Dr. Hansen has been a general practitioner in Prescott, Ont. since 1985. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario in 1981 with an Honours degree in Microbiology and Immunology, he was accepted into Western's School of Dentistry, from which he graduated in 1985.
Dr. Hansen served as President of the Brockville Dental Association from 1993 to 2013, and from 2000 to 2013 chaired its Mediations Committee. He represented his component society as Councillor from 2010 to 2013 (and served as an alternate under the previous ODA Board of Governors).
At the ODA, he served on the Fluoride Task Force and the Prioritization of Programs, Services and Products Working Group, and chaired the Information Technology Sub-Committee. He was a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and currently sits on the Governance and Nominating Committee, of which he was Chair from 2018-2019. Dr. Hansen is also a Political Contact Dentist for the Eastern Region.