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