Tom Bailey Memorial Award in Family Medicine

Award descriptionAwards totalling $2,300 have been made available through an endowment established by friends, family and colleagues in memory of Tom Bailey (1951-2019) for outstanding first or second-year medical residents in the Department of Family Medicine at the Vancouver Island site. Tom (B.Sc. 1973, M.D. 1976) was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and spent his childhood in British Columbia, Ontario and the United Kingdom. After receiving his medical degree from UBC, he completed his residency in family medicine at Dalhousie University in 1978, and returned to British Columbia to open a family practice in Victoria. Tom served as the Medical Director for Residential Services with the Vancouver Island Health Authority from 2002 to 2019, and was President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada from 2006 to 2007. He was also a clinical associate professor in the UBC Department of Family Practice and an associate professor in the Division of Medical Sciences at the University of Victoria. This award was established in recognition of Toms forty-year career as a family physician and his service to his profession. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Department of Family Medicine.