Page updated: April 17, 2009
BC Cancer Agency's Vancouver Centre has 24 subspecialized medical oncologists with academic appointments at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and additional privileges at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). Each has some combination of patient care, clinical research (including our drug development program Phase I), teaching and administration responsibilities.
Medical Staff
Vice President, Systemic Therapy, BC Cancer Agency - Dr Charles Blanke
Professional Practice Leader, Vancouver Clinic - Dr Hagen Kennecke
Medical Oncologists:
- Kim Chi
- Winson Cheung
- Stephen Chia
- Joseph Connors
- Karen Gelmon
- Sharlene Gill
- Cheryl Ho
- Paul Hoskins
- Hagen Kennecke
- Richard Klasa
- Meg Knowling
- Christian Kollmannsberger
- Janessa Laskin
- Howard Lim
- Caroline Lohrisch
- Barbara Melosky
- Nevin Murray
- Dan Renouf
- Kerry Savage
- Laurie Sehn
- Amil Shah - retired 2009
- Tamara Shenkier
- Sophie Sun
- Ken Swenerton - retired May 2011
- Anna Tinker
- Diego Villa
Dermatologists:
- Jan Dutz
- Vincent Ho
- Harvey Lui
- Youwen Zhou
Pain & Symptom Management and Palliative Care
- Pippa Hawley - Internist
- Lori Saretsky - GPO
- Mary Lymburner - retired 2010
- Catriona Aparicio - GPO
- Elizabeth Beddard-Huber - RN
General Practitioners in Oncology (Clinical Associates):
- Shirley Howdle
- Helen Karsai
- Lori Saretsky
- Azim Jiwani
- Valerie Geddes
- Peter Pavlovich
- Don Cooper
- Rose-Marie Coschizza
Neuro-oncologist:
Gastroentero-oncologist:
Residency Training Program Committee
Dr Caroline Lohrisch (Acting Program Director 2 August 2011 - 29 February 2012). Dr Tamara Shenkier on sabbatical 2 August 2011 - 29 February 2012. Dr Lohrisch is the Acting Program Director of the Medical Oncology Training Program of BC. The program director chairs the residency training program committee meetings which includes representatives from other BC Cancer Agency centres. The committee meets quarterly.
2011/2012 Program Committee Members:
- Sharlene Gill - Vancouver Centre
- Howard Lim - Vancouver Centre
- Stephen Chia - Vancouver Centre
- Caroline Lohrisch - Vancouver Centre
- Kerry Savage - Vancouver Centre
- Peter Pavlovich - Vancouver Centre
- Val Geddes - Vancouver Centre
- Helen Karsai - Vancouver Centre
- Theresa Chan - Fraser Valley Centre
- Wen Wen Shan - Resident Elect - Vancouver Centre
- Daygen Finch - Centre for the Southern Interior
- Sheila Souliere - Vancouver Island Centre
Affiliations
In addition to full-time staff, BCCA has a large consulting staff. Our academic and clinical activities are closely linked with the Division of Radiation Oncology (and their training program), the Department of Medicine (particularlary the Division of Hematology), the Department of Surgery (including Gyneoncology), the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Diagnostic Imaging.
The 800 bed Vancouver General Hospital is adjacent to BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Centre, and is one of the central clinical teaching hospitals for UBC.
The BC Cancer Agency's Research Centre houses over 13 broad research areas and is located across the street from the Vancouver Centre.