Public Salaries
MSP payment · 2021

British Columbia Doctors' MSP Payments 2021

Salaries paid in the fiscal year ending in 2021, published in 2021 (the list often called the Doctors' MSP Payments). 12,035 people. Fiscal years ending March 31 (2025 is April 2024 to March 2025). Gross payments, before the practice costs practitioners pay from them: not salaries.

People on the list
12,035
−0.1% vs 2020
Median payment
$213,772
−0.5% vs 2020
Total payments
$3.2B
Employers
1

Top 100 highest paid in 2021

#NameGross paymentsChange
1Eduardo Vitor Navajas$3,335,932−$259,781 (−7.2%)
2Steve Daniel Levasseur$3,131,899−$45,388 (−1.4%)
3David Andrew Albiani$3,063,411−$456,403 (−13.0%)
4Dharminder Singh Dhanda$2,888,452−$242,861 (−7.8%)
5Daniel Currie Warder$2,858,542+$63,532 (+2.3%)
6Michael Ross$2,752,823+$422,150 (+18.1%)
7Andrew William Kirker$2,684,711−$299,911 (−10.0%)
8Robert Alexander Gizicki$2,413,309+$138,426 (+6.1%)
9Derek Vivek Godinho$2,401,706−$232,455 (−8.8%)
10Andrew Brian Merkur$2,398,263−$406,490 (−14.5%)
11Simon Rock Lam$2,366,649−$228,746 (−8.8%)
12Kaivon Pakzad Vaezi$2,340,777+$461,468 (+24.6%)
13Michael Thomas Walter Butler$2,275,325−$96,644 (−4.1%)
14Malvinder Singh Hoonjan$2,229,217−$272,835 (−10.9%)
15Hussein Hollands$2,184,358−$380,813 (−14.8%)
16Peter Mark Hopp$2,143,740−$194,952 (−8.3%)
17Lica Chui$2,050,040−$355,178 (−14.8%)
18Gabriel Chu$2,047,784+$12,275 (+0.6%)
19Sundeep Singh Uppal$2,046,020−$119,393 (−5.5%)
20Naser Sayeh$1,988,538−$105,192 (−5.0%)
21Kevin Michael Ramsey$1,938,926−$63,672 (−3.2%)
22Hugo F. S. Sutton$1,918,671−$866,749 (−31.1%)
23Hugh MacPherson Parsons$1,914,641−$604,258 (−24.0%)
24Tung Minh Diep$1,906,521+$101,480 (+5.6%)
25Tirath Gosal-Sadhra$1,880,059−$284,161 (−13.1%)
26David Alan Heinrichs$1,872,306−$78,167 (−4.0%)
27Ronald George Cridland$1,870,894−$306,564 (−14.1%)
28Kurt Taro Tsuyuki$1,856,777−$57,534 (−3.0%)
29James Alexander Loh$1,851,865−$96,172 (−4.9%)
30Saul Hillel Isserow$1,804,380−$308,235 (−14.6%)
31Manjeet Mann$1,801,702+$216,242 (+13.6%)
32Zakaria Tadrous$1,709,656−$373,420 (−17.9%)
33Patrick Eugene Ma$1,686,196−$690,924 (−29.1%)
34Charalambos Andreou$1,678,557+$180,464 (+12.0%)
35Andrew Dennis Lukaris$1,649,761−$256,043 (−13.4%)
36Wouter De Bruin$1,639,585+$3,751 (+0.2%)
37Yau Woon Edward Yu$1,631,520−$279,476 (−14.6%)
38Jahangir Hajimohammed Charania$1,622,683−$39,106 (−2.4%)
39Victor De Sousa Pegado$1,601,396−$190,187 (−10.6%)
40Christopher Sandor Pollock$1,600,370+$262,713 (+19.6%)
41Navraj Singh Heran$1,596,653+$321,242 (+25.2%)
42Bryce John Cowan$1,557,425−$33,631 (−2.1%)
43Ravinder Dennis Bhui$1,555,522−$225,109 (−12.6%)
44Peter Zakrzewski$1,550,513−$252,555 (−14.0%)
45Aditya Seth$1,542,943−$13,855 (−0.9%)
46Jeffrey Alan Blicker$1,542,072−$69,663 (−4.3%)
47Byron David Silver$1,523,126−$19,986 (−1.3%)
48Andrew Han Yu$1,504,385+$363,805 (+31.9%)
49David Rex Socrates Neima$1,499,785−$227,603 (−13.2%)
50Kathryn Mary Brown$1,495,211+$111,330 (+8.0%)
51Murray John Erasmus$1,466,781−$156,621 (−9.6%)
52Avash Jeet Singh$1,458,244+$327,998 (+29.0%)
53Osama Gusbi$1,448,309−$39,528 (−2.7%)
54Sonia Niki Yeung$1,443,588−$109,905 (−7.1%)
