Education
Dr. Gulzar S. Cheema, MD CCFP was elected in B.C. in May 2001 to represent the riding of Surrey-Panorama Ridge. On June 05, 2001 Dr. Gulzar Cheema was appointed as a member of the Executive Council for the Government of B.C. as Minister of State for Mental Health. On January 26, 2004 Dr. Cheema was appointed as a member of the Executive Council for the Government of B.C. as Minister of State for Immigration and Multicultural Services. He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly in Manitoba for five years and served as critic for health, labour, housing, native affairs, sport and co-operatives, and consumer and corporate affairs. Before his election to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly, Dr. Cheema was a family doctor in Surrey; he has also practised medicine in Winnipeg and rural Manitoba. He received his bachelor of medicine and surgery from India’s Punjab University, interned at the University of Newfoundland and was a resident at Saskatoon’s University Hospital. In 1992 he was awarded the Canada 125 Medal for community service. To promote the health and welfare of the community, Dr. Cheema participates weekly on local multicultural radio talk shows and M Channel, a local multicultural T.V. Channel.
Presently Dr. Cheema is practicing family medicine and is a clinical instructor for the Department of Family Practice at UBC as well as the Medical director for iCON South Asian Division eHealth Strategy Office Faculty of Medicine, UBC. He currently lives in Surrey, British Columbia with his wife and children.
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