Biography: Dr. Arun Garg is a senior physician in the province of British Columbia who is recognized for contributing linkages between Canada and India, his country of origin. As a pathologist he was as Medical Director of Lab Medicine and Pathology at Royal Columbian Hospital in 1997 and became the regional director after the hospital was merged into the Fraser Health region. He has served as the British Columbia Medical Association (BCMA) board chair and president. As a member of the board for the Canadian Medical Association, he also chaired its Council on Health Policy and Economics and a task force which developed the position paper “Prescription for Sustainability” for presentation to the federal Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada. He has received an honorary doctorate from BCIT 2010. In 2011, he received the BCMA’s inaugural Don Rix Leadership Award. The Vancouver Sun newspaper listed him in 2008 as one of the 100 most influential Indo-Canadians in the province. He has received many other awards including Drishti award for leadership in Health services 2015, Lifetime achievement award of CAPIH. UBC department of Pathology awarded its highest honour offer lifetime service and awarded Dr Dave Hardwick service award in 2018. During the celebration of INDIA’S 75 YEARS. High Commission of India and Maneesh Media honored Arun in their 75 Jewels LIST in April 2022.