Paxton Bach, MD, MSc, ABIM, FRCPC, FASAM

Paxton Bach MD, MSc, ABIM, FRCPC, FASAM is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a general internist and addiction medicine physician at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC. He additionally serves as the Co-Medical Director for the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use and is the Director of the BCCSU Clinical Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program. His research interests lie in opioid and stimulant use disorders, with a focus on epidemiologic trends and the development of evidence-based treatment strategies. Dr. Bach is certified as a specialist in General Internal Medicine through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and an Addiction Medicine specialist through the International Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Board of Preventative Medicine. He is supported by a Health Professional-Investigator Award from Michael Smith Health Research BC.