He is currently cross- appointed as a staff member with the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Departments of Family Medicine, Medicine, and Mental Health and Addictions. For the past two and a half years Dr. Hickcox has worked with Addictions Services in Halifax, as a staff member with the withdrawal management unit as well as with the opiate treatment program. He is a passionate proponent of the harm reduction approach to addiction treatment. Dr. Hickcox’s work is informed by his commitment to serving marginalized populations in an urban setting and improving access to evidence-based care for addiction and its medical, social, psychological and spiritual sequelae. He brings the experiences of a 30 year meditation practice to his work, and sees mindfulness as a crucial strategy in the recovery process.