The Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program is staffed by a team of dedicated and experienced physicians. The Leukemia/BMT Program currently has 17 senior staff. Click our links to the left to learn more about each doctor.
Dr. Kevin W. Song, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Kevin Song trained in Hematology and then as a Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Fellow in Vancouver from 1998-2000. He did further bone marrow transplant training in Toronto before joining the Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program Attending Staff in August 2002. His current interests include the treatment of myeloma and other plasma cell dyscrasias and the use of hematopoietic stem cell transplant to treat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Dr. Maryse M. Power, MB, MRCPI, FRCPath
Associate Medical Director, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Maryse Power trained as a haematologist in Ireland, completing the Higher Medical Training Scheme in Hematology. She worked as Lecturer in Hematology in St James Hospital Dublin and Trinity College Dublin 2004-2005 before moving to Canada in August 2005. She completed fellowship in Leukemia and Stem Cell Transplant with the Leukemia and BMT Program of BC before joining the attending physician staff in July 2007.
Her research interests include acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplasia, stem cell transplant therapy for relapsed Hodgkins Lymphoma and the management of opportunistic infections following high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation.
Dr. Yasser R. Abou Mourad, MD, FRCPC, FACP
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Yasser Abou Mourad trained in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology/Hematology at the American University of Beirut before joining the Leukemia/BMT Program of British Columbia in 2004. Dr. Abou Mourad is currently the program director of the L/BMT Fellowship and Training. He has particular interest in transplantation, in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment and in applying pediatric protocols to adult ALL patients.
Dr. Abou Mourad is an active NCI and NCIC researcher taking part in multiple prospective national and international trials. He is an author of more than forty publications in peer reviewed respected journals. Dr. Abou Mourad has published on adult ALL therapy and been invited to speak on this topic regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Dr. Hannah Cherniawsky, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Hannah Cherniawsky completed her residency in general hematology and leukemia/BMT fellowship at the University of British Columbia. She subsequently trained in cellular therapy, lymphoma and myeloma at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. Dr. Cherniawsky holds a graduate degree in translational medicine from the University of Alberta. Her primary interests include CAR T-cell therapy and lymphoid malignancies.
Dr. Shanee Chung, MBChB, FRACP, FRCPA, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Shanee Chung received her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from University of Auckland in New Zealand in 2010. She subsequently completed conjoint training in clinical hematology and hematopathology and gained entrance to the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. She undertook additional training as a clinical and research fellow in the Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program of B.C. in Vancouver from 2018 to 2020, before joining the faculty. She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 2023. Her main research interests include treatment for myelofibrosis and acute leukemia and management of infectious complications of stem cell transplantation.
Dr. Donna L. Forrest, MD, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Donna Forrest joined the Leukemia/BMT Program of BC in September 2002. She was previously a Hematologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax and member of the BMT Program of Atlantic Canada (1998-2002). Her current research endeavours include the management of chronic myeloid leukemia as well as late effects following bone marrow transplant, particularly the development of second malignancies.
Dr. Florian C. Kuchenbauer, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer received his M.D. education at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and trained at the Department of Hematology/Oncology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich at the university hospital in Ulm, Germany. In addition, he obtained a PhD degree at the Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer and Department of Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia where he work as clinician-scientist with a special clinical interest in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and stem cell transplantation. His research group as part of the Terry Fox Laboratory focuses on establishing novel treatments for AML and multiple myeloma.
Dr. Deepesh Lad, MBBS, MD, DM
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Deepesh Lad did his medical training at Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, followed by an Internal Medicine and Clinical Hematology residency at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. He did his fellowship in Leukemia and BMT from the Program in British Columbia from 2014-2016. He was a tenure-track faculty member at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research for seven years before returning to Vancouver. He has broad research interests in the field of Hematopoietic cell transplantation and is involved in patient-oriented clinical research to improve patient outcomes.
Dr. Stephen H. Nantel, MD, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Stephen Nantel joined the Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program in 1991 and his research interests have included the development of multi-agent chemotherapy regimens for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In 2013, Dr. Nantel assumed the role of Division Head, UBC Hematology.
Dr. Nantel also has a general hematology practice and, as a former Training Program Director and Chief Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, has a special interest in Hematology education and certification.
Dr. Sujaatha Narayanan, MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Sujaatha Narayanan trained as a Hematologist and completed a Bone Marrow Transplant Fellowship in the United Kingdom before moving to Canada in 2006. She then completed a second Fellowship in Leukemia and Stem Cell Transplantation at Vancouver before joining the Leukemia/BMT Program of BC as an Attending Physician in December 2007.
Dr Narayanan has held a number of leadership positions within LBMT, including being the Quality director, Program fellowship director and has successfully lead the program through a number of quality initiatives aimed at improving various aspects of patient care in the program. She was the Medical Director of the program from December 2018 to May 2021. Dr. Narayanan has clinical and research interest in AML, MDS and cellular therapy.
Dr. Thomas J. Nevill, MD, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Thomas Nevill founded the Bone Marrow Transplant Program of Atlantic Canada in 1991 and acted as its Director for five years. He joined the Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program of BC in 1996.
His research interests include prognostic factors and new therapies in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), prevention and treatment of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and attempting to reduce the psychological impact of bone marrow transplant on patients and families.
Dr. Judith A. Rodrigo, MD, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Judith Rodrigo completed her undergraduate studies at McGill University in Montreal and medical training at University of Alberta and University of British Columbia. She has been a part of a the Leukemia/BMT program since 2010 and is the current Quality Director for the Program. Dr. Rodrigo has a broad practice in Hematologic Malignancies, stem cell transplant and cellular therapy.
Dr. Claudie Roy, MD, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Claudie Roy completed her training in Hematology at Université de Montréal in 2019. She subsequently undertook a fellowship at the Leukemia/BMT Program of BC from 2019-2021 and joined as Faculty in September 2021. Her main research interests are related to allogeneic stem cell transplantation, notably graft failure and alternative donors.
Dr. David Sanford, MD, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. David Sanford joined the Leukemia/BMT Program of BC in September 2015. He previously completed training in Hematology at the University of Western Ontario. Following this, he undertook a Leukemia Fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He has interests in clinical research in acute myeloid leukemia, including the development of molecularly targeted therapies as well as the role of minimal residual disease in guiding treatment.
Dr. Ryan Stubbins, MD, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
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Dr. Cynthia L. Toze, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Cynthia Toze completed her Hematology and Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant training in Vancouver and joined the Attending Staff after completing her Masters in Epidemiology at UBC in 1995. She has been active in clinical trials with the Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group and led CLL research related database development in BC.
Her research has included the study of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the use of allogeneic (donor) bone marrow transplants to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia and low-grade (indolent) lymphomas.
Dr. Jennifer White, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Hematologist, Leukemia/BMT Program of BC
Dr. Jennifer White joined the Leukemia/BMT Program of BC as an attending physician in July 2017. She completed her Master of Science in Epidemiology from Queen’s University and her medical training at McMaster University and the University of British Columbia. She then completed the Leukemia/BMT Program of BC fellowship from 2015-2017 with additional training at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle in Chronic Graft vs Host Disease management and late effects post allogeneic transplant. She has clinical and research interests in the prevention and management of Graft vs Host Disease, quality of life following allogeneic stem cell transplant and in service delivery in leukemia and transplant care.
