Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2014-11-20
Invested on: 2015-11-18
For his contributions to advancing rural medicine in Canada as a small-town family physician and as a driving force behind the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada.
Keith MacLellan has made an instrumental contribution to improving health care in rural communities. A long-time physician in the Pontiac region of Quebec, he co-founded the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada in recognition of the unique health challenges encountered in the countryside. Striving tirelessly to remedy the disparity in health care provision and outcome between rural and urban settings, he has partnered with medical schools across Canada to develop programs tailored to rural medicine. Still a full-time country doctor, he remains devoted to improving the lives of others.