Dr. Charles Gardner is the Medical Officer of Health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Health and is responsible for the overall programs and operations of the health unit.
Dr. Gardner joined the Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit in 2005, after having served as the Medical Officer of Health for the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit for seven years. Prior to that, he worked in general practice for four years in communities in Newfoundland and New Brunswick and worked for a year as well in Zimbabwe.
He received his medical degree from Queen’s University in Kingston. He gained a fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in the specialty of Community Medicine in 1998.
Dr. Gardner is a past chair of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health, is the past president for the Association for Local Public Health Agencies and is a past president of the Ontario Council for Community Health Accreditation.
