Credentials
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
University of British Columbia BSc Cell Biology 1972
University of British Columbia MD Medicine 1975
University of British Columbia MHSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics 1990-92
SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto – Rotating Internship 1975-76
College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. – License #7836 1976
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. – Resident 1976-77
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto – Resident 1977-79
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. – Chief Resident & Teaching Fellow 1979-80
FRCPC – Certificate #3914 1980
ABIM – Certificate #100741 1984
FACP – American College of Physicians 1986
FAED- Academy of Eating Disorders Fellow 2007
GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Wanfang Su Doctoral
Thesis, Family & Nutritional Sciences, UBC
1991-1993 P. Jones, C.L. Birmingham
Dan Legoff Doctoral
Thesis Psychology, SFU
1992-1993 C. Davis, C.L. Birmingham
Charitini Orphanidou
Masters Thesis, Family & Nutritional Sciences, UBC
1992-1994 L. McCargar, C.L. Birmingham
Jenny Muller Masters Thesis, Family & Nutritional Sciences, UBC
1995 1997 C.L. Birmingham
Scott Lear Masters Thesis, Heart Program, U.B.C.
1996-1998 J. Frohlich, C.L. Birmingham
Scott Lear Doctoral Thesis – MRC Scholar, Heart Program,U.B.C
1999-2001 J. Frohlich, C.L. Birmingham
Nadia Aleem Postgraduate Trainee
2001 C.L. Birmingham
Dr W.Abumelha Head of Family Practice Saudi Arabia
Post Doctoral Fellowship in Eating Disorders
2001-2002 C.L. Birmingham
Samantha Kelleher Post Doctoral Fellowship in Eating Disorders
2001-2002 C.L. Birmingham, Michael Myers
Naresh Mondraty PhD in Medicine (Psychiatry) University of Sydney
2001-2002 P Beumont, C.L. Birmingham
Tanya Hechler PhD (psychology) University of Sydney
2001-2002 P Beumont, C.L. Birmingham
Paul Gallant PhD (kinesiology) University of BC
2005-7 Crocker C.L. Birmingham
Julia Raudzus Research in Psychiatry Fellowship
2006-2007 C.L. Birmingham
Zubin Amarsi MHA – HCEC 590 Research Project.
2006-2007 Aslam Anis, C.L. Birmingham
Scott Garrison Master Experimental Medicine UBC
2007-2008 C.L. Birmingham, B Koehler
Scott Garrison PhD Experimental Medicine UBC
2008 Karim Khan, C.L. Birmingham
VISITING PROFESSOR
Maudsley Hospital Eating Disorder Unit, May 1999
University of Sydney, August 1999
Cairo, Egypt, 2001
Laval University, June 2001
University of Sydney, July 2001
Universities of Sydney & Melbourne, November 2002
Oslo and Bergen, Norway, 2004
Oslo and Bergen Norway, 2006
University of Sydney, Australia 2012
Medicine Hat College, Alberta 2012
Research or equivalent grants/contracts
U.B.C. Weight Cycling
$2,400 1983
C.L. B. Parrot, Laval
UBC Student Grant
Research Plateaus in Weight Loss
$3,500 1983
BCMSF
British Columbia Health Care Research Foundation
Weight Loss Plateaus
$31,489 1985
R. Tonkin, C.L. Birmingham
BCMSF
Lilly Multicenter C
$100,053 1988-1990
Pharmaceuticals Fluoxetine in the Treatment of Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus
Lilly Pharmaceuticals
Effect of Dietary Fat in Obesity
$48,738 1988-1990
P. Jones, C.L. Birmingham
BCMSF
Zinc in anorexia
$29,569 1988-1991
C.L. Birmingham, E. Goldner
BCMSF
Weight Cycling
$21,136 1988-1991
C.L. Birmingham, Linda McCargar
BCMSF
Beef Board of Canada
Zinc and Iron Intake
NC $10,000 1990
C.L. Birmingham, E.M. Goldner
Beef Board of Canada
Chronic Ambulatory Patients with Anorexia Nervosa
$2,000 1991
E Goldner, C.L. Birmingham
St. Paul’s Foundation
Mechanism of Weight Loss of Ileogastrostomy
$31,750 1991-1994
P. Jones, C.L. Birmingham
BCMSF
Measurement of body fat by BIA
$29,580 1991-1994
C.L.Birmingham, EM Goldner
BCMSF
Weight cycling
$24,053 1992
C.L. Birmingham, Linda McCargar
BCMSF
Weight gain in anorexia nervosa
$23,600 1993-1994
E.M. Goldner, C.L. Birmingham
BCMSF
Recovery in Anorexia Nervosa
$2,000 1994 Grant in aid.
