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Care

The goal of primary care is to create a medical home, to effectively foster a trusted fellowship between patients, physicians, staff, and allied health professionals. Our allied health professional team includes a chronic disease management nurse, a behavioural mental health consultant, as well as a certified geriatric nurse. Together, they work as a unified team, aiming to improve patient care.

Competency

Family physicians are trained across a multitude of specialties including general surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, and emergency medicine. Additional areas of training are often completed, often in areas of interest of the family physician. For this reason, a family physician is capable of providing patients with much of the routine care they require. Did you know that Family Medicine is a recognized medical specialty in Canada as well as many parts of the world?

Collaboration

Your family physician is your advocate and coordinator of care. Family physicians are often copied on important communications and documents related to care outside of the office. Altogether, the family physician's office serves as the central hub for your care. This has become much easier through the use of Electronic Medical/Health Records (EMRs/EHRs) where patient information is securely and confidentially stored.

DEDICATED & QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS

Dr. Wesam Salem

Dr. Salem holds a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Calgary. He started off in his first career as a chemist in the oil and gas sector before later going on to complete both his Medical Degree and Postgraduate Residency Training at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He currently works as a full-time family physician in Southwest Calgary and possesses a wide area of practice interests.

He has a strong passion for both obstetrics and procedural medicine, and has been delivering babies since 2010. At present, he is the low-risk obstetrical representative on the Rockyview General Hospital MoreOB (Managing Obstetrical Risk Effectively) Committee. This committee aims to create a culture of patient safety on obstetrical units, by ensuring hospital practices remain consistent with current and evidence-based guidelines. He is also an instructor in Fetal Health Surveillance, which pertains to best practices around the evaluation and interpretation of intrapartum fetal health status. Away from the office, Dr. Salem devotes his free time to his loving wife and young children. He thoroughly enjoys all things hockey.

Dr. Erin Nicholls

Dr. Erin Nicholls did her undergraduate and master’s degrees in microbiology & immunology at the University of British Columbia. She previously worked in labs doing immunology research. She did her medical school and residency training through the University of Calgary and was been working out of the Rockyview since finishing residency in 2015.

Dr. Rossana Arcega
Dr. Doug Caine
Dr. Matthew Ferrao
Dr. Scott Forsyth

Dr. Michael Penkman
Dr. Wesam Salem
Dr. Michael Yosefi
Dr. Erin Nicholls

We Are Devoted To Your Well Being

Oak Bay Medical Centre is a primary-care-clinic located in Oak Bay Plaza, in the southwest community of Oakridge. Our comprehensive primary care centre offers a full-spectrum of Alberta Health insured services. This includes general health services, preventative care, chronic disease management, routine examinations and screening, family planning, maternity care, psychological counseling, and more.