Two faculty members were named winners of Business in Vancouver‘s Forty Under 40:
Carl Brown, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, is a colorectal surgeon and the Head of the Division of General Surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital. In this role, he has developed innovations which have reduced the invasiveness of life-saving procedures, shortening recovery times. He has also integrated research, resources and referrals throughout the province to improve the treatment and care of patients with colorectal cancer.
Dr. Brown is the President of the Providence Health Care Medical Staff Association and the Chairman of the Research and Outcomes Evaluation Committee at the BC Cancer Agency.
Evan Wood
Evan Wood, Professor in the Department of Medicine, leads the Goldcorp Fellowship in Addiction Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital and UBC. As Canada’s only interdisciplinary addiction medicine training program, the Goldcorp Fellowship in Addiction Medicine will address a critical lack of skilled addiction medicine specialists in the province by providing training in addictions medicine to 20 fellows over five years.
Dr. Wood is the Director of the Urban Health Research Initiative at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. In 2012, he was named the Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine.
Winners of Business in Vancouver‘s Forty Under 40 are selected by a panel of judges based on excellence in business judgment, leadership and community contribution.