C.L. Birmingham, EM Goldner
SPH
Metabolic cart
$50,000 1994
C.L. Birmingham, E Goldner
1/2 Saint Paul’s Foundation Equipment Grant
1/2Woodward Foundation Grant
Body Fat vs. Body Weight Measurement
$25,000 1995
C.L. Birmingham, E.M Goldner
BCMSF
JanssenPharmaceutic
Cisapride
NC $5,000 1996
C.L.Birmingham
Predictors of weight loss
Hoffman LaRoche
$2,000 1997
Predicting Caloric requirements for weight gain in AN
$17,800 1997
C.L. Birmingham
BCMSF
Leptin and Anorexia Nervosa
$3,500 1997
C.L. Birmingham
BCMSF
Exercise in Anorexia Nervosa
$1700 1997
R. Pauly, C.L. Birmingham
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation
The Cost of Obesity in Canada
NC $72,000 1997
C.L. Birmingham, A. Anis, A. Palepu, J. Spinelli, V. Thien
Hoffman La Roche
Anorexia nervosa and the heart
$3,500 1999
C.L. Birmingham
PMAC
Anorexia nervosa and the heart
$17,400 1999
C.L. Birmingham, Scott Lear, Jennifer Kenyon
Vancouver Foundation
Identifying the prevalence of atherosclerosis in females with anorexia nervosa
$15,240 1999
C.L. Birmingham, Scott Lear
BCMSF
Manual for the prevention of eating disorders
$70,000 1999 2001
C.L. Birmingham
Ministry of Children and Families
Development Grant
Development of an Algorithm for the Treatment of Obesity
NC $5,000 2000
C.L. Birmingham
Hoffman LaRoche
Epidemiology of eating disorders in BC
$80,000 2000
C.L. Birmingham
BC Government Grant
Development of obesity teaching resource in BC
$10,000 2000
C. L. Birmingham
Hoffman La Roche
Creation of a Centre for Innovation in Nutrition Research in BC
C $2,253,662 2000
S. Innis, C.L. Birmingham and others at the Children and Families Research Foundation Nutrition Focus
Government of Canada Infrastructure Grant
Epidemiology of eating disorders in BC
$80,000 2001
C.L. Birmingham
BC Government Grant
Epidemiology of eating disorders in BC
$80,000 2002
C.L. Birmingham
BC Government Grant
The PET scan in Anorexia Nervosa
Up to 100 doses or radioactive glucose
($150k) 2001 -2002
CL Birmingham, Al Belzberg
TRIUMPH UBC
A quantitative analysis of the influence of malnutrition on lung structure and function
C $27,600 2001 -2002
H Coxson, C.L. Birmingham, JR Mayo
BC Lung Foundation
A treatment program for shoplifting in patients with eating disorders
$2,500 2001
B Russell, C.L. Birmingham
Chris Spencer Foundation
Research assistant funding assistant for Dr. Birmingham
$90,000 2003-2005
C.L. Birmingham
PHSA
A Comparison of the Differential Distribution of Body Fat In Four Ethnic Populations
$137,317 2003-2006
C.S. Lear, C.L. Birmingham, A. Chockalingam, JJ Fohlich , Humphries
CIHR
Infrastructure funding
$150,000 2004
S. Innis, C.L .Birmingham and Michel Smith Foundation
Dysrhythmia in anorexia nervosa
$3500 2004
C.L. Birmingham, Marla Keiss
CIHR
Prevention program for eating disorders
$30,000 2005
O’Hagan, C.L. Birmingham
Vancouver Foundation
Exercise and energy use in anorexia nervosa
$3,500 2005
C.L. Birmingham
UBC Student Grant
Research assistant funding assistant for Dr. Birmingham
$90,000 2005-2007
C.L. Birmingham
PHSA
Research assistant for Dr. Birmingham
10,000.00 2005
Looking Glass Foundation
Magnesium & Nocturnal Leg Cramps
C 30,000.00 2006-8
Scott Garrison, C.L. Birmingham
Vancouver Foundation
Cost of obesity in Canada
250,000 2007
Aslam Anis, C.L. Birmingham
Sanofi Research grant
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
University of British Columbia – Faculty of Medicine
1986 Member, Review Committee of Therapeutics 453
1986 Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Objectives Committee
1987-88 Member, Curriculum Evaluation Committee
1987-90 Member, Faculty Residency Committee
1987-90 Member, Executive Committee of the Faculty Residency Committee
1989-90 Member, Medical Manpower Committee
University of British Columbia – Department of Medicine
1980-86 Member, Undergraduate Education Committee
1987-90 Director, Postgraduate Education Program, Department of Medicine
1987-90 Chairman, Postgraduate Education Committee, Department of Medicine
1991 Member of the Committee to Study the Final Year of the Internal Medicine Residency Program
1993-99 Head, General Internal Medicine
