Dr. Joerg Jaschinski
Specialization: Family Medicine, Addictions
Dr. Joerg Jaschinski was born and raised in South Africa. He graduated from the University of Cape Town Medical School in 1998. He has worked at hospitals in South Africa, on the most remote inhabited island in the world, Tristan da Cunha, and in the UK. He came to Canada in 2007 where he worked at the Sechelt Medical Clinic until starting his own clinic, Cowrie Medical Clinic, in 2015. He and his wife have raised three children, and are proud to be Canadians now and to live on the Sunshine Coast.
Dr. Paul Dhillon
Dr. Paul Dhillon is Co-Founder of The Review Course in Family Medicine and a Family Medicine/ER Physician in British Columbia. He has been recognized on multiple occasions by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Medical Association for his leadership and educational endeavors. A passionate educator he teaches across the country and is the author of multiple books. Most recently, The Surprising Lives of Small Town Doctors was published by the University of Regina Press, a book that chronicles the exciting stories of small town doctors across Canada. Outside of his civilian career, he is a Reservist Medical Officer and Captain with 12 Field Ambulance, Canadian Armed Forces, in Vancouver BC and served as Senior Medical Authority for domestic Arctic exercises. After completing his medical studies at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland he completed a Master's in Disaster Medicine and studied at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, completing their diploma course before serving as an Ebola Doctor in Sierra Leone during the last Ebola epidemic. He currently enjoys playing soccer with the Canadian Men's Medical Soccer team and raising his son, Darragh with his Irish wife on the west coast of Canada.
Dr. Carmen Goojha
Specialization: Palliative Care and MAID
I grew up in a small town in Saskatchewan. I completed medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin. I went on to complete Family Medicine Residency at Brown University in Rhode Island, USA. I also completed UBC's Enhanced Skills in Palliative Care training in December 2018. I moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2016 as I loved its sheer beauty and wanted to be closer to my family in Vancouver.
Dr. Edward (Ted) Krickan
Specialization: Office surgical procedures, Maternity
Dr. Ted Krickan grew up in Victoria, B.C., where he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria. He traveled to Ireland, spending four years in Cork City studying medicine. The travels continued when he moved to Northern Canada for Rural Family Medicine training in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. After two years of residency he hadn’t had enough, so Dr. Krickan stayed on and did Enhanced Surgical Skills training through the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to moving to the Coast, Dr. Krickan practiced as a Rural Family Physician, Obstetrician, and Surgeon in Estevan: the Energy City, a small town in the south-east corner of Saskatchewan. In his spare time, Dr. Krickan enjoys time with his wife and 2 young kids, as they endeavor to hike, bike, and kayak the length of the Coast.
