List of Specialty Areas (Alphabetical)
The alphabetical list of the specialties available can be found by scrolling past the “COVID-19 Response” section.
COVID-19 Response
Extended hours & new specialty
- A new RACE specialty “Infectious Diseases – COVID-19 (clinical)” is available 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri,to help clinicians with differential diagnoses, work-up and management recommendations. For general COVID-19 information (to share with patients or medical colleagues), please visit BCCDC or Doctors of BC.
- Extended hours for (the below) specialties. Specialists have generously offered extended hours (after 5:00 p.m. and on weekends) in some specialties. Access them online at www.raceapp.ca (or by downloading the RACEApp+).The list of specialties in the table below have extended hours:
| Vancouver app users:
If you’re outside of Vancouver Coastal region, please attempt to connect with your local SP first. If unavailable, Vancouver SPs are available for calls.
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Provincial app users (including Fraser & Vancouver Island):
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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.
- Addictions – Perinatal*
- Addictions Medicine* (RACEapp+ only)
- Cardiac Transplant*
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Risk & Lipid Management
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry* (RACEapp+ only)
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology (RACEapp+ only)
- General Internal Medicine
- General Pediatrics
- General Surgery
- Geriatrics
- Heart Failure
- HIV Care, Treatment and Prophylaxis*
- Infectious Diseases – Adult (RACEapp+ only)
- Infectious Diseases – COVID-19 (Clinical) (RACEapp+ only)
- Infectious Diseases – Pediatric*
- Infectious Diseases – Tropical & Post-travel Medicine*
- Medical Assistance in Dying Advice*
- Medical Refugee Health*
- Medical Termination of Pregnancy Advice*
- Nephrology
- Neurology (RACEapp+ only)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology (RACEapp+ only)
- Ophthalmology (RACEapp+ only)
- Orthopedic Conditions – Hand & Upper Limb
- Orthopedic Conditions – Leg, Ankle & Foot
- Otolaryngology/ENT (RACEapp+ only)
- Palliative Care** (see below for details)
- Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders
- Pediatric Gastroenterology*
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation*
- Psychiatry – Adult
- Psychiatry – Eating Disorders*
- Psychiatry – Geriatric
- Psychiatry – Perinatal*
- Radiology (RACEapp+ only)
- Respirology
- Rheumatology
- Rheumatology – Pediatric*
- Sexually Transmitted Infection*
- Sexual Assault Service
- Sleep Disorders Service*
- Thrombosis*
- Trans Gender Care*
- Tuberculosis
- Urology (RACEapp+ only) *
- Vascular Surgery*
*Provincially available specialties
**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.
