EXECUTIVES & FACULTY

Surgical Oncologist, UBC
Vancouver, BC

Dr. Peter Black is Director of the Vancouver Prostate Centre, and Professor and Head of the Department of Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He holds the Goldenberg Family Chair and the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Urologic Sciences. Dr. Black has a clinical subspecialty interest in the treatment of urologic cancers, including especially bladder and prostate cancer. He leads a translational bladder cancer research program focussed on treatment resistance and the development of novel therapies to overcome resistance.
Dr. Black is Surgical Oncology Co-Chair of the NCI Bladder Cancer Task Force and Chair of the AUA Research Grants & Investigator Support Committee. He is Chair of the Canadian Bladder Cancer Network and General Secretary of the International Bladder Cancer Network. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal.

M.D. Technical University of Munich, Germany 1995
Internal Medicine, University of Tuebingen 2001
Hematology/Oncology, University of Tuebingen, 2003
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada 2008

Christian Kollmannsberger, MD, FRCPC, is staff medical oncologist at the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) Vancouver Cancer Centre and Clinical Professor at the University of British Columbia. He graduated from the Technical University in Munich, Germany and received his clinical training in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, mainly at University of Tuebingen, Germany.

Dr. Kollmannsberger's research is concentrated on genitourinary malignancies with a special interest in testicular and renal cell cancer. His research is focused on the investigation of mechanisms of treatment resistance, the development of novel treatment options and biomarkers, including miRNA-371/375 and others for testicular cancer.

Nationally and internationally, he has contributed to numerous trials in the field of renal cell carcinoma and testicular cancer. He has repeatedly served as faculty and member of the education/scientific committee for the Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, and the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).

Currently, Dr. Kollmannsberger serves as chair of the BC Cancer Provincial Genitourinary Tumor Group, chair for the Genitourinary Systemic Therapy Clinical Trials Unit at BC Cancer Vancouver Centre, chair for the Canadian Clinical Trials Group Testis Cancer Disease Oriented Group, and member of the Canadian Clinical Trials Group Kidney Cancer Disease Oriented Group.

Dr. Krista Noonan is a medical oncologist specializing in genitourinary and thoracic malignancies at BC Cancer, Surrey Centre and a clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. She is the BC GU Systemic Chair. She received a BSc in Biochemistry and an MD from Memorial University, Newfoundland in 2008 followed by a residency in Internal Medicine. Dr. Noonan subsequently completed her Medical Oncology and Thoracic Oncology fellowships at the BC Cancer Vancouver, as well as a diploma in Clinical Epidemiology from Memorial University. She enjoys teaching a mentoring students and residents. Her research interests’ focus are in genitourinary and thoracic malignancies and health services research.

Bio to come

A graduate from the McMaster University Urology Residency Program in 2014. Employed as a community based urologist since August 2014 and the current head of the Division of Urology at UHNBC in Prince George, BC.

Radiation Oncologist, BC Cancer-Victoria
Victoria, BC

Dr Alexander is a radiation oncologist at BC Cancer-Victoria who specializes in genitourinary and central nervous system malignancies.

Head of Surgery Surrey Memorial Hospital 2017 to present

Active privileges SMH, Jim Pattison Outpatient Surgical Centre and Delta Hospital and Valley Surgical Centre
Strong clinical interest in Urologic Oncology, benign prostate disease, female and male incontinence, as well as stone disease.

EDUCATION
Urology Residency UBC 1992-1995
Cardiac Surgery Assistant, St Paul’s Hospital 1991-1992
General Surgery Residency 1990-1991
General Practitioner, Prince George 1989-1990
Rotating Internship, St. Paul’s Hospital 1987-1988
University of Alberta Medical School , MD 1984-1987

Bachelor of Science Degree U of A (Pscychology) 1980-1984

Staff Medical Oncologist,
BC Cancer Surrey
Surrey, BC

Arkhjamil Angeles is a Staff Medical Oncologist at BC Cancer Surrey. He completed his medical school, Internal Medicine, and Medical Oncology training at the University of British Columbia.

BC Cancer, Victoria
Victoria, BC

Dr Andrew Attwell is a Medical Oncologist working since 2003 at BC Cancer, Victoria. His tumor sites include genitourinary, gynecological and CNS malignancies. He is a UBC Clinical Assistant Professor, participates in clinical trials and teaching, has a busy family and is an avid cyclist.

Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer Kelowna
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Kelowna, BC

Dr. Param Bains is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and a Medical Oncologist at BC Cancer – Kelowna. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, followed by her Medical Oncology fellowship at Dalhousie University. She completed a Subspecialty Fellowship in Genitourinary Malignancies at Guy’s and St. Thomas NHS Trust in London, UK. Her clinical practice focuses on patients with Genitourinary and Gynecologic malignancies.

