This Rotary Program will feature Dr. Robert Bailey.

R.J. Bailey is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  A graduate of the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, he finished his internal medicine specialty training at the University of Alberta.

 

Dr. Bailey then became the first fellow of the University of Alberta Gastroenterology training program.  Following that, he was the recipient of the first Canadian Liver Foundation fellowship, which provided support for hepatology training with Dr. Roger Williams at the King's College London. 

 

Dr. Bailey maintains a varied hepatology, gastroenterology and endoscopy practice in Edmonton, Alberta.  He is active in teaching, research, and the delivery of clinical care. 

 

He has been involved as an executive on numerous medical societies and committees, including President of the Alberta Internist Society, President of SIED, Treasurer of Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG), President of Medical Staff of Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Treasurer of OMED, and Endoscopy Chair for the 2005 World Congress of Gastroenterology.  Dr. Bailey is currently Medical Director of the Northern Health Services Network. 

Dr. Bailey has titlesdhis presentation  "A Gastroenterologist in Ethopia - Endoscopy in Evolution" and will focus on highlights of his recent trip to Ethopia.