Paul’s Hospital. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Alberta Medical School in 1991, winning the Moshier Memorial Gold Medal. He practiced in Primary Care Medicine for many years before returning to do his training in Surgery and eventually did fellowships in both Laser Lead Extraction (Goteborg, Sweden) and Aortic Surgery (Houston, Texas). Dr Bashir is the Director of the BC Laser Extraction Program as well as the Section Head for Cardiovascular Surgery at The Doctors of BC.