Judges Bios
Christine Fedorow MD, FRCPC
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
College of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Alberta
Dr. Christine Fedorow was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. She completed her undergraduate degree and medical school at the University of Alberta in 2001 and 2005. Christine then went on to complete her Anesthesia Residency at the University of Manitoba in 2010, followed by a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia in 2011.
She moved back to Edmonton in 2016 and is currently the Site Chief for Anesthesia at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Throughout her career, she has developed interests in resident education, patient safety and quality improvement. She has been incredibly fortunate to have amazing mentors throughout her career and loves sharing her passion for Anesthesiology with residents, medical students, and colleagues.
In her free time she enjoys trying to beat her husband at golf and spending time with her 2 dogs and 1 cat.
Bernard Sowa MD, FRCPC
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
College of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Alberta
Dr. Sowa completed the MD/PhD combined degree program at the University of Alberta in 2007. He then completed three years of training in the Emergency Medicine FRCPC program prior to transferring to the FRCPC Anesthesiology residency program, from which he graduated in 2013. He has been a member of the Misericordia Community Hospital Department of Anesthesiology since 2013, and was recently named Facility Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Misericordia Hospital.
Bernard’s interests and involvement in the zone-wide Department of Anesthesiology have largely been focused on education and administration. He has been involved in teaching of residents, medical students, paramedics, dental residents and respiratory therapists/students as a regular part of his practice. He was involved in the establishment of Textbook Rounds for the residents (now incorporated into the Junior Academic half day program) and was awarded “Misericordia Anesthesia Teacher of the Year” by the Residents in 2017. In addition to his work as Facility Chief, Anesthesia, Bernard serves as Co-Chair of the Provincial Anesthesia Area Council (Connect Care) and as a Knowledge Lead (Anesthesia) for the Provincial Clinical Knowledge and Content Management (CKCM) Program.