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I have depth of experience, working alongside family doctors and specialists in the Emergency Department and as a Medical Hospitalist for the last 20 years, primarily at Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital and recently at Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland.
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I currently work on the front-lines in a COVID-19 screening unit at Waypoint Centre For Mental Health Care.
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I know the OMA, elected to the OMA Board of Directors for General & Family Practice Assembly and currently sit on the Governance & Nominating Committee
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As a graduate of the Harvard Medicine and Media program in 2020, I am a strong communicator
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Host of my podcast Intersection, featuring powerful conversations with people from all walks of life.
I oversaw a year of historic governance transformation and critical negotiation work with the Ministry of Health. I know the challenges we face and believe many imperatives must take centre-stage in order for us to thrive in our work and lives:
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address the fiscal challenges we face
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build community healthcare infrastructure
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increase opportunities for capitated models of practice
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solve the problem of expired health cards
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ensure regional representation
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improve engagement with OMA and MOH leadership
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ensure equity, diversity and inclusion within the profession
Publications (Click To Read Full Article)
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Only Joy in our Work will Sustain us in COVID-19, Jan 2021 CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca
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Insecurity and Shame at Work, November 2020, KevinMD.com
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COVID-19 and the Nurturing of our Souls, June 2020 CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca
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An Emergency Physicians Spiritual Toolkit to battle COVID-19, March 2020, KevinMD.com
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Exploration and Assessment of a unique model of care in a secondary level Adult Schedule 1 Psychiatry Unit in Ontario Canada, Healthcare Management Forum March 2017 - Zacharias R