Open AccessThe pyramids of Gizeh, reductionist research-based progress, unintended consequences and the complexity of medicine
Author(s) -
Bing Siang Gan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical and investigative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1488-2353
pISSN - 0147-958X
DOI - 10.25011/cim.v41i2.31434
Subject(s) - erasmus+ , internship , medicine , medical education , family medicine , art , art history , the renaissance
Bing graduated from the Medical Faculty at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in 1988. He then completed a PhD in Medical Sciences (University of Calgary), internship (University of Regina) and surgical residency (University of Western Ontario) and post-residency clinical fellowships (University of Toronto and Harvard University) followed by a research post-doctoral fellowship (Department of Cell Biology, University of Toronto). Bing has been with the Roth | McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre at St. Joseph’s Health Centre since 1998. He is a Professor of Surgery and Medical Biophysics at Western University. His clinical practice focuses on hand and wrist surgery, microsurgical reconstruction and complex wound reconstruction, with a particular clinical and research interest in patients with Dupuytren’s contracture. He is also interested in other fibrosing conditions, such as hypertrophic scarring. Bing was a Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (CSCI) Member of Council 2004-2011and CSCI President 2009-2011.