Yu, Richard

Yu, Richard

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Hematopathologist at Surrey Memorial Hospital Affiliation(s):Surrey Memorial Clinical Interests: Bone marrow diagnostics, flow cytometry, and quality assurance in hematopathology Richard.Yu@fraserhealth.ca

Wang, Linyuan (Hunter)

Wang, Linyuan (Hunter)

PhD, MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Anatomical Pathologist at Royal Columbian Hospital Affiliation(s):Royal Columbian Hospital Clinical Interests: Gastrointestinal, hepatic, and gynecologic pathology hunter.wang@fraserhealth.ca

Tat, Jennifer

Tat, Jennifer

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Medical Microbiologist, VGH Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Infectious disease diagnostics, infection prevention, and microbial genomics jennifer.tat@vch.ca

Tang, Lisa

Tang, Lisa

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Senior Scientist at BCCDC Affiliation(s): BCCDC Clinical Interests: Medical image analysis, machine learning, and artificial intelligence applied to healthcare lisa.tang@bccdc.ca

Sarhan, Mohammed

Sarhan, Mohammed

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Medical Microbiologist at Royal Jubilee Hospital Affiliation(s): Royal Jubilee Hospital Clinical Interests: Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases Mohammed.Sarhan@islandhealth.ca

Salisbury, Taylor

Salisbury, Taylor

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): Royal Columbian Hospital Clinical Interests: Breast pathology taylor.salisbury@fraserhealth.ca

Salcedo Porras, Nicolas

Salcedo Porras, Nicolas

PhD Academic Rank(s):Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: RNA therapeutics, molecular biology, high-throughput screening, bioinformatics, vector-borne diseases, evolutionary immunology nicolas.salcedoporras@vch.ca

Sabatini, Peter

Sabatini, Peter

PhD Academic Rank(s):Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): BC Cancer Research and Scholarly Interests: Precision oncology, cancer genomics, and molecular diagnostics peter.sabatini@bccancer.bc.ca

Rivers, Kelsi

Rivers, Kelsi

MSc Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Clinical Instructor Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Communicable disease control, immunization programs, and vaccine management Kelsi.Rivers@vch.ca

Parlow, Julia

Parlow, Julia

Phd Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Clinical Instructor Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Cancer genomics, cytogenetics, hematological malignancies, laboratory diagnostics julia.parlow@vch.ca

O’Meara, Aisling

O’Meara, Aisling

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Clinical Instructor Affiliation(s): Royal Columbian Hospital Clinical Interests: Genitourinary pathology aisling.omeara@fraserhealth.ca

Marquez, Citlali

Marquez, Citlali

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): BCCCD Clinical Interests: Infectious disease seroepidemiology, viral immunology, and the development and validation of serological assays citlali.marquez@bccdc.ca

Mansour, Sarah

Mansour, Sarah

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): BCCCD Clinical Interests: Public health microbiology and pathogen genomics sarah.mansour@bccdc.ca

Lytle, Andrew

Lytle, Andrew

MD/PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): BC Cancer Clinical Interests: Lymphoma Pathology andrew.lytle@bccancer.bc.ca

Kwan, Amanda

Kwan, Amanda

MDPA Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): PHSA various locations (SPH, VGH, RCH) Clinical Interests: Quality assurance in specimen handling and processing amanda.kwan@fraserhealth.ca

Fenninger, Franz

Fenninger, Franz

PhD Academic Rank(s):Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests:Transplant immunology, immune profiling, HLA research, and ML-driven diagnostics franz.fenninger@vch.ca

Fadel, Saleh

Fadel, Saleh

MD Academic Rank(s):Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): Royal Columbian Hospital Clinical Interests: Gastrointestinal, Hepatic and Pancreatobiliary Pathology saleh.fadel@fraserhealth.ca

Eckbo, Eric

Eckbo, Eric

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Medical Microbiologist & Infection Control Physician, BCCDC Affiliation(s): BCCDC Clinical Interests: Infection control in hospital and public health settings, Rapid diagnostics and respiratory virus surveillance, Pediatric microbiology, Public health outbreak response eric.eckbo@bccdc.ca

