Gilad Kimel MD, MSc, MBA, FRCPC

Dr. Gilad Kimel is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Palliative Care. He is also the Medical Director for Palliative Care for Providence Health Care. His clinical practice is focused on palliative medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital, Mount St. Joseph Hospital, and St. John Hospice at UBC. He has completed subspecialty training in medical oncology and a fellowship in palliative medicine at UBC.

Dr. Kimel’s area of interest is heart failure supportive care, and he has established, along with the heart transplant team, a multidisciplinary clinic specializing in the care of patients with advanced heart failure. He is the UBC principal investigator for a CIHR-funded qualitative study assessing the experience of patients being treated for heart failure.