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Andrea MacNeill

Clinical Associate Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Regional Medical Director for Planetary Health
Research Focus
Cancers
Contact Info
andrea.macneill@vch.ca
604-875-5770
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Biography

Dr. Andrea MacNeill is a surgical oncologist at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer and a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where she specializes in sarcoma and peritoneal malignancies. She is the founder and principal investigator of the UBC Planetary Healthcare Lab, a novel interdisciplinary research collaborative dedicated to creating health systems that promote both human and planetary health. As the regional medical director for planetary health for Vancouver Coastal Health, she is working on a transformational planetary health strategy for the health authority to mitigate the health care climate footprint while creating health and social value. Dr. MacNeill is also an executive member of CASCADES, a pan-Canadian knowledge mobilization network dedicated to accelerating the transition to low-carbon, sustainable health systems in Canada. She is currently co-chairing a UBC/Yale-led Lancet Commission in sustainable health care.

News and Awards

Ask an expert: What can I do to improve health care sustainability?

Jan 2, 2023

Meet the VCHRI recipients of the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards 2022

May 27, 2022

Innovation and Translational Research Awards 2022 Recipients

May 17, 2022

Publications

  • BMJ (Clinical research ed.) -

    Net zero healthcare: a call for clinician action.

    Sherman JD, McGain F, Lem M, Mortimer F, Jonas WB, MacNeill AJ
  • The Lancet. Planetary health -

    Planetary health care: a framework for sustainable health systems.

    MacNeill AJ, McGain F, Sherman JD
  • Health affairs (Project Hope) -

    Transforming The Medical Device Industry: Road Map To A Circular Economy.

    MacNeill AJ, Hopf H, Khanuja A, Alizamir S, Bilec M, Eckelman MJ, Hernandez L, McGain F, Simonsen K, Thiel C, Young S, Lagasse R, Sherman JD
  • JAMA -

    Reducing Pollution From the Health Care Industry.

    Sherman JD, MacNeill A, Thiel C
  • PLoS medicine -

    Life cycle environmental emissions and health damages from the Canadian healthcare system: An economic-environmental-epidemiological analysis.

    Eckelman MJ, Sherman JD, MacNeill AJ
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