Catherine Allaire MD, FRCSC

Dr. Catherine Allaire (MD, FRCSC) is the Medical Director of the BC Women's Centre for Pelvic Pain & Endometriosis and has been with the program since it began in 2011. Dr. Allaire is a gynecologist with special expertise in endometriosis, pelvic pain, and surgical education. A member of the UBC Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI), Dr. Allaire was one of the first in Canada to adopt minimally invasive surgical techniques (MIS) for the treatment of gynecologic problems, such as laparoscopic hysterectomy and laparoscopic excision of complex endometriosis.

Dr. Allaire graduated with honors from McGill University in 1990. She moved to Vancouver to follow her passions and to pursue specialty training in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of British Columbia. After completing her Residency in 1995, she then completed a Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.

Dr. Allaire is Clinical Professor at UBC Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Division of Gynecologic Specialties and in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI/IVF). She is the creator and director of the MIS rotation, is the Director of the UBC Fellowship in Endometriosis, Pelvic Pain, and Advanced Laparoscopy, and is known across Canada and internationally as a teacher and mentor in MIS.