Alan So

Alan So

Associate Professor

MD

The Vancouver Prostate Center, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada

Research areas

Biography

Alan So MD is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Center based at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia in Canada. His current research focuses on discovery and development of novel agents to treat bladder cancer as well as development of the mechanisms of treatment resistance in renal cell carcinoma.

Dr So joined the Prostate Center as a clinical fellow in 2002 after completing his residency at Dalhousie University. He has received many awards, including the Vancouver General Hospital Foundation's "In It For Life" Clinician Scientist Award, an ASCO "Young Scientist Award", and a Michael Smith Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award. 

Dr So is Chair of the Canadian Uro-oncology Group (CUOG).