Dr. Fariba Mohtashami is a Staff Gynecologist at St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, where she is also Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. These positions complement her position as Head of the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynaecology within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), where she is appointed as a Clinical Professor.

Dr. Mohtashami completed her medical degree, specialist training and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1997 before immigrating to Canada in 2002. At the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, she gained her Canadian credentials after a 5-year residency, which she completed in 2009. At the completion of her OB/GYN residency at UBC she received the “Laparoscopy Award”, presented to the Chief Resident exhibiting the best proficiency in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. With a keen interest in advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) and hysteroscopic surgery, Dr. Mohtashami received further advanced laparoscopic surgical training during her subspecialty training at the University of Saskatchewan in 2011 – 2012. Here she completed an official Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery to achieve her professional goal of being an advanced pelvic surgeon.

Gynecology practice and gynecologic surgery are her passions, and reflecting this, Dr. Mohtashami is highly awarded and a regular chairperson, Speaker and Faculty at a variety of international and national conferences and post-graduate courses in the USA, France, and South Africa. Dr. Fariba Mohtashami also trains and instructs UBC OB/GYN Residents and UBC Medical Students in gynecology and gynecologic surgery. In recognition of this, she was recently honoured with the 2019 Award for Excellence in Community Practice Teaching – VFMP.

Dr. Fariba Mohtashami accepts referrals for all types of gynecological care, such as abnormal bleeding, fibroids, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, and contraception. Urgent referrals are generally seen within two weeks, and she offers gynecologic surgery at St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, and day surgery at B.C. Women’s Hospital and Heath Centre, Vancouver.

Dr. Fariba Mohtashami is constantly improving her own skills by learning new techniques in various subspecialties of gynecologic surgery and by working with some of the best surgeons in Vancouver and the BC lower mainland on a regular basis, and worldwide, e.g. Europe, USA and South Africa. Likewise, she mentors, trains and assists her OB/GYN colleagues in the Providence Health Care, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Fraser Health Authorities in advanced gynecologic surgery techniques. Her office is in downtown Vancouver, close to St. Paul’s Hospital, one of UBC’s major teaching hospitals, where she is the Departmental Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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Dr Fariba Mohtashami, OBGYN, St. Paul’s Hospital and Seymour Health Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Fariba Mohtashami, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Professor

Head, Division of General Gynecology and Obstetrics,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of British Columbia

Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Paul’s Hospital, UBC

Gynecology Specialty

Advanced Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery & Pelvic Floor Reconstruction

www.faribamohtashami.com

Vancouver Gynecology Office

Seymour Health Centre
2nd Floor, 1290 Hornby St
Vancouver, BC
Canada,  V6Z 1W2
[underground parking off Drake St heading east]
t: +1 (604) 416-0181
f: +1 (604) 398-6300
e: fariba.mohtashami(at)seymourhealth.ca
www.faribamohtashami.com