Dr Louis Minders (MBChB, CCFP) is a rural Hospitalist, MAID provider, Medical Leader and teacher in Camrose, Alberta. He graduated from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 2012 before relocating to Canada in 2016. The Hospitalist program in Camrose offers medical, stroke, palliative and surgical comanaged care services. From 2018 he started providing MAID services covering a large area of the health region and is regarded as a high-volume provider. He has had the opportunity to teach medical and non-medical learners in the classroom and bedside setting and also participates in the training of family medicine residents. This involvement has earned him Teaching Excellence awards from the University of Alberta. Through his provincial leadership position he has remained a passionate advocate for rural healthcare.
Dr Minders has provided family medicine oversight for the provincial Heart Failure and COPD optimization pathways, Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia programs and other practice changing work. In his spare time he loves to run, exercise and lose himself in fantasy novels.