Debbie Bertanjoli

Morehouse, P. Phillip

MLT, CMQ/OE (ASQ). Academic Rank(s): Adjunct Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s):Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC; Accreditation Canada Diagnostics; Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute Research and Scholarly Interests: Quality Management Systems, Risk Management, and Improvement Science Clinical Interests: Impact of Preanalytical factors on interpretation of Lab results and Diagnostic […]

Mohamud, Yasir

PhD Academic Rank(s): Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC; Member of the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Viral Pathogenesis / RNA Viruses, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Interests: yasir.mohamud@hli.ubc.ca

Zimring, James

MD Academic Rank(s): Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Investigator, Centre for Blood Research, UBC Affiliation(s): Centre for Blood Research,UBC Research and Scholarly Interests: Mechanisms of alloimmunity in transfusion and transplantation; Induction of alloantibodies by transfusion and pregnancy; Hemolytic transfusion reactions, platelet refractoriness, and fetal–maternal alloimmunity; Oxidative stress biology in red blood […]

Vats, Karan

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC; Staff Pathologist at Surrey Memorial Hospital Affiliation(s): Surrey Memorial Hospital Clnical Interests: musculoskeletal pathology karan.vats@fraserhealth.ca

Tran, Jenny

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Clinical Scientist, BC Provincial Immunology Laboratory, VGH Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Histocompatibility and immunogenetics for solid organ and stem cell transplantation, Transplant immunology and deceased-donor allocation jenny.tran1@vch.ca

Toor, Deepak

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Consultant Pathologist, North Island Hospital (Campbell River) Affiliation(s): North Island Hospital (Campbell River) Clinical Interests: Surgical pathology Deepak.Toor@islandhealth.ca

Stehura, Michelle

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; General Pathologist, North Island Hospital Affiliation(s): North Island Hospital Clinical Interests: Anatomical pathology and diagnostic interpretation; Quality improvement in pathology reporting Michelle.Stehura@islandhealth.ca

Li, David

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; General Pathologist, University Hospital of Northern BC Affiliation(s): University Hospital of Northern BC Clinical Interests: High-quality diagnostic practice, cytopathology, and supporting collaborative clinical care in northern communities. Yaogong.Li@northernhealth.ca

Kim, Sirim

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Anatomical Pathologist at Surrey Memorial Affiliation(s): Surrey Memorial Clinical Interests: Diagnostic and molecular pathology sirim.kim@fraserhealth.ca

Ho, Ronnie (Siu Lun Ho)

MBBS (HK), FHKCPath, FHKAM (Pathology), FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Anatomical Pathologist at St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: general surgical pathology, cytopathology, molecular pathology and autopsy ronnie.ho@phc.ca

Elliott-Benjamin, Akeida

PA(ASCP), CCCPA Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Pathologists’ Assistant at Vancouver General Hospital Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Gross examination of complex surgical specimens, Anatomical pathology workflow optimization, Placental pathology and accreta spectrum disorders, Neuropathology specimen processing, Interdisciplinary quality assurance in laboratory medicine akeida.elliottbenjamin@phsa.ca

Broderick, Conor

B.A, M.Sc, BMBS, FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Microbiologist, Vancouver General Hospital Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Bacterial infections in immunocompromised patients conor.broderick@vch.ca

Barnabas, Georgina

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, Vancouver General Hospital Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Using proteomics and bioinformatics to identify biomarkers and personalized treatment options for hard-to-treat cancers, including neuroblastoma and leukemia georgina.barnabas@vch.ca

Akbari, Ardalan

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, Surrey Memorial Hospital Affiliation(s): Surrey Memorial Hospital Clinical Interests: Anatomical pathology diagnostics, Perinatal and women’s health pathology ardalan.akbari@fraserhealth.ca

Power, Jennifer

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, Vernon Jubilee Hospital Affiliation(s): Vernon Jubilee Hospital Clinical Interests: General anatomic pathology in a community hospital setting, Breast cancer diagnostics and prognostic marker assessment, Quality assurance and patient safety in laboratory medicine, Interprofessional collaboration in cancer diagnosis and care Jennifer.Power@interiorhealth.ca

Levy, H Jerrold

MD, FAHA, FCCM Academic Rank(s): Adjunct Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Affiliation(s): Centre for Blood Research in the Life Sciences Centre Research and Scholarly Interests: bleeding, anaphylaxis, anticoagulation, shock Clinical Interests: Anticoagulation and its reversal, therapeutic strategies to prevent and treat coagulopathy and acute inflammation in critically ill patients and extracorporeal life […]

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, 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

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

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