A rurally trained family physician who pairs clinical medicine with business, teaching, and leadership — currently providing locum care in rural and remote Alberta.
Brenden graduated with honours in chemistry (BSc) before completing a combined MD/MBA degree and residency training in Family Medicine (CCFP) at the University of Alberta. During his studies he contributed to multiple peer-reviewed academic publications.
Along the way he has been certified across a range of clinical domains — including point-of-care ultrasound — the kind of versatility rural medicine demands.
Graduated with honours; contributor to peer-reviewed academic publications.
Combined doctor of medicine and master of business administration.
Rural-focused residency training, University of Alberta.
Certified across multiple clinical domains, including POCUS.
While in training, Brenden served on various university committees and as the elected representative for Arts & Humanities in Health and Medicine. His leadership contributions have been recognized through several awards.
He has consulted for non-profit, healthcare-adjacent organizations — and was a member of the winning team at an international healthcare competition.
Member of the winning team — and the one who pitched the winning solution to Pfizer.
Brenden brings significant teaching and mentoring experience, in both group and individual settings. He has tutored across the sciences and the arts, and mentored children and adolescents in settings ranging from academic to leisure.
It shows up in the exam room: care that explains itself, and appointments that don't feel rushed.
Brenden enjoys entrepreneurship — he contributed to the creation of a successful e-commerce brand and is an angel investor in a local start-up software company. That same builder's instinct is why Anuvi exists: a clinic owned and shaped by its physicians.
Brenden lives in Alberta. When he's not in clinic, you'll find him:
"We're still reminiscing about the 70th annual Family Medicine Summit — and don't think we could have summed it up better than Dr. Brenden Kunimoto does." — Summit Planning Committee