Date

  • April 9, 2015

Start

  • 8:00

End

  • 9:00

HIV-TB in British Columbia

Dr. James Johnston (TB Services, BC Centre for Disease Control)

Dr. Jay Johnston is a Respirologist and Evaluation Lead at BCCDC TB Services. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at UBC and recipient of a 2013 Michael Smith Foundation Scholar Award. He received his bachelor’s degree from McGill and MD from Queen’s in 2003. He returned to McGill for Internal Medicine training before moving to UBC for his Respiratory Medicine Fellowship. He completed a BC Lung Association Grzybowski Fellowship in Tuberculosis Research and has a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Johnston’s research interests include tuberculosis epidemiology, genomics and drug resistance.

This event is approved for 1.0 Mainpro-M1 credit.


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During the Canada Post strike, the following measures have been undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory has transitioned to private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office.  (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy has transitioned to private courier for delivery of medications. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

During this time, we recommend that documents be faxed or couriered to our sites, versus utilization of regular mail service.

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