Dr. Caroline Choo

As the longest-serving psychiatrist at Richmond Hospital, Dr. Choo is known as a person who focuses first and foremost on kindness, and being fully present with patients and colleagues. She is recognized by UBC as a Clinical Professor, and also by the 39,000-strong worldwide American Psychiatric Association as a Distinguished Fellow.

When Dr. Choo was appointed as a Distinguished Fellow, there were fewer than 55 psychiatrists in Canada with this distinction. This honour is bestowed upon members who have made a significant contribution to the psychiatric profession in each of these five areas: clinical excellence, administration, teaching, volunteering in medical and non-medical activities of social significance, and community involvement.

As a vote of confidence in her, Dr. Choo was jointly retained by Her Majesty the Queen, by the Catholic church organization, and by First Nations people laying claim for damages relating to past residential school abuse. This allowed for a novel alternate dispute resolution process, rather than traditional adversarial court-based litigation.

Within Richmond Hospital, Dr. Choo has been a winner of the Peer Recognition Awards, including being nominated in every single category during a recent year.

She is also a member of Doctors of BC Council on Health Economics and Policy.

Dr. Choo’s mixed media artwork has won awards internationally and been exhibited in New York City, Atlanta, Georgia, and good old Vancouver.

Today, Dr. Choo remains active in fostering Physician Wellness, and in Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, continuing work she has done internationally on a Board level.