Darryl Knight

Darryl Knight

Darryl Knight

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Professor
Associate Dean, Research, Providence Health Care Research Institute
Vice President, Research & Academic Affair, Providence Health Care
St. Paul’s Hospital

Faculty Bio

Dr. Knight obtained his PhD at the University of Western Australia in 1993 and did post doctoral training at the University of British Columbia. From 1997 to 2001 he was a Senior Research Officer in the Asthma & Allergy Research Institute of the University of Western Australia and was Head of the Experimental Biology division of the Institute from 2002-2004. He was also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the University of Western Australia.

Dr. Knight’s research program consists of complementary projects centered on understanding how the respiratory system repairs itself after inflammatory insult and why in susceptible asthmatics, inflammation results in ongoing and abnormal remodeling rather than a self-limited healing process. The particular focus of this program is the epithelial cell and fibroblast in modulating the repair process.

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The current objectives of Dr. Knight’s research program are centred on investigating the mechanisms of airway epithelial repair following damage induced by a variety of stimuli focusing on 3 key objectives: (1) Characterize the phenotype of epithelial-resident progenitor cells involved in repair in human airways (2) Determine whether bone marrow derived progenitor cells play a role in epithelial repair, and if so, what is the relative contribution of these cells to tissue resident progenitor cells under normal conditions and in the presence of underlying allergic disease (3) Examine whether airway progenitor cells have potential for both epithelial and mesenchymal differentiation.

Dr. Knight is also actively investigating the role of the IL-6/gp130 in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. The specific goal of this project is to identify novel molecular mechanisms for the treatment, diagnosis and prognosis of IPF focusing on our insights that cytokines that signal through gp130 may be critical determinants of disease susceptibility and progression. gp 130 is a shared component in the receptor complexes for the IL-6 family of cytokines that also includes IL-11, Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) and Oncostatin M (OSM) which are important regulators of both the phenotype and proliferation of fibroblasts in health and in response to injury.

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Andrew Horne

Andrew Horne

Associate Professor of Teaching
Vice Chair, Education – Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Faculty Bio

Faculty Member in the Department since 2011. Holds his BSc (Pharmacology) and PhD (Physiology) from UBC.

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Neurosciences and anesthesiology

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Vice Chair, Education


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PCTH_V 201 (Course Director)

PCTH_V 404 (Course Director)

PCTH_V 201

PCTH_V 301

PCTH_V 302

PCTH_V 303

PCTH_V 325

PCTH_V 400

PCTH_V 402

PCTH_V 404


Joanne YT Leung

Joanne YT Leung

Instructor

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MIDW_V 125

PCTH_V 201

PCTH_V 301

PCTH_V 302

PCTH_V 303

PCTH_V 325

PCTH_V 400


David Fedida

David Fedida

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Professor
Principal Investigator, Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Faculty Bio

David Fedida obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Leeds in England in cardiac electrophysiology and his medical Degree (BM, B.Ch.) from Oxford University. After a brief period spent in residency training in General Surgery and Cardiovascular Medicine in the UK, he spent postdoctoral periods at Oxford with Denis Noble, Wayne Giles in Calgary, and Arthur Brown at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas where he first identified Kv1.5 as the molecular basis of the delayed rectifier, IKur, in human atrium.

Presently he is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics with funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon and The Canadian Institutes for Health Research. This funding is to study molecular mechanisms for the gating of voltage-activated potassium channels, trafficking of potassium channels in the heart and for the discovery of small molecule inhibitors of viral ion channels, viroporins, for treatment of viral infections.

David Fedida is also a consultant for Cardiome Pharma Corp in Vancouver where he has been involved in the design and electrophysiological testing of Cardiome’s agents for the treatment of supraventricular arrhythmias – notably Vernakalant, which has been shown to be successful in the conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in Phase II and III trials and has European approval for the IV treatment of AF.

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Website: http://www.ionsgate.com/

Lab: https://crg.lsi.ubc.ca/primary-members/fedida-lab/


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Voltage-activated potassium channels, Trafficking of potassium channels in the heart and for the discovery of small molecule inhibitors of viral ion channels, Viroporins, For treatment of viral infections

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PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=david+fedida


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Clinton Wong

Clinton Wong

Clinical Professor
St. Paul’s Hospital

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Clinton Wong MD FRCPC (Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine), MCFP (Hon.) Consultant Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Physician, Division of Acute and Interventional Pain Management Department of Anesthesiology St. Paul’s Hospital (Providence Healthcare) Clinical Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics UBC Faculty of Medicine Vancouver, BC After obtaining an MD from UBC in 1983, and completing a rotating internship at North York General Hospital, plus one year of anesthesia residency at UBC, Clinton Wong worked as a GP/GP Anesthetist in Fort Nelson, BC. He returned to complete the UBC Anesthesiology residency in 1991. Formerly a consultant anesthesiologist at Shaughnessy Hospital and Riverview Hospital, he is currently at St. Paul’s Hospital where he is a member of the Division of Acute and Interventional Pain Management, including past physician lead, Acute Pain Service. He obtained certification by the RCPSC in the Pain Medicine subspecialty in 2016. His current clinical areas of interest are perioperative anesthesiology and chronic pain. He has an interest in postgraduate medical education, with previous roles as SPH site coordinator for anesthesia residents, UBC Anesthesiology Residency program director, and member of RCPSC Specialty Committee in Anesthesiology, including vice-chair. He was a contributor to the RCPSC Anesthesiology National Curriculum, used to guide residency programs in developing training programs, and by RCPSC Examination Board for national exam criteria. He has contributed to the development of Entrustable Professional Activities(EPA’s) for RCPSC Anesthesiology’s version of Competence Based Medical Education, and a similar process for the CFPC’s Family Practice Anesthesia Certificate of Added Competence (“Priority Topics” and “Key Features”). He was a surveyor for RCPSC Accreditation reviews of Canadian PGME residency programs. He was a founding member of the UBC Pain Medicine Residency, and is currently a member of the UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program’s Competence Committee, and the UBC Postgraduate Medical Education’s Oversight Committee for residents in difficulty.

