Who We Are

BC MQI brings together stakeholders in medical quality, to connect and collaborate on initiatives with a province-wide scope.
Dr Patrick O’Connor

Administrative lead

Dr. Patrick O’Connor
Interim VP, Medical & Academic Affairs
Provincial Health Services Authority
Beverly Mitchell

Provincial director

Beverly Mitchell
Douglas Smith

Medical lead, MSPE

Medical Staff Practice Enhancement
Dr. Douglas Smith
Executive Medical Director
Interior Health North
Kathryn Fung

Medical lead, Practice enhancement panels

Medical Staff Practice Enhancement
Dr. Kathryn Fung
Psychiatrist, Vancouver Coastal Health
Program Director, UBC Undergraduate Psychiatry Education
UBC Clinical Associate Professor
Gerald M Legiehn

Medical lead, Radiology

Dr. Gerald M Legiehn
Clinical Associate Professor (Div. of Interventional Radiology) and Vice-chair of Quality
Vancouver General Hospital/UBC Hospital
Medical Quality and Safety Officer, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia

Collaborative by design, our standing committees oversee a fluid arrangement of task groups that are formed as needed, to tackle specific initiatives in medical quality.

BC MQI structure_Web_June2017-2.png Learn more about the current Committees and groups.