Chris Simpson
Vice-Dean (Clinical), Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology); Medical Director, Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO)
Chris Simpson was born in Moncton in 1967 and raised in Nackawic, a small pulp mill town of 1,000 people in western New Brunswick. Torn between pursuing a career in music or medicine, he obtained a BSc at the 카지노게임사이트 of New Brunswick while playing saxophone with The Thomists, a 20-piece big swing band based in Fredericton and well-known across the Atlantic provinces.
He went on to medical school at Dalhousie 카지노게임사이트 in Halifax and obtained his MD in 1992. He subsequently completed internal medicine and cardiology training at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트 in Kingston and then a Heart and Stroke Foundation Clinical and Research Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the 카지노게임사이트 of Western Ontario, under the supervision of Dr. George Klein.
After returning to Kingston in 1999, he founded the Heart Rhythm Program at Kingston General Hospital, establishing catheter ablation and implantable defibrillator programs as well as the inherited heart rhythm disease clinic. From 2006-2016 he served as Professor and Head of Cardiology at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트, as well as Medical Director of the Cardiac Programs at Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital. From 2016-2021, he served as the Vice-Dean (Clinical) of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트 Faculty of Health Sciences and Medical Director of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO), stepping in as Acting Dean of the Faculty and Acting CEO of SEAMO for 6 months in 2019.
Currently, he is the Executive Vice President (Medical) and Chief Medical Officer at Ontario Health 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ the provincial agency overseeing Ontario카지노 게임 컬렉션™s health care system. He is also an Affiliate Scientist with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES-Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s) and a member of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s School of Policy Studies Health Policy Council.
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He served as the first president of the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ the national association of heart rhythm specialists and allied health professionals. Over the years he has served on numerous editorial boards and advisory committees, and has chaired or been a member of several national consensus conferences and guidelines statements, including the CCS Consensus Conference on Medical Fitness to Drive and Fly, of which he was co-chair. He is a co-editor of the CMA Driver카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Guide.
He served as the 2014-2015 President of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), during which he championed seniors카지노 게임 컬렉션™ care and helped to guide the profession on the issues of medical aid in dying (MAID) and medical marijuana. In 2015, Dr. Simpson was elected to fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and served as CAHS President in 2020-2021.
An active clinician, educator and researcher, Dr. Simpson has authored or co-authored over 350 peer reviewed papers and abstracts and has won numerous teaching awards. His clinical and research interests include access to care and medical wait times, medical fitness to drive, atrial fibrillation, sudden death in the young, catheter ablation and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Outside medicine, Dr. Simpson is a proud supporter of 카지노게임사이트 Hospitals Kingston Foundation and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Advancement. He has served as Chair of the Kingston Blue Marlins Swim Team Board of Directors and as a director on the Board of Cantabile Choirs of Kingston. The proud father of three daughters and a son, he immensely enjoys watching and cheering their academic, musical and athletic pursuits.