Our clinicians are experts at what they do, which is providing the best possible care for patients. From helping patients understand and use their medications safely, working collaboratively with other health care professionals or interpreting the latest clinical evidence for patient benefit, the skills, abilities and commitment of our clinicians form the backbone of the Pharmacists Clinic.
Patient Support and Receptionist
Rupinder is often the first point of contact for people at the UBC Pharmacists Clinic. As patient support and receptionist, Rupinder schedules appointments, answers the telephone, processes referrals, provides assistance to patients, and greets people when they arrive for an appointment. Rupinder also organizes patient intake processes and projects.
Clinical Pharmacist and Lecturer
Dr. Jillian Reardon is in active clinical practice seeing patients by appointment at the UBC Pharmacists Clinic. Jillian began her pharmacy career in the Maritimes, completing her undergraduate pharmacy degree at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia) followed by her hospital residency with Horizon Health Network (Saint John, New Brunswick). She practiced in inpatient cardiology at the QEII Health Sciences Centre (Halifax) before relocating to Vancouver where she completed her graduate PharmD degree at UBC and then joined the Faculty as a member of the Clinic team.
Clinical Pharmacist and Lecturer
Jamie is in active clinical practice providing care for patients at the UBC Pharmacists Clinic. He is also involved in teaching and mentoring roles for student pharmacists and postgraduate residents. Jamie completed his undergraduate pharmacy degree and postgraduate community residency at UBC and is a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist. Prior to joining the Clinic team, he practiced in a variety of community based settings as a pharmacist and pharmacy manager.
Clinical Pharmacist and Lecturer
Timothy (Tim) joined the Clinic team after several years in a clinical pharmacist role at the Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster). Tim’s passion for providing culturally safe, patient-centered services has enabled him to take on roles collaborating with First Nations communities and advocating for LGBTQ2SIA+ health at the Clinic. Tim completed his university degree and training at UBC, and then an Accredited Canadian Pharmacy Residency with Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services (Vancouver).
Clinical Pharmacist and Lecturer
Adrian has a growing patient care practice at the UBC Pharmacists Clinic, with a particular interest in complex disease management and collaborative team-based primary care. Adrian’s priority is supporting patients in their journey to achieve their health goals. Adrian completed his university and residency training through UBC, and worked in a variety of health care settings prior to joining the Clinic team.
Clinical Pharmacist and Lecturer
Dr. Nikki Domanski has a growing patient care practice at the UBC Pharmacists Clinic, with a particular interest in primary care practice and clinic-based services. Nikki is passionate about teaching, shared decision making and interdisciplinary collaboration. Nikki completed her undergraduate and professional PharmD training at the University of Waterloo (Ontario) and is the first graduate of the accredited University of Waterloo/Centre for Family Medicine Ambulatory Care Residency program.
Clinical Pharmacist and Lecturer
Dr. Tiana Tilli brings her expertise in patient care, education and health promotion to the Clinic team. Areas of particular interest for Tiana include preventive health and inclusive care of potentially vulnerable patients. Tiana graduated from the University of Toronto with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, and completed a hospital residency at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Prior to joining the Clinic team, Tiana worked in patient care practice and as a Sessional Clinical Lecturer at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto.
Quality Care Pharmacist, Pharmacists in PCN Program
Dr. Tiana Tilli brings her expertise in patient care, education and health promotion to the Clinic team. Areas of particular interest for Tiana include preventive health and inclusive care of potentially vulnerable patients. Tiana graduated from the University of Toronto with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, and completed a hospital residency at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Prior to joining the Clinic team, Tiana worked in patient care practice and as a Sessional Clinical Lecturer at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto.
Quality Care Pharmacist, Pharmacists in PCN Program
Dr. Daniel (Dan) Rainkie joins the UBC Pharmacist Clinic with enthusiasm for shared decision making, evidence-based medicine, and health professions education. He has a wide range of clinical experience and is particularly interested in cardiovascular and primary patient care. Prior to joining the Clinic team, Dan worked as a clinical pharmacy specialist with a focus on heart failure and as a clinical assistant professor at the Canadian accredited College of Pharmacy at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar. Dan holds an undergraduate pharmacy degree and Doctor of Pharmacy at UBC as well as a hospital pharmacy residency in pediatrics at BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital.
Research Coordinator
Anita is the research coordinator for the UBC Pharmacists Clinic. In this role, Anita provides expertise in a variety of ways including: research planning; the development of research protocols, grant applications, ethics submissions, data collection methods and tools; and data analysis and knowledge translation. Anita's contributions ensure the Clinic is continually evolving as a care site and model of pharmacist practice to best meet the needs of our patients. Anita has her PhD in cellular and molecular biology and completed post-doctural studies in Finland and at UBC.
Manager
In the Clinic Manager role, Umberto is the operational backbone of the clinic with responsibility for managing and providing oversight to administrative activities, projects, policies, procedures facilities, resources and finances at the Clinic. Umberto brings a wealth of relevant experience in business and financial administration, as well as HR, technical and clinical support to this role. He holds a BSc (Education), CPM designation and MBA from the Philippines, and both the CPA and CMA designations here in Canada.
Assistant Director
As the assistant director of the Pharmacists Clinic, Allison is responsible for operational leadership of the Clinic team, achieving strategic goals, mentoring students and developing the future innovation agenda.
Prior to joining UBC, Allison was the national director of pharmacy innovation at a Canadian pharmacy company, providing strategic direction for change initiatives in pharmacy services and operations, interprofessional collaboration and healthcare technology.
Director
As director of the Pharmacists Clinic, Barbara Gobis is responsible for the Clinic team, and the strategic direction, structure and function of the Clinic site. Barbara also participates in some patient care and student teaching activities. Barbara completed her undergraduate pharmacy degree at the University of British Columbia, her residency at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto) and her masters of science in clinical pharmacy at the University of Toronto. She also has a certificate in Organizational Coaching from UBC and is a credentialed coach at the PCC level with the International Coaching Federation.