Meet Our Team

CURRENT ROLES

• Head of Medical Microbiology and Virology, St. Paul’s Hospital
• Medical Director, Laboratory Services, Yukon Hospital Corporation
• Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
• Specialist Register, Medical Microbiology, General Medical Council (UK)

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• University of Western Ontario
  

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Medical Microbiology, University of British Columbia
• Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, University of London
• Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellow, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Chair, British Columbia COVID-19 Testing Subcommittee (2020-2022)
• Principal Investigator, SARS-CoV-2 infection and immunity in older adults, COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada
• President, British Columbia Association of Medical Microbiologists

PUBLICATIONS

• See https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=g1LtZAYAAAAJ&hl=en

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CURRENT ROLES

• Anatomical Pathologist, St. Paul’s Hospital
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine, UBC 

‍MEDICAL SCHOOL

• Isfahan University of Medical Science, Iran

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• General Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Science
• Pathology Residency, UBC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Dermatologist, St. Paul’s Hospital
• Breast Pathologist, St. Paul’s Hospital
• General Pathologist, St. Paul’s Hospital
• Thyroid, colorectal, infectious disease, and immunology research, UBC

CURRENT ROLES

• Entrepreneur
• Medical Director, Novavita Laboratory, Vancouver

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• Univ. of London (MBBS LOND-UWI)
• Licentiate Medical Council of Canada

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Resident in Pathology, Montreal General Hospital
• Resident Intensive Care, Univ. Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica
• Pathology, Banting Institute-Toronto General Hospital
• Biochemistry, Univ. of Toronto
• Pathologist, FRCP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Direct Patient Care:

• Emergency Dept, Univ. Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica
• Locum Physician, Emergency Dept, Northwestern General Hospital, Toronto
• Bariatric and Metabolic Care, Dr. Bernstein Health and Diet Clinic, Langley
• Private Patients Practice, Novavita Laboratory, Vancouver

Laboratory Medicine:

• Cytopathology Associates, Toronto
• General Pathologist, Director of Biochemistry, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria BC
• General Pathologist, Director of Biochemistry, Royal Columbian Hospital
• Director of Laboratory, Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH)
• Director of Biochemistry, BC Biomedical Laboratory
• Medical Director, UBC GYN Endocrine Laboratory

Professional Assns, Board, Committees:

• Medical Staff President, SMH
• Board Member, SMH Hospital Foundation
• Regional Advisory Committee Member, Fraser Health

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CURRENT ROLE

• Retired Scientist and Pathologist, India

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Molecular Pathology, Kiel Germany
• Microarray Techniques, Indian Institute of Science, (Bangalore and Ann Arbor Michigan)
• Laboratory Genetics, All India Institute of Medical Science (New Delhi)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• General Pathologist, India
• Scientist, Indian Council of Medical Research
• Scientist, National Institute of Pathology of India

CURRENT ROLES

• Family Physician, Richmond BC
• Clinical Associate Department of Heme/Onc/BMT, BC Children’s Hospital
• Board of Director, Minoru Medical Education Society
• Station physician for KLM/AF in Vancouver BC

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• University of Cape Town, South Africa

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• B.Sc – Biochemistry and Microbiology, Univ. of Cape Town
• B.Sc Hons – Medical Biochemistry, Univ. of Cape Town
• Trauma and Spinal Care, Conradie Hospital Cape Town
• Pediatrics Red Cross, Children’s Hospital Cape Town

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Rural General Practitioner, Wynyard Saskatchewan
• Research on the epidemiology of spinal cord injuries, social, physical, and mental aspects of tuberculosis meningitis on patients and their families
• “The evaluation and treatment of pelvic rhabdomyosarcomas in children”, Northwest Urological meeting presentation
• “Ability of serum PSA to predict normal bone scans in prostate cancer patients”, The AUA and CUA annual meeting presentation
• “Intensive short course of treatment of non-metastatic osteogenic sarcoma”, SIOP meeting presentation, Paris

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CURRENT ROLE

• Technical Manager

SCHOOL ATTENDED

• British Columbia Institute of Technology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Medical Lab Technologist, CARO Analytical Service
• Medical Lab Technologist, Royal Columbian Hospital

CURRENT ROLE

• Medical Lab Technologist

SCHOOL ATTENDED

• British Columbia Institute of Technology

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Quality Management Fundamentals, BCIT
• Quality Auditing, BCIT
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certified, Canada

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• MLT, Lifelabs High Volume Chemistry
• MLT, St. Paul’s Hospital Core Lab

CURRENT ROLE

• Medical Lab Manager, Novavita Laboratory

SCHOOL ATTENDED

• BSc. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SFU
• Medical Lab Science, BCIT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Medical Lab Technologist, Seymour Health UPCC
• Medical Lab Technologist, Lifelabs
• Medical Lab Technologist, Eagle Ridge Hospital

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‍CURRENT ROLE

• Head of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, BC Cancer Agency

SCHOOL ATTENDED

• BASc. in Biological and Process Engineering, UBC
• EMBA, Valar Institute
  

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Master Certificate in Project Management, University of Victoria.
• Certified College of American Pathologists (CAP) and British Standards Institution ISO lead auditor
  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Over 20 years of knowledge in designing Quality Management Systems following CAP, GMP, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and CLIA standards

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‍BUSINESS SCHOOL

• Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Executive MBA, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University
• CPA, CMA OF the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia
• BBA, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• CFO, C2C Healthcare Inc.
• CFO, Aequus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• CFO, Verity Analytics Inc.
• CFO, Quantix Scientific Inc.
• Acting CEO and CFO, Pacgen Life Science Corporation
• VP, Finance and Administration, Cardiome Pharma Corp

SCHOOL ATTENDED

• BSC-Accountancy, Univ. of Pangasinan, The Philippines
• Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University (SFU)

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Executive MBA, Beedie School of Business, SFU
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certified, Canada
• CPA – Professional Regulations Commission, The Philippines

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• CFO, PT Sarimelati Kencana, Tbk, Indonesia
• CFO, PT Sriboga Raturaya Group, Indonesia
• Semi Senior Auditor – SGV & Co, CPAs, The Philippines

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‍SCHOOL ATTENDED

• BSc. in chemistry, University of British Columbia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Research Scientist and R&D chemist in the Biotechnology sector (9+ years of experience) under ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 certified environments

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‍SCHOOL ATTENDED

• Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science, University of Alberta

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Instructor for Medical Lab Science Program at BCIT
• Technical Resource and Quality Manager, Seymour Health UPCC
• Medical Lab Technologist, Life Labs

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‍SCHOOL ATTENDED

• BMLS, Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines
• Diploma in Arts and Science (Health Sciences: Arts), Langara College

TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Ground (TDG)
• WHMIS 2015
• Fire Safety and Extinguishers
• MLT- Professional Regulations Commission, Philippines

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Medical Laboratory Technologist, Pangasinan Provincial Hospital, Philippines

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