Hearing him talk about his life tells you that. After completing his BSc and medical school at U of A, Ramsahoye joined the military to "live the adventure." Alberta didn't have a rural program at that time so he did his residency training in a rural military program with the first year in Victoria and the second in Quesnel and Vanderhoof, B.C.

Adventure was surely what Ramsahoye got with his military experience. Following his residency training, he was posted to Wainwright from 1997 to 2001.  Over those few short years, he served during the Quebec ice storm, became a flight surgeon (aerospace medicine) and spent five months in Bosnia.  And as if those adventures weren't enough, in his time off from the military he also covered for other physicians in communities surrounding Wainwright and through the Rural Locum Program.  In 2001, Ramsahoye left military service and became a civilian military contractor continuing to cover emergencies and working with the Rural Locum Program.

"Then in 2003, I decided to go back to do anesthesia to pick up new skills and do something academic," says Ramsahoye. "I thought those skills would be an alternate skill set I could offer to the community."  Ramsahoye's RPAP-sponsored Enrichment training included three months of practice at each of Edmonton's four major hospitals.

Since returning to Wainwright, Ramsahoye has established a non-traditional practice.  Together with the other GP anesthetist in town, he established an epidural service, provides anesthetic cover for Wainwright and also does anesthetic locums in Drumheller, Vermilion and Vegreville.  His work schedule includes on call or outpatients one to two days per week, anesthesia on average one day per week, and clinic or family practice at the military base the rest of the week.

"I think that my new anesthesia skills help to break up my practice so that it's always varied -  you know that you are doing something different a day or two per week. This anesthesia training was the most helpful thing that I've done for my emergency skills because a lot of rural emergency work is resuscitation, stabilization and transport. That's what anesthesia is all about," continued Ramsahoye. "If a person goes back for enrichment training, it makes them more attractive and marketable in rural communities which are lacking those skills.  Enrichment training gives a person a wide range of employment opportunities."

Ramsahoye's family includes his wife Shellene, daughter Maya (3) and son Mitch (9 months).