An overview of senior leadership in the Faculty of Medicine.
Vice Deans | Department Heads | School Directors | Regional Associate Deans | Associate Deans | Assistant Deans | Clinical Faculty Affairs | Centre & Institute Directors | Associate Deans, Research | Directors, Research
Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health
Sharmila Anandasabapathy
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Vice-President, Health, UBC
Vice Deans
Mieke Koehoorn
Vice Dean, Academic Affairs
Ravi Sidhu
Vice Dean, Education
Dean Jones
Vice Dean, Health Engagement
Wyeth Wasserman
Vice Dean, Research
Department Heads
Hilary Grocott
Head, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Jörg Gsponer
Head, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Edwin Moore
Head, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Jan Dutz
Head, Department of Dermatology & Skin Science
Corinne Hohl
Head, Department of Emergency Medicine
Cecilia Jevitt
Interim Co-Head, Department of Family Practice
Wendy Norman
Interim Co-Head, Department of Family Practice
J9 Austin
Head, Department of Medical Genetics
Anita Palepu
Head, Department of Medicine
Deborah Money
Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Ben Mortenson
Head, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Neeru Gupta
Head, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Kishore Mulpuri
Head, Department of Orthopaedics
Zu-hua Gao
Head, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Steven Miller
Head, Department of Pediatrics
Alex Scott
Head, Department of Physical Therapy
Lakshmi Yatham
Head, Department of Psychiatry
Jonathon Leipsic
Head, Department of Radiology
Ahmer Karimuddin
Head, Department of Surgery
Peter Black
Head, Department of Urologic Sciences
School Directors
Paola Colozzo
Director, School of Audiology & Speech Sciences
Peter Zandstra
Director, School of Biomedical Engineering
Aslam Anis
Director, School of Population & Public Health
Regional Associate Deans
Sarah McCorquodale
Regional Associate Dean, Interior
Paul Winwood
Regional Associate Dean, Northern British Columbia
Cary Cuncic
Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser
Laura Farrell
Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island
Associate Deans
Hannah Carolan
Associate Dean, Admissions, MD Undergraduate Program
Brenna Lynn
Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development
Heather Buckley
Associate Dean, Faculty Development
Clarissa Wallace
Interim Associate Dean, Fraser
Susan Forwell
Associate Dean pro tem, Graduate & Postdoctoral Education
Joseph Anthony
Associate Dean, Health Professions
Sonia Butterworth
Interim Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education
Robyn Hutchings
Associate Dean, Student Affairs, MD Undergraduate Program
Cheryl Holmes
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education
Assistant Deans
Parvathy Nair
Assistant Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, Educational Program Support & Quality Improvement
Sonia Butterworth
Assistant Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, Engagement & Regional Support
Kevin Clark
Assistant Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, Learner Support
Rita Shah
Assistant Dean, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
Sarah Bartlett
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
Michael Curry
Assistant Dean, Fraser, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
Michelle Wong
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Fraser, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
Kalina Popova
Assistant Dean, Island Medical Program
Fiona Manning
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Island Medical Program
Sean Maurice
Assistant Dean, Northern Medical Program
Leigh Hunsinger-Chang
Interim Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Northern Medical Program
Olusegun Oyedele
Assistant Dean, Southern Medical Program
Mike Bergunder
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Southern Medical Program
Christopher West
Assistant Dean, Research, Southern Medical Program
Clinical Faculty Affairs
Amy Salmon
Director, Clinical Faculty Affairs
Centre & Institute Directors
Dean Regier
Director, Academy of Translational Medicine
Aslam Anis
Director, Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes
Hugh Kim
Director, Centre for Blood Research
David Wood
Director, Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation
Kathleen Martin Ginis
Director, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention & Management
Nadine Caron
Director, Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
Ian Scott
Director, Centre for Health Education Scholarship
Jason Sutherland
Director, Centre for Health Services & Policy Research
Don Sin
Director, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
Janice Eng
Co-Director, Centre for Hip Health & Mobility
Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Co-Director, Centre for Hip Health & Mobility
Bruce Verchere
Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics
Shernaz Bamji
Co-Director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Lynn Raymond
Co-Director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Michael Kobor
Director, Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging
Mariana Brussoni
Director, Human Early Learning Partnership
Lakshmi Yatham
Director, UBC Institute of Mental Health
Brian Kwon
Director, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)
Leonard Foster
Director, Life Sciences Institute
Anurag Singh
Director, Northern Centre for Clinical Research
Naveed Janjua
Director, UBC Centre for Disease Control
Peter Black
Director, Vancouver Prostate Centre
Susan Cox
Interim Director, W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
Lori Brotto
Director, Women’s Health Research Institute
Associate Deans, Research
François Bénard
Associate Dean, Research, BC Cancer Research Institute
Quynh Doan
Associate Dean, Research, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Darryl Knight
Associate Dean, Research, Providence Health Care Research Institute
Teresa Tsang
Associate Dean, Research, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Directors, Research
M-J Milloy
Interim Director of Research, British Columbia Centre on Substance Use