Arun Garg
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Born | 1946 (age 77–78) British Columbia Medical Association Institute of Health Care System Sustainability and Transformation |
Awards | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Dr. Don Rix Leadership award |
Arun Garg (born 1946) is an
Early life
Garg was born in the Indian city of
Career in Canada
After earning a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Regina in 1970, Garg graduated with a medical degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1977.[1] As a pathologist, he was a medical partner in Dr. C. J. Coady Associates from 1979-2011. He started as Medical Director of Lab Medicine and Pathology at Royal Columbian Hospital in 1997 and became the regional director after the hospital was merged into the Fraser Health region.[4]
Garg's service at the
After serving as a board member and chair from 1992-1999, Garg received an honorary doctorate from BCIT in 2010.[5] In 2011, he received the BCMA's inaugural Don Rix Leadership Award. The Vancouver Sun newspaper listed him in 2008 as one of the 100 most influential Indo-Canadians in the province.[1] Arun has received many other awards including Drishti award for leadership in Health services 2015, Lifetime achievement award of CAPIH. UBC department of Pathology awarded its highest honour offer lifetime service and awarded Dr Dave Hardwick service award in 2018. During the celebration of INDIA'S 75 YEARS , High Commission of India and Maneesh Media honored Arun in their 75 Jewels LIST in April 2022.
Canada–India relations
In 2006, the provincial government appointed Garg as chair of the India Marketing Advisory Group that submitted a report to the Premier of British Columbia on how to improve trade relations with India.[6]
Garg served as co-chair of the India Advisory Council for Simon Fraser University (SFU).[7] Garg was a founding member of the Canadian Physicians with Interest in South Asia (PISA) of BC (1986) and Canadian Association of Physicians of Indian Heritage (2007).[1]
With SFU health-sciences professor Arun Chockalingam, Garg also co-founded the Canada India Network Initiative (CINI) in 2010 to bring awareness to the issue of
References
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- ^ Darpan, Ameet Singh (14 Feb 2014). "Sacred Heart: Dr. Arun Garg". Darpan Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ Verma, Pamelay (May 2010). "Connecting the dots: An interview with Dr Arun Garg". BC Medical Journal. p. 182 The Good Doctor, BCMJ, Vol. 52, No. 4. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "About PROOF - Dr. Arun Garg". PROOF Centre of Excellence. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Arun Kumar Garg". Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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- ^ "SFU's South Asian festival". South Asian Post. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Scientists in Canada and India collaborate on heart disease". Vancouver Sun. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Epidemic of heart disease in South Asian community the focus of Surrey conference". Vancouver Sun. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ Ellis, Erin (10 July 2010). "Bending over backwards to beat heart disease". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ Gram, Karen (28 July 2011). "The evolution of movement". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ Fong, Ariella (14 July 2012). "Soul Food with Vikram Vij, Amrita Sondhi, Arun Garg and Arran Stephens at 2012 Indian Summer Festival". Vancouver Observer. Retrieved 12 April 2014.