Dr. Susan Ackland

r. Susan Ackland is a family practitioner and HIV physician based in Vancouver, British Columbia. A member of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Dr. Ackland is also a founding board member of Vancouver HIV Doctors Overseas, an organization of HIV expert physicians committed to volunteering in HIV care in Africa. Dr. Ackland’s career since the 1980s has involved a focus on primary care, HIV care, Hepatitis C treatment, Inner City Medicine, and Addiction Medicine, and she is actively involved in teaching medical students on a weekly basis. Her current medical practice includes work at the Immunodeficiency Clinic, B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the British Columbia Cancer Agency Dysplasia Clinic, and the Commercial Health Clinic (methadone clinic). She is as a member of the Consulting Staff at Saint Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Dr. Ackland is a member of the British Columbia Medical Association and a certified member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Since 2007, Dr. Ackland has been a volunteer with the Clinton Foundation and OHAfrica assisting with HIV services and mentoring in the African country of Lesotho.