Over the summer, between wildfires, flooding and the heat dome, we have seen first hand how our health is tied to that of our environment. The evidence around climate change and its ramification is clearer than ever – as a result, in September, over 230 medical journals, including the NEJM, the Lancet, and the CMAJ published a joint editorial calling for…
Dr. MacNeill on CBC Radio North by Northwest
I’ve been in this space now for a decade, and for approximately the first eight years, the reception to this message was the same … I was still having to really explicitly make the connection between climate change and health …. Over the past two years and in particular throughout the pandemic, public awareness around climate change as a health…
New Planetary Healthcare Lab at UBC to combat the environmental impact of healthcare
A huge congratulations to Dr. Andrea MacNeill for founding the Planetary Healthcare Lab at UBC, the first of its kind in all of Canada. The lab aims to examine the environmental effects of the healthcare industry in BC as well as provide solutions towards the ultimate goal of net zero emissions. Read more about this amazing new initiative here.
Surgical oncologist to spearhead a shift towards more reusable and recyclable medical equipment
“We have a moral imperative to first do no harm. And that includes to the rest of the population who’s not currently a patient, but who is potentially being adversely affected by the implications of the care we’re delivering right now.” Dr. Andrea MacNeill, Surgical Oncologist at Vancouver General Hospital Congratulations to our very own Dr. Andrea MacNeill for her…
VGH General Surgery recruits new surgical oncologist, Dr. Jason Park
West Coast Surgical Oncology is pleased to have surgical oncologist Dr. Jason Park join our practice as of January 2021. He completed his fellowship in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and within the past year became the President-Elect of the Canadian Society for Surgical Oncology.