Biography:

Dr Roxana Geoffrion is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and has a clinical practice as a urogynecologist at the Centre for Pelvic Floor Competence in Vancouver. Dr Geoffrion completed her medical degree at McGill University in 2001 and her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Ottawa in 2006. She then pursued subspecialty fellowship training in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, as well as a Faculty Teaching Certificate at the University of Calgary. Dr Geoffrion is the director of the UBC Urogynecology fellowship program and the ObGyn resident rotation in Urogynecology. She mentors various trainees and also her peers in the performance of minimally invasive pelvic floor surgeries. In addition, she has a strong research interest in competency-based surgical education and has initiated two randomized controlled trials for teaching and evaluation of surgical skills in gynecologic surgery. Her other research interests include patient education in the area of pelvic floor health and prevention of disease, as well as surgical outcomes and sexual health of women with pelvic floor disorders.