Andrew Kestler
Scientist, MD, MBA, MSCPH, DTMH
Dr. Andrew Kestler is an emergency physician at St. Paul’s and Vancouver General Hospitals in Vancouver, and a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine. He has additional training in healthcare administration, public health, and tropical medicine.
Research Interests
- Opioid agonist therapy
- Substance use
- Harm reduction
His current research, public health efforts and quality improvement projects focus on emergency-department interventions for patients with opioid use, at the local, regional and national levels.
Dr. Kestler is the Vancouver Coastal Health Regional Emergency Department Addictions Lead and a leadership group member of an implementation science program at the CIHR-funded Canadian Research Initiative on Subtance Misuse (CRISM).
Additional Affiliations
- Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC
- Physician Lead, Emergency Department Opioid Crisis Response, St. Paul’s Hospital
- Emergency Physician, St. Paul’s, Vancouver General, and BC Children’s Hospitals
Media Coverage
- Long-term follow-ups improve health outcomes for people with substance use disorders (VCHRI, April 2024)
- Vancouver emergency department first to provide anti-withdrawal medication for addiction treatment (The Globe and Mail, February 2019)
- Global Emergency Medicine Initiative (Promise Magazine, Spring/Summer 2016)
