PHC-PASS Medical Staff Engagement

The PHC Physicians and Surgeons Society (PHC-PASS) and Medical Staff Association, in collaboration with Providence Health Care, are supporting medical staff in building a strong, unified voice and community to enhance our workplace and improve patient care.

With funding from the Specialist Services Committee Facility Engagement Initiative, meaningful opportunities are available for medical staff to participate in engagement activities across PHC.

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2025-26 PROJECT FUNDING RECIPIENTS: 19 physician-led projects funded, with 24 PHC medical staff involved. See projects here.
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What is medical staff engagement at PHC?

Promoting meaningful medical staff engagement to make Providence Health Care an organization of clinical, research and teaching excellence to best serve our patients and families and transform health care.

What is Medical Staff Engagement?
PHC-PASS MSA Orientation

Engagement is…

A process for making better decisions that incorporate the interests and concerns of affected medical staff while meeting the needs of the organization.
An opportunity to strengthen relationships, share information, and build mutual understanding and consensus around shared priorities.

Why engage?

Strong engagement among physicians, medical staff, and health organizations supports high quality health care, improving patient outcomes and lowering costs.

At Providence, we are engaging to:

Unify and build a collective voice and strong community.
Get to know and connect with our colleagues, and take care of our well-being.
Have a voice in PHC plans and decisions about our workplace and patient care.

What is Facility Engagement?

Facility Engagement is a BC-wide initiative of the Specialist Services Committee, one of four joint collaborative committees of Doctors of BC and the Government of BC.

As part of the Physician Master Agreement, its goals are to:

Improve engagement within and amongst medical staff.
Improve MSA and health authority engagement.
Enhance the MSA collective voice in health system planning and decision making.

Each Health Authority across BC including Providence has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and has agreed on key areas for medical staff consultation in Facility Engagement.

Active engagement includes:

Gathering medical staff input
More meaningful participation in health authority decision making impacting medical staff workplace and patient care
Partnership for quality and cost-improvement opportunities

Read about SSC Facility Engagement across BC here.

How are medical staff engaging?

Medical staff with privileges at PHC facilities –physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives and dentists – are invited to participate in a variety of ways.

Leading Engagement at PHC

At PHC, Facility Engagement funding and activities are managed by the Providence Health Care Physicians and Surgeons Society (PHC PASS), a non-profit association that operates under direction from our Medical Staff Association – the elected body of the medical staff.

PHC-PASS and our MSA work hand-in-hand to plan engagement activities that align with priorities set out by members.

Contact: pass@providencehealth.bc.caOP

Engagement funding supports medical staff activities, events, and projects, physician leader roles, and medical staff advisors in four Strategic Pillars.

ENGAGEMENT WORKING GROUP: PASS+MSA

PASS-MSA Working Group

An Engagement Working Group oversees Facility Engagement activities at PHC by soliciting your ideas, proposing and providing input on issues, and organizing opportunities that align with and address top engagement priorities identified by medical staff.

The Working Group meets the second Tuesday of every month from 4:30-6:00 pm. It comprises physician leaders and medical staff representative from both PASS and the Medical Staff Association Executive Committee (MSEC) as follows.

MSA-PASS Executive Team

Dr. Victor Leung, Infectious diseases physician and medical microbiologist - Interim President

Dr. Emile Woo,General Surgeon - Outgoing President

Dr. Clementine Tang, Pediatrician - Interim Vice President

Dr. Fred Rydz, Internal Medicine Physician - Member at Large

Dr. David Wilkie, Urogynaecologist - Member at Large

Dr. Mike Fazio, Pediatrician - Member at Large

Dr. Hooman Sadr, Orthopedic surgeon - Member at Large

Ms. Heba Al-Nashef, Midwife - Member at Large

PASS Strategic Pillar Leads

Dr. Lik Hang Lee, Pathologist
Discover, Learn and Innovate for Impact

Dr. Ana-Luiza Sayao, Neurologist
Inspiring People and Teams Pillar

Dr. Trina Montemurro, Anesthesiologist
Quality, Safety and Value Pillar

Dr. Grace Li, Physiatrist
Partnerships Pillar

Providence Health Care Leaders

Dr. Dan Kalla, Emergency Physician - Senior Medical Director Medical Affairs & Engagement Strategies

Dr. Julia Raudzus, Psychiatrist - Senior Medical Director Clinical Operations & Quality, Operational Readiness

Dr. Charles Lo, Anesthesiologist - Medical Director, NSPH, Transition Team Subject Matter Expert

Dr. Vishal Varshney, Anesthesiologist, Medical Director, CSRC

Dr. Harpreet Chauhan, Psychiatrist - VP Medical Affairs

Monique Radlein - Executive Director, Medical Affairs

Doctors of BC

Elisabeth White - Senior Regional Advisor & Advocate

Tamilyn Smith, Engagement Partner, Facility Engagement

PHC Med Staff