MD
Dr. Janine Davies
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Christian Fibich
MD, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Victoria
Dr. Fibich is a staff medical oncologist and hematologist at the Victoria Cancer Center. His clinical interest are treatment of hemato- lymphoid malignancies and stem cell transplantation, GI malignancies, in particular pancreatic cancer and clinical teaching.
Dr. Fibich received his training in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology at Hannover Medical school and Martin-Luther University in Halle/Germany followed by a bone marrow transplant fellowship at the TBCC in Calgary. He then served as staff and BMT lead at MLU and the Saskatchewan Stem Cell program for 9 years before relocating to BC. His extracurricular interests include marathon and outrigger canoe racing and ice climbing.
Dr. Manik Chahal
MD, FRCPC, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Vancouver
Dr. Chahal is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and a medical oncologist at BC Cancer, Vancouver Centre, specializing in central nervous system cancers and gastrointestinal cancers. She completed her BSc and PhD in Experimental Oncology at the University of Alberta, focusing on translational research in glioblastoma. She received her medical degree at Queen’s University, and completed her Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology residency at UBC and BC Cancer- Vancouver Centre. She subsequently undertook a neuro-oncology fellowship at BC Cancer- Vancouver and Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. Her research interests include molecular studies, outcomes-based research, and clinical trials in CNS cancers.
Dr. Richard Gagnon
MD FRCPC
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Victoria
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.
Dr. Dan Le
MD, FRCPC, MHA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Surrey
Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer – Surrey
Dr. Dan Le is a staff medical oncologist at BC Cancer specializing in breast, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system malignancies. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Faculty of Medicine at UBC and the Managing Director of the BC Cancer Medical and Dental Staff Association.
He earned dual Bachelor degrees in Life Sciences (BSc) and Commerce (BComm) at Queen’s University, as well as Master of Health Administration (MHA) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees at UBC. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency at UBC followed by his Medical Oncology residency and Breast Oncology Fellowship at BC Cancer.
Dr. Le has led numerous quality improvement and systems innovation projects over the last 15+ years including developing the Integrated Cancer Control Improvement Program (winner of the 2009 Excellence in BC Healthcare Award), northern BC’s first integrated breast health clinic, and key aspects of the Northern Cancer Control Strategy which led to the development of the BC Cancer Centre for the North. He was a Co-Principal Investigator on a pilot grant that led to the development of the BC Cancer After Breast Cancer Clinic, a nurse practitioner-led breast cancer survivorship clinic formed as a joint partnership between BC Cancer and BC Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Le continues to actively teach at the UBC medical school and is an award-winning researcher in the areas of quality improvement and breast cancer. He has been recognized with provincial and national awards including the 2012 Rising Star Health Service Award as well as the Pfizer Canada ASPIRE Breast Cancer Early Investigator Research Award.
Dr. Simon D. Baxter
MD, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Kelowna
Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer – Kelowna
Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Dr. Simon D. Baxter is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and a Medical Oncologist at BC Cancer – Kelowna. Dr. Baxter received a BScH in Biochemistry from Queen’s University, and an MD from the University of Toronto. He completed residencies in Internal Medicine at Western University, and Medical Oncology at the University of British Columbia where he served as chief resident. His clinical practice focuses on patients with lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
Dr. Baxter has active interests in physician advocacy and engagement, and workforce planning, with an aim of supporting a robust and sustainable cancer care system.
Dr. Bernie Eigl
MD FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Vancouver
Dr. Eigl is a staff medical oncologist at BC Cancer Vancouver Centre, and Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia. He is the Founding Director of the Provincial Clinical Trials Office, and Deputy Head, Department of Clinical Research at BC Cancer. The focus of his roles is to strengthen and further develop the clinical trial capabilities of all six BC cancer centers, and to improve access to clinical trials for those living with cancer across British Columbia. His own research interests center on genitourinary oncology clinical trials and biomarker research, with a special focus in bladder cancer.
Dr. Jenny Ko
MD FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Abbotsford
Department Head, Department of Medical Oncology, BC Cancer – Abbotsford
Jenny Ko is a medical oncologist and Department Head at the Department of Medical Oncology, BC Cancer – Abbotsford. She is Clinical Associate Professor at UBC Faculty of Medicine. She sees patients with GU, gyne and lung cancers. She has interests in quality/process improvement, novel technology in cancer care, and health services research.
Dr. Delilah Topic
MD FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Kelowna
2024 Department of Medicine Clinical Faculty Awardee for Excellence in Teaching
I am a Medical Oncologist at BC Cancer Kelowna, specializing in breast cancer and lymphoma/myeloma. I have taught medical students in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC/UBCO since 2013, and it has brought me so much joy. Teaching is my passion, and I hope to continue teaching throughout my career and beyond.
Dr. Ying Wang
MD FRCPC, MPH
ClinicalAssistant Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Vancouver
Dr Ying Wang is an Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and a medical oncologist specializing in thoracic malignancies at BC Cancer Vancouver.
She completed her medical oncology fellowship at BC Cancer, and subsequently undertook a thoracic research fellowship at McMaster University and completed a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.
Her research interest is in health services research and exercise physiology pertaining to patients with various thoracic malignancies.