He has written several popular novels in the thriller and historical fiction genres, all with medical themes.
He was the director of Emergency Medicine at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.
[3] He attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied math as an undergraduate, and received his M.D.
[2] He also took a screenwriting course at Simon Fraser University, which encouraged his writing ambitions.
His first novel, Pandemic, was inspired by his experiences screening potential SARS patients in Vancouver during the 2003 outbreak.