Deborah Hellyer

Dr. Deborah Jean Hellyer is a Canadian physician based in Windsor, Ontario. She specializes in respiratory medicine.

Hellyer graduated from the University of Western Ontario.

Hellyer practises respiratory medicine at Windsor Regional Hospital.¹⁾

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⁾

Hellyer served as President of the Federation of Medical Women in Canada in 2010-2011.^{3) 4)}

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)}

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

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.

Hellyer has acted as a registered lobbyist on behalf of the Ontario Medical Association. Her lobbying targets have included:⁹⁾

• 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)

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⁾

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