Pathology Residency Programs
The UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is the academic home to a wide variety of exceptional individuals who create and convey knowledge related to the causes (etiology) and mechanisms (pathogenesis) of disease, enabling translation into improved diagnosis, prognosis and management of patients and populations (service). This in large part defines the "business" we are in. The Department has major roles in undergraduate medical and residency education, continuing professional development-knowledge translation (CPD-KT), and in the education of allied health professions.
Specialties we offer:
PLEASE NOTE: Medical Biochemistry is now a subspecialty and applications are submitted through the CaRMS subspecialty match. https://www.carms.ca/en/residency/msm/
Diagnostic & Molecular Pathology
Program Director: Dr. Jonathan Bush Clinical Associate Professor, UBC; BC Children's Hospital
Email: jonathan.bush@ubc.ca
Diagnostic & Molecular Pathology
Associate Program Director: Dr. David Farnell Clinical Instructor, UBC; Consultant Pathologist at Vancouver General Hospital
Email: david.farnell@vch.ca
Medical Biochemistry
Program Director: Dr. Andre Mattman Clinical Professor, UBC; Medical Biochemist, St Paul's Hospital
Email: amattman@providencehealth.bc.ca
Hematopathology
Program Director: Dr. Krista Marcon Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC; Hematopathologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Email: krista.marcon@vch.ca
Interested in applying? Contact Dr. Krista Marcon
Watch our program video
Medical Microbiology
Program Director: Dr. Michael Payne Clinical Associate Professor, UBC; Medical Microbiologist, St. Paul's Hospital
Email: mpayne2@providencehealth.bc.ca
Medical Microbiology
Associate Program Director: Dr. Chris Lowe Clinical Associate Professor, UBC; Virology Laboratory, St. Paul's Hospital
Email: clowe@providencehealth.bc.ca
Neuropathology
Program Director: Dr. Ian Mackenzie Professor, UBC; Neuropathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Email: ian.mackenzie@vch.ca
Interested in applying? Contact Dr. Ian MackenzieArea of Focused Competence (AFC) Programs
Transfusion Medicine AFC
Program Director: Dr. Youness Elkhalidy Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC; Surrey Memorial Hospital
Email: youness.elkhalidy1@fraserhealth.ca
Pediatric & Perinatal AFC
Program Director: Dr. Anna Lee Clinical Associate Professor, UBC; BC Children's Hospital
Email: anna.lee@cw.bc.caPodcasts: interviews with PDs
There's More Than Meets the Microscope - Dr. Kate Chipperfield
Approaching the Bench: From Law to the Lab - Dr. Mike Nimmo
Medical Biochemistry: A Chat with Dr. Mattman
Where in the world are our graduates?
Spencer Martin (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gynecology pathology Fellowship, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver BC, Canada
Toby Schmitt (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Dermatopathology Fellowship, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Derek van Pel (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Genitourinary pathology fellowship, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
Sirim Kim (Anatomical Pathology)
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist at Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC, Canada
Brenden Joseph (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Breast pathology fellowship, Saint Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jenny (Xiu Qing) Wang (Hematopathology )
Current Job: Staff hematopathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ardalan Akbari (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gynecologic & Perinatal pathology, Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist at Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC, Canada
Jamie Lee (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Renal pathology, Cedars-Sinai medical Centre, LA, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist, Waterloo Regional Health Network, ON, Canada
Deepak Toor (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: General surgical pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist at North Island Hospital Campbell River & District, Campbell River, BC, Canada
Colin Pryma (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Cardiovascular pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Current job:Anatomical Pathologist at Saint Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Suefay Liu (Medical Microbiology)
Current Job: Staff medical microbiologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Kevin Shopsowitz (Hematopathology)
Current Job: Staff hematopathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jonathan Lee (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Dermatopathology Fellowship, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist at Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, BC, Canada
Hang Yang (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gastrointestinal Fellowship, Stanford University, California, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist at Edmonton Base Laboratory, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Taylor Salisbury (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Breast Pathology fellowship, Stanford University, California, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist at Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Robert Guo (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, Ottawa General Hospital, Ontario, Canada
Hussam Bukhari (Anatomical Pathology)
Current Fellowship: Head & Neck Fellowship at UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
Fellowship: Yale Fellowship, Maryland
Current job: Staff at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Kimberly Hamilton (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Forensic Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Current job: Forensic Pathologist, Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, Ontario, Canada
Jenny Chu (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gastrointestinal Fellowship, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Current job: Gastrointestinal Pathologist – Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC
Yi Ariel Liu (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Dermatopathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist at Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Carl Ren (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Pediatric Pathology, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist – Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Julia Naso (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Pulmonary Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist – Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lisa Borretta (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Dermatopathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist - Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Ann Tran (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, Saint Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canadaa
Basile Tessier-Cloutier (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gynecologic pathology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Current job: McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sammy Au (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: GU fellowship at Indiana University
Current job: Anatomical Pathologist at Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, ON, Canada
Mike Steel (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: GI & Liver fellowship, University of Toronto
Current job: Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC, Canada
Raymond Yip (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: GI & Liver fellowship at University of California
Current job: Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada
