New York City, New York Dec 7, 2022 (Issuewire.com) - Named a Top Family Doctor in 2021 and 2022, Dr. McKenzie was the Chief Medical Officer of Mountain Valleys Health Centers of Burney, California where he oversaw 7 medical clinics as well as 3 dental clinics, as well as served as a geriatrician/ adult and family physician 3 days a week.
Prior to that, he served as Medical Director for Hemet Valley Medical Center where he served a small rural retirement community of 30,000 in south Riverside County where for over 25 years, he also was in private practice providing adult/ geriatric medicine, providing full practice medicine, starting in the hospital at 0600, his clinic at 0800 and many hours of volunteerism, serving as the High school sports physician, working the Police Activity League boxing tournament, doing house calls and Skilled Nursing Home visits on weekends and serving as Sunday School teacher for his Church.
Currently, he is now affiliated with Mayers Memorial Hospital District, working in their newly formed rural clinic.
In Canada, Dr. McKenzie graduated with his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta in 1993.
Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility.
An expert in his field, Dr. McKenzie has been the recipient of many awards and honors, including Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2020, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010), Top 10 Doctor - Metro Area (2014), Patients’ Choice 5th Anniversary Award (2015, 2014, 2013), Patients’ Choice Award (2020, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009), On-Time Doctor Award (2020, 2014), Compassionate Doctor Award - 5 Year Honoree (2018, 2015, 2014), and Top 10 Doctor - State (2014).
He also graduated Summa Cum laude, but only wanted to be a small-town doctor after being raised on the family ranch, homesteaded by his grandparents after moving there from Missouri. On the ranch, he worked beside his father who taught him the virtuousness of hard work that then allowed him to succeed and move up quickly working on the Oil drilling rigs, earning the money to put himself through medical school.
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