Guest
Curt Smecher, MD
Dr. Curtis “Curt” Smecher is a specialist anesthesiologist and seasoned physician leader in British Columbia. Over the past decade he has led the province-wide Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) initiative under Doctors of BC, and was the first to implement it in Fraser Health in 2014. He is known for emphasizing collaboration, rigor in problem-solving, and integrating physicians, patients and administrators in health-system change. His rural and suburban clinical experience gives him deep insight into the challenges of delivering care across varied communities. In 2019, he won the Fraser Health “Health Care Hero” award for his leadership in advancing physician-driven quality improvement.