David C. Evans, AB MD CM MSc FRCSC FACS
Clinical Associate Professor
Active Staff: UBC Hospital, Vancouver General Hospital
City: Vancouver
Hospital Authority: Vancouver Coastal Health
Clinical Office Address:
855 12th Avenue West
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
Focus
- General Surgery
- Trauma Surgery
Bio
Dr. Evans is a trauma and general surgeon currently practicing at the Vancouver General Hospital, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
His educational background includes a B.A. from Princeton University (1984), M.D, C.M degrees (1988) and general surgery residency training (1993) from McGill University, critical care training at the University of Toronto (1997), and an M.Sc (Epidemiology) from the University of British Columbia (2010).
After two years in community surgery, he joined the McGill University Health Centre in 1997 where he was active in trauma, general surgery, and critical care medicine, and served as Trauma Director at the Montreal General Hospital. He joined UBC and the VGH Department of Surgery in 2005 and has served as both the VGH site trauma director and Vancouver Coastal Health regional trauma director. He has recently been appointed Medical Director, Trauma Services BC. He holds an ongoing CIHR research grant to evaluate trauma systems and has been active on the executive committees of the Trauma Association of Canada and the Canadian Association of General Surgeons, and the examination board of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.