Thoracic Surgery

The University of British Colombia offers Thoracic Surgical (T) training leading to a Fellowship Diploma in Thoracic Surgery. Currently, the Division of Thoracic Surgery uses the Vancouver General Hospital as a training site.

The Vancouver General Hospital is a tertiary care referral centre located at 12th Avenue & Oak Street. The Division of Thoracic Surgery Resident Training Program covers the whole spectrum of Thoracic Surgical diseases including lung transplantation, surgical management of respiratory failure, esophageal surgery, and minimally invasive surgery. Because of its geographical proximity with the British Columbia Cancer Agency (Vancouver Site), it has developed special expertise in complex thoracic oncological problems.

Fellowship Training in Thoracic Surgery

The University of British Columbia training in Thoracic Surgery leads to a Fellowship Diploma in Thoracic Surgery and is comprised of one and one-half years of clinical exposure in Thoracic Surgery, six months in Cardiac Surgery. The next available Ministry of Health funded position is July 1, 2014 for a two year program to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has successfully completed their General Surgery Residency Training and is eligible to take the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Fellowship in General Surgery Exams. Objectives are available on the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada website.

We invite you to request applications through the Program Assistant Nicky.Dorken@vch.ca or the Director of Postgraduate Training in Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Kenneth G. Evans k.g.e@ubc.ca. A completed application, along with a letter of interest, three reference letters, and original transcript should be received by the Division of Thoracic Surgery by
March 2012, interviews are in April 2012.

We also have an Externally funded position available July 2013 to a candidate who has successfully completed their General Surgery Residency Training in Canada and is eligible to take the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Fellowship in General Surgery Exams. If you are interested in this position, please contact Nicola Dorken, the Program Assistant in Thoracic Surgery Nicky.Dorken@vch.ca for an application. Deadline for submission of applications is January 2012 with interviews in March 2012.

Please send your application to:

Division of Thoracic Surgery
#3100, 910 West 10th Avenue,
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E3
Phone: (604) 875-4111, Ext. 62295
Fax: (604) 875-4036

Elective Rotations

Postgraduate training elective rotations of one to three months will be considered. Please address your request to Dr. K.G. Evans as above

Undergraduate training electives of two weeks are occasionally available for out-of-province third year medical students. Applications are available from the UBC, Faculty of Medicine, Undergraduate Dean’s Office.

Dr. Kenneth Evans - Director of Postgraduate Education
                                                        Program Assistant Nicola Dorken

Dr. Richard Finley Director of Undergraduate Education
                                                        Program Assistant Nicola Dorken

last revised: 2012-February-9