Former islander Derek Landon Bigler, M.D., age 38, died Feb. 10 at his home in San Francisco, Calif.

He was born Sept. 14, 1964 in Bellevue. He graduated from Bainbridge High School, St. Mary’s College in California, and St. George’s University School of Medicine.

He completed his residency at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., and worked as an emergency physician at Kaiser hospitals in south San Francisco, Redwood City, and Hayward, Calif., St. Mary’s Hospital, San Mateo County General, and Sutter Health in Clear Lake.

He was an avid snow and water skier, a fast driver and a storyteller with “an endlessly and honestly curious mind.”

He is survived by his father Edward (Sandy) Bigler of Bend, Ore., and mother Carole (John) Lister of Kirkland; siblings Kjel, Blake and Chris (Terri) Bigler, James (Stephanie) and John, Jr. (Andrea) Lister, Kathryn Lister, Kari (John) Moscarillo; numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins; and by his fiancee Kimberly Faires of San Francisco.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, stepfather John, brother Jason and sister Kelly.

Memorials can be made to the American Heart Association, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Services were held Feb. 13 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco, followed by a private burial.