Compassionate Minds – Episode 22 – Dr. Nicola Mercer

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Nicola Mercer.

 

Dr. Nicola Mercer (MD MBA MPH FRCPC C. Dir) is the Medical Officer of Health and CEO of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. Before joining Public Health in 2007, she spent 15 years as an anesthesiologist and critical care physician.

 

She is currently a Board member at Public Health Ontario sitting on the Audit Finance and Risk Standing Committee. She is also a past member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons nominating committee, and the University of Guelph Board of Trustees.

 

In 2017, Dr. Mercer was appointed to the Minister of Health’s Expert Panel on Public Health. For her work during the pandemic, she was recognized with a Municipal World Women of Influence in Local Government Award in 2021, and a King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2024.

 

 

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