Dr. Wayne Ghesquiere is a Clinical Infectious Diseases, Tropical Diseases and Internal Medicine consultant in Victoria B.C. as well as the former section chief for infectious diseases with the Island Health Authority. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine with University of British Columbia. Teaches internal medicine residents and infectious diseases fellows. He is an attending physician at the Royal Jubilee and the Victoria General Hospitals in Victoria, B.C. and has an inpatient and a private outpatient practice in infectious diseases.
Dr. Ghesquiere is the chair and organizer of the annual Infectious Diseases Update in Victoria which recently completed it’s 26th year. He is also the medical director of the Nova Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic in Victoria.
Current areas of interests include clinical research in Hepatitis B and C antiviral therapies, new vaccines, and teaching. He is a principal investigator of many clinical trials. He has publications in peer-reviewed medical journals including the NEJM, Lancet, Clinical Infectious Diseases, CMAJ, Open Medicine and others.