Pathology Residency Program
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.
Current Residents
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/Hematopathology
Co-Program Director: Dr. Kate Chipperfield
Hematopathologist, BC Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, UBC
Email: kate.chipperfield@cw.bc.caAnatomical Pathology
Program Director: Dr. Brian Skinnider
Vancouver General Hospital
Clinical Associate professor, UBC
Email: brian.skinnider@vch.caHematopathology
Co-Program Director: Dr. Suzanne Vercauteren
Hematopathologist, BC Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate professor, UBC
Email: svercauteren2@cw.bc.caMedical Microbiology
Program Director: Dr. Chris Lowe
Virology Laboratory, St. Paul’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, UBC
Email: clowe@providencehealth.bc.caNeuropathology
Program Director: Dr. Ian Mackenzie
Neuropathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Professor, UBC
Email: ian.mackenzie@vch.caMedical Biochemistry
Program Director: Dr. Sophia Wong
Medical Biochemist, Vancouver General Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC
Email: sophia.wong@vch.caTransfusion Medicine
Transfusion medicine is an Area of Focused Competence (AFC) program, and is accredited by Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.
For more information and to apply, pls contact: Program Director: Dr. Karen DallasFellowships
Unfortunately, there are no UBC funded fellowships in Pathology. However, fellowships funded by a specific hospital site are sometimes available. These include cytopathology at the BC Cancer Agency, general surgical pathology through Royal Columbian Hospital, and possibly GI pathology through Vancouver General Hospital. Enrollment in such a fellowship is at the discretion of the individual preceptor.
Fellowships funded through external agencies (eg. IMG residents wishing to complete additional training in a specific area or CMG residents funded by an agency to complete additional training in a specific area) are sometimes available at the discretion of the individual preceptor. In the past, such fellowships have been completed in Bone & Soft Tissue, Head & Neck, Breast, Gynecologic, Gastrointestinal & Hematopathology.
Although we do provide certificates of completion, fellowships are not credentialed by the Royal College.
Pls contact Shelley Berkow, Residency Program Manager for more information.
Where in the world are our graduates?
Lisa Li
(Medical Microbiology)Current job: Medical Microbiologist at Vancouver General Hospital
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.
Daniel Owen
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship: Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Pathology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Jessica Saunders
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship:Pediatric Pathology fellowship in Seattle at Seattle Children's Hospital.
Ema Todorovic
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship: Head and Neck Fellowship – Toronto General Hospital, Supervisor: Dr. Ilan Weinreb