-
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.
-
I currently work on the front-lines in a COVID-19 screening unit at Waypoint Centre For Mental Health Care.
-
I know the OMA, elected to the OMA Board of Directors for General & Family Practice Assembly and currently sit on the Governance & Nominating Committee
-
As a graduate of the Harvard Medicine and Media program in 2020, I am a strong communicator
-
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:
-
address the fiscal challenges we face
-
build community healthcare infrastructure
-
increase opportunities for capitated models of practice
-
solve the problem of expired health cards
-
ensure regional representation
-
improve engagement with OMA and MOH leadership
-
ensure equity, diversity and inclusion within the profession
Publications (Click To Read Full Article)
-
Only Joy in our Work will Sustain us in COVID-19, Jan 2021 CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca
-
Insecurity and Shame at Work, November 2020, KevinMD.com
-
COVID-19 and the Nurturing of our Souls, June 2020 CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca
-
An Emergency Physicians Spiritual Toolkit to battle COVID-19, March 2020, KevinMD.com
-
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