NORTH CAIR MEDICAL SUPPLIES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Registered Respiratory Therapist
Alea grew up in Yellowknife but left the North after graduating high school to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology. She quickly changed career paths when she realized her passion was to help others in the medical field and became a Respiratory Therapist.
After graduating from SAIT's Respiratory Therapy program in 2020, Alea worked at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary throughout the COVID pandemic. As the world began to open again, she travelled back to the North and started her work with North Cair.
Alea is happy to be working in the North again, a place that will always feel like home.
Job Titles:
- Registered Polysomnographic Technologist ( RPSGT )
Caitlin, a Vancouver Island native, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2016. Her senior research project in electroencephalography sparked her interest in the sleep field and led her to start working in a sleep lab where she conducted overnight studies. After hours of clinical experience to obtain her RPSGT designation, she then transitioned to helping patients in a homecare setting. In her free time, she immerses herself in the island life, enjoying beach outings with her wiener dogs and tending to her vegetable garden in the warmer months. She is very happy to be joining the North Cair team and serving her Oceanside community.
Job Titles:
- Registered Respiratory Therapist
Dan founded North Cair Medical Supplies Inc. in 2004. He believes that every client is unique, so he prioritizes gaining a solid understanding of which equipment is best for each individual and setting.
Dan is committed to meeting the individual needs of each client while providing quality, affordable respiratory healthcare for everyone.
Originally from Montreal, Marlene has called Yellowknife home since January 2017. Her family grew since Marlene and her husband moved and they now have two daughters who are both real Northerners!
Speaking only French since her early age, Marlene decided to travel and see the world. It was only in 2011 that she could really say she became fluent in English … albeit with an accent!
Her two little girls go to l'Ecole Allain St-Cyr and will soon become bilingual even though Marlene's family only speaks French at home!
Job Titles:
- Registered Respiratory Therapist
Melissa always knew she wanted to work in the healthcare field and after being diagnosed with asthma as a teenager, it became clear that Respiratory Therapy was her chosen career path. She attended Dalhousie University in Halifax where Melissa obtained her Respiratory Therapy Diploma in 2004, then gained a Bachelor of Health Sciences Degree in 2005.
Following her graduation, she returned home to New Brunswick working in both Critical Care and Home Care environments.
Since 2012 she has called the Northwest Territories home, working first at Stanton Territorial Hospital before joining the North Cair team.
Job Titles:
- Registered Respiratory Therapist
Shea was born and raised here in Yellowknife. He was first hired by North Cair Medical as a respiratory therapy summer student in 2009. After graduating from SAITs Respiratory Therapy program in 2011, he worked in acute care for 2 years and the Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary.
Missing the north, Shea moved back to Yellowknife in 2013 to work full time for North Cair and pursue his dream of building an off grid cabin in the woods. He now lives on the Ingraham Trail in an home with his wife, brand new baby boy, and their chihuahua Marge.