Anil Rickhi, Preventative Medicine Specialist
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Anil Rickhi

Emergency Physician | Emergency Medical Services

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About

Dr. Anil Rickhi MD has had a broad range of experience. In 2003, Dr. Rickhi graduated from the University of Calgary with a B.Sc first class honors in Behavioural Neuroscience. He then went on to complete his Medical Degree MD at the University of Calgary in 2006. Subsequently, Dr. Rickhi matched to a psychiatric residency at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After spending 4 years as a psychiatric resident. Dr. Rickhi developed an interest in primary prevention including Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine and matched the University of Alberta. Subsequently, during his residency he became a member of Doctors Without Borders and was deployed to Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India for 1 year during one of the deadliest outbreaks of Type 4 Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in 2012 where he worked as an Attending Emergency Room Physician. Dr. Anil Rickhi is also a Platinum member of the American Heart and Stroke Association and has his instructor certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Supoort (ACLS), Basic LIfe Support (BLS), and Pediatric Assessment Life Support (PALS). Dr. Anil Rickhi has memberships in good standing with The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians of Canada, Alberta Medical Association, Canadian Medical Association, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the World Health Organization. Dr. Rickhi is currently at inLiv medical in Calgary, Alberta Canada.

Education and Training

University of Calgary B.Sc (Hons) 2003

University of Calgary MD 2006

Dalhousie University 4 Years in Psychiatry 2006

University of Calgary Department of Family Medicine Research 2010

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine 2012

Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre 2012

Provider Details

Male English

Areas of expertise and specialization

Procedures: Rapid Sequence Intubation, Chricothyroidotomy (Surgical and Medical), Pericardiocentesis , Chest Tube placement, Central Lines, Lung Aspiration of pleural fluid, Team Leader for a cardiac arrest code, Team Leader for a Major TeaumaBasic Family Medicine Procedures from head to toe, Suturing, Casting, closed reductions. Diseases: Trauma, Cardiac, Stroke, Community Medicine I,e Pneumonias, COPD, Mental Illness to name a fewConditions: Advanced Trauma Life Support, Type 2 Diabetes especially in terms of primary prevention.

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Emergency Physician Attending Peter Laugheed 2013 - 2014
  • Attending Emergency Physician Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre 2012 - 2013
  • Sleep Medicine Moscovitch and Associates 2015 - 2016
  • Medical Doctor InLiv 2016 - 2017
  • Resident Dalhousie University 2006 - 2010
  • Resident University of Alberta 2012 - 2013

Awards

  • Jason Lang Scholarship 2000 The University of Calgary 
  • Louise Mckinney 2001 University of Calgary 
  • Alberta Health Services Research Grant in Pathology 2016 Alberta Health Services 

Professional Memberships

  • Medical Council of Canada - MCCQE  
  • The Leading Physicians of the world second place.  
  • Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians  
  • Canadian Association of Addiction Medicine  
  • College of Family Physicians of Canada  
  • American Heart Association  
  • Doctors Without Borders  
  • The Center for Disease Control  
  • World Health Organization  
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada  
  • Canadian Medical Association  
  • Alberta Medical Association  

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • 1. Children's Wish Foundation
  • Doctors Without Borders

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Heart Association, American Stroke Association

Articles and Publications

  • Published

Philanthropic Initiatives

  • Doctors Without Borders in India 2004-2005

Hobbies / Sports

  • Roller Blading, Hiking, Camping, Playing and Watching Hockey, BBQing

Areas of research

1. Physician Wellness2. Integration program with Physicians and Nurse Practitioners3. Primary prevention 4. The Hippocampus and memory

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