ACUTE CARE SURGERY
The Acute Care Surgery Section aims to deliver timely, best-practice, value-based, and patient-centered care to all patients presenting or referred to our team.
Section Head: Dr. Philip Dawe, MD FRCSC | philip.dawe@vch.ca
EMERGENCY ONCOLOGY
Section Head: Dr. Heather Stuart, MD MSc FRCSC FACS | heather.c.stuart@gmail.com
TRAUMA
The Trauma Section, based at Vancouver General Hospital, is committed to supporting healthy lives throughout British Columbia by preventing and reducing the impact of injury through leadership in the provision of exceptional, integrated trauma care, innovative education, injury prevention initiatives and research.
Section Head: Dr. Philip Dawe, MD FRCSC | philip.dawe@vch.ca
For details about Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at Vancouver General Hospital, please click here.
ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION
The Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Unit is working towards improving the quality of care, wait times, and patient experience for an often neglected part of a patient’ surgical journey, especially as incisional hernia repairs are often the final part of a patient’s journey after completing successful index surgery.
Section Head: Dr. Jack Chiu, MD MSc HSED FRCSC | Jack.Chiu2@vch.ca
FOREGUT SURGERY
Section Head: Dr. Adam Meneghetti, MD MSc FRCSC | Adam.Meneghetti@vch.ca
LIVER TRANSPLANT
The Liver Transplant IPU is dedicated to providing high-value, patient-centered, and equitable services to all of British Columbia, from pre-transplant preparation to post-transplant care, in partnership with BC Transplant, Canadian Blood Services and the Provincial Health Services Authority.
Section Head: Dr. Stephanie Chartier-Plante, MD FRCSC | Stephanie.Chartier_Plante@vch.ca
For details about BC Transplant, please click here.
For details about Transplant Surgery at Vancouver General Hospital, please click here.
For details about Transplant Surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital, please click here.
HEPATIC ONCOLOGY
Section Head: Dr. Maja Segedi, MD MPH FRCSC | Maja.Segedi@vch.ca
PANCREATIC ONCOLOGY
The Pancreatic Oncology IPU focuses on improving surgical outcomes for pancreatic cancer care. The aim is to create a team where the patients can receive the best pancreas cancer care in the world right here in our backyard.
Section Head: Dr. Peter Kim, MD MSc FRCSC FACS | Peter.Kim@vch.ca
ADVANCED COLORECTAL AND PELVIC ONCOLOGY
Section Head: Dr. Andrew McFadden, MD FRCSC | andrew.mcfadden@vch.ca & Dr. Jason Park, Med FRCSC | jason.park1@vch.ca
COLORECTAL ONCOLOGY
Section Head: Dr. Adam Meneghetti, MD MSc FRCSC | Adam.Meneghetti@vch.ca
CONNECTIVE TISSUE ONCOLOGY
Section Head: Dr. Andrea MacNeill, MD MSc | Andrea.MacNeill@vch.ca & Dr. Trevor Hamilton, MD FRCSC | Trevor.Hamilton@vch.ca
ENDOCRINE AND HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
Section Head: Dr. Heather Stuart, MD MSc FRCSC FACS | heather.c.stuart@gmail.com
GASTRIC ONCOLOGY
Section Head: Dr. Trevor Hamilton, MD FRCSC | Trevor.Hamilton@vch.ca
MELANOMA
Section Head: Dr. Heather Stuart, MD MSc FRCSC FACS | heather.c.stuart@gmail.com
PERITONEAL MALIGNANCY
Section Head: Dr. Andrea MacNeill, MD MSc | Andrea.MacNeill@vch.ca & Dr. Trevor Hamilton, MD FRCSC | Trevor.Hamilton@vch.ca