Okanagan Health Surgical Centre

From 1986 - 1991 Dr. Peterson completed resident training in Plastic Surgery at the University of British Columbia. After successfully completing his specialty exams with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, he undertook additional advanced Fellowship training focusing on Aesthetic Cosmetic Surgery, and Reconstructive Breast Surgery in Nashville, Dallas, San Francisco, New York and Miami. Dr. Peterson is a member in good standing with the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, and serves on the Executive of the Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He is also certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, as well as holding memberships in the American Society of Plastic Surgery, and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Dr. Peterson is the Medical Director of the Okanagan Health Surgical Center.

He successfully completed his specialty exams with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1991. On completion of his Plastic Surgery training, Dr. Valnicek undertook an additional two years of advanced fellowship training. From 1991-1993 he received sub-specialty training in Cosmetic Surgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery as well as Hand and Microsurgery at the Plastic Surgicenter in Saskatoon, the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and the University Of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Valnicek entered practice in Saskatoon in 1993, where he enjoyed a very busy and diverse practice in Reconstructive and Cosmetic Plastic Surgery. He was also part of the Medical School Faculty involved in the training of plastic surgeons and medical students. In 1998 Dr. Valnicek relocated his family and his practice to Kelowna, joining the medical staff of the Kelowna General Hospital as well as the Okanagan Plastic Surgery Centre.

He received his BSc (medicine) and Doctor of Medicine, with distinction, from the University of Saskatchewan in 2000. He completed 5 years of specialty residency training in plastic surgery at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Dr. Miller received awards for excellence in clinical research from both the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Atlantic Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Miller is board certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), having successfully completed his plastic surgery board exams in 2004. Following this, he went on to one year of advanced clinical training at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.