Full Name
Dr. Ali Amid, MD
Speaker Bio
Dr. Amid is an assistant professor of pediatrics at UBC and pediatric hematology at BC Children’s Hospital.
He received his medical degree from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences and completed his pediatric residency at the University of Calgary, followed by his pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Ottawa and University of Toronto. Dr. Amid subsequently completed a clinical and research fellowship in hemoglobinopathies and iron overload disorders at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. Prior to moving to Vancouver he was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa and a Pediatric Hematologist at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
At BCCH, he is the Director of the Hemoglobinopathy and Iron Overload Clinic. Dr. Amid’s area of clinical and research interest is in the field of thalassemia, sickle cell disease, iron overload, and thrombosis.
He received his medical degree from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences and completed his pediatric residency at the University of Calgary, followed by his pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Ottawa and University of Toronto. Dr. Amid subsequently completed a clinical and research fellowship in hemoglobinopathies and iron overload disorders at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. Prior to moving to Vancouver he was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa and a Pediatric Hematologist at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
At BCCH, he is the Director of the Hemoglobinopathy and Iron Overload Clinic. Dr. Amid’s area of clinical and research interest is in the field of thalassemia, sickle cell disease, iron overload, and thrombosis.
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