Dr. Gordon E. Trueman Radiology Residents' Research Award

Award descriptionAwards totalling $2,200 have been made available through an endowment established by Dr. Gordon E. Trueman (1913-2011) and Carol Trueman (1916-2004), and augmented by friends, family and colleagues. The awards are available for radiology residents whose projects presented at the annual Radiology Research Day are considered the most deserving, based on content, scientific methodology, and presentation. The first place recipient will receive 50% of the available award value, the second 30% and the third 20%. Dr. Trueman (B.A., M.D.) was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and attended the University of Manitoba. He became the fourth radiologist in British Columbia after completing his training in diagnostic radiology at Vancouver General Hospital. He joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War II and served in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium. He returned from the war with tuberculosis, and was sent to a sanatorium near Kamloops, British Columbia to recover. While in Kamloops, Dr. Trueman founded the Department of Radiology at Royal Inland Hospital before returning to Vancouver to join the UBC Department of Radiology as an Associate Professor, and Vancouver General Hospital as Head of Radiology. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Department of Radiology.