Radiation Oncologist, BC Cancer
Vancouver, BC

BC Cancer
Provincial Health Services Authority
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Dr. Chi is a medical oncologist, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of BC Cancer and the Provincial Health Services Authority, which oversees a comprehensive cancer control program for the people of British Columbia (BC), in Canada. He is also Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and the Shrum Chair in Prostate Cancer Research at BC Cancer.
Dr. Chi's research in the field of genitourinary cancers focuses on prostate cancer, biomarkers and investigational new drugs. He has contributed to changing international standards of care practice for patients with advanced prostate cancer and an author on over 300 publications. Dr. Chi is the past-Chair of the Genitourinary Disease and Investigational New Drugs Site Committees with the Canadian Cancer Trials Group, and has held peer-reviewed grant funding from the Canada Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC)/Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), the US Department of Defence, Movember, Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA), and Prostate Cancer Canada.

Radiation Oncologist, BC Cancer Kelowna
Professor of Radiation Oncology, UBC
Brachytherapy Research Chair
Kelowna, BC

Dr Juanita Crook is a Full Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of British Columbia and a Fellow of The American Brachytherapy Society (FABS). She did her medical training at the University of Toronto, Residency in Radiation Oncology at the Princess Margaret Hospital and is currently a staff Radiation Oncologist in Kelowna BC where her main focus is GU malignancies. She has developed programs for US-planned HDR prostate brachytherapy, and HDR interstitial and surface mold penile brachytherapy and has lead clinical trials comparing HDR and LDR prostate brachytherapy in both the ”boost” and monotherapy scenarios. She is former President of the American Brachytherapy Society, recipient of the Thom Shanahan Distinguished Brachytherapy Educator Award and the ABS 2017 Henschke Award. She is also the first to hold a Brachytherapy Research Chair in British Columbia.

Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Medical Lead and Section Head, Nuclear Medicine, Island Health
Nuclear Medicine Physician and Radiologist, Department of Molecular Imaging
and Therapy, BCCA Victoria
Victoria, BC

Medical Oncology
Department Leader,
BC Cancer,
Kelowna, BC

Dr. Susan Ellard has been the Department Leader for the BC Cancer Kelowna and Southern Interior Region for the last two and a half tumultous years. She has been attempting to keep up with rapid and numerous research-driven evolutions in GU, breast, and gynecologic cancers, while trying to lead her beleaguered but excellent team out of the desert, to a better land. On the side, she maintains strong interests in clinical trials, health promotion for communities and medical providers, and planetary health.

Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

Northern Health Cancer Care Medical Lead,
NH Northwest HSDA Medical Director
GP Oncologist,
Mills Memorial Cancer Care Clinic
Terrace, BC

Dr. Jaco Fourie vacationed in the Pacific Northwest of BC in 1995 and never left. First In a full service family practice, obstetrics and ER for 21 years and cancer care since 2005, delivering complex care in the challenging rural and remote landscape has been a passionate pursuit. As Northern Health Medical Director for the Pacific Northwest HSDA and NH Medical Lead Cancer Care, Dr. Fourie is responsible for 4 hospitals, 4 health centres and with a co-lead coordinates accreditation, Health Authority cancer management strategy, CME, manpower and resource planning in 9 communities from Haida Gwaii Islands to Fort St. John. As a full time and solo GP Oncologist at Mills Memorial Cancer Care Clinic in Terrace, he oversees the treatment, diagnosis and staging and survivorship care of cancer patients from the Yukon border to Kitimat.It remains a privilege and endless fascination to be involved in the broad spectrum of malignancies, with increasingly complex management ,supported by my BCC Oncologist colleagues and tertiary care specialists.

Medical Oncologist,
Victoria, BC

I am a Medical Oncologist from Victoria BC with an interest in GU and Breast Cancers. My background is in health policy with a specific focus on resource allocation and more specifically drug pricing relative to the benefits of currently available drugs.

Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer Victoria
Victoria, BC

Dr. Gagnon is a medical oncologist who treats genitourinary, gynaecological and breast malignancies. His research interests are real-world evidence and biomarkers in advanced prostate cancer. He completed medical school at the University of Ottawa Francophone program as well as specialty training at the University of Calgary.

Surrey Memorial Hospital
Clinical instructor, UBC

Samrad Ghavimi completed his urology residency at the University of British Columbia in 2022. He proceeded to complete a fellowship in Uro-oncology at the University of Calgary and is currently working at Surrey Memorial Hospital as a uro-oncologist.

Assistant Professor, Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia
Senior Research Scientist, Vancouver Prostate Centre
Vancouver, BC