Dr Anthon Meyer from Fort St. James has been named the 2015 Family Physician of the Year for British Columbia by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Dr Meyer provides comprehensive care to rural, remote, and First Nations communities. Originally from South Africa, he’s also worked in northern Manitoba where he established a general practice with ER skills and served as a fly-in family physician.

Dr Meyer relocated to Fort St. James where he serves as medical director of the Fort St. James Medical clinic and practises family medicine and emergency care through his role as a family physician with Stuart Lake General Hospital.

Dr Meyer is also the founder of Amdocs, a unique primary care model that has led to the recruitment of health care providers and the establishment of full-service, rural general practices with ER skills in the Inuit and First Nations communities in northern Manitoba and Ontario.

Canada’s Family Physicians of the Year are 10 dedicated family doctors, one from each province, recognized for providing exceptional care to patients, contributing to the well-being of their communities, and committing themselves as researchers and educators to future generations of family doctors.

Family Physicians of the Year receive the Reg L. Perkin Award. The award recipients embody the four principles of family medicine: they are skilled clinicians; they are community-based; they serve as resources for those in their community; and they value the patient-doctor relationship.