What We Do

The Pezim Clinic is an accredited Lower Gastrointestinal (GI) Diagnostic and Treatment Centre. That means that we specialize exclusively in diagnosing and treating patients with abdominal and intestinal disorders. We also specialize in anorectal surgical problems. Because we have our own equipment and a full-time clinical commitment, we are able to see patients and diagnose and treat them far more quickly than most hospitals or other specialists. In the first 8 months following the establishment of the Clinic in we calculated that we had saved British Columbia patients over 200 years of waiting.

We see about 23 patients per day and perform approximately 1,000 procedures per year. A recent review of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the Clinic reveals that we find a colorectal cancer about every 7 days and that we have provided our patients with significantly reduced times to surgical treatment. This may translate into improved survival.

We see both MSP and private patients and do not discriminate between them with regard to the quality of our care. We practice extreme quality. T his means that aside from maintaining accreditation standards and performing procedures with great care, we also assess each patient’s problem individually and provide a customized program for their disorder. We do not just do procedures. Instead, we consider procedures one of the tools for finding out what is wrong and providing treatment for a specific problem.

We maintain world-class low complication rates by being extremely fussy (some say annoying) in all aspects of patient care. If we don’t think you should have a procedure, if you can be managed without surgery, or you need something entirely different from what you were told you needed, we will tell you, and we will tell you why. And if we can’t provide it, we will find someone or some clinic that can. We do not tailor our practice to what we can provide, we tailor it to what each patient needs. As a result, we act as a hub for patients with a wide range of colorectal, intestinal, GI and General Surgery disorders and needs, receiving many for care in our own facility and also referring extensively to our network of high quality specialists and clinics throughout the province. We see many patients for second opinions.

The Medical Director is Dr. Michael Pezim. Dr. Pezim is an experienced Colorectal Surgeon trained in Toronto, Vancouver, London England, and the US.