63 West 6th Avenue (Unit 509), Vancouver, BC
604-416-7325 (PEAK)
OUR TEAM
DOCTORS
DR. FERGUS TO
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor
UBC Division of Rheumatology
Vancouver General Hospital Division of Rheumatology
St Paul's Hospital Division of Rheumatology
Vancouver Coastal Health Myositis Clinic Co-Director
UBC Myositis Fellowship Director
Born and raised in Vancouver, Dr. Fergus To completed his medical school, Internal Medicine Residency, and Rheumatology fellowship at UBC. He then completed training in inflammatory myopathies at the University of Manchester, UK. He is a faculty member at UBC and serves as a consultant rheumatologist at Vancouver General Hospital and Saint Paul's Hospital. He also started and runs the Vancouver Coastal Health Myositis Clinic at Mary Pack Arthritis Centre for which he was awarded the BC Society of Rheumatology Award for Innovation.
Professional Appointments & Memberships
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - Rheumatology and Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UBC
Licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC
Member of the BC Society of Rheumatology
Member of the Canadian Rheumatology Association
Member of International Myositis Assessment & Clinical Studies Group
DR. PERSIA POURSHAHNAZARI
MD, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Saint Paul's Hospital
Born and raised in BC, Dr. Pourshahnazari completed her undergraduate degree in Cell Biology and Genetics as well as medical school training at UBC. She chose to stay in Vancouver, where she completed her Internal Medicine residency and Allergy and Clinical Immunology fellowship programs. She is fascinated by the interplay between the human immune system and the external environment. Her practice focuses on the diagnosis and management of allergic and immunologic diseases in adolescents and adults. And don't worry, nobody can pronounce her last name properly - just call her Dr. P.
Please note Dr P does not see consultations for mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) without a documented elevated tryptase level.
Professional Appointments & Memberships
Royal College certified Allergist/Clinical Immunologist and Internist
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UBC
​Member of the Clinical Immunology Society
Member of the Canadian and BC Medical Associations
Licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC
Member of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Member of the BC Society of Allergy and Immunology
Member of the American Association of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
DR. MOHAMMAD BARDI
MD, FRCPC, USSONAR MSK Ultrasound Fellow
Clinical Instructor, UBC Division of Rheumatology
Mary Pack Arthritis Centre: Vasculitis Clinic - GCA Fast Track
Mary Pack Arthritis Centre: Combined Hand Clinic with Dr. Erin Brown
VCH DTES Rheumatology Pender Clinic Lead
Vancouver General Hospital Division of Rheumatology
St Paul's Hospital Division of Rheumatology
Dr. Bardi completed his Internal Medicine and Rheumatology training at the University of British Columbia. He was Chief of Internal Medicine in 2017. Additional training included a fellowship in musculoskeletal ultrasound through the American College of Rheumatology USSONAR program. Further, he trained internationally in the use of ultrasound to assess large vessel vasculitis from leading pioneers in Norway and the UK.
Dr. Bardi is a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and active rheumatologist staff at Vancouver General and St. Paul's Hospital. He is part of the Vasculitis Clinic at Mary Pack Arthritis Center. He has helped create and operate the Giant Cell Arteritis Fast Track Clinic, for which he was awarded the BC Society of Rheumatology Award for Innovation in 2021.
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His ongoing research is in the areas of ultrasound in assessing large-vessel vasculitis and the diagnostic role of musculoskeletal ultrasound in inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint diseases.
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Professional Appointments & Memberships
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - Rheumatology and Internal Medicine
Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, UBC
Licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC
Member of the BC Society of Rheumatology
Member of the Canadian Rheumatology Association
Fellow and Teaching Faculty with the Ultrasound Society of North American Rheumatologists (USSONAR)
DR. BOYANG ZHENG
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Medicine
UBC Division of Rheumatology
Dr. Zheng completed his medical and Rheumatology training in Montreal and an additional fellowship in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) at UBC. He subsequently practiced at McGill University, Montreal and is now a faculty member at UBC and consultant rheumatologist at Saint Paul's Hospital. He works in collaboration with respirology colleagues for ILD patient care and research. He also has an outpatient rheumatology practice in Burnaby.
Professional Appointments & Memberships
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - Rheumatology and Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UBC
Licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC
Member of the BC Society of Rheumatology
Member of the Canadian Rheumatology Association
DR. THOMAS HAHN
MD, FRCPC, USSONAR MSK Ultrasound Fellow
Mary Pack Arthritis Centre: Vasculitis Clinic - GCA Fast Track
Vancouver General Hospital Division of Rheumatology
St Paul's Hospital Division of Rheumatology
Raised in North Delta, BC, Dr. Hahn completed his Internal Medicine and Rheumatology training at the University of British Columbia. Additional training included the UBC Musculoskeletal and Giant Cell Arteritis Ultrasound Fellowship, American College of Rheumatology USSONAR program in MSK ultrasound, and Psoriatic Arthritis-specific MSK ultrasound via the University of Toronto.
Dr. Hahn is a staff rheumatologist at Vancouver General and St. Paul’s Hospitals. He has also joined Dr. Bardi as part of the GCA Fast Track Clinic via the Mary Pack Arthritis Centre's Vasculitis Program.
Research interests include the application of ultrasound in large vessel vasculitis and inflammatory / non-inflammatory joint disease.
Professional Appointments & Memberships:
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - Rheumatology and Internal Medicine
Licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC
Member of the BC Society of Rheumatology
Member of the Canadian Rheumatology Association
Fellow of the Ultrasound Society of North American Rheumatologists (USSONAR)
TRAINEES
Our doctors are all UBC clinical faculty and take pride in teaching the future generation of BC's doctors. Medical students, residents, and clinical fellows may be involved in your care.