Robert Michael Boyko, Receives Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal

The Honourable Senator, Dr. Don Meredith, presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to Dr. Boyko MD, CCFP (EM), FCFP at the St. John Council of Ontario Annual Awards dinner on March 22, 2013. Dr. Boyko is the Provincial Medical Advisor of St. John Ambulance in Ontario. He received this award for the development of the Home Caregiver Support Program for caregivers of palliative care patients.

The Parliamentary Committee on Palliative Care recognizes the heroism of compassionate family caregivers who provide 70% - 80% of care in Canadian homes and communities. St. John Ambulance has developed a new Home Caregiver Support Program to address the needs of family caregivers.

Dr. Boyko is widely recognized for his medical skills and contribution to the health needs of our community. Dr. Boyko is not only a Family Physician at the Credit Valley Hospital but Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, Provincial Medical Advisor for St. John Ambulance of Ontario, President of the Ontario Coroners’ Association, Physician of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Medical Director of The Healing Cycle Foundation, Founding Director of the Metro Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre in Toronto, and has a series of publications in the forensic Science Program. The list goes on and on.

Dr. Boyko has been recognized by many honors and awards. Some very notable are Knight of Justice in The Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, Family Medicine Clerkship Award from the University of Toronto, the Physician of the Year Award at the Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga. Here the list goes on as well.

Dr. Robert Boyko is married to Irene Boyko and they have a son Vasil. His wife’s parents, Zenko and Tatiana Matwijiw, were victims of Nazi persecution of Ukrainians as forced labour workers in world War II Germany. Zenko is still alive and enjoys care and support from his son-in-law.

Dr. Robert Boyko is a star of the medical community and a source of great pride to the Ukrainian Canadian Community.

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L. to R.: Senator, Honourable Dr. Don Meredith, presented the Jubilee Medal to Dr. Michael Boyko