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Outreach Programs in Vancouver
The Faculty of the Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH) maintains a series of outreach programs that provide general and specialized neurology care through regular clinics. These outreach programs are closely liaised with other Vancouver teaching hospitals within the Faculty of Medicine and University of British Columbia (UBC) as well as other community hospitals throughout the province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territories. Faculty members regularly attend other teaching hospitals including Vancouver General Hospital. Mt. St. Joseph’s Hospital, UBC Hospital, B.C. Women’s Hospital and B.C. Children’s Hospital. At the Vancouver teaching hospitals, faculty members regularly participate in subspecialty programs related to multiple sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, pediatric & adolescent neuromuscular diseases and neurological complications of pregnancy. The aforementioned programs are all provincially based programs providing subspecialty tertiary neurology services to the province of British Columbia.
Outreach Programs Elsewhere in British Columbia
The many community-based neurology outreach programs provided by the SPH neurology faculty members include general neurology clinics, neurophysiology clinics and some subspecialty neurology clinics, particularly related to multiple sclerosis. Through these outreach programs, on-site general neurology and neurophysiology clinics are provided in the following communities and their surrounding areas: Sechelt, Gibsons, Squamish, Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Whitehorse.
In addition, tertiatry subspecialty multiple sclerosis neurology clinics are also provided in the following communities: Prince George, Fort St. John and Kitimat. As a result of these longstanding on-site community neurology clinics, all faculty members receive regular requests for telephone consultations from family physicians and other specialists in hospitals and communities. These activities serve the needs of the local hospital and community as well as provide additional teaching and clinical experiences for the students, residents and fellows rotating through the neurology service at SPH.
Staff
The following are St. Paul’s staff who regularly participate in Outreach Programs:Dr. Andre Anzarut
Pioneered the concept of neurology outreach to peripheral communities many years ago and continues to actively participate in regularly scheduled general neurology clinics in Sechelt and Gibsons.Dr. Kristine Chapman
Participates on a weekly basis in the Myasthenia Gravis Clinic and Peripheral Neuropathy Clinic at Vancouver General Hospital. These clinics are provincially based programs providing subspecialty tertiary neurology services to the province of British Columbia and Yukon Territories. In addition, Dr. Chapman has recently started participating in a regular general neurology clinic and neurophysiology clinic in Whitehorse, Yukon Territories.Dr. Stephen Clarke
Participates on a regular basis in general neurology clinics and neurophysiology clinics in Terrace, British Columbia.Dr. John Hooge
Participates on a weekly basis in the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at UBC Hospital and at other clinics in Kitimat, Fort St. John and Prince George. The multiple sclerosis clinics are provincially based programs providing subspecialty tertiary neurology services to the province of British Columbia and Yukon Territories. Dr. Hooge also participates regularly in general neurology clinics in Kitimat, British Columbia.Dr. Dean Johnston
Participates on a weekly basis in general neurology clinics and neurophysiology clinics in Squamish, British Columbia.Dr. Robert Keyes
Participates on a weekly basis in the Pediatric & Adolescent EMG & Neuromuscular Clinic at B.C. Children’s Hospital and serves as a tertiary referral clinic for the province of British Columbia and Yukon Territories. This clinic results in a liaison between pediatric and adult patients with neuromuscular diseases as well as other neurological conditions including headache and epilepsy. Dr. Keyes also participates regularly at B.C. Women’s Hospital in the assessment and treatment of patients with neurological diseases during pregnancy. This association results in a close working relationship between the St. Paul’s Hospital Division of Neurology and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at B.C. Women’s Hospital. This association provides tertiary neurology services to this subset of patients from the province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territories.Dr. Alister Prout
Regularly participates in general neurology clinics and neurophysiology clinics in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.Dr. Charles Tai
Participates on a weekly basis in the Rapid Access Neurology Clinic at Mount St. Joseph’s Hospital. In addition, Dr. Tai has recently started participating in a regular general neurology clinic and neurophysiology clinic in Whitehorse, Yukon Territories.