Training Sites

Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services is a progressive care delivery organization providing services to over 38 sites

Our residents train primarily at their pod site hospital. Some residents will travel to nearby facilities to fulfill certain rotation requirements or other training opportunities.

2025-2026 Pod Sites:

  • Burnaby Hospital (Burnaby)

  • Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)

  • Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)

  • St. Paul’s Hospital (Vancouver)

  • Children’s and Women’s Hospital (Vancouver)-Pediatric Program

  • Peace Arch Hospital (White Rock)

  • Lion’s Gate Hospital (North Vancouver)

  • Richmond Hospital (Richmond)

2026-2027 Pod Sites

  • Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)

  • Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)

  • St. Paul’s Hospital (Vancouver)

  • Children’s and Women’s Hospital (Vancouver)-Pediatrics Program


 

Burnaby Hospital

Burnaby Hospital (BH) is one of the largest hospitals outside the city of Vancouver. With 314 beds, BH is a primary and secondary care centre, providing services in general medicine, surgery, perinatal and neonatal ICU, critical and emergency care. Burnaby is a POD site for the 2025-2026 class.

Address: 3935 Kincaid Street, Burnaby, BC, V5G 2X6
604-434-4211

Peace Arch Hospital

The Peace Arch General Hospital (PAH) is a 146-bed hospital which offers services such as emergency care, after-hours surgery, outpatient services, rehabilitation services, radiology and nuclear medicine services. PAH is a POD site for the 2025-2026 class.

Address: 15521 Russell Avenue, White Rock, BC, V4B 2R4
604-531-5512

Royal Columbian Hospital

Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) is the province's major tertiary care facility for neurosurgery, open-heart surgery, and trauma care. RCH is a POD site for the 2025-2026 class and the 2026-2027 class.

Address: 330 East Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC, V3L 3W7
604-520-4253

Surrey Memorial Hospital

Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) is BC's 2nd largest hospital with 623 beds and houses the provinces' busiest emergency department. In the hospital there are 2 separate pharmacy departments.  SMH Main Pharmacy provides care to medical and surgical patients, while specializing in emergency care, renal care, critical care, and psychiatry.  SMH Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacy provides specialized care for pregnant and breastfeeding women, babies in the tertiary neonatal intensive care unit, and children in the Pediatric Emergency Department, inpatient units, and various pediatric clinics, including pediatric oncology. SMH is a POD site for the 2025-2026 class and the 2026-2027 class.

Address: 13750 96th Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3V 1Z2
604-581-2211

St. Paul’s Hospital

Located in Downtown Vancouver, St. Paul's Hospital (SPH) is an acute care, teaching and research hospital. SPH offers a multitude of services, including heart and lung services, HIV/AIDS clinics. mental health, nephrology, geriatric care and emergency services. SPH is part of Providence Health (PHC). SPH is a POD site for the 2025-2026 class and the 2026-2027 class.

Address: 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6
604-682-2344
 

BC Children’s Hospital/BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre

The BC Children's Hospital offers care to seriously ill or injured children and is serviced by the Children's & Women's Health Centre of BC Pharmacy Department. BC Children's Hospital offers a multitude of services, including critical care, as well in numerous specialty areas. BC Children's Hospital also includes Sunnyhill (Pediatric Rehabilitation Hospital) & Child and Adolescent Mental Health. CW is a POD site for our pediatrics program for the 2025-2026 class and the 2026-2027 class.

Address: 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V4
604-875-2345

Lion’s Gate Hospital

Located in North Vancouver, Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) is an acute care centre offering services in emergency care, general and acute care, surgery services and trauma care. LGH is a POD site for the 2025-2026 class.

Address: 231 15th Street East, North Vancouver, BC, V7L 2L7
604-988-3131

Richmond Hospital

Richmond Hospital (RH) is a 200-bed community hospital serving the residents of Richmond and Delta.  RH offers a multitude of services including emergency care, pediatric and maternal care, internal medicine and surgery, ambulatory care and diagnostics. RH is a POD site for the 2025-2026 class.

Address: 7000 Westminster Highway, Richmond, BC, V6X 1A2
604-278-9711

UBC Hospital

UBC Hospital (UBCH) is on the University of British Columbia campus.  It is comprised of 3 buildings: Detwiller Pavilion, Koerner Pavilion, and Purdy Pavilion.  Detwiller Pavilion houses acute Psychiatry and BC Psychosis Program inpatient units.  Koerner Pavilion is the hospital’s main building and contains of an elective surgery inpatient unit, a transitional care inpatient unit, the Urgent Care Centre, the pharmacy, and a wide range of diagnostic services and testing including medical Imaging and laboratory.  Purdy Pavilion is a 200-bed residential care facility. UBC Hospital hosts some rotations for our VCH/PHC POD site residents.

Address: 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5
604-822-7121

Vancouver General Hospital

Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) is British Columbia's largest hospital. VGH is an internal medicine hospital with over 1000+ beds, and offers a multitude of services to patients in the Lower Mainland and specialty services to patients from across British Columbia, including solid organ and leukemia/bone marrow transplantation. VGH is a POD site for the 2025-2026 and the 2026-2027 class.

Address: 899 W12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9
604-875-4111