ABOUT US
South Okanagan Medical Associates consists of five medical specialists, based in Penticton, British Columbia. We offer consultative services to patients throughout the South Okanagan and Similkameen. Our office is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan People where we have the privilege to work and collaborate with physicians, nurse practitioners and allied health care providers, to provide the best quality care to our patients.
Patients must be referred to our office by a primary care provider or another specialist physician. We do not have family physicians working in our office, nor do we accept walk-ins.
Once your referral has been received, the referral will be triaged, and the referring physician will be notified of its acceptance. You may be asked to complete bloodwork, cardiopulmonary testing, or imaging prior to your appointment.
We offer 24-hour ambulatory holter monitors and 12-lead EKG on site.
OUR
TEAM
Dr. Chris Little is a general internist based out of Penticton Regional Hospital. He was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland where he completed his B. Sc. Hon and M.D at Memorial University. He then completed the Internal Medicine Residency Program and General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program at The University of British Columbia. He also undertook further training at McGill University in cardiac echocardiography at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal.
Dr. Little is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in the Division of Community Internal Medicine and associate member of the Division of Critical Care. He is strongly committed to improving the quality of medical education in the South Okanagan.
His clinical areas of interest are cardiology, vascular disease, diabetes and lipidology.
Dr. Jessica Klassen is a general internist working out of Penticton Regional Hospital and in the community of Penticton. She is from Morden, Manitoba and completed a Bachelor of Science in Genetics, Cell Biology and Development at University of Minnesota.
She then completed her medical degree and core Internal Medicine training at the University of Manitoba. Her final two years of General Internal Medicine fellowship, including a certificate in medical education, were completed at Dalhousie University.
Dr. Klassen is a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia, Division of Community Internal Medicine. She enjoys the diversity of general internal medicine and areas of interest include cardiovascular medicine, thrombosis and perioperative medicine.
Dr. Chad Dyck is a general internist with interest in cardiovascular and general internal medicine.
Born in New Westminster, he grew up in Prince George before heading off to McMaster University, in Hamilton, for a BSc (Hons) in biochemistry. He completed his MD, BSc (Med) and internal medicine training at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
He and his family have been in Penticton since 2004.
Dr. Sarah Broder was born in Toronto. She completed her Bachelor of Arts and Science and Doctor of Medicine at McMaster University. Her Internal Medicine residency was completed at McMaster University and The University of Manitoba. During her subspeciality training in Respirology at the University of British Columbia she was also a clinical research fellow with the British Columbia Thoracic Society.
She moved to Penticton in 1997 to cover a maternity locum and never left.
Dr Sarah Broder has been actively involved in supervising medical students and residents in Family Practice, General Internal Medicine and Respirology since 2005. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of British Columbia and has also taught at the University of Rwanda in 2020 and 2023.
Dr Sarah Broder holds an administrative position with Interior Health as the Senior Medical Director of Palliative Care and End of Life services.
In her spare time, she can be found hiking, biking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
Dr. David Kincade is a general internist based out of Penticton Regional Hospital. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta spending much of his young life on the farm. He did undergraduate studies at University of Alberta but was lucky enough to get acceptance early to University of British Columbia where he did his medical degree, Core Internal Medicine and then Fellowship in General Internal Medicine.
In his last year there he focused on echocardiography and clinical cardiology which is the main focus of current clinical practice. Have been affiliated as a Clinical Instructor at UBC now for over 20 years, mentoring the new generation of doctors. Clinical areas of interest include valvular heart disease, rhythm disorders and vascular risk reduction.
Trish Swizinksi
Office Manager
Teri Potter
Medical Office Assistant
Dayna Terry
Medical Office Assistant
LOCATION
& PARKING
701 Winnipeg St, Penticton BC
The parking lot is accessed from Eckhardt Avenue
PHONE: (250) 493-0887
FAX: (250) 493-7484