55Hardeep Singh Mahal$1,434,940+$118,978 (+9.0%)
56Donald W. Anderson$1,434,929+$13,934 (+1.0%)
57David M. Thompson$1,425,978new
58Rajesh Hiralal$1,423,214+$15,920 (+1.1%)
59Stanley Glenn Shortt$1,416,573−$50,942 (−3.5%)
60Leo Ka Ho Mok$1,407,394−$161,773 (−10.3%)
61Steven Schendel$1,402,963+$82,628 (+6.3%)
62Eiman Nasseri$1,386,306−$66,669 (−4.6%)
63Francis Chi Hung Law$1,376,287−$368,411 (−21.1%)
64Iren Kossintseva$1,371,895−$63,776 (−4.4%)
65Leah Arin Wittenberg$1,367,742−$1,720,663 (−55.7%)
66Kulbir Singh Gill$1,365,661+$69,910 (+5.4%)
67Roger Karl Philipp$1,355,621−$41,588 (−3.0%)
68Pargat Singh Bhurji$1,353,234+$140,944 (+11.6%)
69Darren Behn$1,339,437−$56,279 (−4.0%)
70David Tri Ta Kim$1,335,698new
71Pierre Faber$1,330,707−$236,503 (−15.1%)
72Teong Kuan Chuah$1,319,117−$175,873 (−11.8%)
73Cory Lorn Ramstead$1,310,683−$320,907 (−19.7%)
74Olivia Mayin Dam$1,307,526−$139,720 (−9.7%)
75Peter Jelfimow$1,304,768−$160,192 (−10.9%)
76John Paul Lemaitre$1,304,063−$163,871 (−11.2%)
77Harpreet Kaler$1,300,103+$159,316 (+14.0%)
78Perminder Singh Bains$1,290,347−$58,570 (−4.3%)
79Keyvan Hadad$1,289,654+$93,034 (+7.8%)
80Albert Wai Wah Chan$1,281,700−$105,877 (−7.6%)
81Kevin Iain McLeod$1,278,089+$62,872 (+5.2%)
82Elizabeth Joan Hay$1,275,294−$596,232 (−31.9%)
83Nader Hassan Elmayergi$1,274,849−$268,259 (−17.4%)
84Mohammad Bilal Iqbal$1,268,644+$96,535 (+8.2%)
85Iman Hemmati$1,264,961−$154,977 (−10.9%)
86Simon Paul Holland$1,263,091+$4,483 (+0.4%)
87Michael Albert Nikolakis$1,261,708+$387,340 (+44.3%)
88Marius Anton Scheepers$1,253,271−$313,344 (−20.0%)
89Mohammad B. Shokravi$1,246,773+$246,009 (+24.6%)
90Antonio Alvaro Carlos Menezes$1,240,121−$25,813 (−2.0%)
91Siu Him Chan$1,238,863+$53,230 (+4.5%)
92John Francis J. Kinahan$1,237,774+$339,664 (+37.8%)
93David Alexander Wood$1,235,330−$18,769 (−1.5%)
94Carolyn Marie Isbister$1,233,253+$3,075 (+0.2%)
95Matthew Camil Bujak$1,230,843+$329,935 (+36.6%)
96Karen Hoi Yan Chu$1,217,997−$41,784 (−3.3%)
97Li Ming Huang$1,208,897−$31,393 (−2.5%)
98George Jen Wei Mak$1,198,760−$1,026 (−0.1%)
99Barend Nathan Zack$1,195,302−$268,496 (−18.3%)
100Brian Alan Nelson$1,194,105−$102,609 (−7.9%)

Questions and answers

How many people were on the 2021 Doctors' MSP Payments?

12,035 people paid $25,000 or more in 2021, −0.1% on 2020 (12,052 people).

Who was the highest paid on the 2021 list?

Eduardo Vitor Navajas, at Medical Services Plan, with a salary of $3,335,932.

What was the median payment on the 2021 list?

$213,772, −0.5% on 2020. It is the median of people paid $25,000 or more, not of every public employee.

When was the 2021 Doctors' MSP Payments released?

In 2021. Each list covers the salaries paid in one year and is published after it ends.

What is “gross payments”?

Gross payments for insured services in the fiscal year, as the Medical Services Commission publishes them, before the practice costs (staff, rent, equipment) practitioners pay from them: not a salary or take-home pay. How the lists work

Why is someone not on the list?

Only people paid $25,000 or more in the year are listed, for insured services MSP paid for. Someone paid less that year, or working elsewhere, does not appear.