Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine is a branch of medicine concerned with the provision of life support or organ support systems in patients who are critically ill and who usually require intensive monitoring.

The Division of Critical Care Medicine consists of eleven members who are actively involved in providing patient care services in the Intensive Care Unit at St. Paul's Hospital and Mount St. Joseph's Hospital.

Contact Information
Division of Critical Care Medicine
P3311 - 1081 Burrard Street

Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 1Y6
Telephone: 604-806-9405
Email: sgillis@providencehealth.bc.ca

Head
Dr. Najib Ayas, Division Head

Members
Dr. Jim Russell, Professor
Dr. Keith Walley, Professor
Dr. Peter Dodek, Professor

Dr. Najib Ayas, Associate Professor and Head
Dr. Delbert Dorscheid, Associate Professor
Dr. David Evans, Associate Professor

Dr. John Boyd, Assistant Professor

Dr. Morad Hameed, Assistant Professor
Dr. Greg Grant, Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Demetrios Sirounis, Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Ruth MacRedmond, Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. Adam Peets - Clinical Assistant Professor

Teaching
All members of the Division are involved in providing clinical teaching at all levels. The ICU rotations for specialty residents from Medicine, Anesthesia and Surgery are highly rated at St. Paul's Hospital.

Research
The research program in Critical Care Medicine is comprehensive, spanning from molecular and cellular biology through large animal models to clinical research in critically ill adults. The basic science research program is based in the Cardiopulmonary Laboratories at St. Paul's Hospital. The clinical research program is focused in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's Hospital.

For more information on Critical Care Medicine, please explore this useful website:

UBC Division of Critical Care Medicine www.ubccriticalcaremedicine.ca