Dr. Dzung X. Vo, MD, (pronouns: he/him; how to pronounce) is a Clinical Associate Professor and Division Head for the Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia, and founding Director of the BC Children’s Hospital Centre for Mindfulness. In partnership with Dr. Jake Locke, Dr. Vo co-developed MARS-A (Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents), an eight-week mindfulness training program for adolescents with depressive symptoms, with or without other co-occurring chronic illness or chronic pain. Dr. Vo also developed a Mindful Healing course for health care providers, adapted from Mindful Practice (Ron Epstein and Michael Krasner) and other sources. His vision is to co-create a more mindful hospital culture for patients, parents and caregivers, and health care workers.