Eileen de Villa | |
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5th Toronto Medical Officer of Health | |
Assumed office March 27, 2017 | |
Preceded by | David McKeown |
Peel Region Medical Officer of Health | |
In office October 2015 – March 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | McGill University, BSc (1991) University of Toronto, MD, MHSc (1998) Schulich School of Business, MBA |
Eileen Patricia de Villa is a Canadian physician and public servant who has served as Medical Officer of Health for the City of Toronto since 2017, leading the Toronto Public Health unit.
She is an adjunct professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. De Villa is most well known for her role in Toronto's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was formerly the medical officer of health for Peel Region.