Dr. Pam Squire, MD

Dr. Squire is a physician since 1989, she has specialized in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain since 2008.

Dr. Squire was part of a national team of experts mandated to create a pain medicine specialty by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. She also co-authored the chapter on the assessment of chronic pain in the world’s authoritative book on the subject, Bonica’s Management of Pain.

Dr. Squire is a Clinical Associate Professor with the UBC Department of Medicine, where she creates curriculum and teaches for undergraduate and postgraduate physicians. She is certified by the International Society of Addiction Medicine, holds Advanced Diplomat status with the American Academy of Pain Management, and has received several awards for her innovative work.


Dr. Ahmed Amayem, MD, MPH

Dr. Amayem graduated medical school from the University of Calgary in 2019. He has a keen interest in research including a research fellowship in the Universty of Montreal as well as a earning a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, the top ranked school of public health in the world.

Dr. Amayem developed an interest in pain medicine during his Family Medicine residency program at the St. Paul’s program of the University of British Columbia. He has built his skills through participation in multiple pain clinics in Vancouver and Vancouver Island and CME courses across the world.