Mike Caffaro was Edmonton born and raised, but introduced to rural medicine by an uncle practicing medicine in rural Alberta.
A graduate of the University of Alberta, he was that medical school’s first Fellow in Rural Medicine, taking extra surgical training before embarking on a 22 year career in Hinton as a full scope rural family medicine practitioner.
“Rural Alberta was a great place to start both a career and a family; the larger community both were supportive of and supported by the practitioners who provided a true medical home for our patients.”
Along the way, Mike represented rural health care and practitioners at the Alberta Medical Association, Canadian Medical Association, and the Rural Physician Action Plan.
On returning to Edmonton in 2015 he joined the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta as an Assistant Registrar.
He currently has oversight of Registration and the Practice Readiness Assessment programs, which reviews and acclimatizes physicians as they begin their new medical practice in Alberta.