Stephen K. L. Chia, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

He also is a staff oncologist with the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA), Vancouver, Canada. In addition, Dr. Chia serves as physician coordinator for both the breast cancer and head and neck cancer clinical trials at the BCCA - Vancouver Cancer Centre. He is an active researcher in phase I-III trials in breast cancer, head and neck cancer and investigational new drugs.

Dr. Chia has been widely published in international peer-reviewed journals including New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet, British Journal of Cancer and Clinical Cancer Research. An active researcher, he is currently carrying out studies in breast cancer with grant funded research from the National Cancer Institute of Canada, Canadian Breast Cancer Alliance and Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - British Columbia/Yukon Chapter.

Dr. Chia is an active member of the British Columbia Breast Tumor Group, Breast Cancer Systemic Policy Group and Head and Neck Tumor Group. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Canada).

He received his bachelor's degree in Pharmacology from the University of British Columbia, where he also earned his medical degree in 1993. He obtained his Internal Medicine Fellowship and Medical Oncology Fellowship also from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Chia then completed post-fellowship training from 1999-2000 with the Dept. of Advanced Therapeutics - British Cancer Research Centre and at the Institute of Molecular Medicine with the University of Oxford.