Biosketch

Faisal Khosa, MD, MBA is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia. He is also the Head of Grants and International Collaboration at the UBC Emergency & Trauma Radiology program.

Dr. Khosa has been a faculty speaker at the Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society, American Society of Emergency Radiology, Royal College in UK and The Arab Health Congress in UAE, and an invited speaker at universities all over the world.

Education

Dr. Khosa has completed extensive training in radiology, including a residency in Diagnostic Radiology in Ireland. He completed the IMG Alternate Pathway – Diagnostic Radiology Certification which included: clinical fellowships in Oncoradiology, Cardiovascular Imaging, Emergency Radiology, Body MRI and Neuroradiology at ‘Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School’ in Boston.

Awards and Honors

Dr. Khosa is the recipient of numerous educational, clinical service and research awards, including the People First Leadership Award by Vancouver Coastal Health; Canadian Association of Radiology/Canadian Radiology Foundation Leadership Scholarship; American Roentgen Ray Society Scholarship; the One in One Hundred Mentoring Award and the Outstanding Young Investigator Award in USA. He received the Medal of Excellence (Tamgha-i-Imtiaz) from the government of Pakistan for his highest degree of service to the country by mentoring countless medical graduates and the field of medicine and The College of Physicians and Surgeons Award for 15 years of “Outstanding Service to Medicine” in Pakistan. In addition, he has also received several service excellence awards including the “Outstanding Support Award” by Vancouver General Hospital Trauma Program.

Lectureships, Seminar Invitations, and Visiting Professorships:

2017

Emergency Radiology Course
University of Washington, Seattle

2017

Emergency Radiology Course
Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Meeting

2017

Career Counselling Course
Vancouver General Hospital

2017

Rules of Leadership
Strategic Sectors Research Centre; Suleman Dawood School of Business; Lahore University of Management Sciences

2017

Career Counselling Lectures
Research Council of Pakistan

2016

Guest Speaker at CT-MRI/Ultrasound Society of the Philippines Joint Annual Convention
Invited to speak on Radiology and Leadership

2016

Guest Speaker at the Young Physicians Coaching Seminar
The Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America

2016

Guest Lecturer at APPNA MERIT
The lecture was televised live to Medical Schools in Pakistan and Middle East

2016

Guest Lecturer Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles USA

2016

Guest Lecturer DOGANA Retreat in New Jersey
Young Physician Coaching Seminar

2016

Guest Lecturer at Saint Anthony’s High School, Pakistan
History and Evolution of Medicine

2016

College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan
Mentoring Symposium. Visiting Professor

2016

The King Edward Medical University, Pakistan
Visiting Professor: Radiology and Career Counseling Seminars

2016

Visiting Professor at The Combined Military Hospital, Pakistan
Leadership and Career Counseling Seminars

2015

The DOW Medical School, Pakistan
Guest Speaker

2015

The Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Guest Speaker

2015

Detroit Medical Center, USA
Invited Speaker

2015

University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital
Visiting Professor: Imaging in Abdominal Trauma

2014

Agha Khan University Karachi, Pakistan
Visiting Professor

2014

Nishter Medical College Multan, Pakistan
Visiting Professor

2014

The Young Physicians Coaching Seminar
The Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America; Guest Speaker

2014

Department of Radiology at University of California, San Diego
Invited Speaker

2014

College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan
Mentoring Symposium. Visiting Professor

2013

Department of Radiology Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Visiting Professor

2013

College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan
Mentoring Symposium. Visiting Professor

2013

Allama Iqbal Medical College and University Hospital, Pakistan
Mentoring Symposium. Visiting Professor

2013

Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Pakistan
Imaging in Abdominal Traums. Visiting Professor

2013

Combined Military Hospital and Medical College, Pakistan
Residency Abroad. Visiting Professor

2012

Emory University, School of Medicine
Characterization of Liver Lesions by MRI Lecture – Grand Rounds

2012

Tulane University New Orleans
Characterization of Liver Lesions by MRI. Visiting Professor

2012

University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital
Imaging in Abdominal Trauma. Visiting Professor

2012

King Edward University Hospital, Pakistan
Residency Abroad: “Do’s and Don’t’s”. Visiting Professor

2012

Allama Iqbal Medical College and University Hospital, Pakistan
Imaging in Abdominal Trauma. Visiting Professor

2012

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Pakistan
Imaging in Cardiac Disease. Visiting Professor

2012

Fatima Memorial Medical College and University Hospital, Pakistan 2012
Imaging in Abdominal Trauma. Visiting Professor

2011

Nishter Medical College and Hospital, Pakistan
Characterization of Liver Lesions by MRI. Visiting Professor

2011

King Edward University Hospital, Pakistan
Residency application “Playing a poor hand well”. Visiting Professor

2011

Allama Iqbal Medical College and University Hospital, Pakistan
An introduction to Cardiac MDCT & MRI. Visiting Professor

2011

Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging. Visiting Professor
Agha Khan University, Pakistan

2011

Fatima Memorial Medical College and University Hospital, Pakistan
Visiting Professor

2011

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Pakistan
Innovations in Cancer Imaging. Visiting Professor

2011

TUFTS Medical Center, Boston MA
Assessment of Liver disease by MRI. Visiting Professor

2010

Sunny Brook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada
Cardiac CT: Radiation dose reduction strategies. Visiting Professor

2010

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Characterization of Liver Lesions by MRI. Grand Round

2009

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Grand Round
Biphasic Contrast injection in Peripheral CTA: Comparison with conventional single-phase injection. Invited Lecture

2009

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Grand Round
Volume CT beyond 64 MDCT: Novel Applications and Technical Challenges. Invited Lecture

2009

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Grand Round
MRI Sequences that Most Frequently Depict Non-Cardiac Findings on CMR. Invited Lecture

2008

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Cardiology: Interesting case conference. Invited Lecture

2008

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cardiology: PE and risk stratification using non-gated CT imaging. Invited Lecture

2008

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Radiology of Chest Trauma, Bare Bones of Chest Trauma. Workshop for Health Care Providers.

2007

Dana-Farbar Cancer Institute
Barebones of Radiology Research: Invited Lecture

2005

Royal Free Hospital in London, UK
Value of research for Radiology trainees. Invited Lecture in Radiology.

2004

Guest Speaker at the Young Physicians Coaching Seminar
The College of Physicians and Surgeons in Pakistan