The Department of Family Medicine McMaster University Presents the 12th Annual Carl Moore Lectureship

The joys and challenges of Rural practice and the perspective of being From Away

Presented By:  Dr. Mohamed Ravalia

 

Dr. Mohamed Ravalia was born and trained in Zimbabwe and first came to Canada in 1984 to fill a family practice locum in Arcola, Saskatchewan. Later that same year he moved to  Twillingate, Newfoundland as a family physician and anesthesiologist at the Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital. He completed the residency program in anesthesia at Memorial’s Faculty of Medicine in 1988 and practiced in various  communities in the province before settling in Twillingate where he is the senior physician and a popular teacher with medical students and residents. He has twice received the Community Physician Teaching Award from the graduating class of medical students.

Dr. Ravalia’s areas of interest include primary care reform, care of the elderly and chronic disease management. He has combined exemplary care for his patients with commitments to teaching and introducing innovative  approaches to the delivery of primary care and family practice services in Twillingate for the past 25 years.

In 2004, Dr. Ravalia was honored by the College of Family Physicians of Canada as one of ten national recipients of the Family Physicians of the Year award. He is also a recipient of the Donald I. Rice Award, which recognizes an outstanding CFPC family physician member for exceptional contributions to teaching and leadership. Dr. Ravalia currently holds the position of family physician at the Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital in Twillingate and has also been featured on CBC Radio.