Categories: Family Doctor

Dr Adeola Amogbonjaye completed her medical studies at Lagos State University in 2014.

Dr. Richard Darby joined the Hope Medical Centre in March 2021 after emigrating from South Africa in October 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Richard Darby was born in Durban on the east coast of South Africa and attended the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, graduating in 1993. After completing his internship and residency, he joined two other colleagues in 1996 in a private primary care practice offering full service of care. He remained active in emergency care, and he and his colleagues designed, opened, and operated a 30-bed subacute and rehabilitation unit in Hillcrest, South Africa.

He was involved in primary care physician advocacy in South Africa for more than 2 decades and has served as a director on both regional and national structures representing primary care doctors in private clinical practice, advocating for both their economic and professional well-being. He was a member of the peer review committee tasked with peer mentoring and review of primary care physicians. He also served on the tariff negotiation sub-committee that set the tariffs for family physicians as remunerated by the insurance companies.

In 2017 he was a member of the external review committee that compiled the Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa (SEMDSA) 2017 Guidelines for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South Africa.

He has a passion for healthcare information technology and has authored more than twenty articles for the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ), the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Journal of South Africa and the Medical Chronicle covering various aspects of IT in healthcare in South Africa.

In October 2021, he was appointed as a director of the Chilliwack Division of Family Practice where he will continue to advocate for his colleagues in rural practice.

Dr. Richard Darby is honored to live, work, and play on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Stó:lō and Nlaka’pamux peoples.

Dr Jeff Schulz, originally from Chilliwack, completed medical school at UBC and family practice residency in Victoria.

Although he misses the ocean, he is happy to be back on the mainland  – he splits his time between hospital medicine in Abbotsford, and rural medicine in Hope. In particular he enjoys the supportive medical staff in Hope,  the challenges of rural emergency medicine and practice sharing with Dr Richard Darby.

He has done additional training in tropical medicine and has worked with the United Nations supporting refugees  in East Africa.

Dr. Kerr completed medical school at university British Columbia and a residency in family medicine at Chilliwack General Hospital.  He completed his residency in 2018. He has been part of Hope medical centre since August 2018.

Dr. Ben Love joined the Hope Medical Centre in January 2018 after locuming in Hope in 2017.  His first medical placement in Hope was in 2016 during a residency elective.

Originally from Ontario, his first visit to Hope was in the summer of 2010 during a bike ride across Canada, discovering Hope as a town of beautiful scenery and quite proud of their affiliation with Rambo First Blood.

Dr. Love shares a practice with Dr. Kerr, and works in the Chilliwack and Hope emergency departments.  In his spare time his interests include a wide variety of sports and outdoor activities, guitar, and travel.

Dr. Rosanna Switzer has been working in Hope as a family physician since finishing residency in 2009.

Originally from the Fraser Valley, she has completed both an undergraduate degree and medical school at UBC. Dr Switzer started in Hope as a locum and has settled into having her own practice since 2013.

Dr. Switzer enjoys the balance she has from an office practice, while also working in the emergency room at the Fraser Canyon Hospital (FCH). She is the lead physician at Hope Medical Centre and is actively involved with teaching both medical students and residents.

On her time away from work, she loves spending time with her family and doing outdoor activities such as running, cycling, camping, skiing, hiking, and paddle boarding.

Dr. Stefan Patrascu joined the Hope Medical Centre in September 2016 after completing his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Montreal.

He believes in providing evidence-based medicine that is tailored to each individual patient. He likes the scope of practice that is available in a rural community such as Hope, and particularly enjoys working in the ER at Fraser Canyon Hospital and is currently the Department Head of Emergency Medicine at Fraser Canyon Hospital.

One of his main clinical interests is point-of-care ultrasound in the ER.

Having grown up in Montreal, he is a big supporter of the Montreal Canadians. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, curling and playing hockey as a goalie.

Dr. Heydari has been practicing in Hope since July 2015 and truly enjoys the diversity of practice in Hope’s rural setting.

His scope of practice ranges from pediatrics to geriatrics and his areas of interest include dermatology and cosmetic medicine. In addition to family medicine, Dr. Heydari works in emergency providing care for patients experiencing various health concerns.

He notes, “The collegial office environment and opportunity to provide health care for an underserved local population make this an excellent community to practice in. Moreover, a well-equipped emergency department and hospital are an asset to the community. We also have an ideal relationship with specialists, which enables efficient and easy patient referrals and consultations.”

When he is not working, Dr. Heydari enjoys swimming and collecting stamps from all over the world. The small town feel of Hope’s community, the hospitality of its residents, and the accessibility of local amenities such as the gym, library and pool are some of Dr. Heydari’s favourite things about Hope.

Dr. Daniel Haffey was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Dr. Haffey attended medical school at the University of Saskatchewan. He moved to British Columbia in 2014 for his family medicine residency in Chilliwack. He joined Hope Medical Centre practice in 2017.

Dr. Aseem Grover joined the Hope Medical Centre in September 2016 after completing the Family Medicine Residency Program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.

Dr. Grover divides his time  at the Hope Medical Centre, Fraser Canyon Hospital and the Fraser Canyon Walk-In.  Dr. Grover’s medical interests are chronic complex care, rural emergency medicine and addictions medicine.

Dr. Grover enjoys coaching grade 6-8 basketball at the Hope Secondary School.