Kyra Berg (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: GI & Liver fellowship at Stanford
Current job: Staff pathologist, Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Bhupinder Johal (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Eric McGinnis (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Adrian Levine (Neuropathology)
Current job: Staff Neuropathologist, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alisa Abozina (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Breast Fellowship, University of Alberta
Current job: Royal Colombian Hospital, BC, Canada
Ellen Cai (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gynecology Fellowship, Stanford, CA
Current job: Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Deidre Ongaro (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: GU Fellowship, Stanford, CA
Current job: Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Jennifer Pors (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gynecology Fellowship, Stanford, CA
Current job: BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Fatemeh Derakhshan (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Experimental/Molecular Fellowship at MSKCC (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York), and then Breast Pathology also at MSKCC, in AY21-22
Current job: Columbia University, New York, USA
Eric Eckbo (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Victor Yuen (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, Victoria, BC, Canada
Lisa Li (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Medical Microbiologist, BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Kenrry Chiu (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology Fellowship at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York under Dr. Rhonda Yantiss for 2019-2020
Current job: Staff Pathologist, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Daniel Owen (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Pathology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Current job: Staff Pathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jessica Saunders (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Pediatric Pathology fellowship in Seattle at Seattle Children's Hospital
Current job: Staff Pediatric Pathologist, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ema Todorovic (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Head and Neck Fellowship – Toronto General Hospital, Supervisor: Dr. Ilan Weinreb
Current job: Head & Neck pathologist - Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Catherine Cheng (Medical Biochemistry)
Current job: Medical Biochemist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hamish Nicolson (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Krista Marcon (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Maryam AlBakri (Hematopathology)
Fellowship: Fellowship in Flow Cytology, Supervisor: Dr Suzanne Vercauteren
Tyler Hickey (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Forensic Pathology Fellowship (Royal College Program through University of Toronto and Ontario Forensic Pathology Services), Supervisor – Dr Iayantha Herath
Current job: Staff Forensic Pathologist, Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Catalin Taraboanta (Anatomical Pathology)
Current job: Staff Pathologist, East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
Noorah Al Madani (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Clinical Fellow – Gynecological Pathology Fellowship, Vancouver General Hospital, Supervisor Dr Lien Hoang
Sarah Cherian (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist at the University Hospitals in Cleveland, USA
Yazeed Alwelaie (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: 2018-20: Cytopathology Fellow at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
Current job: Staff position at King Fahad Medical City (Riyadh), Saudi Arabia (July 2020)
Lawrence Lee (Anatomical Pathology)
Current job: Staff Anatomical Pathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Eric Bol (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Forensic Pathology; Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton
Current job: Forensic Pathologist, Burnaby General Hospital, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Maziar Riazy (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Renal Pathology; University of Washington, Seattle
Current job: Staff Pathologist (Renal), St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Inna Sekirov (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, Mycobacteriology/TB Program Head, BCCDC Public Health Lab, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Shazia Masud (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, BC, Canada
Audi Setiadi (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Habib Moshref Razavi (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Gang Wang (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Genitourinary Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA
Current job: Staff Anatomic Pathologist, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Brandon Sheffield (Anatomical Pathology)
Current job: Staff Pathologist, William Osler Health System, Ontario, Canada
Susanna Zachara (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Renal Pathology, Foothills Hospital with the University of Calgary
Current job: Staff Pathologist (Medical Renal), St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Eman Khan (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Shadhiya Al Khan (Hematopathology)
Fellowship: Transfusion Medicine, UBC
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist, Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen (Neuropathology)
Current job: Staff Neuropathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Tyler Verdun (General Pathology)
Current job: Staff Pathologist, Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Lien Hoang (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gynaecologic pathology - New York Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Current job: Staff Anatomic Pathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Joyce Leo (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gynecologic & Breast Pathology
Current job: Staff Pathologist, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada
Michael Payne (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ramesh Saeedi (Medical Biochemistry)
Current job: Staff Medical Biochemist, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Sophia Park (Medical Biochemistry)
Current job: Staff Medical Biochemist, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Nick Sunderland (General Pathology)
Fellowship: UBC Hematopathology/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Current job: Staff General & Hematopathologist, Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, BC, CanadaMeet our Staff
Dr. Michael Nimmo
Executive Program Director
Clinical Professor UBC
Vancouver General Hospital
Email: michael.nimmo@vch.ca
Shelley Berkow
Residency Program Manager
Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre
10th floor – Room 10125/10127
2775 Laurel St
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
Tel. (604) 875-4892
Email: Shelley.Berkow@pathology.ubc.ca
Lisa Robichaud
Senior Program Assistant Medical Education
Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre
10th floor – Room 10125/10127
2775 Laurel St
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
Tel. (604) 604 875 4111 Ext. 23087
Email: lisa.robichaud@ubc.ca
Mayumi Shimada
Residency Program Assistant
Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre
10th floor – Room 10125/10127
2775 Laurel St
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
Tel. (604) 875-4111 ext 68709
Email: pathology.residencyasst@ubc.caProfessional Advancement Learning Series (PALS)
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