Dr. Joshua Tepper

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r. Joshua Tepper is a family physician and an Assistant Deputy Minister at Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Health Human Resources Strategy Division. As the Assistant Deputy Minister he leads the HealthForceOntario health human resources strategy. In this role, he also reports to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

With a degree in Public Policy from Duke University he has been involved in health policy and research relating to health human resources at both the provincial and national level.  He was a senior medical officer for Health Canada, an adjunct scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and a research consultant for the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI).  Joshua was president of both the Canadian Federation of Medical Students and the Provincial Association of Interns and Residents of Ontario.  He has sat on the board of both the Canadian Medical Association and the Ontario Medical Association. He completed his Masters of Public Health at Harvard University in 2005.

Joshua currently co-chairs the Physician Services Committee – a joint committee between the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Ontario Medical Association. He is also a member of the Joint Provincial Nursing Committee.

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