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.

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.

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 focused on treatment resistance and the development of novel therapies to overcome resistance.

Radiation Oncologist
BC Cancer Surrey

I am a radiation oncologist specializing in genitourinary, breast, and CNS malignancies. I completed medical school at the University of Western Ontario, residency in Radiation Oncology at University of Ottawa, and a fellowship at Mass General Brigham in Boston.

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.

GPO, Northern Health
Prince Rupert, BC

Corneli Coetzee graduated from medical School in 2004 in Pretoria, South Africa. She relocated to Prince Rupert, BC in 2010 and has provided full scope family practice, ER, and maternity services there. More recently in 2016, she completed GPOncology training and has transitioned her practice to family practice and Family practice oncology since. She enjoys the challenge of this environment and appreciates being part of the healthcare journey of these patients in her community. In her free time, she enjoys music, playing the violin, hiking, spending time with her family -3 young children- and travelling the world to experience the diversity of culture it has to offer.

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

Head of the Molecular Pathology & Cell Imaging Laboratory & Senior Research Scientist, Vancouver Prostate Centre
Associate Professor, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia
Vancouver BC | Canada

Born and raised in London, Ontario, Dr. Dawidek completed his undergraduate and medical education at Western University. He went on to complete urology residency at the University of British Columbia, followed by a two-year fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He has recently returned to Vancouver General Hospital, where his clinical practice encompasses all genitourinary cancers, with a particular focus on retroperitoneal malignancies, including kidney, adrenal, and testicular cancers. Alongside his clinical work, he is taking on leadership of the translational kidney cancer research program at the Vancouver Prostate Centre.

Dr. Dallas Desrosiers attended the UBC Northern Medical Program in Prince George and graduated in 2018. Then, I attended Dalhousie University for family medicine residency and moved back to BC in 2020 after completion of residency. I worked as a community family physician until I joined BCCA in January 2024, where I now work as a GPO covering genitourinary, lung, gastrointestinal, and CNS tumor groups

Medical Oncology
Department Leader,
BC Cancer,
Kelowna, BC

Dr Susan Ellard completed residency in Vancouver and a new drug development fellowship in Glasgow, before joining the Centre in Kelowna when it was new. She has practiced in breast, GU, and gynecologic oncology throughout her career, and has prioritized clinical trial leadership. Latterly, she has worked with others on population and medical staff health promotion and planetary health priorities. She’s the current department leader for the medical oncology team in the Interior.

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

BC Cancer Kelowna

Medical Oncologist,
Vernon Jubilee Hospital
Okanagan, BC

Dr Ed Hardy is a BC Cancer Medical Oncologist practicing out of Vernon Jubilee Hospital in the Okanagan. A native of Saskatoon, he took his medical training at the University of Saskatchewan, then completed Hematology-Oncology training at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1999. He sees patients with breast, GI, and GU cancers and also treats lymphoma, myeloma and some myeloid tumours. He sits on the Royal College Medical Oncology examination board, the CAMO Fellowship committee, VJH's Foundation board, and chairs the Vernon LMAC. In his spare time he enjoys advocating for more clinic resources, spending time with his wife, biking, paddleboarding and trapshooting.

Urologic Oncologist, Kelowna General Hospital
Kelowna, BC

Dr. Ho is a urologic oncologist practicing in Kelowna. He completed his Urology residency at UBC and his Urologic Oncology fellowship at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Clement Ho is a radiation oncologist at BC Cancer - Vancouver with a focus on GU, GYN and skin malignancies in Vancouver as well as in Northern Health Region. He completed his medical school at the University of British Columbia, followed by residency training at the University of Calgary. After his fellowship in proton therapy and stereotactic radiotherapy at the University of Florida, he was a faculty at the Stanford Medicine before returning to British Columbia. He has an interest in patient reported outcomes research and a passion for medical education.

