John Staples

Physician, General Internal Medicine
Degrees / Designations 

MD, FRCPC, MPH

Email Address 
jstaples1@providencehealth.bc.ca
Mailing Address 
Room 5910, St Paul's Hospital 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y6

Biography

Academic Appointment 
Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. John Staples is an academic General Internist based at Vancouver General and St Paul’s Hospitals and a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC. After graduating from medical school at the University of Alberta, he completed a residency and fellowship in General Internal Medicine (UBC), a Masters of Public Health (Harvard University), a New England Journal of Medicine Editorial Fellowship, and a Health Services Research Fellowship (Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto). His research interests include health services research, traffic safety and medical risk factors for injury.

News and Awards 
Oct 5, 2018Ask an expert: Reality check on drugged driving—will legalizing cannabis make our roads less safe?
May 14, 2017Putting patients first: awards advance care possibilities (2017)
Publications