Leadership​

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At the provincial level, I serve as Vice Co-Chair of the FPSC and a member of the Shared Care Committee, where I lead collaboratively to improve access to care, advance quality improvement across BC, and address the burnout that all physicians face due to long wait times and fragmented processes. In these roles, alongside my involvement with the FPSC LTCI Advisory Group, Pathways Board, and Doctors of BC Representative Assembly—I have gained insight into the diverse realities of practice across BC. I also actively support Divisions of Family Practice in the Interior and rural communities, with a focus on solutions that reflect the full scope of our physician voices, going beyond just our urban centres. 

As the Physician Lead for the Burnaby Integrated Model of Health and Well-being, I am working to design a community-based, integrated approach that connects primary care, specialty care, public health, and social services to address the social determinants of health. The goal is to develop a scalable model that not only improves coordination and access for patients, but also supports physician wellness across all sectors of practice.

As an Educator with the FPSC Practice Support Program and former Clinical Instructor with UBC Medicine and the Medical Council of Canada, I continue to mentor physicians to lead within their communities and build sustainable, team-based practices. I also supervise IMGs and support new and existing FPs in the community as a PRA-BC assessor. For me, leadership is about empowerment. I am committed to this principle in all the work that I do.

I am the Medical Director of PrimeCare Medical, Edmonds UPCC, and the Edmonds PCN, and formerly served as the Medical Director for the Burnaby COVID Testing and Assessment Site and New Canadian Clinic. The Edmonds UPCC is the only physician-operated UPCC model in the province. It was important to me that interest holders saw this UPCC as an example of collaborative entrepreneurship and the strength of physicians in this space. 

I listened to my colleagues and participated in negotiations that allowed community FPs to staff the clinic rotation and ensured the clinic was purposefully built into the Burnaby PCN. The principle of this UPCC is to always support longitudinal care while providing needed urgent, episodic care. Its role is to support community practices, not to compete with them. The best place for a patient to seek care is with their longitudinal primary care provider, and I ensure our operations support that principle. This UPCC is open 365 days a year through the support of the physician community.

As the Lead of the Edmonds PCN, I contributed to and oversaw the design and development of clinic models to support new and existing Family Physicians. This included the funding and design of a brand new priority populations clinic in the Edmonds neighbourhood. The MOSAIC Community Clinic is a longitudinal family practice clinic that adopts a team-based approach to serving five key priority populations: newcomers to Canada, individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Metis, new parents and their babies, individuals living with complex mental health issues, and those experiencing homelessness or precarious housing.