David Williams (Canadian physician)

This article is about the Canadian physician and public health officer David C. Williams. For the Canadian astronaut and physician alternately named David R. Williams, see Dafydd Williams.

David Williams
Williams in 2009
Chief Medical Officer of Health
In office
February 16, 2016[1] – June 26, 2021
Succeeded byKieran Moore
Acting
In office
July 1, 2015 – February 16, 2016[2]
Acting
In office
November 2007 – June 2009
Medical Officer of Health
for Thunder Bay
In office
October 2011 – June 30, 2015[2]
In office
1991–2005[3]
Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health
In office
2005–2011[2]
Personal details
Born
David Cecil Williams

Ontario, Canada
Residence(s)Toronto, Ontario
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BSc, MD, MHSc)

David Cecil Williams is a Canadian physician and public servant who served as Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Ontario from 2015 to 2021. He served as acting Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province from 2007 to 2009 and again from 2015 to 2016 until taking the position permanently. He previously held the role of Medical Officer of Health for the Thunder Bay District health unit.

His tenure for the Province of Ontario was most notable during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.

  1. ^ "Chief Medical Officer - About the Ministry - MOHLTC".
  2. ^ a b c "Ontario Newsroom | Salle de presse de l'Ontario". news.ontario.ca.
  3. ^ "Contributor: Dr. David Williams". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 22, 2021.