QUALIFICATIONS AND CURRICULUM VITAE
Education, Training and Practice.
2012 – date | Granted a Methadone Exemption to augment my practice in addiction and counseling medicine.
2007 – date | Appointed Executive Director of the Rural Co-ordination Centre of BC. The RCCbc covers six ‘Areas of Interest’:
- Education and Training.
- Recruitment and Retention.
- Specific Populations needs.
- Models of Health Service Delivery.
- Rural Health Services Evaluations and Quality Improvement.
RCCbc continues to grow rapidly with many interested and engaged physicians and other health professionals involved in a wide variety of health projects, primarily education related.
2005 | My colleagues and I conceived, funded and developed RCCbc because of the need for a co-ordination body for rural healthcare, due to the disparate and different problems and solutions to training, practice and living in rural BC. It is very clear that there are numerous ‘silos’ of activity that require connection to function best.
2003- 2011 | Inter-Professional Rural program of BC. Appointed one of three IRPbc sites to initiate the teaching of interprofessional U/G students from medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, and social work. This program has expanded and in 2010 Port McNeill hosted 15 Health Science students, as well as one FP resident. Disciplines have included medical laboratory, medical radiology, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, nurse practitioner, midwifery, pharmacy, physical therapy and social work.
Educational Symposia were co-ordinated with these IRPbc placements for four years; held in Port McNeill, with speakers including the Minister of Health, the Dean of Medicine, the President of the BCMA and the students themselves.
2003 | Full Service FP Interprofessional Training Program developed in collaboration with UBC and BC Academic Health Council, in Port McNeill and local Outreach clinics.
1979 | Outreach clinics work commenced to eight remote clinics.
1974 | Commenced practice in Port McNeill, B.C. in general practice including emergency medicine, obstetrics, surgery and general anaesthesia.
1973 | Resident 3 position in Anaesthesia, Vancouver General Hospital, B.C.
1973 | Diploma in Obstetrics, Auckland University, New Zealand.
- Senior House Officer National Womens’ Hospital and Green Lane Hospital, New Zealand.
1971 | MB. BS. The London Hospital, University of London, England.
Awards.
2014 | Honorary Medical Alumnus, UBC.
2014 | “Freedom of the Town” award, Port McNeill
2013 | Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for Services to Rural Medicine
2012 | Dr. Don Rix Gold Medal for Physician Leadership, BCMA
2011 | BCMA Silver Medal for services to the Medical Profession
2009 | Fellowship of Rural and Remote Medicine, SRPC.
Doctors of BC (formerly British Columbia Medical Association).
2009 – date | Chair, Business Meeting of the Annual General Meeting of the BCMA.
1997 – 1998 | President
During my time at the BCMA we were able to:
- bring in ‘On-Call’ payments for rural physicians, thus making a very significant improvement to rural physician recruitment in BC; this rapidly spread to all hospital based physicians
- persuade the government to withdraw the proration of physicians fees (an unfortunate and severe impediment to overall physician recruitment in BC);
- began the Wait List – the public counting of those patients awaiting surgery and diagnostic care. This was the first time this had been done on a provincial level in Canada. This has now become a national endeavor.
1985 – 2004 | Member, BCMA Board of Directors
1992 – 1994 | Chair, Board of Directors.
2014 – date | Member, FP/GP Privileging Panel.
1999 – 2000 | Member, Project 2000 Committee (Reorganisation of the BCMA).
1997 – 1998 | Chair, Negotiating Advisory Group.
1996 – 1997 | Member, Ad-hoc Committee on “Choices in Medicare”.
1994 – 1997 | Member, Finance Committee.
1991 – 1992 | Chair, Constitution & By-law Committee.
1991 – 1992 | Member, Ad-hoc Committee on Primary Care.
1988 – 1992 | Member, Advisory Committee to Medical Services Commission.
1993 – 1996 | Chair, Council on Health Promotion.
1990 – 1995 | Chair, Committee on Aboriginal Health.
The BCMA was the first to call upon Governments to settle Land Claims in order to improve First Nations health and the first to request UBC to make seats available for the study of Medicine to First Nations people – this was adopted by UBC and rapidly spread across other Universities in Canada.
1986 – 1993 | Member, Emergency Medical Services Committee.
1993 – 1994 | Founder Member, Council on Health Economics & Policy.
I recommended the formation of the Council to the BCMA board. This was accepted by the Board and is now central to BCMA policy development.
1994 – 1996 | Vice Chair, Council on Health Economics & Policy.
1991 – 1992 | Chair, Ad-hoc Committee on Health Care Funding.
2001 – 2014 | Co-Chair, Rural Joint Standing committee,
BCMA/Ministry of Health. The overall additional funding for rural BC physicians has been increased from $3M in 1986 to over $120M in 2014.
1999 – 2011 | Chair, Rural Negotiating Committee.
