My background is in Family Practice (University of Alberta MD graduate ’86). I completed fellowship training in Addiction Medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University in 1999. Since this time, my practice has been focused on the treatment of patients with addictions. I have had the honor and opportunity to work extensively in educational, residential treatment, hospital and correctional facility settings, as well as medical-legal, occupational, and administrative roles. I am a past President of the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine. Given I am a person in long term recovery, my practice has always had a recovery medicine focus, assisting people to find pathways of recovery. In December 2022, two colleagues and I formed ROSC Solutions Group. After a competitive bid process, we were awarded several healthcare contracts by the Government of Alberta. We are now expanding into two other Canadian provinces. Our scope of work focused on supporting Alberta’s and other province’s efforts to create provincially based Recovery Oriented Systems of Care that address addiction and mental health challenges.
