Kieran Moore
Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health
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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]
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] |
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| Born | Kieran Michael Moore Ontario, Canada |
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Education
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
Medical Officer of Health of Kingston
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
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
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
On May 30, 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]