Last month, Fairfield resident Dr. Jim Buck was awarded the 2022 Lifetime Achievement award from the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP). 

Dr. Buck, the current Medical Director at Jefferson County Health Center, has been practicing medicine since he graduated from medical school at the University of Minnesota in 1979. He received his pre-med education from Harvard. 

The Lifetime Achievement Award is given annually to family physicians who are Iowa residents, in good standing with the Academy for at least 15 years, involved in community service activities, and a role model for others in the medical field. 

Dr. Buck humbly called it an award for “lifetime involvement”. For him, the job is all about the relationships formed between doctor and patient. “When you know people well over a length of time with the numerous hats we all wear in our closely knit communities, these relationships can become a sacred bond.”

The award was given at the IAFP Annual Awards and Installation Banquet in West Des Moines on October 28.