
Wong, Titus
BSc(Pharm), MD, MHSc (Epidemiology), FRCPC
Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC, Medical Microbiologist, BCCDC Public Health Lab, Medical Director for Infection Prevention and Control and Community Health
Affiliation(s): PHSA/BCCDC
Research and Scholarly Interests: antimicrobial copper in healthcare, ultraviolet disinfection, clean air strategies
Titus Wong was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. He completed his MD and Medical Microbiology residency at the University of British Columbia, and earned a Masters in Health Science (Clinical Epidemiology) from the UBC School of Population and Public Health. He joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Vancouver General Hospital in 2012. He currently serves as an executive medical director in Medical Affairs at Provincial Health Services Authority, overseeing a portfolio that includes Infection Prevention and Control, Medical Staff Safety, Medical Staff Wellbeing, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Medical Assistance in Death (MAiD) & Advanced Care Planning (ACP). Titus is also the provincial medical director of BC’s Provincial Infection Control Network (PICNet), as well as a medical microbiologist at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) Public Health laboratory, and the BCCDC Medical Director for IPAC and Community Health. He co-created and is the medical director for the Vancouver Coastal Health/ BC Ministry of Health Personal Protective Equipment Testing Laboratory. Titus has research interests in the testing and clinical application of environmental infection control strategies, and the clinical impact of rapid microbiology/infectious diseases diagnostic technologies. Titus contributes to several provincial and national groups including CMPT, CNISP, AMMI-Canada, PICNET, and Doctors of BC.
Academic Background
- MHSc, Master of Health Science, Clinical Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, 2014
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC), Medical Microbiology, 2012
- Medical Microbiology Residency, University of British Columbia, 2012
- MD, Doctor of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2007
- BSc(Pharm), Bachelor of Sciences in Pharmacy, University of British Columbia, 2003
Awards and Recognition
Publications
Research Interest
- Control and prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections
- Environmental Infection Control
- Clinical impact of rapid microbiology/infectious diseases diagnostic technologies
- Surveillance of infectious diseases
- Antimicrobial copper in healthcare
- Ultraviolet disinfection
- Clean air strategies
Current Projects In My Lab Include
Teaching Interest
As a staff physician at Vancouver General Hospital, Titus supervises medical students, residents and fellows as they rotate through the Medical Microbiology and Infection Control services.
- Course Co-director, Pathology 722: Medical Microbiology and Infection Control
- Lecturer, UBC MEDD 411, MD undergraduate program
- Lecturer, UBC MEDD 412, MD undergraduate program
- Lecturer, UBC MEDD 422, MD undergraduate program
- Lecturer, UBC Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Academic Half Day
- Lecturer, UBC Anatomic Pathology Academic Half Day
- Lecturer, UBC Internal Medicine Bootcamp