My surgery by Dr. Anson Cheung - thanks!

Dr. Anson Cheung is Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation of B.C. and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery with the University of British Columbia, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery. Practicing since 2000, he is currently on staff at St. Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital. He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with post-graduate work at Stanford University, University of Western Ontario and the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the academic staff at UBC in 2001 and St. Paul’s Hospital in 2000. His specialties include cardiac transplant surgery, valvular surgery, and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG), on which he has done several preceptorships. Dr. Cheung has established the VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) Program at St. Paul’s Hospital which is the first VAD program in Western Canada. He is currently involved in several research projects along with other works in progress. He was also the recipient of the Department of Surgery Concept Awards in 2003. He continues to foster cardiac surgical education by participating in numerous symposiums and post-graduate courses worldwide.