ABOUT US

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Brian completed his undergraduate dental degree at the University of Southern California and a three year hospital based residency in anesthesia at the University of Toronto.  He then moved back to his hometown and founded AFD in 2003.

He is the past president of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology, has served on the board of directors for the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and is a member of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists. At the Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, as a clinical associate professor, he was the course director for local anesthesia and sedation from 2008-2019.

He has received the part-time faculty teaching award numerous times from the Faculty of Dentistry, UBC during his time there and in 2014 was given the Award of Merit from the College of Dental Surgeons of BC.  In 2016, he was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Dentists.

He has lectured nationally and internationally on local anesthesia, sedation and general anesthesia for dentistry. Most importantly, he is a very proud father of two wonderful boys!

Robert obtained his Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) from UBC in 2006. Following three years of general practice in both rural Alberta and a brief  locum in the Arctic, Robert enrolled in and completed a 3 year Anesthesia program at the University of Toronto with a concurrent master's of science researching neuropathic pain. He is currently a clinical instructor in local anesthesia at UBC, and enjoys giving continuing educations courses on anesthesia for dentists. Robert is an avid outdoors man and therefore feels very happy and fortunate to be living in beautiful BC again.

Ross completed his MD at the University of Toronto in 1995 and his Fellowship in Anaesthesia at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in 2000. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, and the Canadian Anaesthesia Society.

He worked both in Southern and Northwestern Ontario for six years then in 2006 moved to Langley, BC. Currently he practices anaesthesia part-time at Surrey Memorial Hospital and part-time here in Vancouver at AFD. When he is not working, he enjoys the beautiful out doors and spending time with his family, especially watching his grandson play soccer!

 Dr. Reimer grew up in Manitoba where she started her career in health care as a nurses’ aide and then a registered nurse. In spite of loving pediatric intensive care nursing she wanted the challenge of medicine. After graduating from medical school in Winnipeg in 1985 and a rotating internship in London, Ont., she spent a year as a family physician in Churchill, MB and the Northwest Territories. This experience reinforced her passion for practising in under serviced regions. Further education led her back to London, Ont. where she completed her residency in anesthesia. During this time she married and had 2 sons. In 1992 she packed up the family and moved to Vancouver to specialize in pediatric anesthesia at BC Children’s Hospital. During her 29 years there she held many roles including Department Head for 12 years, UBC residency program director and physician lead for the design and build of the new Acute Care tower. She has also continued to follow her passion to ensure safe anesthesia for all children by travelling frequently to developing countries. Joining the anesthesia group at AFD will give her more time to pursue her other passion which is sailing.  

Micah is originally from St Pete Florida but has lived all over the USA and went to medical school in Ireland. He completed his anesthesia residency at New York Medical College, pediatric anesthesia training at DuPont Hospital for Children and an interventional pain fellowship at NYU. His wife is from Vancouver and when deciding where to move she told him Vancouver, or anywhere else mountains meet the sea in a beautiful harmony. So they moved to Vancouver. When not at work Micah reads, spends time with his 2 objectively gorgeous children, and tries to play squash. 

Shawn graduated from University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine in 1996 followed by a 5-year anesthesia residency at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario from 1996-2001. During his final year, he was co-registered in the Critical Care Fellowship Program. After residency, he began practice in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 2001-2003 at The University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine and affiliated hospitals, being awarded a residency teaching award in his second year there. 

He moved to the Lower Mainland in 2003 and started practice at Surrey Memorial Hospital along with accepting an academic appointment at UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics. At SMH, he served in both an academic leadership role for UBC and as SMH Anesthesia Department Head on two separate occasions. He worked full-time at SMH until 2017, then part-time until early 2021, and currently maintains locum privileges there.

He currently works at several other clinics in the Lower Mainland, mostly providing care to adult patients, so he really enjoys providing care to pediatric patients at AFD.  He has travelled several times to Antigua in Guatemala with the group Health for Humanity to provide surgical care to local patients and plans resume the annual mission once the world opens up.

Shawn is licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and is a member of the Doctors Of BC.

He enjoys live sporting and music events and getting away to his cottage in Washington State…all very elusive past-times during the COVID pandemic. 

Clara is originally from Hong Kong.  She graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2010, followed by residency training at the University of Toronto, Ontario.  During her training there, she especially enjoyed obstetric anesthesia and regional anesthesia.  Upon completion of residency training in 2016, she began practice in the Lower Mainland.  She spends most of her practice at Surrey Memorial Hospital, enjoying a wide variety of cases, including paediatrics and obstetric anesthesia.   She also enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students and residents in our community. She completed the Simulation Instructor Training program with the Harvard Center for Medical Simulation and is currently the simulation coordinator for the Surgical program at Surrey Memorial Hospital.  She also serves as one of the SMH Anesthesia Department Heads. She is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics.   Her favourite part about paediatric patients is their imagination, and she enjoys providing safe anesthesia for children.  Clara is licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and is a member of the Doctors Of BC. When she is not working, she enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her family.