Dr. MacNicol is an anesthesiologist with additional training in interventional pain management and medical education, accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). He began his career at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton and served as the Program Director for the Anesthesiology Residency training program at the University of Alberta from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, Dr. MacNicol moved to Victoria and joined Dr. Daniel Vincent in what would become the Helmcken Pain Clinic. When Dr. Vincent retired in 2020, Dr. MacNicol took over the clinic and under his leadership, it achieved accreditation as a Non-Hospital Medical Surgical Facility under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. Dr. MacNicol is the current chair of the Pain Medicine Physicians of BC Society.
