"What are MSAs?"
"What are MSAs?"
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Medical Staff Associations (MSA) represent the voice of physicians, midwives, surgeons, and dentists in BC hospitals & acute care programs.
Part of the MSA role is to oversee local Facility Engagement governance and engagement activities on behalf of their medical staff members, and in partnership with their health authorities, under funding negotiated through Doctors of BC & the Special Services Committee (SSC).
The Physician Master Agreement sets the guidelines for these funds, and MSAs and their health authority partners are supported in their engagement work by provincial Engagement Partners and a Facility and Community Engagement team at Doctors of BC.
"...and WHAT is the Facility Engagement Initiative?"
"...and WHAT is the Facility Engagement Initiative?"
As an initiative of the SSC, Facility Engagement was created in 2014 to support medical staff working in facilities across BC to participate in health care planning and solutions.
It creates pathways to meaningful collaboration among medical staff and health authorities on shared priorities, ultimately to improve the delivery of patient care and clinical work environment.
ABOUTTHE ELK VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION
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The Elk Valley Hospital is an innovative rural facility with a dynamic team of professionals providing exceptional care to the community and region.
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2025-26 Strategic Priorities
1 Be a leader in rural medical staff recruitment and retention programs.
1 Be a leader in rural medical staff recruitment and retention programs.
2 Foster meaningful communication and engagement between physicians, the community, local Indigenous partners, the Health Authority, and frontline staff.
2 Foster meaningful communication and engagement between physicians, the community, local Indigenous partners, the Health Authority, and frontline staff.
3 Increase physician participation and leverage existing provincial programs to improve healthcare delivery, facility operations, and environmental sustainability.
3 Increase physician participation and leverage existing provincial programs to improve healthcare delivery, facility operations, and environmental sustainability.
EVH MSA Executive Members
EVH MSA Executive Members
President
Dr. Joel Stimson
Vice President
Dr. Keirsten Wilson
Treasurer
Dr. Kimberley Allan
Member at Large
Dr. Lori Gadsden
Member at Large
Dr. Tiffany Vracas
MSA SUPPORT
MSA SUPPORT
Dana Stimson, FEI Project Manager
Elk Valley Hospital Medical Staff Association
Local RCME Coordinator, Fernie BC
✉ elkvalleyphysicians@gmail.com ☎ (604) 997-9791
As Project Manager, Dana acts to help the EVH MSA strengthen collaboration and drive quality improvement with health authorities, in line with the FE Initiative and MOU. She also supports the organization of RCME events in Fernie.
A former RN specialized in cardiac care, Dana moved to Fernie in 2018 with her husband to raise their young family as he succeeded a busy family practice. She has been supporting the EVH MSA & RCME since 2023, and is motivated by a first-hand understanding of the pressure & work-load faced by rural healthcare providers and their families. Hobbies include biking, snowboarding, baking, & organizing anything she can get her hands on.
Theresa Hermary, Engagement Partner - EK Region
Doctors of BC
As the Engagement Partner for the EVH MSA, Theresa works neutrally alongside the health authority and our physicians, helping the MSA find ways to collaborate on shared priorities that affect doctors and patient care.
She supports our MSA by strengthening our capacity, encouraging knowledge sharing, and helping integrate acute and community care. Theresa also helps set up processes and structures that make meaningful consultation and collaboration possible—whether at the local, regional, or provincial level.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MSA SUPPORT MEMBERS WITHIN THE FE INITIATIVE
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