Physician Leader | Writer | Passionate Public Health Expert
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About This Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Loh
Dr. Lawrence Loh is an acclaimed physician leader with a passion for storytelling and creating a healthier and fairer society.
Best known as the Medical Officer of Health who guided Peel Region (in Greater Toronto) through the COVID-19 pandemic, Loh’s decisive leadership and strong communications ability has been recognized with various honours, notably the Key to the City of Mississauga, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an honorary degree from Toronto Metropolitan University, and inclusion in Toronto Life’s 2021 list of Top 50 Most Influential Torontonians.
Loh’s insights also arise from a career that has spanned the public and not-for-profit sectors. He has held senior leadership roles in agencies at all three levels of government in two provinces and also served as the sixth Chief Executive Officer of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Loh graduated from medical school at Western University and completed residency at the University of Toronto. He also holds a Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He holds fellowship as a family medicine specialist in Canada and in public health and preventive medicine in both Canada and the United States.
As an energetic extrovert, connector, and optimist, Loh engages audiences with the goal of exchange, celebration, and joining around shared stories. He believes that people are innately caring and resilient, that collective compassion is transformative, and—especially important in building a healthier world—that people are truly stronger together.
Loh is Adjunct Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and a 2024 graduate of Humber College’s creative writing certificate course. He also serves as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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