Patrick Tang

Dr. Patrick Tang is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Medical Microbiologist at St. Paul’s Hospital. He completed the MD/PhD program at UBC, followed by residency training in Medical Microbiology at the University of Toronto and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. During past global outbreaks, he has taken on many roles, from the bedside to the laboratory bench to epidemiology and science communication, including the SARS outbreak, 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining St. Paul’s Hospital, Dr. Tang was the Division Chief of Pathology Sciences and Microbiology at Sidra Medicine in Qatar from 2015 to 2024. Previously, he was a clinical-scientist and medical microbiologist at the BC Centre for Disease Control. Dr. Tang’s clinical and research interests are in the application of genomics and metagenomics to infectious diseases and public health as well as the development of novel molecular diagnostics. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and continues to be actively involved in medical education and research.