03/11/2025
The Creston Valley Health Working Group is pleased to announce the arrival of Dr. Victor Adegoke, scheduled to join the Family Practice Associates Clinic on March 17, 2025.
Dr. Adegoke, originally from Nigeria, has a wealth of experience with family practice medicine and a special interest in Emergency care. He will be joining our community with his wife and 3 young children.
Dr. Adegoke is relocating under the Practice Ready Assessment program. It is a competitive program, which offers opportunities to internationally-educated family physicians wishing to relocate to practice in B.C. The candidates are offered mentorship at a Canadian practice for three years. It is hoped the physicians will settle long term in the community and maintain a local practice.
The Creston Valley Health Working Group has been actively recruiting Physicians and other health professionals to the Creston Valley for over 18 years. To meet the needs of residents, the group was formed when Regional District of Central Kootenay Directors and Town of Creston officials saw the need for sustained health care. A dedicated health recruiter reaches out to communicate with potential physicians and locums to encourage them to choose Creston for their career work.
The Creston Family Practice Associates and Summit Medical Clinics are both teaching clinics within the UBC rural program which has students coming to Creston. The medical community is constantly welcoming students, residents, and locums to their practices and we can each do our part to lay out the welcome mat. Be it at the Farmer’s Market, the many great eateries in town or in the variety of shops and services offered, every positive interaction with current and future health professionals is a win for all of us.
The Creston Valley Health Working Group is funded by the Town of Creston along with the RDCK Areas B & C.
Creston Doctor’s offices do NOT have individual clinic waitlists. There is a centralized waitlist for the Creston area which is maintained online. Please do not contact the clinics directly. Once you have registered online, your place will be held within that waitlist for all future intakes utilising this system. You will be contacted by the appropriate clinic when it is your turn.
The website for Creston Valley residents without a family doctor is: https://hcr.healthlinkbc.ca/s/ Those individuals without access to a computer or a smartphone can request assistance by dialing 8-1-1. Your BC Services number and dates of birth for all family members is required for registration.
