Dr. Phang is a Professor of Surgery at the University of British Columbia where he has taught many surgeons in British Columbia and Canada on rectal cancer and laparoscopic colon surgery, and many medical students and family physicians on colorectal diseases. His medical training was received at the University of Toronto. He received surgical training at Memorial University of Newfoundland and specialized colorectal surgery training at the University of Minnesota. He holds American Board certification for Surgery and Colorectal Surgery. He has a Masters of Science degree in biochemistry and clinical research training in critical illness and colorectal surgery with a research fellowship in rectal cancer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Dr. Phang’s current research includes diagnostic imaging of rectal cancer, advanced techniques of rectal cancer surgery including laparoscopy, sphincter-preserving rectal cancer resection, and transanal microsurgery endoscopic resection.

Dr. Carl Brown is a colorectal surgeon and the current Chair of the Section of Colorectal Surgery at the University of British Columbia. His primary clinical interest is the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.

He is also the Provincial Lead for Surgical Oncology at BC Cancer. Dr. Brown completed medical school at McMaster University in 1998.  He completed general surgery training at the University of Calgary in 2003 and subsequently worked as a general surgeon at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary. In 2004, he moved to Toronto to train as a subspecialist in Colorectal Surgery.  Concurrent with his fellowship, Dr. Brown completed his master’s degree in clinical research at the University of Toronto.  In 2006, Dr. Brown was recruited to St. Paul’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Ghuman is a specialist in colon and rectal surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital and a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia, Department of Surgery. She is also the incoming Discipline-Specific Site Leader for the General Surgery Clerkship rotation of UBC undergraduate medical students. Dr. Ghuman graduated from medical school at UBC, where she finished her residency in General Surgery, completed her Master’s in Public Health in Clinical Effectiveness at Harvard University and completed subspecialty fellowship training in Colon and Rectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida.

Within the field of colorectal surgery, Dr. Ghuman has a particular interest in minimally invasive/laparoscopic surgery, colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, including pelvic pouch procedures, colonoscopy and anorectal diseases. Her goal is to build a broad collaborative network of surgeons to continue identifying areas where surgical patient safety and care can be improved.

Dr. Karimuddin is a colorectal surgeon at St. Paul’s Hospital and Co-Director of the General Surgery Residency Training Program and an Associate Professor (Clinical) at the University of British Columbia. He received his MD from the University of Western Ontario, completed a Master’s in Adult Education at the University of Saskatchewan with a focus on surgical education and CanMEDS, and completed a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Toronto, with research focusing on clinical outcomes of early rectal cancer.

Dr. Karimuddin has special expertise in the management of cancer of the colon and rectum, inflammatory bowel disease and proctology. President of the British Columbia Surgical Society, his research interests include patient outcomes (clinical and PROs) in laparoscopic colorectal surgery, colorectal cancer, colonoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease and the pelvic pouch procedure, and improvements in patient care, with a focus on quality improvement of outcomes and optimizing patient care and recovery through Enhanced Recovery After Surgery. He is an active member of the Colorectal Cancer Tumour Group, and has participated in development of Clinical Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer at the BC Cancer Agency.

Dr. Raval is a specialist in colon and rectal surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of British Columbia. He graduated from medical school at the University of British Columbia and finished his residency in General Surgery at the University of Calgary before completing his subspecialty fellowship training in Colon and Rectal Surgery and MSc in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. 

Working closely with radiation and medical oncologists at the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA), Dr. Raval is the Chair of the Colorectal Surgery Tumour Group, whose mandate is to promote excellence in the surgical treatment of colorectal cancer for British Columbians. He has headed a number of initiatives through the BCCA, including development of Colorectal Cancer Care Pathway maps for patients and management guidelines for colorectal cancer for physicians.