Please be advised that the election cycle for the 2025-2026 RDBC Board of Directors has now concluded, and all thirteen voting directors have been confirmed. We would like to thank all the nominees who put their names forward for the 2025-2026 Board of Directors, and all the Residents who took part in the voting process. We are happy to announce the nine new Directors who will be joining the RDBC Board of Directors:

1. Dr. Quinten Clarke, R5, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2. Dr. Jasmyne Kassam, R4, Neurology

3. Dr. Davy Lau, R2, Internal Medicine

4. Dr. David Sahai, R1, Family Medicine - Kelowna Regional

5. Dr. Suzanne Starkiewicz, R2, Family Medicine - Nanaimo

6. Dr. Abdel Tayem, R2, Psychiatry - Fraser

Please also welcome the following directors, who will be serving their second (or third, or fifth) terms on the Board:

1. Dr. Naomi Fuglem, R2, Family Medicine - North Okanagan

2. Dr. Morgan Haines, R5, Emergency Medicine

3. Dr. Claudine Henoud, R2, Public Health and Preventive Medicine

4. Dr. Parker Nann, R3, Emergency Medicine Fraser

5. Dr. Polly Ng, R2, Psychiatry - Fraser

6. Dr. Zach Sagorin, R4, General Surgery

7. Dr. Ibrahim Sadiq, R3, Anesthesiology

Dr. Adeeb Malas, R4, Psychiatry - Fraser, 2024-2025 RDBC President, will serve as RDBC Immediate Past President in the 2025-2026 academic year.

We are looking forward to working with our Board of Directors. We invite all our membership to attend the Annual General Meeting on August 27 to meet our Board and have the opportunity to ask questions and give input on the upcoming year for RDBC.