Dr. Baldev Sanghera
Stronger Together
Dr. Baldev Sanghera
I am a practicing Family Physician with a diverse, multi-cultural, full scope community-based family practice. I provide proactive, longitudinal care, including palliative care, geriatrics, and pediatrics. I live and practice in Burnaby, the ancestral and unceded territories of the xÊ·mÉ™θkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and kÊ·ikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Peoples. I am an immigrant, a husband, a father, and a passionate and dedicated leader in my community because I believe we are Stronger Together.
My Vision & Commitment
Why I’m the right choice for you
As your President, I will advance the DoBC Strategic Plan—focused on physician voice, wellness, fair compensation, and the future of medicine—by turning strategy into action through consensus and coalition building.
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Physician Unity and Leadership
We are stronger when we lead together.
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I believe in
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asking bold, respectful questions and pressing for appropriate answers that move our profession forward.
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embracing diversity of ethnicity, geography (urban/rural), and specialties to build strength through a unified physician voice.
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ensuring physician representation and leadership at every decision-making table that affects health care. Our lived experiences—specialists and family physicians alike—must guide the creation of shared policies that support all physicians, strengthen our health care system, and promote best patient outcomes and best physician satisfaction.
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And I commit to
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engaging all members— including family physicians, specialists, hospitalists, and those in community and academic settings—and ensuring every voice is heard, understood, and amplified
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uniting and empowering physicians across all specialties and practice settings
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faithfully representing the physician voice at a systems level and to the public
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​​Physician Voice, Agency, and Leadership
Our health care system works best when physicians are empowered to lead it.
I believe in
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aligning the best patient outcomes with the highest physician satisfaction
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giving physicians the voice, agency, and autonomy to manage care at the front line
Physicians must be trusted partners and leaders in decision-making, not implementers of decisions made elsewhere. When we empower specialists and family physicians as system leaders, we restore meaning to our work and deliver the collaborative, compassionate care our patients deserve.
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Physician Wellness, Autonomy and Business Success
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I believe in
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enhancing wellness supports to better address physician burnout and poor work-life balance.
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addressing the long wait times and fragmented processes that impact specialists and cause burnout in our physicians
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providing business and technical support to be competitive with corporate ventures into health care.
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ensuring fair and equitable remuneration through multiple payment models that value physicians for the full scope of their work.
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protecting physician autonomy while supporting diverse practice models and specialties.
Strengthening All Pillars of the Health Care System
to Ensure Cohesion and Mutual Support
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Specialty and primary care are interdependent pillars of a healthy system. I believe in protecting longitudinal, team-based primary care so it continues to be a supportive pillar to healthy secondary and tertiary specialized systems. A shift away from preventative and longitudinal care in the primary system will overburden and destabilize the specialized systems. This cannot be allowed if the health of the overall system is to be maintained. I am committed to ensuring specialty care is adequately resourced, valued, and integrated into our broader continuum of care.
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Building Collaborative Relationships
with Ministries and Health Authorities
In order to achieve systemic changes that are meaningful and sustainable, we must engage and work with our municipal and provincial government partners, including multiple ministries, with a focus on meeting the quintuple aim.
Advocating for Social Equity
to Build Healthier Communities
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In an effort to build healthier communities for all of us, we must ensure equitable access to services and resources. This includes addressing systemic racism, building cultural sensitivity and safety for Indigenous community members, and for other marginalized groups. In addition, we must focus on addressing the social determinants of health through appropriate policy advancements.
