Charles Gardner

Medical Officer of Health, Simcoe Muskoka District

Dr. Gardner has been the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for the Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit since 2005, after having served as MOH with the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit for seven years. Prior to that, he worked in general medical practice for four years in communities in Newfoundland and New Brunswick, and a year in Zimbabwe. 

In the past Dr. Gardner has been the chair of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health, president of the Association for Local Public Health Agencies, president of the Ontario Council for Community Health Accreditation, member of the Ontario Public Health Leadership Council, and co-chair of the Healthy Environments Both Natural and Built Table for the Ontario Public Health Sector Strategic Plan. 

Dr. Gardner is currently a member of the Ontario Tobacco Control System Committee, and of the Smoke-Free Ontario Scientific Advisory Committee.

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