Welcome to the Department of Family Medicine - Calgary

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Who we are

The Department of Family Medicine (DFM) is a partnership between Alberta Health Services, and the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) –  A community of Family Physicians and Primary Care Providers building collaborative, integrated, and innovative medical homes, responsive to the needs of our population.

We serve communities by:

  • Promoting best practice primary health care and family medicine
  • Enabling our members to build and support patient-centred medical homes
  • Translating innovations in family medicine to our physicians and communities
  • Supporting medical education, credentialing, recruitment, and retention

Come home to family

Learn about postgraduate family medicine at the University of Calgary from our residents and program leaders.

What's Happening

DFM Grand Rounds

Thursday, October 12 at 8am with Dr. Peter Koegler presenting, "Where did we come from, what are we doing here, and where are we going? UCalgary's Rural Adventure!"

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the history of the University of Calgary's Rural Family Medicine Residency Program in Southern Alberta.
  • Identify elements of the current program as well as key individuals involved.
  • Investigate the future of the Rural Family Medicine Residency Program and identify strategies to help it grow

email fmcpd@ucalgary.ca to register.

Fall Together 2023

This free, online half day event is designed for family physician teachers in Undergraduate, Clerkship and Residency programs. 

Whether you teach in the classroom or in a clinical setting you are welcome to attend this unique development opportunity intended to provide current information on fundamental teaching and coaching activities. 

This year's Fall Together features a keynote presentation by Dr. Sonya Lee, Academic Department Head for the Department of Family Medicine, followed by exciting workshops with a range of topics from supporting the learner in difficulty to how to set up a teacher's group.

  • Date: Thursday October 26, 2023
  • Time: 12:30-5:00pm
  • Where: Virtual event on Zoom

Look forward to seeing you there!

Register here

Alberta House Reception at FMF

The Alberta College of Family Physicians along with the University of Alberta and University of Calgary Departments of Family Medicine are pleased to invite you to the Alberta House Reception. Join us at Alberta House on Thursday, November 9th for a wine and cheese reception and good company!

Date:  Thursday, November 9, 2023

Time:  4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Location: Palais des congrès de Montréal, Level 5

RSVP here


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A message from our Department Heads

The Department of Family Medicine (DFM) is comprised of physician services, academic family medicine (with our education, clinical services and research programs), and six clinical sections overseeing service delivery of family medicine related programs in Calgary. We are one Department that is integrated within Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary.

The DFM is focused on modelling the principles of family medicine and the Patient Medical Home through integrated academic and clinical work. Our academic teaching clinics provide care to over 27,000 patients in Calgary. Training future family doctors to be successful and competent practitioners is an endeavour that spans all across the DFM – with preceptors and learners in acute care, urban and rural practices across Southern Alberta. Our clinical sections oversee the varied and complex programs that deliver family medicine care in Calgary’s acute care and community-based Alberta Health Services settings. In all aspects of what we do, the DFM works closely with Primary Care Networks and other primary care stakeholders to develop and support the Patient Medical Home and the primary care health system in the Calgary Zone. These collaborations have resulted in many innovations in patient care, including a unique and highly successful response to COVID-19 management in the community, which minimizes acute care admissions and maximizes safe and appropriate care for Calgarians in their homes.

As a Department, we are committed to improving Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, addressing anti-racism, and working towards decolonization and reconciliation. Our physicians are dedicated to leadership and advocacy - with many contributing to local, provincial, and national organizations to voice the needs of primary care and ensure a strong family medicine presence.

As Department Heads, we are incredibly proud of the work of our member physicians, staff, and learners. We hope you enjoy learning more about our various programs, services, initiatives, and teams.

Dr. Sonya Lee

Academic Department Head
Department of Family Medicine

Dr Vaidya

Dr. Ann Vaidya 

Acting Clinical Department Head
Department of Family Medicine