Lam worked as an emergency physician at Toronto East General Hospital[2] and has done international air evacuation work and expedition medicine on Arctic and Antarctic ships.[3] He is currently working as an addictions physician at Coderix Medical Clinic.
Writing career
Lam's first book Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures is based on his experiences in medical school. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada's most prestigious literary award, on November 7, 2006. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures was also a finalist for The Story Prize in 2008. His second book, the Flu Pandemic and You, which was co-authored by Colin Lee, was published in 2008.
Following Lam's Giller win, Shaftesbury Films announced that it had reached a deal to adapt Bloodletting into a television series,[4] which debuted in January 2010 on HBO Canada.
Lam published a biography of Canadian politician Tommy Douglas, as part of Penguin Canada's Extraordinary Canadians series of historical biographies.[5]
vincent, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, especially, potentially,. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Vincent Lam news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Vincent Lam born September 5 1974 is a Canadian writer and medical doctor Vincent LamBorn 1974 09 05 September 5 1974 age 48 London Ontario CanadaOccupationShort story writer novelist medical doctorNationalityCanadianPeriod2000s presentNotable worksBloodletting amp Miraculous CuresSpouseMargarita Lam AntoniadesWebsitewww wbr vincentlam wbr ca wbr index wbr php Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Writing career 3 Personal life 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education EditBorn in London Ontario and raised in Ottawa Lam s parents came to Canada from the Chinese expatriate community in Vietnam He attended St Pius X High School and did his medical training at the University of Toronto graduating in 1999 citation needed 1 Career EditLam worked as an emergency physician at Toronto East General Hospital 2 and has done international air evacuation work and expedition medicine on Arctic and Antarctic ships 3 He is currently working as an addictions physician at Coderix Medical Clinic Writing career Edit Lam s first book Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures is based on his experiences in medical school Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize Canada s most prestigious literary award on November 7 2006 Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures was also a finalist for The Story Prize in 2008 His second book the Flu Pandemic and You which was co authored by Colin Lee was published in 2008 Following Lam s Giller win Shaftesbury Films announced that it had reached a deal to adapt Bloodletting into a television series 4 which debuted in January 2010 on HBO Canada Lam published a biography of Canadian politician Tommy Douglas as part of Penguin Canada s Extraordinary Canadians series of historical biographies 5 His first novel The Headmaster s Wager was published in 2012 by Doubleday Canada and has been shortlisted for the 2012 Governor General s Literary Award 6 Personal life EditLam currently lives with his wife and three children in Toronto 7 Bibliography EditThe Flu Pandemic and You co written with Colin Lee with a foreword by Margaret Atwood 2006 ISBN 0 385 66277 7 Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures 2006 ISBN 0 385 66143 6 Extraordinary Canadians Tommy Douglas 2011 The Headmaster s Wager 2012 References Edit Davis Charlene October 17 2010 Vincent Lam The Canadian Encyclopedia a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Gessell Paul August 7 2012 The writing life with Vincent Lam CMAJ 184 13 1503 doi 10 1503 cmaj 120799 ISSN 0820 3946 Belanger Joe 2014 10 22 London born doctor author Vincent Lam searches for stories inside sickness London Free Press Retrieved 2020 03 02 Toronto Star The Star Toronto Archived from the original on 2006 11 11 Book review Tommy Douglas by Vincent Lam Archived 2012 10 20 at the Wayback Machine The Georgia Straight April 24 2011 Davis Charlene Vincent Lam The Canadian Encyclopedia Retrieved 2017 01 21 Davis Charlene Vincent Lam The Canadian Encyclopedia Retrieved 2017 01 21 Val Ross November 9 2006 Prizewinning fiction pure and undoctored The Globe and Mail External links EditOfficial website Vincent Lam at IMDb This article about a Canadian writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vincent Lam amp oldid 1113787081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
