INTRODUCING
CPSO welcomes
first Chief Medical Advisor
Dr. Sheila Laredo, Toronto endocrinologist, joins College leadership
T
he College is pleased to announce that
following an extensive search, Dr. Sheila
Laredo has been selected as the College’s
first Chief Medical Advisor. Dr. Laredo is
an MD and specializes in endocrinology and metabo-
lism. She is a health-care leader and is recognized for
her research and teaching excellence.
“We are thrilled to have someone of Dr. Laredo’s calibre
joining us as our first Chief Medical Advisor,” said Dr.
Nancy Whitmore, Registrar and CEO at the CPSO. “Dr.
Laredo’s passion and health-care expertise will be invalu-
able as we continue on our journey to ensure Ontarians
have the safest, highest quality health care.”
Dr. Laredo is joining the CPSO from Women’s
College Hospital, where she has served as the Chief
of Staff since 2013. During her tenure, Dr. Laredo
focused on enhancing quality and safety by strength-
ening physician documentation, improving creden-
tialing processes and strengthening the governance of
physician privileges. In addition, she also implemented
a 360 review process for physicians and encouraged
more interdepartmental collaboration.
In this new role, Dr. Laredo will provide leadership to
the College’s medical advisors to advance the goals and
objectives of the College. As part of the executive team,
Dr. Laredo will be involved in strategic planning and
cross-departmental program and policy development.
Dr. Laredo holds a PhD in clinical epidemiology and
is an associate professor at the University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine. Her clinical interest is in women’s
reproductive health. Dr. Laredo is a passionate advocate
for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and is a parent
to four children, two of whom have ASD. In her other
advocacy work, Dr. Laredo co-founded and chaired the
Joint Domestic Violence Committee at Women’s Col-
lege Hospital which has developed an eModule to train
several thousand physicians and health professionals to
recognize intimate partner violence among colleagues.
“I am delighted to join the CPSO. The work of the
College is critical to ensuring that we have the strongest
health-care system possible in Ontario,” said Dr. Lar-
edo. “I look forward to using my experience in health
care and public system advocacy to support the CPSO
in this work.”
MD
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