The Department is deeply saddened to share the news that Dr. Robert Hewko passed away last week. As a Clinical Professor and member of the Department for over three decades, Dr. Hewko was also a well-known and respected clinician who served as the Clinical Manager of the Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service at VGH for many years.
Dr. Hewko will be remembered by his countless colleagues, former students and mentees as being not only a leader in CL Psychiatry, but also an excellent and devoted teacher, as evidenced by the multiple UBC Psychiatry teaching awards he received year after year. Notably, in 2012 he was the Department’s nominee in for the FoM Clinical Faculty Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award. He was also very active in his professional community, serving in a long list of hospital committees and presenting at numerous hospital grand rounds each year.
We will share on this page any updates in regards to a Celebration of Life for Dr. Hewko, should we receive them. In the meantime, please keep Dr. Hewko’s family and friends in your thoughts during this most difficult time.