UBC Department of Medicine

What UBC Department of Medicine does

The UBC Department of Medicine is the largest department within the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine, comprising 1,474 clinical faculty members (approximately 1,600 faculty and staff total) organized across 18 clinical and academic divisions spanning Allergy & Immunology, Cardiology, Community Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Gastroenterology, General Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Oncology, Nephrology, Neurology, Palliative Care, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, and Social Medicine. The department delivers undergraduate medical education, postgraduate residency training (including the provincial Core Internal Medicine Training Program and subspecialty fellowship programs), and the Experimental Medicine graduate program, and conducts clinical and translational research across its divisions. Training is delivered through a distributed model spanning all five BC health authorities, with formal sites in Vancouver (headquarters at the Gordon & Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre), Surrey, Victoria, Prince George, Kelowna, and Kamloops.

The department operates as a state-affiliated academic unit of the University of British Columbia, a public research university, and does not develop commercial products or proprietary technology. Research infrastructure includes the DASH (Data Science and Health) Cluster linking health research data across BC to advance a learning health system, and partnerships with the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, ICORD, and CHÉOS at St. Paul's Hospital. Revenue mechanics consist of provincial government base funding from the Province of British Columbia and UBC Faculty of Medicine for medical education, competitive research grants from agencies including CIHR, Heart and Stroke Foundation, and Terry Fox Research Institute, and Faculty of Medicine Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) awards distributed through peer-reviewed competitions. The department launched its strategic plan 'Transforming Health Together: 2023-2027' in April 2024 under the leadership of Dr. Anita Palepu as Head and Eric W. Hamber Chair, with priorities including expansion of distributed residency training, Indigenous health (including a new Indigenous CaRMS stream launched in 2025), planetary health, and integration of research data systems.

Name

UBC Department of Medicine

Legal name

Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Website

https://medicine.med.ubc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The UBC Department of Medicine is the largest department within UBC's Faculty of Medicine, comprising 1,600 faculty and staff across 18 clinical divisions and distributed training sites across all five British Columbia health authorities, delivering undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, residency training, and clinical research for the province.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Medical Education and Clinical Research

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI), Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

Keywords

• Medical education programs
• Clinical research training
• Residency training programs
• Internal medicine specialties
• Academic medical training

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Base Funding: Core operating funding from the Province of British Columbia and UBC Faculty of Medicine for medical education and academic activities.
2. Competitive Research Grants: Funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Heart and Stroke Foundation, Terry Fox Research Institute, and other national and provincial research funders for investigator-initiated research.
3. Strategic Investment Fund: Faculty of Medicine Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) awards for selected research projects, distributed through competitive peer-reviewed competitions.

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Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The UBC Department of Medicine is an academic department within the UBC Faculty of Medicine that provides undergraduate MD education, postgraduate Core Internal Medicine residency training (PGY-1 through PGY-4), subspecialty fellowship programs, and the Experimental Medicine graduate program. It conducts clinical and translational research across 18 specialty divisions and supports clinical care delivery through 1,474 clinical faculty members distributed across all of British Columbia's health authorities.

Product overview

The UBC Department of Medicine is a single unified academic department within UBC Faculty of Medicine, not a product company. It operates a portfolio of educational programs (undergraduate MD, postgraduate residency including the Core Internal Medicine Training Program, and graduate Experimental Medicine), conducts research across 18 clinical divisions, and supports clinical care through 1,474 clinical faculty members across distributed health sites in British Columbia. The department's offerings consist of academic and training programs rather than commercial products or software.

