Dr. Paul Thiessen

Paul Thiessen, MD, FRCP(C)

Paul Thiessen, BMS, MD, FRCPC (Vancouver)

This morning , at British Columbia's children's Hospital , Dr. Paul Thiessen is examining kids with urinary tract infections.Some of these patients--who already suffer from the congenital birth defect spina bifida--have taken oral antibiotics without success , and Dr. Thiessen , head of the division of general pediatrics at the Vancouver hospital , is now prescribing intravenous alternatives.

We regularly run into strains of bacteria that are resistant , says Dr. Thiessen , who works on the front lines of the war against disease.But throughout history , medical science has invented a new antibiotic to attack that bacteria..

Back in the war rooms of pure research , few microbiologists and biochemists are so upbeat.

Dr. Paul Thiessen, Division of General Pediatrics

Dr. Paul Thiessen

"There is certainly evidence that it's nutritionally much more beneficial in terms of reducing the incidence of infection and illness in newborns -- especially sick newborns," says Dr. Paul Thiessen, a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of British Columbia.

Paul Thiessen, BMS, MD, FRCP(C)

Paul Thiessen, MD

Patricia A Janssen, Paul Thiessen, Michael C Klein, Michael F Whitfield, Ying C MacNab, Sue C Cullis-Kuhl
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Paul Thiessen, MD, FRCPC, is Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, and Medical Director of Newborn Care at BC Women's Hospital, Vancouver, BC.

Dr. Paul Thiessen Children's & Women's Health Centre of BC, Vancouver, BC