Why Your Belly Hurts and How Likely it is to K*ll You
Schedule
Wed Jun 03 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Avant-Garde Bar & Gift Shop | Ottawa, ON
Engaging, thought provoking lectures by experts, professors and storytellers in Ottawa barsAbout this Event
📚Lecture: "Why Your Tummy Hurts and How Likely it is to K*ll You"
🎤Speaker: Emily Gubski (General Surgery Resident at the Ottawa Hospital)
In this lecture, we are going to explore abdominal pain, the most common "no-big-deal" causes, common "oh-shit-that-may-be-a-big-deal" causes, and how to tell which it is. We will explore which symptoms make us not really concerned about you and which symptoms tell us you should be in the emergency department, like, now.
*This talk is for educational purposes and is not specific medical advice. If you are worried about your abdominal pain please seek personal medical care*
Emily Gubski is a medical doctor currently doing her general surgery residency at the Ottawa Hospital. She did her undergraduate in Computer Science and Microbiology and Immunology followed by medical school both at UBC. Her research career has spanned from wet lab HIV and chron's studies, to computational systems integration, using machine learning to explore biomics data, substance use, hospital workplace violence, and now surgical education and practices in cancer care. She has published papers in these fields and a children's book on Covid-19.
Emily is particularly passionate and education (specifically STEM education) and has continued to teach computer science on the side and is heavily involved in regional and national youth science fairs.
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Agenda
6:00pm - Doors open: Grab a seat, order drinks and food and settle in.
6:55pm - Host Introduction
7:00pm - Lecture starts
7:45pm - Q&A with Audience
8:00pm - Socialize and make friends, grab drinks
Where is it happening?
Avant-Garde Bar & Gift Shop, 135 Besserer Street, Ottawa, CanadaCAD 17.74 to CAD 27.37











