Dr Jan McPhee
Dr. McPhee (or “Dr. Jan”) is a born-and-raised Nova Scotian who, upon finishing an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Acadia University, was lured by the mountains to Vancouver, B.C. where she completed her Master of Science in Zoology at the University of British Columbia and studied physiology with sea lions as her study subjects through the Vancouver Aquarium. After having her 15 minutes of fame on the Discovery Channel collecting sea lion poop with a baggy and a spoon on a small coastal island, she worked for several years as a research biologist on various projects in the Vancouver area. Eventually, she made the big decision to change careers and follow her life-long interest in medicine. She graduated from UBC Medical School in 2012 and completed a rural family medicine residency through the University of Calgary in 2014.
While completing a family medicine rotation in Canmore during that residency, she fell in love with the community, its people, and its surrounding mountains…and pretty much has never left. When she is away from the clinic, she enjoys climbing, scrambling, skiing of all types, paddle boarding, canoeing or kayaking, and travelling to all parts of the world. She has never regretted her change in career and adores caring for her amazing patients. She practices the full-range of family medical care from prenatal and newborn care through to geriatric and palliative medicine with a special interest in women’s health (perimenopause, menopause, sexual health, IUD insertions etc.). In April 2019, she will be training in travel medicine. She sometimes shows evidence of her original Nova Scotian accent.
Dr. Jan McPhee is a full time non-delivery physician.