David Mak Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Canada

• Commissioned Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force Reserves. Roles include:TRAINING OFFICER
• Administer and monitor annual training through a range of 18 topics
• Instill leadership and strengthen instruction of instructors through personal mentoring
• Develop First Aid and Effective Speaking training programs for professional developmentMOVEMENTS OFFICER
• Execute transport plans and manage logistics as outlined by the Department of National Defence
• Coordinate movement of cadets and military personnel through Vancouver International Airport

• Assisting Radiation Oncologist's research in comparing dosimetry for Rapid VMAT to standard VMAT for palliative radiotherapy in patients with lung cancer. Responsibilities include:
• Contouring Organs-At-Risk on CT
• Evaluating dose-volume histograms and comparing organ-specific dose constraints between Rapid and Standard VMAT
• Assisting with research ethics approval, manuscript preparation and presentation at international conferences

• Serve as an external reviewer for select articles prior to publication in the UBC Medical Journal
• Review articles for quality and thoroughness of research and writing
• Provide constructive feedback and recommendations to both authors and editors-in-chiefs
• Ensure articles accept are within the scope and mandate of the UBC Medical Journal

Volunteered with RockDoc and Odyssey Medical Services to provide medical care at large-scale public events, such as Pemberton Music Festival, Contact Winter Music Festival, and Rock n'Roll marathon series.

• Collaborated with the Vancouver Stroke Research Program and stroke neurologists in creating, updating and maintaining the Vancouver Stroke Database Registry for information management, quality assurance and data.
• Creating new Stroke Consultation and Neurological Assessment forms to match database parameters
• Data collection from all patients seen by the stroke service for quality assurance and clinical research
• Presentation of research at the local and national level

• Research in delayed manifestations of abdominal trauma on CT resulting in a publication in Abdominal Radiology. Responsiblites included:
• Data stratification and analysis
• Detailed literature review
• Preparation of manuscript and figures

• Investigated the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on offspring immunity by:
• Performing organ extraction and tissue homogenization from rats for cytokine quantification
• Conducting the statistical analysis on data generated from multiplex cytokine and BCA protein assays
• Presentation of data at numerous local and national conferences, and in manuscripts for publication

Held key leadership and co-ordinator positions to promote collaboration, teamwork and esprit de corps between the Faculty of Science, UBC Science students and various charities in the Greater Vancouver Area.2014 - 2015 | Science Peer Academic Coach2013 - 2014 | Student Representative, Department of Cellular, Anatomical, Physiological Sciences2013 - 2014 |.

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.)

Activities and Societies: Teddy Bear Clinic, Mass Gathering Medicine, Med Hip Hop RESEARCH CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS: • 2019 |.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.) With Honours | Cellular, Anatomical And Physiological Sciences

Activities and Societies: Science Undergraduate Society, Science Peer Academic Coaches RESEARCH CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS: • 2015 |.