More Than Medicine
I’m a family physician, husband and father. My family and I enjoy spending time outdoors and exploring the coast & mountains of BC.
I've spent more than 16 years working in medicine across the UK and Canada. Throughout that time, I've been motivated by the relationships I've built, the people I've cared for and the opportunities to make a difference.
I believe we have a responsibility to speak up when people aren't being heard, whether that's a patient struggling to access care or a physician raising concerns about the system they work within.
Family & Community Medicine - the heart of my career.
I've worked in both longitudinal family practice and walk-in medicine, caring for patients and families through physical illness, mental health difficulties and the challenges that life brings.
I've particularly valued the relationships that develop through family practice: understanding people's circumstances, supporting them over time and being there when things become difficult.
Working with patients without family doctors has also shown me how easily people can be left behind. Accessing healthcare should depend on need, not someone's ability to navigate a complicated system or advocate for themselves.
Having established and managed my own practice, I also understand the pressures physicians face in delivering compassionate, accessible and sustainable care.
Doctors of BC Leadership - your voice & accountability
I became involved in Doctors of BC because I believe physicians deserve meaningful influence over decisions affecting their patients, practices and profession.
I serve on the Representative Assembly (RA) and its Planning Group, and chair the Audit and Finance Committee.
I believe strongly in the potential of Doctors of BC. We have committed people, considerable expertise, established relationships and a governance framework designed to serve our members. Much of what we need is already there. The challenge is making better use of it.
In October 2026, the Representative Assembly approved a governance charter I brought forward to reinforce its existing responsibilities under the Doctors of BC Bylaws. The RA is not simply a forum to receive presentations or endorse decisions. It has a responsibility to represent members, guide the Board and monitor its performance. The charter seeks to make those responsibilities meaningful in practice, with greater transparency, genuine member-led discussion and follow-through.
As Audit and Finance Chair, I believe members deserve to understand how their dues are spent, why resources are needed and what value their Association delivers. Financial accountability requires more than balancing a budget; it also means questioning assumptions, scrutinizing costs and ensuring resources are used effectively.
I want Doctors of BC to succeed. I believe we are stronger when we work together, but collaboration does not mean agreeing on everything. It means listening to different perspectives, being willing to ask difficult questions and recognising that respectful challenge can lead to better decisions.
Good governance should encourage scrutiny, not discourage it. Our shared objective should be a stronger, more responsive Association that earns members' confidence through its actions.
CanScreen - Turning ideas into action
When my colleague Dr Cal Shapiro and I saw patients struggling to access cancer screening simply because they didn't have a family doctor, we decided to do something about it.
We didn't wait for substantial funding or a formal program. We started with the tools we had, built relationships with colleagues and community partners, and created CanScreen from the ground up.
What followed was remarkable. A grassroots, physician-led initiative grew into a service helping thousands of British Columbians access cancer screening, identifying numerous cancers and ensuring patients received appropriate follow-up.
Perhaps most rewarding was the extraordinary support and response from patients. Their feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with an average satisfaction rating of 9.5 out of 10. It was a powerful reminder of just how much a relatively simple, practical solution could mean to people who had struggled to access care.
Unfortunately, despite its success, sustaining CanScreen without broader system support proved impossible. That experience reinforced my belief that our healthcare system must do more to support innovation rather than create barriers to it.
CanScreen demonstrated something I've always believed: when physicians are empowered, work together and are prepared to challenge the status quo, extraordinary things can happen.
That's the kind of leadership I want to bring to my work.
Wider Clinical & Community Leadership
My experience has also taken me beyond traditional family practice.
In Victoria, I served as a physician lead within the Primary Care Network and Co-Chair of its Community Advisory Group, bringing together physicians, patients and healthcare partners to improve community-based care.
Mental health has been an important part of my clinical work. As a Medical Advisor with WorkSafeBC, I provide medical opinions on complex physical and psychological conditions, recovery and the impact of illness or injury on everyday functioning.
I have also undertaken medical complaint review work with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.
These roles have reinforced the importance of fairness, evidence, independent judgment and understanding different perspectives, particularly when decisions are difficult or contested.
Education & Background
I studied Human Sciences at the University of Oxford, graduating with first-class honours, before completing my medical degree at the University of Warwick in 2010.
I undertook postgraduate medical and general practice training in the UK, obtaining Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) in 2016. I have practised medicine in British Columbia since 2017.
My additional development has included leadership and management training, physician quality improvement and Indigenous cultural safety education.
Looking Forward
I'm grateful for the opportunities medicine has given me, both to care for people and to work alongside colleagues who are committed to making healthcare better.
I don't believe leadership means having all the answers. It means being willing to listen, acknowledge what we don't know, ask difficult questions and take responsibility for what happens next.
Above all, I believe that the privilege of being heard comes with a responsibility to speak up for others — and to turn that opportunity into something meaningful.