Kaighley Brett
President

Kaighley Brett is a family physician and serves as a Consultant in Diving and Submarine Medicine (CDSM) with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) since completing a BScMedScHons (Underwater Medicine) through Stellenbosch University (2017), and a fellowship in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (2018) and a Master’s in Leadership in Healthcare Organizations (2019) through the University of California, San Diego. As a CAF CDSM, she supports undersea operations, acts as course director for dive medicine training, and participates in shaping national medical policy for CAF divers and submariners. She currently serves on the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons AFC Hyperbaric Medicine committee, the UHMS Education committee, and the Canadian Association of Wilderness Medicine Conference Planning committee. She previously served as the Head of CAF School of Operational Medicine at the Canadian Forces Environmental Medicine Establishment, responsible for the provision of undersea and aerospace medicine courses. She has also served as the CUHMA BoD President-Elect (2022-2024) and the UHMS BoD Vice-President (2020-2022).