Charles Penner

Dr. Penner was born in the Interlake region and lived the first several years of his life in Moosehorn. He is trained as a respirologist and intensivist and has spent his career practicing in Comox, Abu Dhabi and Brandon. He served as a chief medical officer in the former Brandon Regional Health Authority for seven years then, more recently, in an interim capacity for a six-month period in Prairie Mountain Health. He was inaugural associate dean for the Brandon satellite campus of the University Max Rady College of Medicine, a position he held from 2013 to 2022.