1993-99 Executive Committee, Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia – Department of Psychiatry
2000- 2003 Associate Member
2003-Member
2003- 2008 Professor and Director, Eating Disorders Program, Division of Behavioural Science
2003-2008 Member, Executive Committee
University of British Columbia –Department of Health Care and Epidemiology
1992- Associate member, Clinical Trials Division
University of British Columbia – Faculty of Agriculture – Dept of Family & Nutritional Sciences
1990 -2007 Adjunct Research Professor
University of British Columbia – Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
1999 – 2006 Clinical Instructor
Department of Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital
1980- Department of Medicine – St. Paul’s Hospital
1980-86 Director, Undergraduate Teaching for the Department of Medicine
1980- 2008 Member, Department of Medicine
1983-98 Director, Division of Internal Medicine
1985-95 Chairman, Clinical Teaching Units Directors Committee
1985-96 Director, 7A Clinical Teaching Unit
1985- 90 Member, Continuing Medical Education Course Planning Committee
1986-87 Director, Residency Training in Internal Medicine
1986-93 Acting Chief of Medicine during Chief of Medicine’s absences
1986-95 Member, Executive Committee, Department of Medicine
1990-91 Member, Clinical Advisory Committee to Renal Studies
1993-95 Associate Head, Department of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry – St. Paul’s Hospital
1989-90 Co-Director, Eating Disorder Unit (C2B)
1989- 2008 Member, Department of Psychiatry
1994- 2008 Director, In-Patient Eating Disorder Program
Mentor Function
Met with most residents who do the Royal College exams to both examine them and advise them on methods of passing the Royal College exams, as a previous member of the Examining Board for Canada.
2008- Mentor to physician at the request of the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
1999 – 2008 BC Provincial Director for Eating Disorders
1999 – 2001 Manager, BC Eating Disorder Resource Centre
St. Paul’s Hospital
1981-86 Chairman, Medical Records Committee
1981-86 Member, Medical Audit Committee
1985-92 Member, Hospital Computer Advisory Committee Task Force
1985-95 Chairman, Credentials Committee
1985-95 Member, Medical Advisory Committee
1986-87 Member, Medical Education Committee
1986-89 Director, Eating Disorders Clinic
1986-93 Chairman, Eating Disorders Committee
1987 Member, Search and Selection Committee for Head, Department of Psychiatry
1989- 1999 Co-Director, Eating Disorders Clinic
1999-2008 Medical Director Eating Disorders Program
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre
1994-2003 Consultant Staff, Division of Internal Medicine
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
1980- Member, British Columbia Medical Association
1980- Member, Canadian Medical Association
1980- Member, College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
1980- Member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
1980- Member, American College of Physicians
1984- Member, Canadian Society of Internal Medicine
1984- Member, British Columbia Society of Internal Medicine
1994- 1997 Editor, Newsletter, Canadian Society of Internal Medicine
1998 – Member, Academy for Eating Disorders
1999 – Member, Eating Disorder Research Society
2001- 2007 Chairman, Neuroimaging Special Interest Group, Academy of Eating Disorders
2005- Senior Associate Clinician Scientist, Children & Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital
2006 Inaugural Fellow, BC Institute of Mental Health
2007 – 2008 Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, British Columbia
2007 –Investigator, Brain Research Institute, British Columbia
Memberships on other societies, including offices held and dates
1989- 93 Member, Keith Journal Club
Memberships on scholarly committees, including offices held and dates
1984-86 Member, Executive Committee, British Columbia Society of Internal Medicine
1984-86 Member, Executive Committee and Signatory for the re-establishment of the Canadian
Society of Internal Medicine
1991-94 Member of the Council of the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine
