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Dr. Alison Turnquist is an Emergency Physician at the Penticton Hospital and the Critical Care Lead for the South Okanagan Family Medicine Residency Program.  Her passions include teaching simulation and ultrasound. She is excitable and signs up for everything, which has subsequently given her a diverse background of training and experience. Before making the lifestyle move to the Okanagan, Ali practiced in adult and pediatric emergency medicine departments, was a Code Team Leader, Crisis Incident Debriefer, Certified Wellness Coach, and had academic roles through the Saskatchewan College of Medicine.  Now she lives with her partner Sabine on a farm south of Penticton, where they have horses and sometimes accidentally grow hay.  In her spare time, Ali competes in Ultimate Frisbee with her touring team from the prairies and loves to travel.

Susie has been a Registered Midwife since 2010, working always in Penticton. She is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Family Medicine at UBC. As founding member of a collaborative maternity care centre, she regularly teaches and learns alongside midwifery students, medical students, and family practice residents. She has served as Chair of the PRH Perinatal Committee and member of LMAC, and has been a longtime member of BCCNM (and formerly CMBC) Quality Assurance Committee. Her passion is facilitating confidence and comfort around the seminal event of birth. In her free time she is found with her three kids, riding her bike or skiing!

Dr. Jackie Bourdeaux

Dr. Justin Lambert is a general internist who started practicing at Penticton Regional Hospital in 2023. He completed medical school training, residency, and fellowship here in British Columbia. As part of his fellowship in general internal medicine he did additional training in geriatrics. His practice is a combination of inpatient and outpatient work based out of the South Okanagan Medical Associates clinic. Originally from the Okanagan Valley, Dr. Lambert has fond memories of floating down the river channel in Penticton with his family and climbing in the Skaha bluffs with friends. These day’s he spends most of his time biking and skiing.

Dr Michelle Scheepers is an Anesthesiologist practicing at Penticton Regional Hospital. Her interests are in pre-habilitation and incorporating innovative virtual platforms into clinical workflows. Michelle is a graduate of the BCPSQC Clinical Quality Academy as well as the UBC Sauder Physician Leadership Program. She is the Physician Advisor for the Interior Health Physician Quality Improvement Program. Michelle finds it very rewarding to be involved in physician led projects that can inform clinical practice changes and foster engagement and resilience by building capacity for ‘joy in work’. She is also involved in teaching in her role as a Clinical Instructor with UBC, and more recently has been pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Michelle and her husband own and operate a commercial apple orchard in Summerland and enjoy spending time with their two children, four cats and two dogs on the farm when they’re not at the rink playing hockey. In her spare time, Michelle paddle boards and reads!