Sheila Baxter, CEO

Sheila Baxter enjoyed a long career as a Registered Nurse after graduating from the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, B.C., Canada. After three decades spanning psychiatry, intermediate care, brain and spinal surgery, post-operative recovery and paramedical nursing, she launched western Canada's first Laser Centers for Health clinic in 1999 and is CEO of the Laser Centers for Health group of treatment centres.

Baxter is a Clinical Nurse Instructor in Laser Therapy and trains health care professionals and others anywhere in the world.

She possesses more than 20 years' experience specializing in addiction treatment, therapy, and education. In 1989, as co-founding member of CODES (Community Organization for Drug Education Services), Baxter was honoured for her tireless efforts to educate adults and teens about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. In the early nineties, she served as Vice Chair of the 14-bed Comox Valley Drug and Alcohol Recovery Centre, and lent her leadership and expertise to several other projects and committees for that centre. Baxter is passionate about freeing people from the grips of addiction, and is dedicated to helping people regain control and optimal health in their lives.