Dr. Tom Noseworthy.

Reference profile.For the most up-to-date biography, contact details, and publications, please see Dr. Noseworthy’s University of Calgary profile.

Background

Dr. Noseworthy is trained in Internal Medicine and Critical Care, with current certification from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) and Fellowship in the American College of Physicians (FACP). He holds a Master of Science in Experimental Medicine from the University of Alberta and a Master of Public Health (Health Policy & Management) from Harvard.

He is the former Head of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine, and the inaugural Co-Director and a founder of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health.

Areas of work

Dr. Noseworthy’s scholarship and policy work span:

• Health policy and management — particularly the design, governance, and evaluation of publicly funded health systems.
• Health technology assessment — including long-standing leadership at CADTH (Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, now CDA-AMC), where he has been recognised for his contribution to the field.
• Critical care — his original clinical discipline, with continuing engagement at fora such as the Critical Care Canada Forum.
• Surgical care delivery — including involvement in arthritis and joint-replacement care pathways relevant to McCaig Institute work.

Recognition

• Officer of the Order of Canada (2007) — for contributions to health policy and Medicare.
• Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2017).
• Cy Frank Legacy Lecturer (2017)— delivered “Innovation in Healthcare: Lines of Sight to Policy and Practice” at the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, and at venues in Edmonton and Calgary.