Dr. Michael Pariser is an interventional pain specialist and Division Head for Multidisciplinary and Interventional Pain Management for the Vancouver Island Health Authority(VIHA) based at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital(NRGH). He completed his undergraduate medical degree and Anesthesiology residency at Western University, previously the University of Western Ontario(UWO) in London, Ontario.
Dr. Pariser was fortunate to be mentored by Dr. Patricia Morley-Forster, and Dr. Geoffrey Bellingham who encouraged him to become the first Canadian resident to complete the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Pain Medicine residency, also at Western University.
Dr. Pariser, in collaboration with his wife Leanne, is the Founding President of the Specialist Pain Physician Society of British Columbia(SPPSBC). He presently serves as Vice President of the Nanaimo Medical Staff Engagement Society (NMSES) and Medical Staff Advisory. His interests outside of medicine include hiking, skiing, and attempting to surf with his wife and daughters.
