List of Specialty Areas (Alphabetical)

Vancouver Coastal Health & Provincial (alphabetical) 

Please note that all requests are returned via telephone no matter the request method. The two methods of requesting a RACE telephone consult from a specialist include:

• Online request via www.raceapp.ca (or mobile app “RACEApp+” iOS and Android). The Specialist will call you back on the direct line listed in your profile.
• Direct telephone at 604-696-2131 or 1-877-696-2131. For the telephone selection menu, click here. Note that not all specialties are available via the direct telephone request method.

1. Addictions – Perinatal*
2. Addictions Medicine (RACEapp+ only)*
3. Allergy (RACEapp+ only)*
4. Cardiac Transplant*
5. Cardiology
6. Cardiovascular Risk & Lipid Management
7. COVID – GIM – Post-Infection Care (RACEapp+ only)* 
8. Emergency Medicine
9. Endocrinology (RACEapp+ only)
10. General Internal Medicine
11. General Pediatrics (RACEapp+ only)
12. General Surgery
13. Geriatrics (RACEapp+ only)
14. Heart Failure
15. HIV Care, Treatment and Prophylaxis*
16. Hypertension (RACEapp+ only)
17. Infectious Diseases – Adult (RACEapp+ only)
18. Infectious Diseases – COVID-19 (Clinical) (RACEapp+ only)*
19. Infectious Diseases – Pediatric*
20. Infectious Diseases – Tropical & Post-travel Medicine (RACEapp+ only)*
21. Medical Assistance in Dying Advice*
22. Medical Refugee Health*
23. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Advice*
24. Nephrology
25. Neurology (RACEapp+ only)
26. Obstetrics and Gynecology (RACEapp+ only)
27. Ophthalmology (RACEapp+ only)
28. Orthopedic Conditions – Hand & Upper Limb
29. Orthopedic Conditions – Leg, Ankle & Foot
30. Otolaryngology/ENT (RACEapp+ only)
31. Palliative Care (see below for details)**
32. Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders*
33. Pediatric Gastroenterology*
34. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (RACEapp+ only)*
35. Psychiatry – Adult
36. Psychiatry – Child & Adolescent (RACEapp+ only)*
37. Psychiatry – Adult Eating Disorders*
38. Psychiatry – Geriatric
39. Psychiatry – Perinatal*
40. Radiology (RACEapp+ only)
41. Respirology
42. Rheumatology (RACEapp+ only)
43. Rheumatology – Pediatric*
44. Sexual Assault Service*
45. Sexually Transmitted Infection*
46. Sleep Disorders Service*
47. Thrombosis*
48. Trans Gender Care*
49. Tuberculosis
50. Urology (RACEapp+ only)*
51. Vascular Surgery (RACEapp+ only)*
52. WorkSafeBC*†

*Provincially available specialties

† Physicians & Nurse Practitioners can only bill if they have a patient with a claim

**BC Provincial Palliative Care Consultation Line (Toll free, 24/7) 1-877-711-5757

• For those who do not have access to a local palliative care service, for advice or support, call 1-877-711-5757. In ongoing partnership with the Doctors of BC, the toll-free Provincial Palliative Care Consultation Phone Line is staffed by Vancouver Home Hospice Palliative Care physicians 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to assist physicians and nurse practitioners with advice about symptom management, psychosocial issues, or difficult end-of-life decision making.