Dr. Paul Herselman

Paul is the Medical Director of St Joseph’s General Hospital, and the Site Medical Director and Chief of Staff of the new Comox Valley Hospital. He has administrative experience serving as Chief of the Emergency Department and has extensive clinical experience as an emergency room physician and, prior to his special certification in Emergency Medicine (CCFP-EM), as a family physician. 

Paul served as Chair of the Alternative Payments Program Subcommittee for the Section of Emergency Medicine of BC and is a member of the boards of the Division of Family Practice and the Section of Emergency Medicine of BC.

Paul received his medical degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He immigrated to Canada in 1994, and subsequently obtained Specialty certification in Emergency Medicine in 2001. He has recently completed a diploma in Dermatology with the Australian Institute of Skin Disorders. He continues his academic leadership education through the Canadian Medical Association's Physician Manager Institute programs.

Paul has lived in the Comox Valley since 2001, with his wife and two children. He particularly enjoys mountain biking, and spending time on the ocean.