Director of Economics & Negotiations, Consultant Specialists of BC
Division of Urology, Lions Gate Hospital
Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Urological Sciences
Vancouver, BC

Dr. Hoag is a Urologist at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver with a practice focus in minimally invasive surgery for urologic cancers. He completed his medical school at the University of Ottawa, followed by residency training at the University of British Columbia. He then completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery in Melbourne Australia. He has held several leadership roles in the BC medical-political structure over the last seven years including:
• Director of Economics and Negotiations, Consultant Specialists of BC, Jan 2025 - Present
• President – Consultant Specialists of BC, 2021-2023; Aug-Dec 2024
• Vice-President – Consultant Specialists of BC, 2020-2021; May-Aug 2024
• President – BC Urological Society, 2018-2023

Dr. Hoag is a passionate advocate for patient access to Specialty care. During his time as President of Consultant Specialists of BC (cSBC), it has been his privilege to work closely with Specialists from all fields of medicine across the province, to hear their struggles and the challenges they and their patients are facing, and to advocate on their behalf for improvements in the Specialty Care system.
While recognizing that our healthcare system is complex, inter-connected, costly, and increasingly overwhelmed, Dr. Hoag believes that through meaningful collaboration, innovation, and the commitment of our leadership, we can improve and transform care delivery to serve Canadians better.

Surgical Oncologist, Island Health
Victoria, BC

Dr. Nathan Hoag completed his medical studies at the University of British Columbia in the Island Medical Program. This was followed by a 5-year urology residency at the University of British Columbia. After residency, he embarked on a 2-year fellowship in voiding dysfunction and reconstructive urology in Melbourne, Australia. He now practices in Victoria, BC.

Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer
Vernon, BC

Dr. Michael Humphreys is a BC Cancer Medical Oncologist in Vernon, BC who treats GU, Lung, Breast and Melanoma. Med Onc residency at the Cross Cancer Institute. Now in 14th year of practice. His favourite activity is skiing with his wife and their 5 children ages 7-13.

GPO
Associate Department Head for Systemic Therapy,
BC Cancer Prince George
Prince George, BC

Dr. Meredith Hunter completed her BSc in Microbiology at the University of Guelph, followed by medical school at the University of Western Ontario. She moved to BC for the UBC Family Practice Residency in Prince George, then GPO training in Vancouver. After several years of combining family medicine with work in the chemotherapy unit, she moved to BC Cancer when Center for the North opened in 2012. She is currently the Associate Department Head for Systemic Therapy at BC Cancer Prince George and cares for patients with GU, skin and breast malignancies.

Kian Khodadad
Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer Kelowna
Kelowna, BC

Dr. Khodadad graduated in Internal Medicine in 1994 and then Medical Oncology and Haematology in 1997 form Shahid Beheshti Medical University in Tehran, Iran. Afterwards, he started practicing in Massih Daneshvari Hospital, NRTLD as a part time consulting physician and became a full time assistant professor in Medicine in Shahid Beheshti University in 1999. He completed a fellowship in Clinical Research in “Association pour la Recherche Therapeutique Anti-Cancereuse (ARTAC) in Paris in 2001. The first “Thoracic Oncology Unit” in Iran was founded in Massih Daneshvari Hospital in 2001, with his efforts. Dr. Khodadad also has been a member of NCCN-Middle East and North Africa for Lung Cancer subcommittee. Dr. Khodadad had been an associated professor of Medicine-Medical Oncology in Dalhousie University, from 2011 until 2023, in Nova Scotia. He was a member of steering committee of “Program of Care for Cancer HSP (Health Service Planning), “Cancer Care Nova Scotia’s Clinically Detected Lung Cancer Working Group” and co-principal investigator in NACC (Network affiliated Cancer Centre) for 3CTN (Canadian Cancer Clinical Trials Network). He joined BCC-Kelowna in September 2023. His main goal is to improve quality of cancer care for all cancer patients through their journey from screening and early diagnosis until the end of life support.

