Dr. Breanna Davis. (SMA)

By paNOW Staff

P.A. doctor named SMA’s 2021 Physician of the Year

Nov 6, 2021 | 12:09 PM

The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) named Prince Albert family physician Dr. Breanna Davis as their 2021 Physician of the Year.

“I love what I do and feel so blessed to be given the opportunity to have a job that I am passionate about,” Dr. Davis said in a statement. “As trying as it can be at times, I spend a lot more of my day laughing, I have a pretty boisterous laugh I’m told, with my co-workers and patients.”

Dr. Davis said she is “honoured, surprised, and overwhelmed” to receive the award. She noted every physician and all staff in health care and essential services have worked harder and faced more challenges during the past year than ever before.

“I feel like every one of my colleagues deserves an award for the consistent, competent and compassionate care they provide every day,” Dr. Davis said. “I’ve never been more proud to be a health-care worker and I’ve never felt more like part of a team. To receive this award, in this environment – I feel undeserving, even a bit guilty, but obviously honoured.”

Dr. Davis has worked at the Associate Medical Clinic in Prince Albert for the past 12 years, and is holding a clinic at the Sturgeon Lake First Nation for 11 years. Dr. Davis graduated from the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine in 2007, and completed her residency in Prince Albert in 2009.

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Even though Dr. Davis moved to Melfort, she kept her practice in Prince Albert to continue to care for her patients.

“She genuinely cares about the lives of her patients. I saw her laugh with them, cry with them, and simply be what they needed,” one physician who nominated Dr. Davis for the award said. “I do not believe you could find a better candidate for the SMA Physician of the Year, especially during the pandemic, than Dr. Breanna Davis. She is an inspiration, and I would be proud to be a family physician who is half as amazing as she someday

As lead for the COVID-19 Assessment Centre and hospitalists, Dr. Davis coordinates physicians in both programs established in response to the pandemic. She has also been continuously involved in teaching and precepting medical students and residents.

She received the Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2016, the Clinical Teacher of the Year for Prince Albert by the College of Medicine 2015 graduating class, and Community Teacher of the Year by the Saskatchewan College of Family Physicians in 2014.

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