Dr. Tushar Pishe

Dr. Tushar Pishe is the Physician Program Lead for Horizon Health Network’s Emergency Medicine Program. Dr. Pishe has been an emergency physician at the Saint John Regional Hospital and Urgent Care Centre since completing his Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine residencies at Dalhousie University in 2002. He has also held various positions including Medical Education Coordinator, and Director of Emergency Ultrasound.

Dr. Pishe served as Medical Director for Trauma NB from 2016 until 2025, is the Provincial Medical Director of Ambulance and Transport Services and has been associated with the ambulance system for more than 20 years in various roles, including as the local Medical Director for several ambulance services prior to Ambulance New Brunswick. Dr. Pishe has contributed greatly to New Brunswick’s EMS System in his roles as Medical Oversight Physician, and the lead for the Air Ambulance Program, as well as acting as a Trauma Control Physician within Trauma NB.

Dr Pishe is an Assistant Professor with Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS and a Clinical Assistant Professor with Memorial University in Newfoundland. He also earned the Canadian Certified Physician Executive (CCPE) credential, which recognizes and advances physician leadership and excellence through a national, peer-generated, standards-based assessment process based on the tenets of the LEADS in a Caring Environment Capabilities Framework