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Dr. James Byrne is a trauma and acute care surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He received his medical degree at Trinity College Dublin before training in general surgery at the University of Toronto.
Apr 12, 2024 · Dr. Byrne pursued higher education at Cornell University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree. He then completed a Medical Degree at SUNY Syracuse and finished a residency in Winthrop. The doctor ...
In 1992, Dr. Byrne was named a member of the Order of Canada in a ceremony that officially recognized the national significance of his expansive vision for education and research at Saint Mary’s. Cyril Byrne passed away on August 16, 2006. This lecture recognizes his fun-loving spirit and celebrates his long-lasting contribution to the ...
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To get a sense of how Dr. Byrne’s passion for saving lives all began, it’s helpful to go back to the very beginning, when he was a young doctor practicing at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in the mid- 1960s. There, Dr. Byrne established the hospital’s very first special care nursery for at-risk infants. “Back then, there were no treatments fo...
It was also heartening for him to witness babies who had been deemed hopeless develop into healthy children and adults. The birth of Joseph in 1975—at a mere 24 weeks’ gestation— was one such miracle. “He had a flat electroencephalogram or EEG—in other words, no brainwaves,” Dr. Byrne recalls. The EEG is a common method of measuring brain activity ...
During the early 1970s, Dr. Byrne witnessed a trend he found troubling: the increased acceptance of brainwave cessation as a legally acceptable marker of death. This occurred even before abortion became legally available in most states, and it owed in part to new ways to artificially resuscitate patients to keep a person’s heart beating with circul...
This isn’t all just academic. In 2007, 19-year-old Gregory Jacobs sustained a severe head injury while skiing and died at a Pennsylvania hospital less than a week later. In a lawsuit, his parents maintained that their son “experienced neither a cessation of cardiac activity nor a cessation of brain activities when surgeons began the procedures for ...
Dr. Byrne is a steadfast pro-life advocate and supporter of American Life League (ALL). His knowledge and guidance shaped ALL’s policy on euthanasia and brain death; he is the author of our materials on the subject. Most recently, he played an important role in the development of a study guide on euthanasia for ALL’s Culture of Life Studies Program...
Upon being reached by phone for an hour-long interview, Dr. Byrne was quick to shift the emphasis away from himself and to his large family. He’s the father of 12 children. He also has 33 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He’s proud that he has reared a pro-life family. He’s especially proud of the pro-life poems that his son, Mark, wrote...
Temptation ruled like an evil dictator, destroying the hope of everyone around, clouding the decisions people make every day, where is our dignity? Adultery shatters a marriage like a plate dropping, broken vows scattered all over the ground, lost faith with the cheating partner, where is our trust? Abortion killing like a gun, helpless baby taken ...
When I hear the word Life I think of birds flying gaily through the sunlit light blue sky. I think of fish swimming freely through the refreshingly cool water. I think of a fully blooming flower with a touch of dew on its petal. Waiting for the moment to spring a new bud, but when I hear the word Life— I mostly think of a baby. A baby who is playin...
In recognition of his efforts to preserve and promote Irish heritage in Canada, Dr. Byrne received the Order of Canada in 1993. He also was presented with a Queen's Golden Jubilee medal in 2002. Dr. Byrne was appointed Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 2005, he died of cancer the following year on August 16, 2006.
Dr. Michael Byrne is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at Vancouver General Hospital and UBC. He is the director of the UBC Interventional Endoscopy Fellowship at VGH. He is a graduate of Cambridge and Liverpool Universities and worked in the UK and Ireland from 1992 to 2001. In 2002 he completed an ...
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In recognition of his efforts to preserve and promote Irish heritage in Canada, Dr. Byrne received the Order of Canada in 1993. He also was presented with a Queen's Golden Jubilee medal in 2002. Dr. Byrne was appointed Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 2005, he died of cancer the following year on August 16, 2006.
