Honourable Jane Philpott announced as incoming dean, Faculty of Health Sciences

| 11 Feb 2020

Queen’s University is appointing the Honourable Jane Philpott as the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine for a five-year term effective July 1, 2020. Dr. Philpott will also serve as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO) and represent Queen’s University in its relations with partner hospitals as well as the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Long-Term Care. This appointment follows a comprehensive search process co-chaired by Interim Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Tom Harris and SEAMO Board Chair George Thomson.

Dr. Philpott is an accomplished family physician, educator, and global health champion, and is best known for having held several senior cabinet positions with the Government of Canada. Elected as the Member of Parliament for Markham-Stouffville in 2015, she served in a number of prominent federal cabinet roles, including as Minister of Health, Minister of Indigenous Services, President of the Treasury Board, and Minister of Digital Government. She currently serves as Special Adviser on Health for Nishnawbe Aski Nation, an organization representing 49 First Nation communities across Treaty 5 and Treaty 9 in northern Ontario.

Prior to entering politics, Dr. Philpott spent over 30 years in family medicine and global health. She spent the first decade of her career in Niger, West Africa, where she provided clinical care to patients and training to community health workers.

In 2008, Dr. Philpott joined the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and then became Chief of Family Medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital in 2008. She also founded a campaign that raised close to $5 million for people in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS, and helped to create the first family medicine training program in Ethiopia.

Dr. Philpott received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Western Ontario. She completed a Family Medicine residency at the University of Ottawa and a Tropical Medicine fellowship at the University of Toronto. She later earned her Master of Public Health from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.

The Principal and the Provost extend their gratitude to Dr. Richard Reznick for his exceptional tenure as dean, and to the following individuals on Principal’s Advisory Committee for their thoughtful advice and perspective.

Dale Engen	Clinical Teachers’ Association of Queen’s President, Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Marcia Finlayson	Vice-Dean (Health Sciences) and Director, Rehabilitation Therapy
Leslie Flynn	Vice-Dean, Education, Faculty of Health Sciences
Tom Harris (Co-Chair)	Interim Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
Kanonhsyonne (Janice Hill)	Associate Vice-Principal (Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation)
Jasmine Khan	MD/PhD Student
David Pichora	President and Chief Executive Officer, Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Stephanie Simpson	Associate Vice-Principal (Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion)
Steven Smith	Director of Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Erna Snelgrove-Clarke	Vice-Dean (Health Sciences) and Director, School of Nursing Designate
Lori Stewart (Secretary)	Executive Director, Office of the Provost and Vice Principal (Academic)
Cathy Szabo	Chief Executive Officer, Providence Care
Chandrakant Tayade	Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, Faculty of Health Sciences
George Thomson (Co-Chair)	Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization, Board Chair
Alex Troiani	Nursing Science Society Senator

Honourable Jane Philpott announced as incoming dean, Faculty of Health Sciences

Honourable Jane Philpott announced as incoming dean, Faculty of Health Sciences

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