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ORCID: 0000-0003-3512-2967


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Current clinical areas of interest: perioperative anesthesiology and chronic pain. Postgraduate medical education.


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Past SPH site coordinator for UBC Anesthesia residents past UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program Director past member of RCPSC Specialty Committee in Anesthesiology including vice chair, during which time this committee developed the framework for CBME/CBD with Entrustable Professional Activities past RCPSC Accreditation surveyor past member of the CFPC’s ad hoc committee to develop Family Practice Anesthesia Certificate of Added Competence (“Priority Topics” and “Key Features”) founding member of the UBC Pain Medicine Residency residency training program committee current member UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program’s Competence Committee current member UBC Postgraduate Medical Education’s Oversight Committee for residents in difficulty.


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Coordinated and/or gave many lectures for the UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program as SPH site coordinator (9+ years), and UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program Director (8.5 years). Still give annual lectures to final year UBC Anesthesiology residents in the form of R5 Seminar series on the topic of chronic pain.


Simon Whyte

Simon Whyte

Clinical Associate Professor
BC Children’s Hospital

Head, Pediatric Anesthesia, BC Children’s Hospital Head; UBC APT Division of Pediatric Anesthesia

Faculty Bio

Dr. Sadiq Abdulla is an Anesthesiologist at BC Women’s Hospital. He has a clinical fellowship in Obstetric Anesthesia from Mount Sinai Hospital inToronto, Ontario. He has also completed the UBC Sauder Physician Leadership Program and was the inaugural Associate Program Director for theAnesthesia Training Program. His research interests include optimizing uterotonic use, ultrasound use in obstetric anesthesia, and developing anenhanced recovery pathway for cesarean delivery. He is currently a Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada examiner for the Anesthesiology specialty.

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Pediatric anesthesia, including development of perioperative management guidelines for children with long QT syndromes; development of comparative, anonymized, individual feedback as a driver of continuous quality improvement; and establishment & dashboarding of a pediatric difficult intubation
registry. Current & future work focused on improving individualized TIVA regimens by examining pharmacodynamic-pharmacogenomic relationships
with anesthetic drugs used in children.


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Jennifer M Whittingham

Jennifer M Whittingham

Clinical Associate Professor
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

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Graduated from McMaster (MD, 2005; FRCPC 2010). Associate professor NOSM (2010-2019). Site Education Coordinator, Competency Committee Thunder Bay Regional Health sciences Centre/NOSM Anesthesia Program (2011-2019).

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Site Director Education – Thunder Bay Regional Hospital/NOSM (2011-2019); Competency Committee NOSM FRCPC and FPA program (2016-2019); Simulation instructor NOSM FPA Bootcamp Course (2013-2018); Interview Committee NOSM FRCPC (2013-2019)


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Simulation instructor NOSM Bootcamp FPA SIM Program (2013-2018); Undergraduate CBL teaching UBC (yr 1/yr 2)-2018/2019


Matthew Harry Duncan Walker

Matthew Harry Duncan Walker

Clinical Assistant Professor
Vancouver General Hospital

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Anesthesiologist at Vancouver General Hospital Completed medical school at Dalhousie University, anesthesia residency at UBC and a trauma anesthesia fellowship at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Co-lead of the division of trauma anesthesia at VGH. Medical director of the VGH PACU. Research interests include anesthesia for burns and trauma and perioperative outcomes.

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Anesthesia for burns and trauma. Perioperative outcomes. Sustainable anesthesia.

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ORCID: 0000-0003-1470-7325


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Trauma Anesthesia


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Secretary, Canadian Anesthesia Society, Environmental Sustainability Section


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Mark Vu

Mark Vu

Clinical Assistant Professor
Victoria General Hospital

Trauma Physician, Trauma Services

Faculty Bio

Mark Vu is an anesthesiologist and trauma physician at Island Health in Victoria, BC. His clinical interests are in resuscitative medicine, trauma care, crisis resource management, human factors, prehospital emergency care and tactical emergency medical support. Mark completed medical school at the University of British Columbia, his anesthesiology residency at Dalhousie University, and a trauma fellowship at Harborview Medical Centre. He has worked on both coast of Canada, the US, Australia, and Honolulu, Hawaii. Mark has started using phrases like “when I was a trainee”, groans quietly when he gets out of a chair, and has a preference for well crafter dad-jokes. Although he rejects the label, he has been referred to as a senior member of the department.

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Trauma care, resuscitative medicine, tactical emergency casualty care, human factors, physician mental health.


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Quality Committee Chair, Mental Health Advocate, Trauma Services Health Care Informatics Lead


Teaching

UBC Post Graduate Anesthesiology Resident Master Teacher Award (2010, 2021, 2022, 2024); Island Health Emergency Medicine Off Service Teaching Award 2020; UBC Medical Student Teaching Award 2022; UBC General Practice Anesthesia Resident Master Teacher Award (2011)


Hamed Umedaly

Hamed Umedaly

Clinical Professor
Vancouver General Hospital

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