Kieran Moore

Kieran Moore is a Canadian physician who is the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario.[4][5] From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington.[6]

Kieran Moore
Moore in 2021
Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health
Assumed office
June 26, 2021
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byDavid Williams
Chief Medical Officer of Health for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington
In office
2011 – June 17, 2021[1]
Preceded byIan Gemmill
Succeeded byHugh Guan (acting)
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Ottawa M.D.[2]
Queen's University M.P.H.
University of Brussels/World Health Organization MSc Disaster medicine[3]
OccupationPhysician

Education

Moore graduated with a M.D. from the University of Ottawa in 1985, specializing in family and emergency medicine.[4] He also holds a Masters of Public Health from Queen's University and a MSc in Disaster medicine from the University of Brussels in collaboration with the World Health Organization.[3]

He holds diplomas in Sports medicine, Tropical medicine & hygiene, and humanitarian assistance and completed a fellowship in Public Health & Preventive Medicine at Queen's University sanctioned by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.[7]

Career

Medical Officer of Health of Kingston

Moore served as Medical Officer of Health of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Ontario[8] since 2011 until 26 June 2021.[9]

He is also the Medical Officer of Health of the Department of Emergency and Family Medicine of Queen's University and the Program Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Queen's University.[10]

Educator and Lyme disease research

Moore is a Professor of Family and Emergency Medicine at Queen's University. He performs research on the prevention, detection and surveillance of Lyme disease.[7]

COVID-19 pandemic

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.[2]

Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario

On May 31, 2021, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Moore as the replacement to Dr. David WIlliams as the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario. Moore assumed the role on June 26, 2021.[9]

References
  1. https://www.kingstonist.com/news/acting-medical-officer-of-health-dr-hugh-guan-provides-covid-19-update-for-kfla/
  2. "Ontario names new Chief Medical Officer of Health". torontosun.
  3. "Kieran Moore | KHSC Kingston Health Sciences Centre". kingstonhsc.ca.
  4. "Ontario names new Chief Medical Officer of Health". torontosun. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  5. "Ontario is replacing Dr. David Williams, its chief medical officer of health. Meet Dr. Kieran Moore". thestar.com. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  6. "Report: Dr Kieran Moore leaving KFL&A Public Health, named Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health – Kingston News". May 30, 2021.
  7. "Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network | Kieran Moore Bio".
  8. "Kingston's medical officer of health set to be named Ontario's top doctor". Global News. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  9. "Ontario to name new chief medical officer of health, replacing Dr. David Williams - CityNews Toronto". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  10. "Moore | Department of Emergency Medicine | School of Medicine | Queen's University". emergencymed.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
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