New Director of Undergraduate Medical Education

21 September 2017

Dr. Ioana Bratu, was recently appointed Director of Undergraduate Medical Education. Dr. David Williams, Chair of the Department of Surgery says, "Teaching undergraduate medical students is one of the most important things that we do every day. Congratulations to Dr. Ioana Bratu, Division of Pediatric Surgery, for her new role as Senior Director, Undergraduate Education, Department of Surgery."

After graduating from the University of Alberta, she did her gen­eral surgery residency at McGill University obtaining an MSc in Experimental Surgery and completed pedi­atric surgery fellowship. After three years as a pedi­atric general surgeon at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Bratu returned to Edmonton as a pediatric general surgeon. Coming back full circle, for the last 10 years at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, she has been involved in local and national clinical, educational, research, and administrative work. She is currently the Stollery Trauma Medical Director.