Prince George, BC

Dr King is a GPO working at BC Cancer Prince George. She completed medical school at UBC's Northern Medical Program in 2016 and went to complete Family Medicine residency in Newfoundland in 2018. She joined BC Cancer in 2021 and went through the GPO training program. She currently treats melanoma, breast, GI and GU malignancies.

Medical Oncologist
Department Head for Medical Oncology,
BC Cancer Abbotsford
Abbotsford, BC

Dr Jenny Ko is a medical oncologist and Dept Head for Medical Oncology at BC Cancer - Abbotsford. She treats GU, gyne and lung cancers. She is prior recipient of Michael Smith Health Professional Research Award and is involved in multiple research and quality projects.

BC Cancer Surrey
Surrey, BC

Dr. Kwan is a Radiation Oncologist in BC Cancer Surrey. He has treated genitourinary cancers with radiotherapy for close to 30 years. He has been involved in various clinical trials on prostate cancers. These trials range from the role of soy in prostate cancer progression to the development of stereotactic radiation in the radical treatment of prostate cancer. Dr. Kwan was a long term member of the Researh Ethics Board in BC Cancer and is currently the Department Head of Radiation Oncology in BC Cancer Surrey.

Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer - Surrey
Associate Chief Information Officer, BC Cancer
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Surrey, BC

Dr. Lyly Le has been working as a Medical Oncologist at BC Cancer - Surrey since 2004, looking after patients with GI and GU cancers. In addition to her clinical practice, she is currently the Associate Clinical Information Officer (ACMIO) for BC Cancer.

Urologist, North Shore Urology Group, Lions Gate Hospital
North Vancouver, BC

Dr. Justin Lee received his medical degree from the University of British Columbia followed by his Postgraduate Residency Training in Urology at the University of Toronto. Following residency, Dr. Lee completed a two-year fellowship in Urologic Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York in 2016. During his fellowship, he completed a Masters of Public Health in Clinical Effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. Dr. Lee works alongside the North Shore urology group at Lions Gate Hospital. He has special interest in the diagnosis and management of cancers affecting the genitourinary tract. He has subspecialized training in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery and open surgical treatment of urologic cancers. He is active in clinical research and medical education.

Radiation Oncology
BC Cancer
Victoria, BC

Nuclear Medicine Specialist
Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy
BC Cancer Agency
Vancouver, BC

Dr. Martineau is a Nuclear Medicine specialist based at The BC Cancer Agency's Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, in Vancouver. He obtained his MDCM, PhD and MSc degrees from McGill University and subsequently completed training in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology at: Harvard Medical School, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). Dr. Martineau's research focuses primarily on applications of PET/CT imaging. His interests include PET imaging, theranostics, as well as medical education.

Urologic-Oncologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Senior Research Scientist, Vancouver Prostate Center

Dr. Marie-Pier St-Laurent is Urologic Oncologist Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Center. She graduated from Laval University in Quebec City and completed a 3 years fellowship in Urologic Oncology at UBC, with a research focus on urothelial carcinoma. She is interest in developing a career in translational and clinical research. She developed and is the PI for Neo-BLAST, a clinical trial investigating a comprehensive clinical restaging approach for patient who completed neoadjuvant therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. She co-founded and is the medical lead of the Bladder Cancer Supportive Care program.

Co-Director, BC Provincial GU Biobank
Vancouver, BC

Corinne is a medical oncologist at BC Cancer-Vancouver Centre. She undertook her Medical Oncology specialist training in Haifa, Israel, followed by a 2-year fellowship at BC Cancer focusing on genitourinary malignancies. She is a co-director of the BC provincial GU Biobank and is actively involved in clinical research in Genitourinary, Gynecological malignancies, and early phase clinical trials. Her research interests include clinical and translational aspects of prostate cancer, specifically, prognostic and predictive biomarkers in metastatic prostate cancer.