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Welcome to the Division of Endocrinology.
North Shore mountains and Stanley Park across Burrard Inlet.
Annual Teaching Award – Dr Jason Kong
Dr. Jason Kong was awarded the Endocrine Fellow’s Annual Teaching Award for 2023-2024. Every year, the Endocrine Fellows nominate a faculty member who has contributed significantly to the education of trainees. Read More
Endocrine Fellows present Dr. Brandon Galm with Annual Teaching Award
Dr. Brandon Galm was awarded the Endocrine Fellow’s Annual Teaching Award for 2021-22. The teaching award is selected by the endocrine fellows and presented to the faculty member who they consider to have contributed most effectively to endocrine fellowship education that year. Read More
Division of Endocrinology named to Newsweek’s List of Best Specialized Hospitals
Vancouver General Hospital Division of Endocrinology has been named to the Newsweek list of Best Specialty Hospitals for 2023. The Division includes the VGH Diabetes Clinic, which has a multidisciplinary team providing education, support and treatment to individuals with complex diabetes management issues. Endocrinologists at VGH provide a full-spectrum of consultant care, teaching and research […] Read More
Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre
The Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre (DHCC) is located at 2775 Laurel Street, just across the street from Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). The DHCC brings together the outpatient care services at VGH, including specialty clinics, medical education, physician teaching clinics and research, all at one site. The Centre opened in September 2006 as […] Read More
Islet of Langerhans
Immunostaining of an Islet of Langerhans. These cell clusters, embedded within the pancreas, secrete insulin and glucagon, which are important for blood glucose control (from the lab of Dr. Timothy Kieffer)