Meet the Council

From the President

It is with great honour that I assume the role of CPSO President for 2023. This is an extraordinary time in the history of health care in Ontario. As we grapple with the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, the medical profession continues to face enormous challenges around physician supply and burnout, patient access to care, and public trust in the health system overall. But with these challenges come incredible opportunities — opportunities to address the deeply rooted issues affecting that system, and to find solutions that will serve both our immediate needs and our long-term goals. Without a doubt, CPSO will play an important role in ensuring Ontarians continue to enjoy some of the best health care in the world.

I first got involved in the College in 2015 when I joined our Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC). Sitting on ICRC opened my eyes to the sheer breadth of work CPSO does and the importance of medical regulation here in Ontario, and it allowed me to see so many elements of practice through the patient perspective. It inspired me to run for CPSO Council in 2016, and then on to its Executive Committee and the Presidency.

Over the next year, we will continue to focus on governance modernization and the application of right-touch regulation principles in all aspects of our work. And we will continue to provide guidance and support in the form of meaningful policies, effective quality improvement initiatives, and clear and open communications with all of you.

Despite all that we’ve been through over the course of COVID-19, I remain profoundly hopeful about the opportunities that the pandemic has provided us for improvement – both in how we provide excellent care to our patients, and in reigniting all those joys and rewards that made us want to become physicians in the first place. These things are not separate, of course. They are and always will be one and the same.

Dr. Robert Gratton
President — Electoral District 2

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