Clinical Professor
Division: General Surgery
Active Staff: BC Cancer – Vancouver
Health Authority: Providence Healthcare Society and Provincial Health Services Authority
Clinical Office Address: 200 -133 West Broadway Vancouver, BC V6H 4C1
Areas of Special Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Informatics, Data Science, Real World Implementation Science, Surgical Oncology, Clinical Trials, Health System Re-Design
Special Interests:
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Real World Deployment, Implementation Science
In her multiple clinical, research and administrative roles, Dr. Arnaout believes in leveraging technology. At PHSA, she is spearheading the use of AI to address practical pain points for healthcare providers; and is active in setting up a provincial process and infrastructure to support the rapid yet responsible deployment of AI tools across various domains in healthcare, across all health authorities in BC.
Perioperative Clinical Trials in Oncology
Dr. Arnaout co-led a provincial preoperative window of opportunity clinical trials program in Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, which supported the funding and delivery of 14 clinical trials across multiple disease sites across Ontario. This program is funded by the Ministry of Health to OICR. See website https://oicr.on.ca/programs/window-of-opportunity-network/
Data Science, Data-driven Quality Improvement and Health System Re-Design
Dr. Arnaout believed in empowering a data-centric culture in healthcare. She has co-created a UBC microcertificate in Data Science in Healthcare https://courses.cpe.ubc.ca/browse/ubcv/medicine/dept-of-medicine/programs/healthcaredata and a AI-powered chatbot for access to data at PHSA. Dr. Arnaout also has extensive experience in quality improvement initiatives, as she led the implementation and evaluation of two large scale provincial and national (CPAC) QI initiatives in improving cancer care.