Rosemary Moodie
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Rosemary Moodie | |
|---|---|
| Canadian Senator from Ontario | |
| Assumed office December 12, 2018 | |
| Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
| Appointed by | Julie Payette |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 24, 1956 |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies (MBBS) University of Toronto (MBA) Queen's University at Kingston (MPP) |
Rosemary Moodie OOnt is a Canadian neonatal physician who was appointed to the Senate of Canada on December 12, 2018. Moodie is a neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and Professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto's Department of Pediatrics.
Rosemary Moodie was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica.[1][2] She attended St. Hugh's High School, and then completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of the West Indies (1982).[2][3] She pursued post-graduate studies in Pediatric and Neonatal medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children.[2][3] She has also completed an MBA at the University of Toronto (2001) and a Master's in Public Policy and Administration at Queen's University.[1][2][4]
Career
Moodie has been practicing as a neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children for over 24 years, and is a Professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto's Department of Pediatrics.[1][2] Moodie is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Academy of Paediatrics.[3]
Moodie has previously served as the former corporate chief of paediatrics and medical director of the Rouge Valley Health System's regional maternal child program, a board director at St. Joseph's Hospital Centre and now Unity Health, Toronto, a board director of the Scotia Bank Jamaica Foundation, an international surveyor at Accreditation Canada and a healthcare consultant for SickKids International.[1][2][5] During her three-year term as the president and board chair of YWCA Toronto, the YWCA Elm Centre (Canada's largest affordable housing project) was opened.[3][4] She has also served as a torchbearer in the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.[1]
On 12 December 2018, following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's nomination, Julie Payette (the Governor General of Canada) appointed Moodie as an independent senator to fill vacancies in the Senate.[6][7][8] She was chair of the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology in the 45th Canadian Parliament.
Personal life
Moodie is married to Dr. Peter Wong, a pediatric cardiologist and researcher. Moodie has two sons, Nicholas and Jonathan Wong.[9] In 2016, Moodie and her son Jon both received awards from the African Canadian Achievement Awards of Excellence - the first to happen in the organization's 31-year history.[9] She is the daughter of Allenby and Gloria Moodie.