Dr. Scott McKay
Position: Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Department Head of Family Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)
Chief of Family Medicine at St. Jospeh’s Health Care London (SJHC)
Office: WCPHFM 1008A
Phone: 519.685.8500
Email: smckay28@uwo.ca
Dr. McKay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and has been a faculty member in the Department since 2004. He became Chair of the Department in 2022. He also currently serves as the Department Head of Family Medicine at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and the Chief of Family Medicine at St. Jospeh’s Health Care London (SJHC). He is a past Associate Chair and Undergraduate Education Director in the Schulich Department of Family Medicine.
Dr. McKay obtained his Doctor in Medicine in 2002 and completed his residency in Family Medicine at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry in 2004. He holds a certificate of added competence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada in Care of the Elderly.
Dr. McKay has been a front-line family physician for over 20 years providing cradle to grave, comprehensive care. He started practicing in Sarnia in 2004 and since 2008 Dr. McKay has worked at the Byron Family Medical Centre in London. His past leadership roles have included serving as the Primary Care Co-Lead for the Southwest Local Health Integration Network (2013 – 2016), the Physician Quality Lead for the Thames Valley Family Health Team (2018 – 2022), and the LHSC Medical Advisory Committee Chair (2019 – 2022). Additionally, Dr. McKay served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer Society London & Middlesex from 2016 to 2021 where he received the Jan Greene Award for Outstanding Volunteerism in 2020.
Dr. McKay’s teaching and academic focus is on Quality Improvement in health care. He has been involved in designing Quality Improvement courses and curriculum for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medicine, as well as a national curriculum for practicing physicians delivered through the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). In 2017, Dr. McKay was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Canadian Association for Medical Education, as well as an Award of Excellence from The College of Family Physicians Canada for his work in medical education and quality improvement.