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Products and services

• Core Training Program (Internal Medicine Residency) Provincial residency training program for internal medicine spanning PGY-1 through PGY-4, with distributed training sites across Vancouver, Fraser, Vancouver Island, Interior, and Northern regions of BC. Candidates are recruited through the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS). The program is expanding with the new Interior Internal Medicine residency program launching in 2027 in Kamloops with an inaugural cohort of 3 residents.
• Undergraduate Medical Education MD program offerings for medical students including clerkship rotations and elective opportunities across various internal medicine specialties. Delivered through the department's 18 divisions and distributed training sites across BC.
• Experimental Medicine Program Graduate-level research program within the department focused on experimental medicine research, including thesis-based MSc and PhD pathways. Showcased annually at the Experimental Medicine Research Expo as part of Research Day.
• Subspecialty Fellowship Programs Subspecialty fellowship training programs across 18 clinical divisions including Cardiology, Critical Care, Neurology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, and others. Targeted at postgraduate physicians pursuing advanced specialty training.
• Annual Research Day Annual research event featuring poster sessions, oral presentations, and keynote talks showcasing faculty, resident, and trainee research across the department. Held annually at UBC Robson Square, Vancouver.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 Department of Medicine researchers awarded in single CIHR Project Grant competition (Fall 2025)
• +4 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Terry Fox Research InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026The Terry Fox Research Institute co-funded Dr. Isabella Tai's $2M gastric cancer prevention project as part of a broader $41M cancer prevention research investment across Canada. The partnership is part of a consortium of six funding organizations supporting 19 cancer prevention projects nationally.
• First Nations Health AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe department partners with the First Nations Health Authority to support Indigenous health research and cultural safety. Researchers are required to complete cultural safety training before engaging with FNHA for potential projects. The department is committed to advancing the TRC Calls to Action and In Plain Sight Report recommendations on Indigenous health.
• Northern Health AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Paul Winwood serves as Regional Associate Dean, Northern BC, Department of Medicine. The department operates a distributed training site at University Hospital of Northern BC in Prince George. A new project on enabling culturally safe participation in clinical trials in Northern BC is being led in partnership with Northern Health and Indigenous communities.
• Vancouver Coastal Health Authority / VCH Research InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe department partners with Vancouver Coastal Health through ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI), and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. Dr. Andrei Krassioukov is co-director of ICORD and physician-scientist at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre.
• Fraser Health AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFraser Health Authority partners on the Fraser UBC Internal Medicine Residency Program launched in 2024. The program uses a hub-and-spoke model with Surrey Memorial Hospital as the hub and smaller community sites across Fraser Health as spokes, supporting the region's growing need for physicians.
• Island Health AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIsland Health Authority partners on the Vancouver Island Medical Program training through Royal Jubilee Hospital and other Island Health sites. Dr. Laura Farrell serves as the Island Medical Program representative.
• Interior Health AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior Health Authority partners on the new Interior Internal Medicine residency program launching in 2027 (Kelowna General Hospital anchor site, Royal Inland Hospital Kamloops hub) and existing training rotations across Interior Health communities including Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Trail, Penticton, and Vernon.
• Provincial Health Services AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHSA is a key health system partner. The department participates in physician compensation modeling with PHSA to develop frameworks for fair compensation and enhance system efficiency. PHSA also partners on various provincial health initiatives.
• Academy of Translational Medicine (Faculty of Medicine)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe department engages with UBC Faculty of Medicine's Academy of Translational Medicine to advance research translation from discovery to clinical application, improving healthcare outcomes.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights12 records

Direct peers

• McGill University - Department of Medicine: Major Canadian academic Department of Medicine with comparable scope in undergraduate MD training, postgraduate residency across subspecialties, and a strong CIHR-funded research portfolio. Direct peer in medical education and clinical research.
• Dalhousie University - Department of Medicine: Atlantic Canadian academic Department of Medicine offering similar multi-site residency training and research across subspecialties. Direct peer in postgraduate medical education and physician workforce planning.
• University of Ottawa - Department of Medicine: Bilingual Canadian academic Department of Medicine with distributed training across multiple hospital sites and a comparable research portfolio. Direct peer for trainee recruitment and CIHR funding competition.
• University of Toronto - Department of Medicine: Largest Department of Medicine in Canada and a direct peer to UBC DOM. Operates distributed postgraduate training across multiple Toronto-area hospitals, conducts research across all internal medicine subspecialties, and competes with UBC for CIHR funding and trainee recruitment.
• University of Calgary - Department of Medicine: Comparable Canadian academic Department of Medicine operating distributed training across Calgary and Alberta sites. Direct peer in postgraduate medical education, subspecialty research, and rural physician workforce development.
• University of Alberta - Department of Medicine: Major Western Canadian Department of Medicine with similar distributed residency training model across Alberta health zones. Competes with UBC DOM for trainees, faculty, and CIHR funding in the same region.
• McMaster University - Department of Medicine: Direct peer Canadian academic Department of Medicine known for pioneering competency-based medical education (CBME) and distributed training models — closely aligned with UBC DOM's CBME leadership and distributed provincial residency structure.
• Western University (Schulich) - Department of Medicine: Comparable Ontario academic Department of Medicine offering undergraduate and postgraduate training across internal medicine subspecialties with distributed community teaching sites. Direct peer for trainee recruitment and faculty competition.

Broad incumbents

• Mayo Clinic - Department of Medicine: Leading US academic Department of Medicine operating within a fully integrated academic medical center. A broader incumbent with much larger scale than UBC DOM, but directly comparable in structure (subspecialty divisions, residency/fellowship training, translational research).
• Johns Hopkins - Department of Medicine: Top-ranked US academic Department of Medicine with deep subspecialty research portfolio and large residency programs. Comparable structurally to UBC DOM but with substantially larger scale and US-based funding mechanisms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles16 records

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