Medical Hospital
Resume:
David Brian Opper
Brantford, Ontario, N3R 6S7
**********@******.***
Personal
Born Brandon, Manitoba, July 31, 1955
Married, seven children
Bilingual (English-French), Cree- Brandon university 1975-1976, some
German, some Spanish
Enjoys curling, canoeing, camping, coin collecting
Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Montreal
1977-1979
Bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brantford Ward
December 2000 to February 2008
Active in Young Men Program/Scouts Canada, 1983 to present
Leadership Training in Scouts Canada, 1999 to present
Director of Family Counseling Centre of Brant, 1989 to 1996
Director of Canadian Cancer Society, Brantford Chapter, 1995 to 1999
Education and Training
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry/Zoology) Brandon University 1976
Doctor of Medicine/LMCC University of Manitoba,
1983
College of Family Physicians of Canada (CCFP) McMaster
University 1985
Fellow of College of Family Physicians of Canada (FCFP) 2004
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Hamilton, ON October, 1983
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Recertification
Thunder Bay, ON December
8, 2012
PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Prince Albert, SK
April, 2013
NRP (pending) January 23, 2014
Advanced Trauma Life Support, Saskatoon, SK March 1986, updated 2012
Advanced Trauma life Support Recertification July, 2013
Residency, Orthopedics, Saskatchewan March 1986 and March
1987
Palliative Care, Level 2, London, ON March
1998
Drug Prescribing course, Toronto, ON November, 1999
Palliative Care, Level 2, Hamilton, ON June 2000
Record Keeping Course, Toronto, ON March 2002
CAMH Addiction Services June 2002
Pain Clinic, Mont Sinai Hospital June 2002
Multiple Drug Advisory Boards
Several other courses on treatment of back pain/join injections/psychiatric
pharmacology/opioid use in non-malignant pain.
Appointments and Committees
Utilization Committee, Brantford, General Hospital 1990-
1995
Utilization Committee, St. Joseph's Hospital, Brantford, Ont. 1990-
1993
President Brant County Medical Association
1996-1997
Vice-president of Medical Staff of Brantford General Hospital 2006-
2007
President of Medical Staff of Brantford General Hospital 2007-
2008
Employment
Locum, Hamilton, ON 1985
Staff, Uranium City Hospital, Uranium City, SK October 1985
to June 1986
Chief of Staff, Uranium City Hospital, Uranium City, SK June 1986 to
June 1987
Faculty Department of Family medicine,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
October 1985 to June 1987
Family Physician, Avenue Medical Centre,
Brantford, ON July
1987 to March 1994
Associate Professor, McMaster University Medical Student
Training Program July 1987 to
present
Family Physician, North Woodlands Medical Centre,
Brantford, ON April
1994 to June 1999
Solo Practice, Brantford, ON June
1999 to April 2006
Civil Aviation Medical Examiner 1994 to present
Family Physician Advisory Committee,
Brant County Health Unit 1995 to 1997
Workman's Compensation Addiction Services,
Ministry of Health March 2000
Medical Hospitalist, Department of Psychiatry,
Brantford General Hospital, Brantford, ON April
2006 to June 2012
Hospitalist, RHSC, Thunder Bay, ON
(Recurring locum) 2012 to
present
Hospitalist, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
(Recurring locum) 2012 to
present
Northern Medical Services, Saskatchewan
Black Lake and Pelican Narrows, SK (recurring locums) 2012
to present
Recurring locums: Moose Factory, Matheson, and
Iroquois Falls Ontario 2012
to
present
Locum in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories October 2013
Examiner, Medical Council of Canada
Examiner, Canadian College of Family Physician Residency Program
Special Medical interests: HIV/AIDS, pain management/palliative care/native
health/adolescent/mental health
Privileges (active)
Brantford General Hospital, Brantford, Ontario
Willet Hospital, Paris, Ontario
Simcoe General Hospital, Simcoe, Ontario
Weeneebayko General Hospital, Moose Factory, Ontario
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Bingham Memorial Hospital, Matheson, Ontario
Athabasca Regional Health Centre, Black Lake, Saskatchewan
Angelique Health Centre, Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan
Anson General Hospital, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Fort Smith Health Centre, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
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