Ennis Award in Medicine for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Award descriptionAwards totalling $1,850 have been made available through an endowment established by an estate gift from Dr. Jeffrey H. Ennis (1954-2019) for outstanding medical residents who are focusing on the management of non-cancer pain. Dr. Ennis (M.D., M.S.W.) received his medical degree from and completed his psychiatry residency at McMaster University. He used insights from his own efforts to manage chronic pain from Ehler-Danlos Syndrome and an immunologic disorder that resulted in multiple surgeries to guide his psychiatry practice, which focused on the treatment of non-cancer pain. Dr. Ennis was a Clinical Assistant Professor at McMaster University, where he founded the Ennis Centre for Pain Management. In 2015, he opened a second office of the Centre in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia and in 2016 joined the UBC Department of Psychiatry as a Clinical Instructor. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Department of Psychiatry.