Homer Tien

Homer Tien
OMM
Operations Lead of the Ontario COVID-19 Vaccination Task Force
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 4, 2021
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byRick Hillier
Personal details
Alma materQueen's University, B.A., Biochemistry (1989)
McMaster University, M.D. (1992)
University of Toronto M.Sc., Clinical Epidemiology (2007)
OccupationTrauma surgeon
AwardsOrder of Military Merit

Homer Chin-nan Tien OMM FRCSC is a Canadian trauma surgeon and the president and CEO of Ornge, an air ambulance non-profit based on Ontario.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He also holds the rank of colonel in the Canadian Forces Health Services, associate professorship at the University of Toronto,[7] and was the former director of Trauma Services at Sunnybrook's Tory Regional Trauma Centre.[3][8][4] He is the first to hold the Canadian Forces Major Sir Frederick Banting Term Chair in Military Trauma Research.[3][8]

In April 2021, Tien was appointed to head Ontario's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force for Phase 2 of the rollout.[9][10][11]

  1. ^ The Canadian Press (3 Dec 2019). "Ontario's air ambulance service appoints former military surgeon as president". CBC News. CBC News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ The Canadian Press (3 Dec 2019). "Ontario's air ambulance service appoints former military surgeon as new president". Global News. Global News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Sunnybrook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Dobranowski, Alexis (7 April 2012). "Duty Calls". The Globe and Mail Inc. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Dr. Homer Tien appointed President and CEO of Ornge". CNW Group Ltd. Cision. 3 Dec 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ Ornge Media (3 Dec 2019). "Dr. Homer Tien appointed President and CEO of Ornge". Ornge. Ornge. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Homer Tien - Sunnybrook Research Institute". sunnybrook.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  8. ^ a b Pedwell, Susan (6 July 2012). "Dr. Homer Tien: from the battlefield to the ER". University of Toronto. University of Toronto. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Dr. Homer Tien, Ornge Air Ambulance CEO, to lead Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force". cbc.ca. April 4, 2021. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021.
  10. ^ "Ornge CEO Dr. Homer Tien replacing Hillier as head of vaccine task force". citynews.ca. April 4, 2021. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021.
  11. ^ "COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force". gov.on.ca. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.