Kenneth Wilson
BSc (Hons), MBChB, MD (Edin), FRCPE, FACP, FRCPC
UBC Division of Medical Oncology
UBC Rank: Clinical Professor

Areas of
Focus
After over 52 years in Medicine (45 in Medical Oncology), Dr. Wilson reflects on incredible advances in cancer management. His Doctoral Thesis was based on a decade of British Columbia Cancer Agency experience in Malignant melanoma. He looks forward to further progress in immunotherapy of cancer.
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Malignant melanoma
- Hematologic malignancies
- Co-operative Group Clinical Trials
- Smoking related cancers.
Affiliations & Awards
- National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group.1977-2013
- British Columbia Cancer Tumor Groups: Lymphoma, Melanoma, GI, Neuro-oncology, Head and Neck.
- Public Service: Captain, Medical Officer and Guest Piper, Canadian Scottish Regiment Princess Mary’s, Victoria 1980-1984, subsequently guest member of CSR Pipes and Drums.
- Long Service Award BC Cancer – 40 Years of service, 2020.
- Edinburgh University Class Medals in Medicine and Pathology, 1968.
- Edinburgh University; Colonel Thomas Biggam Memorial Medal and Prize in Pathology 1968.
- Edinburgh University; Ross Inkster Medal in Social Medicine 1969.
- Carnegie Trust Travelling Scholar to University of Illinois, Chicago, 1969.
- Chieftain of the Victoria Highland Games 2022.
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