery
Webber EM and Crofts PG and Pomeroy C and Coleman GU and Arnold WJ and Johnson HW
PubMed: 2268813
04/1990Dumbbell metastatic cystosarcoma phyllodes of the heart and lung
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Arlen G. Fleisher and G.Frank O. Tyers and David Hu and Eric M. Webber and Cameron Essery
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90157-2
02/1990Augmentation ileocystoplasty in children with myelodysplasia
Canadian Journal of Surgery
Webber, E.M. and Crofts, P.G. and Pomeroy, C. and Coleman, G.U. and Arnold, W.J. and Johnson, H.W.
1990Preoperative radiotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum
Canadian Journal of Surgery
Webber, E.M. and MacFarlane, J.K.
1990 - Research
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Current Projects
As Assistant Dean in Postgraduate Medicine I have played a central role in planning the doubling of the number of residents at UBC (as outlined in a 2008 publication in the BC Medical Journal). Currently there are about 230 new residents per year. I am also involved in working with residency programs and distributed training sites to foster resident rotations throughout the province. I recently published a paper with Drs. Rungta and Sivertz (the two Associate Deans) on our experience thus far with resident distribution. Finally, I am leading an initiative to develop a strategy for the Faculty of Medicine around patient simulation in medical education and evaluation.Honours & AwardsChildren’s and Women’s Health Centre Family Centred Care Award - 2005
Children’s and Women’s Health Centre Family Centred Care Award - 2004
Torin Halvorson and Hebah Hussaina awarded Vanier scholarships for immunotherapy and mental health research
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) is proud to announce that two of its outstanding research trainees, Torin Halvorson, an MD/PhD student working with the Levings research team, and Hebah Hussaina, a graduate research assistant in the Brussoni Lab, have been awarded the prestigious 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
