Christine Ann Loock MD, FRCPC

Dr. Christine Loock MD, FRCPC, is a developmental pediatrician at Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, including Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children and BC Children's Hospital.  She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC). Dr. Loock obtained her MD from Harvard in 1981 with subspecialty training in pediatrics at the University of Washington and UBC. In 1986, she joined the Department of Pediatrics, UBC. She completed fellowship training in Genetics at UBC and was a Fellow in Medical Education at the Harvard Macy Institute, Harvard Medical School in 1996.

Early in her training, she developed an interest in "Social Pediatrics," advocating for innovative approaches for health service delivery to vulnerable children and families. Her clinical and research work has been focused on children and youth with congenital conditions and developmental disorders, including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). She has been a co‐investigator on numerous research studies on FAS and other drug effects on children and young adults, including the pioneering studies with Drs. Julie Conry and Diane Fast on identifying youth with FASD in the justice system. Dr. Loock has also treated children and youth with congenital anomalies, including FASD and other craniofacial conditions in the cleft palate clinic for over 20 years.