Dr. Elizabeth Hillman grew up in Northern Ontario with no roads, schools, or health care. She and her family lived in a retired railway car that was converted into a schoolhouse; the schoolhouse traveled to a different town each week, where her parents would teach the children of local workers. Dr. Hillman went on to […]
Dr. Robert J. Wedel graduated with the University of Calgary’s second medicine class in 1974. He completed a family practice residency at Dalhousie University and then moved to Taber, Alberta, where he has maintained an active family practice for more than 30 years. He received a Fellowship in Palliative Care from the University of Alberta […]
Dr. C. Ruth Wilson is a professor of family medicine at Queen’s University, where she was chair of the Department of Family Medicine for 10 years. From 2001 to 2004, she served as chair of the Ontario Family Health Network, a provincial government agency created to implement primary care reform in Ontario. This effort laid […]
Dr Cyril Moyse, from Summerside, Prince Edward Island (PEI), was nominated by his colleagues to recognize and celebrate his outstanding commitment to family medicine throughout his 42-year career. Dr Moyse received his medical degree from Dalhousie University in 1972. In 1977, he earned his certification in family medicine from the College of Family Physicians of […]
Dr Jody Woolfrey’s distinguished medical career has been focused in Botwood, Newfoundland, where he has a comprehensive community-based practice that includes emergency medicine, long-term care, palliative care, care of the elderly, and most recently, opioid use disorder management. A medical graduate of Memorial University, Dr Woolfrey received his certification in family medicine from the College […]
Dr. Paul Rainsberry holds an MA in philosophy and a PhD in philosophy of education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He spent 38 years as Director of Education for the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Ian McWhinney Family Medicine Education Award This award is […]
In 1969, Dr. Brian Hennen was one of the first 12 people to acquire the CCFP designation. Over the course of his career, he has led the Family Medicine Departments at both Dalhousie University and Western University, and was the Dean of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. He was the first chair of the […]
Dr. Ellen Rosenberg completed both her medical degree and her family medicine residency at McGill University, where she is currently Associate Professor in Family Medicine. Her present work translates the strengths and weaknesses of primary care medical services for limited language proficiency patients from the perspectives of the patients, family interpreters, professional interpreters, and family […]
Dr. Howard Bergman is chair of the Department of Family Medicine, Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine, and Oncology, and the first Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Professor of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University. The main thrust of Dr. Bergman’s work has been to link research with policy change in the fields of aging, chronic disease, and frailty, […]
In addition to maintaining a large family practice, Dr. Mark Yaffe was an early inductee into the McGill Faculty of Medicine Honour Roll for teaching excellence, and a recipient of the Quebec College of Family Physicians’ Award of Excellence. His work on elder abuse is acknowledged internationally. He led an interdisciplinary team that developed and […]
