Dr. Michael Ross Memorial Award in Surgery

Award descriptionAwards totalling $2,510 have been made available through an endowment established by the Victoria Medical Society and held at the University of Victoria, in memory of Dr. Michael Ross (1935-2020), for fourth-year M.D. students in the Island Medical Program who have been matched to a surgical residency. Preference will be given to students matched to an ENT or vascular surgery residency. Dr. Ross was born in England, where he trained as a family physician. He immigrated to Canada in 1960, and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. He completed a residency in otolaryngology in Seattle, Washington after noticing cancers of the mouth and tongue in his practice. Dr. Ross served as the Chief of Surgery at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, was the President of the Victoria Medical Society, and taught at the University of Victoria. He briefly retired at age seventy, but quickly returned to assisting vascular surgeons in the operating room, retiring at age eighty-five in 2020. This award was established in recognition of Dr. Rosss accomplishments as an otolaryngologist. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine.