Dr. Brian Westerberg


Clinical Professor

Surgery

Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Brian Westerberg, head of the Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at St. Paul’s, is an award-winning physician, researcher and mentor who specializes in the treatment of disorders of the ear. Westerberg is one of a handful of physicians in BC who perform the innovative cochlear implant surgery. This procedure involves implanting an electronic device into the patient’s ear that provides a sense of sound to the wearer. Westerberg is also a scientist with the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS) at St. Paul’s and clinical professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of British Columbia.

First Nations land acknowledegement

The UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.


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