A PARTNERSHIP OF VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL AND THE UNIVESITY OF BRITISH COLORADO DERMATOLOGY & SKIN SCIENCE, the Skin Care Centre serves as a major dermatologic referral centre within Vancouver/Richmond and British Columbia and is an international leader in research, developmental therapeutics and medical education. The Centre has a broad scope of clinical subspecialization that is unique to Western Canada. Find out more
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The Centre has developed specific foci of clinical subspecialization based on patient needs, staff expertise and available resources. Among these, the Psoriasis & Phototherapy Clinic offers daycare programs for patients with severe and resistant psoriasis who would otherwise be admitted to general medical wards. The Phototherapy Clinic operates seven days a week with extended hours for light treatment. The Skin Care Centre is also a referral clinic for the evaluation and management of light sensitivity disorders.
The Laser Clinic is a major provider of both laser ablative and non-ablative treatments for vascular lesions, pigmented and inflammatory lesions and melasma. It is the largest centre of its kind in Canada. The Hair Clinic addresses medical disorders of the scalp, eyebrows and hair. The Wound Healing Clinic provides assessment, wound dressing and home care for patients with chronic non-healing ulcers in partnership with Home Health Nurses from health units throughout the Lower Mainland. Aesthetic Dermatology offers consultation and a wide range of procedures such as laser based hair removal, laser peels and other skin rejuvenation techniques. The Immunodermatology Clinic manages the life-threatening and disfiguring birthmarks, hemangioma, port wine stain and other malignant vascular lesions as well as patients who require immunosuppressive agents (drugs that suppress the immune system). The Centre is linked to laboratory networks that can specifically test for and identify melanoma.