About the Clinic
Quadra Island Medical Clinic is a family practice clinic that provides primary care to its registered patients as well as medical services to others needing care. It is currently run by the Quadra Island Health Society (QIHS). In conjunction with QIHS and Island Health, community health services are provided to all residents of Quadra Island and the outer islands. These include services that assist individuals in health prevention, maintaining health, and monitoring illness. Our clinic manager is: Tina Hughes, our MOAs include; Sandra Riley, Denise Chisholm, Joanna Lumley and Chelsea Craddock.
About Our Medical Staff
Dr. Steve Hughes CCFP MRCGP
Dr. Hughes came to Quadra in 2019 from Mission BC. He practiced in Mission from 2014 -2019 and was chief of hospital medical staff as well as a preceptor to doctors and interns. He originally trained and qualified in England. He went on to practice family medicine in a rural community from 1991-2014. Special interests include care of the elderly, minor surgery and musculoskeletal medicine.
He is married to Tina and has three grown children. Hobbies include hiking, kayaking, shooting and looking for decent beer.
We are delighted to welcome Monica Dunlop our new Nurse Practitioner from September.
Monica is proudly joining the QIMC team upon graduation as our new Family Nurse Practitioner. While working as a Registered Nurse, she spent the majority of her career providing emergency and community care for remote communities in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and throughout rural BC. Prior to graduation, she spent the majority of her practicums in various emergency departments in downtown Vancouver. Monica is passionate about patient education, advocacy, sexual health and urgent health care access.
A new resident to the Island, she is joined by her partner Taylor Anderson. They are both looking forward to integrating into the community, becoming more involved with music, fishing and learning about sustainable living.