1997 – 2005, 2014 – date | Chair, Rural Issues Committee.
2005 – date | Member, Rural Issues Committee
1998 – 2008 | Chair, sub-Committee on Rural Education.
1986 – 1991 | Chair, Northern & Isolation Allowance Committee.
Canadian Medical Association Appointments.
2006 | Candidate, CMA President.
2001, 2003 | Vice Chair, CMA Board.
1994 – 2004 | Director, CMA Board.
1991 – 1994 | Vice-Delegate to CMA Board of Directors.
1986 – 2004 | BCMA delegate to CMA General Council.
2000 – 2001 | Chair CMA CEO Search Committee.
2001 – 2003 | Chair, CEO Review Committee.
1998 – 2001 | Co-Chair Project Advisory Group on Rural and Remote Practice Issues.
1999 – 2000 | Member, Tobacco Steering Committee.
1996 – 1997 | Member, CMA response to the Round Table on Primary Care.
1996 – 1997 | Member, CMA Working Group on Guidelines in Family Practice.
1995 – 1996 | Member, CNA/CMA Working Group on Collaborative Practice.
1993 – 1996 | Member, CMA Council on Health Care.
University of British Columbia Appointments.
2011 – date | Dept. of FP Executive Advisory committee – Member,
2011 – 2013 | Post Graduate Expansion committee – Member,
2008 – 2014 | Admissions Selection Committee – Member,
2006 – date | Clinical Professor, UBC Dept. of Family Practice.
2004 – 2012 | Lead Faculty, Site Evaluation, UBC Rural Residency Training Program.
2003 – date | Lead Physician, Interprofessional Rural Training.
2002 – 2007 | UBC Rural Domain – Member
2000 | UBC Faculty Retreat on Curriculum.
1997 – 2006 | Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Dept. of Family Practice.
1987 – 1997 | Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Dept. of Family Practice.
1980 – 1987 | Clinical Instructor, UBC Dept. of Family Practice.
Medical Society Association Memberships.
1974 – date | British Columbia Medical Association.
1974 – date | Canadian Medical Association.
1974 – date | Medical Association of Mt. Waddington.
1991 – date | Society of Rural Physicians of Canada.
1998 – date | Society of General Practitioners of BC.
Hospital and Health Authority Appointments.
2007 – date | Mt. Waddington Medical Advisor, BC Ambulance Service.
1997 – 2001 | Chair RMAC, Mt. Waddington CHC.
1980 – 2001 | Chief of Staff, Port McNeill and District Hospital.
2004 – 2005 | Chair, North Island MAC
2004 – 2006 | Member, VIHA HAMAC.
BC Ministry of Health Appointments.
1998 – 2001 | Ministerial Appointee, Mount Waddington Community Health Council.
1987 – 1990 | Member, Provincial Trauma Steering Committee.
BC Medical Services Commission Appointments.
2007 – 2008 | Member, Expert panel on Acute Coronary Syndrome
2001 – 2002 | Member, Expert Panel on Chest Pain.
- Co-Chair, Expert Panel on PSA testing.
1995 | Chair, Expert Panel on Ankle X-Rays.
1994 – 1997 | Member, BC Council on Practice Guidelines.
Other Appointments and Speaking Engagements.
2012 – 2013 | Opening speaker, SRPC National Conference
2006 – 2009 | Conception and organisation of successive annual Symposia on Interprofessional Education and Practice, Port McNeill.
2006 | Opening Address, National Educational Conference of the SRPC, Winnipeg.
2005 | Opening Address, Conference on Interprofessional Training, Vancouver.
2002 | Opening Speaker, Conference on Aboriginal Health, Victoria, B.C.
- North American Association of Editorial Writers, ‘Canadian Medicare’.
1996 – 1998 | Numerous Addresses and interviews, on ‘The Challenges and Solutions for Medicare in BC’.
May 1994 | Canadian Partners in Health, delegate to Soviet Union
May 1991 | CFPC delegate to Soviet Union
1990 | National Meeting of Canadian Fisheries Biologists, Victoria, B.C. on ‘The Clinical Effects of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning’.
1989 | CMPA Expert Witness to the BC Supreme Court.
Personal and Volunteer.
1997 – date | President, West Coast Helicopters Maintenance and Contracting Ltd.
WCH was awarded the first corporate TechGreen Award for sustainable and carbon reducing innovation in 2010.
1991 – 1997 | Director and Partner, West Coast Helicopters
1993 – 1997 | President, Escape Travel Inc, Vancouver.
1980 – 1986 | President, Mainland Enhancement of Salmonids Society.
This is still functioning as one of the major salmon enhancement organisations on North Vancouver Island.
1979 – 1985 | President, Mt. Waddington Family Services Society.
1978 – 1983 | President, Mount Cain Alpine Park Society.
1973 | Founder member of PARI – precursor to PAR-BC and CAIR