Our Team

Erin Berukoff, NP

I began my health care career as a Registered Nurse 18 years ago after completing my Diploma in Nursing at BCIT in 2002. I went on to finish my Bachelor of Nursing at UVIC in 2007 and shortly after completed my Emergency Nursing Certificate. Most of my years as a RN where spent on medical/surgical units, ambulatory care and in Emergency. In 2014, I graduated from Athabasca University with my Master’s in Advanced Nursing Practice and began my journey as a Family Nurse Practitioner here in Powell River. I have been providing primary health care services to my patients at Family Tree Health Clinic for almost 5 years.

I am a wife, mother to 2 amazing daughters and a Crossfit enthusiast that enjoys spending time in the outdoors camping, paddle boarding and biking in the spring/summer months and at the rink watching, coaching and playing hockey in the fall/winter months.

Dr. Leta Burechailo, MD

Dr. Leta Burechailo has spent 82% of her life living in (and loving) rural Canada. She completed her medical degree at the University of British Columbia and went on to Thunder Bay, ON to complete McMaster University’s Family Medicine North program. After a decade in general family medicine, Dr. Burechailo turned her clinical spotlight onto adolescent health. She currently has a focussed practice in youth and young adult care, with special interests in team-based care, outreach education, mental health and Youth Clinic work.

Dr. Burechailo is a director with the Powell River Division of Family Practice and has been involved in several community projects to improve youth health care. 

She enjoys Powell River’s outdoor and DIY culture, and loves forest dog walking, biking, canoeing, and hiking with her kids, husband and friends. 

Dr. David May, MD

David is a family doctor working in Powell River BC for  last thirty years.  He also works as an anesthetist and has a consulting practice in palliative care and chronic pain.

He was a member of the PSP chronic pain planning committee and is a member of the Doctors of BC palliative care and Geriatric committee.

He is the board chair of the Powell River Division of Family Practice and a director on the Board of the BC college of Family physicians.
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David loves living in Powell River on the inner coast of British Columbia. He is married with three kids and all of his family members are experts at keeping his ego in check!

Dr. Chris Morwood, MD

Dr. Morwood moved to Powell River in 2002. In addition to his full-scope family practice and leadership roles, he has a passion for community health and wellness projects. He and his wife are thrilled to be raising their two children here (now teens), and continue to love and enjoy the area.

Dr. Chris Naylor, MD

Chris is excited to have moved to Powell River last year with his family after working and living in the Yukon for the last 7 years.  Other than full service family medicine, he has a passion for providing comprehensive maternity care and also an interest in healthcare technology.  He shares his medical practice with his wife Amy.  He's excited about the gardening potential the coast brings and is enjoying exploring our beautiful beaches, trails and waterways with his wife and two young children.  

Dr. Amy Sawchuk, MD

Amy is thrilled to be back in her home town of Powell River after working and living in the Yukon for the last 7 years. ​She enjoys the diversity of full service family medicine and sharing a practice with her husband, Chris Naylor. Her passion is for maternity care and looks forward to growing this practice again. When not busy in medicine she is challenged by raising her two children, spending time with her extended family here and exploring the great outdoors that Powell River surrounds her with. 

Dr. Svetlana Skobkareva, MD

Dr. Svetlana Skobkareva is a family doctor who enjoys caring for her patients in different stages of their lives. She however has a special place in her heart for her maternity and postpartum patients and their newborn babies. She was born and trained in St-Petersburg, Russia but also completed St-Paul’s Hospital family medicine residency in Vancouver.

Due to her family circumstances, she will unfortunately be leaving Family Tree Health team to move to the Lower Mainland where she will continue practicing family medicine.  Most of her patients will be continued cared for by her colleagues at the Family Tree Health and some by Dr. Nick White and Katie Scoular at the Marine Medical Clinic.

Due to the current COVID 19 pandemic, she will be in Powell River a little longer than initially planned and will be available to help her colleagues out where needed for the month of May.  We will miss her!

Dr. Sally Watson, MD

Dr. Sally Watson started out in Wales. Following graduation from Manchester Medical School, England she completed her General Practice training in the UK.
She emigrated to Powell River with her family over 13 years ago, enticed by the outdoor adventures.
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When not at the office she is at the beach- enjoying windsurfing and kitesurfing right here in Powell Riviera!