CFBTS News
AGM Speech
Thank you everyone for coming today. My name is Jim Fisher, and I am the President of the CFBTS. I would like to sincerely thank Fire Chief Steve Dongworth from the Calgary Fire Department for being here with us today, as well as Dr Vincent Gabriel from the Calgary Firefighters [...]
Dr Baljit Singh, Dean of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of University, presents to CFBTS Board
Dr Baljit Singh, Dean of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of University welcomed by Ross Pambrun, Chief Science Officer for the CFBTS presenting to the CFTBS board. Dr Baljit Singh, Dean of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of University welcomed by Ross Pambrun, Chief Science Officer for the CFBTS presenting to the [...]
Modern-Day Burn Resuscitation: Moving Beyond the Parkland Formula
Modern-Day Burn Resuscitation: Moving Beyond the Parkland Formula SEP 28TH, 2016 MARY BILLINGTON CATEGORIES: FOAMEDPRACTICE UPDATES Authors: Mary Ellen Billington, MD (EM Resident Physician, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX) and Brett D. Arnoldo, MD, FACS (Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX) // Edited by: Erica Simon, [...]
Improving skin grafts for burn victims
A collaboration including (left to right) Dr. Duncan Nickerson (Plastic Surgeon, Medical Director Calgary Firefighters' Burn Treatment Centre), Ross Pambrun, treasurer, Calgary Firefighters' Burn Treatment Society, Jeff Biernaskie from veterinary medicine and Dr. Vincent Gabriel (Director, Burn Rehabilitation Calgary Firefighters' Burn Treatment Centre). Photo by Janet Webb Improving [...]
UCalgary researchers identify ‘signal’ crucial to stem cell function in hair follicles
Findings also suggest disruption of the signal may cause hair loss, slower wound healing By Collene Ferguson, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine May 23, 2017 Jeff Biernaskie’s research identifies a factor essential for dermal stem cells to continuously divide during tissue regeneration. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary Stem cell researchers [...]
Researchers ask burn survivors: ‘What would make life better?’
Researchers ask burn survivors: 'What would make life better?' When Dr. Jeff Biernaskie and his University of Calgary Skin Regeneration Team set to work to build better skin grafts with stem cells, they wanted to talk to those with the most at stake: burn injury survivors. “I came into this [...]
