Kieran Moore
Kieran Moore | |
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 Moore in 2021 | |
| Chief Medical Officer of Health | |
| Assumed office June 26, 2021[1] | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | David Williams |
| Medical Officer of Health for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington | |
| In office July 1, 2017[2] – June 6, 2021[3] | |
| Preceded by | Ian Gemmill[2] |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Guan (acting)[4] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kieran Michael Moore Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation |
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Kieran Michael Moore is a Canadian physician and public servant who serves as the current chief medical officer of health of Ontario.[7][8] Prior to his appointment, he served as the medical officer of health for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington from 2017 to 2021.[2][9]
Education
[edit]Moore graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Ottawa in 1985, specializing in family and emergency medicine.[7] He also holds a Masters of Public Health degree from Queen's University and a Master of Science degree in disaster medicine from the University of Brussels, in collaboration with the World Health Organization.[6]
He holds diplomas in sports medicine, Tropical medicine, hygiene, and humanitarian assistance, as well as completed a fellowship in Public Health & Preventive Medicine at Queen's University sanctioned by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.[10]
Career
[edit]Medical Officer of Health of Kingston
[edit]Moore served at Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health as Associate Medical Officer of Health from 2011 to 2017[2] and as Medical Officer of Health from 2017 to 2021.[11]
Educator and Lyme disease research
[edit]Moore is an adjunct professor in the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine at Queen's University.[12] He performs research on the prevention, detection and surveillance of Lyme disease through the Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network.[10] He also served on Pfizer's Lyme Disease Advisory Board.[13] He was formerly program director of the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program at Queen's University.[2]
COVID-19 pandemic
[edit]As well as serving as Medical Officer of Health for his region, Moore also sat on the COVID-19 vaccine task-force for the province during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario and the province's participation in the nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.[5] On March 12, 2021, he delivered a presentation to the Ontario College of Family Physicians titled "The COVID-19 Vaccine: Newly approved vaccines, public health collaboration, and more” as a part of a series called “Changing the Way We Work” co-sponsored by the University of Toronto.[13]
Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health
[edit]On 30 May 2021, Moore replaced David Williams as the chief medical officer of health of Ontario.[1][3][11] Moore commissioned the creation of the Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee (OIAC), tasked with advising Public Health Ontario on implementation of immunization programs in the province, including COVID-19 vaccines.[14]
Moore rolled out his vaccine policy in August 2021. The "bare minimum" policy affected hospitals, community-care services and schools. Staff and students were required to have "proof of vaccination.. or agree to be tested at least once a week".[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ontario To Appoint New Chief Medical Officer of Health". May 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Kieran Moore appointed Medical Officer of Health for KFL&A Public Health". March 2, 2017.
- ^ a b "Kingston's medical officer of health set to be named Ontario's top doctor". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Acting Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Hugh Guan, provides COVID-19 update for KFL&A". June 17, 2021.
- ^ a b "Ontario names new Chief Medical Officer of Health". torontosun.
- ^ a b "Kieran Moore | KHSC Kingston Health Sciences Centre". kingstonhsc.ca.
- ^ a b "Ontario names new Chief Medical Officer of Health". torontosun. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Ontario is replacing Dr. David Williams, its chief medical officer of health. Meet Dr. Kieran Moore". thestar.com. May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Report: Dr Kieran Moore leaving KFL&A Public Health, named Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health – Kingston News". May 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network | Kieran Moore Bio".
- ^ a b "Ontario to name new chief medical officer of health, replacing Dr. David Williams - CityNews Toronto". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Moore | Department of Emergency Medicine | School of Medicine | Queen's University". emergencymed.queensu.ca. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Changing the Way We Work". University of Toronto. March 12, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ "Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee (OIAC)". Public Health Ontario. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- ^ "Disagreement over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines creates rift between Toronto Police Service, police association". The Globe and Mail. August 24, 2021.