Ding, Xiaofeng

Ding, Xiaofeng

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): Royal Jubilee Hospital Clinical Interests: Epidemiology of infectious diseases in Canada, Molecular diagnostics and surveillance, Quality improvement in clinical microbiology, Antibiotic resistance, and stewardship Mycology and parasitology xiaofeng.ding@islandhealth.ca

Dada, Sarah

Dada, Sarah

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s):Children’s and Women’s Hospital Clinical Interests: Developing long-read sequencing for clinical use within neurodevelopmental disorders sarah.dada@cw.bc.ca

Abozina, Alisa

Abozina, Alisa

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): Royal Columbian Hospital Clinical Interests: Breast pathology alisa.abozina@fraserhealth.ca

Kaur, Sukhbir

Kaur, Sukhbir

BMedSc MSc PhD FRCPath EuSpLM FCACB NRCC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Consultant Clinical Biochemist and Laboratory Director, LifeLabs Medical Laboratories Affiliation(s): LifeLabs Medical Laboratories Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Chemistry, Kidney Disease, Cardiac Biomarkers, Endocrinology, Point of Care Testing, Mass Spectrometry, Method Development, Quality Improvement, Utilisation Management, Primary […]

Uzozie, Añuli

Uzozie, Añuli

PhD, Msc Academic Rank(s): Assistant Professor of Teaching and Director of the BMLSc Program, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): UBC Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: proteomics, bioinformatics, science education, and curriculum innovation anuli.uzozie@ubc.ca

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Yuan, Christopher

Yuan, Christopher

Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | BCEHS IPAC Practitioner | PHSA Infection Prevention & Control Affiliation(s): BC Children’s Hospital Clinical Interests: christopher.yuan@phsa.ca

Ung, Karen

Ung, Karen

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Pathologist, Vancouver Coastal Health Affiliation(s): Vancouver Coastal Health Clinical Interests: diagnostic pathology karen.ung@vch.ca

Tapley, Laura

Tapley, Laura

M.D., FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Transfusion Medicine, Kelowna General Hospital Affiliation(s): Kelowna General Hospital, Interior Health Authority Clinical Interests: transfusion therapy in hemoglobinopathies, fibrinogen replacement in postpartum hemorrhage, and treatment outcomes in hematologic malignancies laura.tapley@interiorhealth.ca

Peng, Sophia

Peng, Sophia

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Hematopathologist, Royal Jubilee Hospital Affiliation(s): Royal Jubilee Hospital, Island Health Authority Clinical Interests: hematological pathology Sophia.peng@islandhealth.ca

Cai, Ellen (Shuo)

Cai, Ellen (Shuo)

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Pathologist, Kelowna General Hospital, Interior Health Authority Affiliation(s): Kelowna General Hospital Clinical Interests: diagnosis of diseases of the female reproductive system Ellen.Cai@interiorhealth.ca

Berg, Kyra

Berg, Kyra

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, Kelowna General Hospital, Interior Health Authority Affiliation(s): Kelowna General Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Interests: GI / liver Kyra.Berg@interiorhealth.ca

Airo, Adriana

Airo, Adriana

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Clinical Microbiologist and Program Head, Serology Laboratory BCCDC Affiliation(s): BC Centre for Disease Control Clinical Interests: viral hepatitis, emerging viral pathogens and zoonotic diseases adriana.airo@bccdc.ca

Myles, Nickolas

Myles, Nickolas

MD, PhD, MSc, FRCPC, DRCPSC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: surgical pathology, cytopathology, autopsy pathology and clinical cancer research nmyles@providencehealth.bc.ca

Turley, Elona

Turley, Elona

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Associate Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Staff Hematopathologist, BC Children’s Affiliation(s): BC Children’s Clinical Interests: Massive hemorrhage, Anticoagulation, Heritable bleeding disorders, Quality improvement, Patient-centered pathology elona.turley@cw.bc.ca

Mojarad, Bahareh

Mojarad, Bahareh

MSc, PhD, FACMG Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Clinical Genomics, BC Cancer Affiliation(s): BC Cancer Clinical Interests:Clinical Genomics; Cancer Cytogenetics; Somatic Mosaicism; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Tandem Repeat Expansions bahareh@bccancer.bc.ca

