Preventing Overdose Deaths due to Fentanyl in the Drug Supply

Lecture Event

Audience: General Public

Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: St. Paul's Hospital, Large Lecture Theatre, Providence Level 1

Dr. Mark Lysyshyn
Medical Health Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health
Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia

This talk is open to the public
A light lunch will be served

The Forefront Lectures are accredited for 1.0 Mainpro-M1 credit (College of Family Physicians of Canada)

For more information, please contact education@cfenet.ubc.ca / local 66255

Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, works for Vancouver Coastal Health as the Medical Health Officer for the North Shore and the Medical Health Officer lead for Vancouver Coastal Health’s Harm Reduction program. Mark completed medical school at Queen’s University, a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and residency programs in Internal Medicine and Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He has previously worked at the Public Health Agency of Canada and at St. Paul’s Hospital in the Internal Medicine, HIV and Addictions programs.

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St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.

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