Item - 2024.HL19.3

City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint Dr. Na-Koshie Lamptey to the position of Acting Medical Officer of Health for the City of Toronto Health Unit effective on January 1, 2025. 

2. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect City Council's decision, including the introduction in Council of the necessary bill to appoint the candidate as the Acting Medical Officer of Health under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c H.7 ("HPPA").

3. City Council authorize the public release of the name and Curriculum Vitae summary of Dr. Na-Koshie Lamptey upon City Council's approval of the appointment.

The following Curriculum Vitae Summary of Dr. Na-Koshie Lamptey is now public:

Curriculum Vitae Summary

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2021 - Present                      Deputy Medical Officer of Health

                                             Director, TPH Covid Operations

                                             Director, Decision Support, Surveillance, and Immunization

                                             City of Toronto

2013 - 2020                          Regional Medical Officer of Health

                                             New Brunswick Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health    

2010 - 2013                          Associate Medical Officer of Health

                                             Director Health Promotion

                                             Sudbury and District Health Unit  

2012 - 2013                          Program Director, Public Health and Prevention Medicine                                                                                 Residency

                                             Northern Ontario School of Medicine

2009                                      Physician Lead, Surveillance and Public Health Measures

                                              Peel Public Health pH1N1 Influenza Control Group     

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

- Resident, Community Medicine, University of Toronto (2005 - 2010)

- Doctor of Medicine with Honors, University of Toronto (2001-2005)

- Master of Public Health, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT (1999-2001)

- Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Certificate in African Studies (1994-1998)

CERTIFICATIONS

- Full License The College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick (2013 - 2020)

- Independent Practice License The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (2008 - Present)

- Community Medicine (Public Health and Preventive Medicine) Certificate Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (2010)

- College of Family Physicians of Canada Certificate (2007)

HONOURS AND AWARDS

- Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (New Brunswick) Conferred by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty’s accession to the Throne and to honour the Queen and her lifelong service to Canada, as well as residents of New Brunswick, who, like her Majesty have been exemplary in their service to others. (2022)

- Educator Award, Community Medicine Residency Program, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. (2010)

- Resident Travel Grant, National Specialty Society for Community Medicine. (2009)

- Low Risk Obstetrics PGY-3 Fellowship, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto. (2007)

- Certificate of Academic Achievement for Excellence in the Family Medicine Resident Academic Project, University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine. (2007)

- Second and Third Year Academic Honours, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. (2002 - 2003)

- Mary L. Cassidy Award, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine for “outstanding contributions to extra-curricular activities in the Faculty of Medicine.” (2002)

- Merit Scholarship, Yale University School of Public Health for "outstanding interest, demonstrated ability and high motivation for professional achievement in the field of public health." (1999 - 2001)

- Thesis Research Grants Dean of the College and Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. (1997)