Dr. Neil Gibson, MSc, CCPE, DTMH, MD , MACP, FRCPC, Founder in GIM

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Dr. Gibson trained initially as a General Practitioner and after 4 years of service with the CAF, completed his Internal Medicine training along with an Academic Medicine Fellowship at McMaster University.

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Dr. Gibson spent 32 years with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), serving in Somalia, Norway, France, the U.S., Djibouti, Cambodia, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. He rose to be the senior internal medicine specialist at the rank of Colonel.

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A trusted leader, Dr. Gibson oversaw the ICU and trauma resuscitation unit at the Role 3 Multinational Hospital in Kandahar, in conditions described as “a wooden shack at the end of a runway” and limited resources compared to Canadian hospitals.

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Coincident with his military service, Dr. Gibson joined the clinical staff at the University of Alberta Hospital in 1997 and is currently a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine. During his tenure, he split his time between the University Hospital and the Sturgeon Community Hospital. He also was a member of the Department of Critical Care Medicine and attended the Sturgeon ICU from its inception until his retirement from clinical medicine in 2021 at the end of the COVID surge.

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His influence can also be felt in the Alberta health system. Having worked alongside physician assistants (PAs) his entire career, he knew they could provide crucial support to physicians in civilian settings. Largely due to Dr. Gibson’s ongoing advocacy, PAs became regulated members of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta in 2021. Currently, as the Associate Zone Medical Director, Acute Care Coverage at Alberta Health Services, Dr. Gibson oversees the hiring of alternative health providers (such as PAs) to fill gaps in clinical coverage.