====== Deborah Hellyer ======

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Dr. **Deborah Jean Hellyer** is a Canadian physician based in [[canada:ontario:Windsor]], [[canada:Ontario]]. She specializes in respiratory medicine.

===== Education =====

Hellyer graduated from the [[University of Western Ontario]].

===== Career and Affiliations =====

==== Windsor Regional Hospital ====

Hellyer practises respiratory medicine at [[Windsor Regional Hospital]].((//Dr. Hellyer - Windsor, Ontario.// Ontario Doctor Directory. Retrieved June 8, 2022, from https://archive.ph/O6Bzf))

==== Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare ====

Hellyer is on the Patient and Family Engagement and Ethics Committees at [[Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare]] and is Medical Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation program.((City Desk. (2020, May 31). //Throat and lung cancer surgeries at risk in Windsor.// Windsor Star. https://archive.ph/bzTpd))

==== Federation of Medical Women in Canada ====

Hellyer served as President of the [[Federation of Medical Women in Canada]] in 2010-2011.((//Past Presidents.// (2022). Federation of Medical Women of Canada. https://archive.ph/rfBMx)) ((Hellyer, D., Cannon, C., Canty, A., Schwartz, J., Gamache, N., Preuss, C., Ross, S., DeGirolamo, K., Verma, P., White, C., & Younger-Lewis, C. (2010). //AGM 2010: The Many Faces of Medical Women.// Federation of Medical Women of Canada Newsletter, 23(3), 1, 2, 16. https://web.archive.org/web/20220306100332/https://fmwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/FMWC_Fall_Issue_2010.pdf))
==== Ontario Medical Association ====

Hellyer is a former Chair of the Physician Human Resources Committee at the [[Ontario Medical Association]], in which various strategies were implemented to improve physician numbers in Ontario. She was also Chair of one of the OMA's subsidiaries, [[Essex County Medical Society]].((City Desk. (2020, May 31). //Throat and lung cancer surgeries at risk in Windsor.// Windsor Star. https://archive.ph/bzTpd)) ((//About ECMS.// (2022). Essex County Medical Society. https://archive.ph/RA4Vj))

==== Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers ====

Hellyer's primary location of practice is [[Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers]] (OHCOW).((//Hellyer, Deborah Jean.// (2019). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. https://archive.ph/jEdTv))

==== College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (2019-present) ====

In December 2019, Hellyer was re-elected to the council of the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]], representing District 1 for a second term.((//Election Results for Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4.// (2019, December 19). eDialogue. https://archive.ph/Lza8h)) She sits on the Discipline, Fitness to Practice and Quality Assurance Committees.

===== Lobbying =====

Hellyer has acted as a registered lobbyist on behalf of the [[Ontario Medical Association]]. Her lobbying targets have included:((//Registry of Lobbyists.// (2022, April 25). Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. https://archive.ph/t4usA))

  * [[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada]]
  * [[Canada Health Infoway]]
  * [[Canadian Health Council]]
  * [[Canadian Heritage]] (PCH)
  * [[Canadian Institute for Health Information]]
  * [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR)
  * [[Canadian International Development Agency]] (CIDA)
  * [[Canadian Patient Safety Institute]]
  * [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC)
  * [[Environment Canada]]
  * [[Finance Canada]] (FIN)
  * [[Health Canada]] (HC)
  * [[Human Resources Development Canada]] (HRDC)
  * [[Industry Canada]]
  * [[Intergovernmental Affairs]]
  * [[Justice Canada]] (JC)
  * Members of the [[House of Commons]]
  * [[Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner]] (OIPC)
  * [[Patented Medicine Prices Review Board]] (PMPRB)
  * [[Privy Council Office]] (PCO)
  * [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC)
  * [[Revenue Canada]] (RC)
  * [[Senate of Canada]]
  * [[Solicitor General Canada]] (SGC)
  * [[Transport Canada]] (TC)
  * [[Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat]] (TBS)
  * [[Veterans Affairs Canada]] (VAC)

===== Research =====

==== Funding ====

Hellyer has published research on [[cancer]], funded by the [[Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Research Advisory Council]] (WSIB), [[Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers]], [[Windsor and Essex County Cancer Centre Foundation]], [[Green Shield Foundation]], and the [[University of Windsor]].((Brophy, J. T., Keith, M. M., Gorey, K. M., Laukkanen, E., Luginaah, I., Abu-Zahra, H., Watterson, A. E., Hellyer, D. J., Reinhartz, A., & Park, R. M. (2007). //Cancer and construction: What occupational histories in a Canadian community reveal.// International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 13(1), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1179/oeh.2007.13.1.32))

==== Presentations ====

Hellyer was a presenter at the 2012 Annual Conference for the [[Canadian Association of Physician Assistants]].((//Deborah-Hellyer-Asthma.// (2022). Canadian Association of Physician Assistants. https://archive.ph/r7EeP))