Todd Sakakibara (Health Education and Advocacy)

Todd Sakakibara

Current roles:

Health Professional – Family Physician at Three Bridges Community Health Clinic and Raven Song Community Health Clinic – He provides care to vulnerable populations including those dealing with poverty, mental health, addictions, HIV, and the LGTB communities;

Researcher – He is involved in community based research for gay men’s health;

Clinical Assistant Professor – UBC Department of Family Practice, Site faculty for Curriculum St. Paul’s Hospital Family Practice Residency Program

Description:

Dr. Sakakibara is the site faculty for curriculum for the St. Paul’s Family Medicine Residency Program, where he mentors and facilitates advocacy projects for Family Medicine residents. Dr. Sakakibara is also the mentor for Community Health Initiative by University Students, which is an interdisciplinary group of health discipline residents and students that addresses community health needs through community engagement and through this process offers experiential learning to residents and students. Dr. Sakakibara also actively advocates for the health of transgender and other vulnerable populations

Dr. Sakakibara’s other areas of interest are: Addictions Health, LGBTQ Health,  Maternal and Child health (Youth Health), HIV/AIDS, Cultural safety

Get involved – Dr. Sakakibara is interested in connecting with students, practitioners, and members of the community to provide mentorship, opportunities in advocacy work, research, academic conversations, idea generation, and knowledge translation. He invites all the relationships that may come from the Social Medicine Network and is excited to see what develops.

Contact:

Todd.Sakakibara@vch.ca

T: 604.736.9844

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