Aneesh Vaghadia
Dr. Aneesh Vaghadia is a physician at Vancouver Coastal Health, where he serves as Associate Department Head of the Department of Family and Community Practice and a Hospitalist. His work encompasses inpatient care for adult and geriatric populations, as well as providing outpatient urgent care.
Dr. Vaghadia previously served as Medical Coordinator at the Northeast Urgent and Primary Care Centre (NEUPCC), where he led initiatives to improve access to urgent primary care. Notably, he implemented the CST Cerner electronic medical record platform, established a training environment for international physicians, and was nominated for a oneVCH Award for Leadership.
His experience extends to rural medicine, where he served as Lead Physician at Atikokan Medical Clinic, providing care to the town and surrounding First Nations communities. He also practiced rural family medicine, hospitalist, emergency, long-term, palliative, and addictions medicine at Atikokan General Hospital. Dr. Vaghadia also acted as the Director of the Simulation Program at Atikokan General Hospital.
Dr. Vaghadia is a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia, providing medical education to postgraduate learners. He also held a position as Assistant Professor at NOSM University.
He completed his Family Medicine Residency at Western University and earned his MB BCh BAO from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Dr. Aneesh Vaghadia is a physician at Vancouver Coastal Health, serving as Associate Department Head of Family and Community Practice and a Hospitalist, providing inpatient and outpatient urgent care. He previously led initiatives at the Northeast Urgent and Primary Care Centre (NEUPCC), including implementing the CST Cerner electronic medical record and establishing a training program for international physicians.
His experience includes rural medicine, where he served as Lead Physician at Atikokan Medical Clinic and practiced diverse medical specialties at Atikokan General Hospital. He also directed the Simulation Program there.
Dr. Vaghadia is a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia, educating postgraduate learners, and previously held an Assistant Professor position at NOSM University. He completed his Family Medicine Residency at Western University and received his MB BCh BAO from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.