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Deborah Hellyer

Dr. Deborah Jean Hellyer is a Canadian physician based in Windsor, 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.1)

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.2)

Federation of Medical Women in Canada

Hellyer served as President of the Federation of Medical Women in Canada in 2010-2011.3) 4)

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.5) 6)

Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers

Hellyer's primary location of practice is Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW).7)

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.8) 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:9)

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.10)

Presentations

Hellyer was a presenter at the 2012 Annual Conference for the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants.11)

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Dr. Hellyer - Windsor, Ontario. Ontario Doctor Directory. Retrieved June 8, 2022, from https://archive.ph/O6Bzf
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City Desk. (2020, May 31). Throat and lung cancer surgeries at risk in Windsor. Windsor Star. https://archive.ph/bzTpd
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Past Presidents. (2022). Federation of Medical Women of Canada. https://archive.ph/rfBMx
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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
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About ECMS. (2022). Essex County Medical Society. https://archive.ph/RA4Vj
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Hellyer, Deborah Jean. (2019). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. https://archive.ph/jEdTv
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Election Results for Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4. (2019, December 19). eDialogue. https://archive.ph/Lza8h
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Registry of Lobbyists. (2022, April 25). Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. https://archive.ph/t4usA
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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
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Deborah-Hellyer-Asthma. (2022). Canadian Association of Physician Assistants. https://archive.ph/r7EeP