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Announcement: Dr. Eric Wong appointed Acting Vice Dean, Medical Education
Office of the Dean
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Eric Wong has been appointed as the Acting Vice Dean, Medical Education, at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, effective July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027.
Dr. Wong completed medical school, his family medicine residency and the Master of Clinical Science program in Family Medicine at Western. He has held various educational leadership positions including Postgraduate Director of our Family Medicine residency program (2008-2014), Director, Certification and Examinations at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) (2015-2017) and Faculty Lead for Assessment in the Doctor of Medicine program at Western (2019-2021). As Chair of the Triple C Competency-based Curriculum Task Force of the CFPC from 2010 to 2014, Dr. Wong was instrumental in leading family medicine’s national transition to a competency-based curriculum.
Currently, Dr. Wong is a practicing academic family physician and Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Family Medicine at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry. He is also the President-Elect of the Ontario College of Family Physicians and brings a wealth of experience across the medical education spectrum. Dr. Wong continues to help shape national education standards through his involvement with the CFPC as a surveyor and member of the Residency Accreditation Committee, Chair-Elect of the National Committee on Continuing Professional Development and Chair of a working group that will recommend ways to renew the oral component of the national certification examination for family physicians.
I would like to recognize and thank Dr. Shannon Venance for her significant contributions over the past five years as Vice Dean.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Wong on his appointment.
John Yoo, MD, FRCS(C), FACS
Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University