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Featured Doctors

Doctors Nova Scotia is proud to profile Nova Scotia physicians who are delivering exceptional patient care and promoting healthy communities.

Latest Profiles

Dr. Reza Mehrpooya

Halifax, N.S.

Patients need a safe place to open up, and PAAL is that place. It’s a home for my patients.
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Dr. Joe Gillis

Yarmouth, N.S.

We need health-care providers to be resilient. Setting up a supportive environment ensures we’re all rowing in the same direction and is important to survival.
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Dr. Onyebuchi “Stephanie” Ofoegbu

New Waterford, N.S.

When patients say ‘thank you,’ they say it with so much love. It reminds me of why I wanted to be a doctor in the first place – I wanted to help.
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Dr. Alison Wellwood

Wolfville, N.S.

We need to make community family practice more attractive. Unless we address the overhead burden, doctors will stay away.
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Dr. Kris Srivatsa

Truro, N.S.

There’s nothing like the satisfaction when someone turns the corner and moves out of the ICU. It’s what motivates us.
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Dr. Cathy Connell

Halifax, N.S.

When I see my patients I’ve known for years, it’s like seeing an old friend
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Dr. Kerrie Schoffer

Halifax, N.S.

With many of the conditions I treat, anxiety is a huge factor. Virtual care allows us to chat in a place they’re most comfortable.
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Dr. Brent Young

Sipekne’katik, N.S.

The hope is to see more Indigenous folks coming into medicine in the Maritimes. Being a physician is a position of privilege and power and we can leverage that to bring positive change.
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Dr. Michelle Dow

Meteghan Centre, N.S.

Knowing that a doctor I’ve mentored can take the torch is making the transition much easier.
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Dr. Sue Atkinson

Halifax, N.S.

Health-care providers have a responsibility to remove barriers to care at every opportunity
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Dr. Simran Ohson

Pictou, N.S.

It’s important to know that a lot of people can be going through a lot of different things that you might not realize. Just find ways to keep supporting each other in this difficult period
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Dr. Tammy Keough-Ryan

Halifax, N.S.

Although it is a dark day when you lose a loved one, with organ donation, there is some solace.
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Recognize Your Doctor

Doctors Nova Scotia is proud to showcase the work, expertise and dedication of physicians across the province. Post an online shout-out for a doctor who has made a difference in your life and we will pass it along to them.

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