MD FRCPC, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Vancouver
Diego Villa is a medical oncologist at the BC Cancer – Vancouver Cancer Centre and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. In addition to attending to patients with lymphomas and breast cancer, he also teaches trainees and conducts research in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. His main research interests include mantle cell lymphoma, primary and secondary CNS lymphomas, and the role of PET/CT in lymphoid malignancies. He presently leads national prospective trials of novel therapies in aggressive lymphomas. Over the years he has collaborated with several international groups on NHL studies, with over 100 publications in the peer-reviewed literature. Dr. Villa is also lymphoma co-chair with the Canadian Cancer Trials Group.