Council of Program Representatives

2022 - 2023

The Resident Doctors of BC membership consists of many programs with varying interests and needs. It is the purpose of this Council to ensure that those interests and needs are addressed in the association.

Role

  1. Act as liaisons between Resident Doctors of BC and the membership; sharing information with their colleagues, and relaying issues and concerns to the Board of Directors
  2. Identify potential committee members for and participating in Resident Doctors of BC internal Committees
  3. Provide cross-program information sharing and networking opportunities

Does your program have an open seat?

If your program representative is listed as “open,” this means we did not receive a representative nomination during the official nomination period, and no one has stepped forward since then to claim the seat. If you are interested in taking on the role of program representative, please contact the Resident Doctors of BC office at info@residentdoctorsbc.ca.

Council of Program Representatives 2022 – 2023

Chair: Dr. Willow Thickson, R1, Family Medicine, Vancouver Fraser

Program/Site Number of Program Representative Positions Current Program Representative(s)
Anatomical Pathology 1 Open
Anesthesiology 2 Dr. Nilufer Nourouzpour

Dr. Cale Templeton

Anesthesiology – Pain Medicine 1 Open
Cardiac Surgery 1 Dr. Sorush Rokui
Cardiology – Adult 1 Dr. Curtis Williams
Clinical Immunology and Allergy 1 Open
Clinician Investigator Program 1 Open
Colorectal Surgery 1 Open
Critical Care Medicine 1 Open
Dentistry 1 Open
Dermatology 1 Dr. Seiwon Park
Developmental Pediatrics 1 Open
Diagnostic Radiology 2 Dr. Joanna Yuen

Dr. Philip Edgecumbe

Dr. Lee Treanor

Emergency Medicine – Fraser 1 Open
Emergency Medicine – Interior 1 Open
Emergency Medicine – Vancouver 1 Open
Emergency Medicine – Vancouver Island 1 Open
Endocrinology and Metabolism – Adult 1 Open
Family Medicine – Abbotsford 1 Open
Family Medicine – Indigenous 1 Open
Family Medicine – Anesthesiology 1 Open
Family Medicine – Chilliwack 1 Dr. Michael Lai

Dr. Christine Okeefe

Family Medicine – Clinician Scholar Program 1 Open
Family Medicine – Coastal 1 Dr. Setareh Banihosseini
Family Medicine – Emergency Medicine 1 Open
Family Medicine – Enhanced Skills 1 Open
Family Medicine – Enhanced Skills Prince George 1 Open
Family Medicine – Kamloops 1 Open
Family Medicine – Kootenay Boundary 1 Open
Family Medicine – Nanaimo 1 Open
Family Medicine – Northern / Rural Prince George 1 Open
Family Medicine – Okanagan South 1 Dr. Cassandra Nysten
Family Medicine – Prince George 1 Open
Family Medicine – Rural Fort St. John 1 Open
Family Medicine – Rural Kelowna 1 Dr. Ariel Smith
Family Medicine – Rural Northwest 1 Open
Family Medicine – Sports and Exercise Medicine 1 Open
Family Medicine – St. Paul’s Hospital 2 Dr. Kimberly Co
Family Medicine – Surrey / South Fraser 2 Dr. Roxana Rahmanian
Family Medicine – Vancouver Fraser 2 Open
Family Medicine – Vancouver Island / Strathcona 1 Dr. Hannah Gummeson
Family Medicine – Victoria 2 Open
Gastroenterology 1 Open
General Internal Medicine 1 Open
General Surgery 2 Dr. Nadeesha Samarasinghe
Geriatric Medicine 1 Open
Gynecologic Oncology 1 Open
Gynecologic Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility 1 Open
Hematological Pathology 1 Open
Hematology 1 Open
Infectious Diseases – Adult 1 Open
Internal Medicine – Vancouver 2 Dr. Kai Zhu
Internal Medicine – Vancouver Island 1 Open
Maternal Fetal Medicine 1 Open
Medical Genetics 1 Dr. Brandon Chalazan

Dr. Rozlyn Boutin

Medical Microbiology 1 Open
Medical Oncology 1 Open
Nephrology 1 Open
Neurology 1 Dr. Jasmyne Kassam
Neuropathology 1 Open
Neurosurgery 1 Dr. Michael Rizzuto
Nuclear Medicine 1 Open
Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 Dr. Maichael Thejoe
Ophthalmology 1 Dr. Mahadev Bhalla
Orthopaedic Surgery 1 Dr. Gina Peck
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery 1 Open
Palliative Medicine 1 Open
Pediatric – Adolescent Medicine 1 Open
Pediatric – Cardiology 1 Open
Pediatric – Clinical Immunology & Allergy 1 Open
Pediatrics – Critical Care Medicine 1 Open
Pediatrics – Endocrinology and Metabolism 1 Open
Pediatrics – Gastroenterology 1 Open
Pediatrics – Hematology/Oncology 1 Open
Pediatrics – Nephrology 1 Open
Pediatrics – Neurology 1 Open
Pediatrics – Vancouver 2 Dr. Gabriel Blank

Dr. Irina Simins

Pediatrics – Vancouver Island 1 Open
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1 Open
Plastic Surgery 1 Dr. Trina Stephens
Plastic Surgery – Clinician Investigator Program 1 Open
 Psychiatry – Child & Adolescent 1 Open
Psychiatry – Forensic 1 Open
Psychiatry – Fraser Greater Vancouver 1 Open
Psychiatry – Geriatric 1 Open
Psychiatry – Prince George 1 Dr. Taylor Callander
Psychiatry – Research Track 1 Open
Psychiatry – Vancouver 2 Open
Psychiatry – Vancouver Island 1 Open
Public Health and Preventative Medicine 1 Dr. Xuan Zhou
Radiation Oncology 1 Open
Respirology 1 Open
Rheumatology 1 Open
Rheumatology – Pediatric 1 Open
Surgery – Pediatric 1 Open
Transfusion Medicine 1 Open
Urology 1 Open
Vascular Surgery 1 Open
R1 Basic Clinical Year – Royal Columbian 1 Open
R1 Basic Clinical Year – St. Paul’s 1 Open
R1 Basic Clinical Year – Victoria 1 Open