Jennifer Thomas is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist (Physiatrist) who completed a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Louisville. She joined the practice this year to provide non-operative consultations for patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries. She specializes in soft tissue, bone and joint conditions at Progression MBJ but can also be found doing electrodiagnostic assessments, amputee care and inpatient stroke rehabilitation at Vernon Jubilee Hospital.
Jen is true ‘Vernonite’. After growing up in Vernon she left to pursue her undergraduate degree at Simon Fraser University. While attending SFU she was a two-year captain of the women’s soccer team. She continued her training at St. George’s University, completing her Masters in Public Health and MD. Jen’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency and Sports Medicine fellowship took her and her family to Louisville, Kentucky for 5 years.
Jen and her husband Chris are happy to be setting down roots here in the Okanagan where they can be seen running around after their 2 young daughters.