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/Anatomical Pathology
Program Director: Dr. Brian Skinnider
Vancouver General Hospital
Clinical Associate professor, UBC
Email: brian.skinnider@vch.caTransfusion Medicine
Program Director: Dr. Andrew Shih
Medical Director/Regional Medical Leader, Transfusion Medicine, Vancouver Acute/Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Clinical Associate Professor, UBC
Email: Dr. Andrew ShihMedical Microbiology
Program Director: Dr. Chris Lowe
Virology Laboratory, St. Paul’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, UBC
Email: clowe@providencehealth.bc.caHematopathology
Program Director: Dr. Kate Chipperfield
Hematopathologist, BC Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, UBC
Email: kate.chipperfield@cw.bc.caInterested in applying for Hematopathology in the upcoming CARMS match? Contact Dr. Kate Chipperfield, Program Director.
Join Our Residency Family! VideoMedical Biochemistry
Program Director: Dr. Sophia Park
Medical Biochemist, Royal Columbian Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC
Email: sophia.park@ubc.caNeuropathology
Program Director: Dr. Ian Mackenzie
Neuropathologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Professor, UBC
Email: ian.mackenzie@vch.ca
Interested in applying for Neuropathology in the upcoming CARMS match? Contact Dr. Ian Mackenzie, Program Director.
Podcasts: interviews with PDs
There's More Than Meets the Microscope - Dr. Kate Chipperfield
September 15th, 2020 | 45:33 |
Approaching the Bench: From Law to the Lab - Dr. Mike Nimmo
September 1st, 2020 | 01:43:25 |
Fellowships
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?
Alisa Abozina
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship:Breast Fellowship, Univ of Alberta
Ellen Cai
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship: Gynecology Fellowship, Stanford, CA
Deidre Ongaro
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship: GU Fellowship, Stanford, CA
Jennifer Pors
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship:Gynecology Fellowship, Stanford, CA
Fatemeh Derakhshan
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship: Experimental/Mol Fellowship at MSKCC (Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Centre, New York), and then Breast Pathology also at MSKCC, in AY21-22
Eric Eckbo
(Medical Microbiology)Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Victor Yuen
(Medical Microbiology)Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, Victoria
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.
Current job: Staff Pathologist, Royal Columbian Hospital
Daniel Owen
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship: Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Pathology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Current job: Staff Pathologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Jessica Saunders
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship:Pediatric Pathology fellowship in Seattle at Seattle Children's Hospital.
Current job: Staff Pediatric Pathologist, BCCH
Ema Todorovic
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship: Head and Neck Fellowship – Toronto General Hospital, Supervisor: Dr. Ilan Weinreb
Current job: Staff Pathologist, Abbotsford Regional Hospital
Catherine Cheng
(Medical Biochemistry)Current job: Medical Biochemist, Vancouver General Hospital
Hamish Nicolson
(Hematopathology)Current job: St Paul’s Hospital – Hematopathologist
Krista Marcon
(Hematopathology)Current job: Vancouver General Hospital – Hematopathologist
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
Catalin Taraboanta
(Anatomical Pathology)Current job: Staff Pathologist - East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, BC
Noorah Al Madani
(Anatomical Pathology)Fellowship: Clinical Fellow – Gynecological Pathology Fellowship, VGH. 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
July 2020: Staff position at King Fahad Medical City (Riyadh), Saudi Arabia
Lawrence Lee (Anatomical Pathology)
Current job: Staff Anatomical Pathologist at Vancouver General Hospital
Eric Bol (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Forensic Pathology; Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton
Current job: Forensic Pathologist, Calgary
Maziar Riazy (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Renal Pathology; University of Washington, Seattle
Current job: Pathologist (Renal), St Paul’s Hospital
Inna Sekirov (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, Mycobacteriology/TB Program Head: BCCDC Public Health Lab, Vancouver
Shazia Masud (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Staff Medical Microbiologist, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Fraser Health Authority
Audi Setiadi (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist:BC Children’s Hospital
Habib Moshref Razavi (Hematopathology)
Current job: Staff Hematopathologist: Fraser Health, Vancouver
Gang Wang (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Genitourinary Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA
Current job: Staff Anatomic Pathologist, BC Cancer Agency
Brandon Sheffield (Anatomical Pathology)
Current job: Pathologist, William Osler Health System, Ontario
Susanna Zachara (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Renal Pathology, Foothills Hospital with the University of Calgary
Current job: Pathologist (Medical Renal), St Paul’s Hospital
Eman Khan (Hematopathology)
Current job: Hematopathologist at the national guard hospital in Jeddah, Saudi
Shadhiya Al Khan (Hematopathology)
Fellowship: Transfusion Medicine, UBC
Current job: Hematopathologist at Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen (Neuropathology)
Current job: Neuropathologist, VGH
Tyler Verdun (General Pathology)
Current job: Staff Pathologist- Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories, Edmonton
Lien Hoang (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gynaecologic pathology- New York Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Current job: Staff Anatomic Pathologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Joyce Leo (Anatomical Pathology)
Fellowship: Gyne & Breast Pathology
Current job: Staff Pathologist: Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria
Michael Payne (Medical Microbiology)
Current job: Medical Microbiologist, Co-Section Head, and LHSC IPAC Medical Leader, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario
Ramesh Saeedi (Medical Biochemistry)
Current job: Staff Medical Biochemist, Royal Columbian Hospital
Sophia Wong (Medical Biochemistry)
Current job: Staff Medical Biochemist Vancouver General Hospital
Nick Sunderland (General Pathology)
Fellowship: UBC Hematopathology/
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Current job: General & Hematopathologist, Kelowna General Hospital, British ColumbiaMeet 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
Shelley.Berkow@pathology.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
pathology.residencyasst@ubc.caProfessional Advancement Learning Series (PALS) One hour interactive presentations that provides “information you can’t get from a book”