New cancer centre adds two medical staff

"Dr. Christian Fibich and Piotr Dubrowski are very important additions to our regional oncology team in the North," says Karim Karmali, B.C. Cancer Agency's chief operating officer. "We look forward to providing enhanced cancer services for Northern cancer patients when the Centre for the North opens."

Dr. Fibich trained in Germany and has spent the last six years working at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency. Dubrowski trained in B.C. and is currently working in Surrey with Dr. Narinder Sidhu, who will also work at the Centre for the North when it opens.

The Centre is still looking for many staff, including an additional medical oncologist, radiation therapists, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and clerks, before it opens later this year.

The 5 thousand square metre facility will be the B.C. Cancer Agency’s sixth regional cancer centre and will essentially eliminate the need for northern residents to travel south for treatment. The project is being delivered as another public-private partnership with a capital cost of $69.9 million and began construction in 2009.