2000 Member, Canadian Advisory Committee, D B Brown Chair on Obesity Research
Editorships
1983 Guest Editor, British Columbia Medical Association. 25(7).
1995 – 1998 Co-Editor, Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Newsletter
2000 – 2001 Chief Editorial Advisor for Internal Medicine and Family Practice, Doody Publishing
2004-Associate Editor European Journal of Obesity & Eating Disorders
2008-Academic Associate Editor BMC Psychiatry
2008- Editor Board Member, Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention
Reviewer
1988- Reviewer, Canadian Medical Association Journal
1989-90 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Canadian Medical Educator’s Bulletin
1994- Reviewer, Scientific Presentations, Annual Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Meeting
1996- Reviewer, International Journal of Eating Disorders
1996- 2000 Reviewer, Journal SOGC
1996- Reviewer, The Lancet
1997- Reviewer, Psychiatric Foundation of Canada
1998 – Reviewer, Canadian Psychiatric Foundation
1999 – Reviewer, Medical Research Council of Canada
1999 – 2007 Reviewer, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul’s Hospital
2000 – Reviewer, International Journal of Obesity
2002 – Reviewer, Canadian Institute of Health Research
2002- Reviewer, International Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology.
2002- Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Member National Review Committee on Nutrition
2002- Reviewer, European Journal of Obesity & Eating Disorders
2004- Reviewer, Primary Psychiatry
2005 Reviewer, Health Statistics Division of Statistics Canada
2006 Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science
2006 Reviewer, Journal of Medical Economics
2007- Reviewer, Clinical Nutrition
2007- Reviewer, Archives of General Psychiatry
2007 – Reviewer, Stress and Health
2008 – Nutrition Research
External examiner
1985-90 Member of the Board of Examiners for Internal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
1987 Local Coordinator, Oral Examinations (Internal Medicine), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
1989 Local Coordinator, Oral Examinations (Internal Medicine), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Consultant
1980- Medical Consultant to the Drug and Poison Information Centre of British Columbia
1981-85 Executive Medical Director, McGavin’s Food Limited (Canada)
1984- Member, British Columbia Medical Association, Nutrition Committee
1985-86 Member, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Eating Disorders Research Group
1985-96 Medical Consultant to the Drug Usage Review Board of British Columbia
1985- 98 Member, Medical Advisory Committee, British Columbia Medical Services Foundation
1986 – 98 Chairman, Eating Disorders Task Force, Subcommittee of the B.C. Medical Association Nutrition Committee
1987-90 Member, Canadian Internal Medicine Program Directors’ Committee
1990 Corresponding Member, Test Committee for Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
1991- Member, Provincial Steering Committee on Eating Disorders
1991- Member, Professional Advisory Committee ANAD (Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders), B.C.
1992- Chairman, Evaluation Committee of the Eating Disorder Resource Centre of British Columbia
1992- Chairman, Medical Review Board, B.C. Drug and Poison Information Centre
1994-95 Member, Medical Advisory Committee, B.C. Health Research Foundation
1996 Member, Medical Review Panel, Drug Usage Review Program
1999 – Consultant, New South Wales Mental Health, regarding eating disorders treatment strategy
2000 – Expert Witness, Montreux Hearing, Victoria, B.C. April 22, 1999
Other service to the community
1984-88 Sidesman, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, West Vancouver, B.C.
1985-88 Member, Church Committee and Finance Committee, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, WestVancouver, B.C.
1985-93 Assistant Coach, West Vancouver Minor Soccer Association
1985-97 Coach/Assistant Coach, West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association
1986-87 Rector’s Warden and Delegate to Synod, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, West Vancouver, B.C.
1986-87 Instructor, Olympics of the Mind
1992- 98 Assistant Coach, West Vancouver Little League
1993-94 Physician, First-Aid Ski Patrol (FASP), Grouse Mountain
1994-98 Coach, West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association
1999-2001 Trainer, West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association