The clinic had its beginning more than 100 years ago, when Dr. A.B. Hall and Dr. Larry Giovando went into practice together in the then “Village of Nanaimo”, as Hall-Giovando. As other doctors joined them, it became know as Hall-Giovando & Associates. On the retirement of Dr. Hall, the name was changed to Giovando, Cooper, Johnson & Associates, and in 1970, the group name was changed to the Medical Arts Centre.