Nouri, Kazem

Nouri, Kazem

MSc, PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Clinical Biochemist at Vancouver General Hospital Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology and Autoantibody Testing, Cancer Biology Clinical Interests: Clinical Diagnostic Testing, Laboratory Test Utilization, Quality Improvement and Assurance kazem.nouri@vch.ca

Patel, Prital

Patel, Prital

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Senior Scientist, Public Health Affiliation(s): BCCDC Clinical Interests: Public Health Surveillance; Data Integration; Social Determinants of Health; Health Equity; Implementation Science prital.patel@bccdc.ca

Yeung, Eugene

Yeung, Eugene

MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FRCPC, FCCM, D(ABMM), DTM&H, CTH, AFTM RCPS(Glasg) Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Medical Microbiology Consultant Physician, LifeLabs Affiliation(s): Lifelabs Clinical Interests: Blood Culture Diagnostics; Antimicrobial Resistance and Susceptibility Testing; Interprofessional Collaboration; Diagnostic Microbiology; Emerging Pathogens Eugene.Yeung@lifelabs.com

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Maung, Raymond

M.B.,B.S Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Staff Pathologist, Interior Health Authority (Kamloops) Affiliation(s): University Hospital of Northern BC Research and Scholarly Interests: Pathology Workload Measurement; Human Resources in Pathology; Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine; Telepathology; Patient Safety Raymond.Maung@northernhealth.ca

Yi, Rong

Yi, Rong

MSc Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Mass Spectrometry Scientist at St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: mass spectrometry applications in clinical diagnostics, hormone and protein quantitation using LC-MS/MS, automated sample handling workflow ryi1@providencehealth.bc.ca

Yang, Hua

Yang, Hua

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia | Pathologist, St. Paul’s Affiliation(s):St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: Breast pathology and oncology; Breast cancer biomarkers; Pathological response to therapy, Quality control in pathology hyang8@providencehealth.bc.ca

Wagland, Kaelyn

Wagland, Kaelyn

MSc Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia | Pathologists Assistant, St. Paul’s Affiliation(s):St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: 3D surface scanning in anatomical pathology; Educational and clinical applications in pathology labs kwagland@providencehealth.bc.ca

Tang, Patrick

Tang, Patrick

MD, PhD, FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC; Medical Microbiologist, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Microbial Genomics, Metagenomics, Molecular Diagnostics ptang2@providencehealth.bc.ca

Singh, Harmanjot

Singh, Harmanjot

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: anatomical pathology hsingh5@providencehealth.bc.ca

Shopsowitz, Kevin

Shopsowitz, Kevin

MD, PhD, FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Hematopathologist, VGH Affiliation(s): VGH Clinical Interests: hematopathology, machine learning in diagnostic pathology, molecular diagnostics kevin.shopsowitz@vch.ca

Schick, Brian

Schick, Brian

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, Surrey Memorial Hospital Affiliation(s): Surrey Memorial Hospital Clinical Interests: gastrointestinal, hepatic & pancreatobiliary pathology brian.schick@fraserhealth.ca

Orton, Dennis

Orton, Dennis

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Clinical Biochemist, BC Children’s Hospital Affiliation(s): BC Children’s and Women’s Clinical Interests: diagnostic tests, pharmacogenomics, proteomics dennis.orton@cw.bc.ca

Liu, Suefay Harumi

Liu, Suefay Harumi

MD, FRCPC, DTM&H Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Infectious Diseases and Immunology / Microbiology Suefay.liu@vch.ca

Liao, Connie

Liao, Connie

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): Royal Columbian Hospital Clinical Interests: anatomical pathology connie.liao@fraserhealth.ca

Li, Peihao

Li, Peihao

MDPA, PA(ASCP)CM, CCCPA-CCCAP Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Pathologists Assistant, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: clinical service and education, pharmacology and toxicology, gastrointestinal pli1@providencehealth.bc.ca

Leung, Crystal

Leung, Crystal

MHS, PA(ASCP)cm (CCCPA-CCCAP) Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Pathologists’ Assistant Supervisor, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: clinical education, surgical pathology cleung32@providencehealth.bc.ca