Dr. David Moores is an academic family physician at the University of Alberta. Having He graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1973 and completed a three-year Family Medicine Residency programme at Queens University in Kingston, obtaining his Certification in Family Medicine (CCFP) in 1976. Having completed a GP Anaesthesia Program at the Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton, he and his family moved to Frobisher Bay (Iqaluit) on Baffin Island where he practiced for two years. He then returned to Memorial University of Newfoundland where he was the Assistant Director of the Family Practice Teaching Unit, Assistant Dean for Continuing Medial Education and Associate Dean for Professional Affairs. In 1986 he was award Fellowship (FCFP) by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. In 1990 he accepted the position of Professor and Chair of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta. In 1993/94 he became President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

In addition to his academic responsibilities, he provides 4-5 half days per week of comprehensive clinical services and home/hospice services for palliative care patients at the Royal Alexandra Family Medicine Centre part of the Edmonton Oliver Primary Care Network. In 2000 he received a Career Renewal Grant from the Alberta Heritage Foundation of Medical Research and independent peer reviewed funding (Alberta Health and Alberta Medical Association) for the conduct of the Family Practice Quality and Capacity (FPQC) Study. This study formed the basis of his M.Sc. Research Thesis at the Health Service Management Centre, School of public Policy, University of Birmingham. Many of Alberta’s primary care initiatives developed in the 2000s (PCNs) are based on the FPQC study.

Dr. Moores’ current interests are in the quality and safety of family practice/primary care services. He is the Quality Health Services Lead for the Dept. of Family Medicine. He and Mirella Chiodo developed the first Family Medicine Educational and Training Objectives in Canada and they were instituted at the University of Alberta in 2013. He has been trained as a Peer Reviewer and Peer Visitor for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and provides coaching to family physicians facing practice challenges. His interest in improving the consultation/referral process and the relationships between family physicians and specialists/consultants began in 1994.