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 +Dr. **Richard Elliott Schabas**, MD is a retired Canadian [[public health]] physician based in [[canada:ontario:Warkworth]], [[canada:Ontario]]. He served as Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) from 1987-1997.((Andresen, M. (2006). //Pandemic threat overblown by both experts and media.// Canadian Medical Association Journal, 175(4), 341–341. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.060891))
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 +===== History =====
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 +In the 1970s, Schabas earned his medical license and entered public health training.((Petrick, S. (2016, October 5). //Medical Officer of Health Dr. Richard Schabas makes retirement plans official.// Toronto.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126071701/https://www.toronto.com/news-story/6896300-medical-officer-of-health-dr-richard-schabas-makes-retirement-plans-official/))
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 +==== Chief Medical Officer of Health ====
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 +Schabas served as the Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Ontario from 1987 to 1997, the longest serving individual in that position before or since.((Andresen, M. (2006). //Pandemic threat overblown by both experts and media.// Canadian Medical Association Journal, 175(4), 341–341. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.060891))
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