Biography
Dr. Evans was appointed to the UBC Department of Surgery in 2005 when he also assumed the position of Medical Manager, Trauma Services at Vancouver General Hospital where he maintains an active clinical and academic practice in trauma and acute care general surgery. He also attended in critical care medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital until 2013. He served as the Vancouver Coastal Health Regional Medical Trauma Director from 2011-2013 and now serves as Medical Director for Trauma Services B.C., the provincial oversight organization for the British Columbia trauma system, under B.C.’s Provincial Health Services Authority. He currently leads a CIHR Partnerships for Health System Improvement program research grant to develop policy-relevant performance reporting for the B.C. trauma system, and actively contributes to a number of other national and international research initiatives.