Rosemary Moodie

Rosemary Moodie OOnt is a Canadian neonatal physician who was appointed to the Senate of Canada on December 12, 2018. Moodie is a neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and Professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto's Department of Pediatrics.

Senator Rosemary Moodie was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1][2] She attended St. Hugh's High School, and then completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of the West Indies (1982).^[2][3] She pursued post-graduate studies in Pediatric and Neonatal medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children.^[2][3] She has also completed an MBA at the University of Toronto (2001) and a Master's in Public Policy and Administration at Queen's University.^[1][2][4]

Senator Rosemary Moodie has been practicing as a neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children for over 24 years, and is a Professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto's Department of Pediatrics.^[1][2] Moodie is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Academy of Paediatrics.^[3]

Senator Rosemary Moodie has previously served as the former corporate chief of paediatrics and medical director of the Rouge Valley Health System's regional maternal child program, a board director at St. Joseph's Hospital Centre and now Unity Health, Toronto, a board director of the Scotia Bank Jamaica Foundation, an international surveyor at Accreditation Canada and a healthcare consultant for SickKids International.^[1][2][5] During her three-year term as the president and board chair of YWCA Toronto, the YWCA Elm Centre (Canada's largest affordable housing project) was opened.^[3][4] She has also served as a torchbearer in the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.^[1]

On 12 December 2018, following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's nomination, Julie Payette (the Governor General of Canada) appointed Moodie as an independent senator to fill vacancies in the Senate.^[6][7][8]

Senator Rosemary Moodie is married to Dr. Peter Wong, a Pediatric Cardiologist and researcher. Moodie has two sons, Nicholas and Jonathan Wong.^[9] In 2016, Moodie and her son Jon both received awards from the African Canadian Achievement Awards of Excellence - the first to happen in the organization's 31-year history.^[9] She is the daughter of Allenby and Gloria Moodie.

• Order of Ontario (2020)
• Faculty of Medicine Dean's Alumni Award - Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Toronto (2020)
• Viola Desmond Honouree Award, Ryerson University (2020)
• 120 Year Anniversary St. Hugh's High School for Girls, Excellence in Alumni (2019)
• 100 Accomplished Black Canadian (ABC) Women Honouree (2018)^[10]
• The Government of Jamaica's Order of Distinction – Commander Rank (2017)^[2]
• Distinguished Canadian Community Paediatrician Award, Canadian Paediatric Society, Canada (2016)
• African Canadian Achievement Awards Excellence in Science Award Recipient (2016)^[9][11][12]
• Presidential Award, Ontario Medical Association, Ontario, Canada (2015)
• Council Award, Honouring Outstanding Ontario Physicians, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Canada (2015)
• University of Toronto Alumni Association's Carl Mitchell Award for Community Engagement (2015)^[4]
• Harry Jerome Award in Health Sciences (2014)^[2]
• City of Toronto Access, Equity, and Human Rights Award - Constance E. Hamilton Award for the Status Of Women (2014)^[2]
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada's Prix d’excellence – Specialist of the Year
• RBC’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award (2012)^[2]
• Harry Jerome Health Sciences Award, Black Business Professional Association, Canada (2013)

• Wong JP, Venu I, Moodie RG, Cuddalore Arivudainambi V, Stewart H, Nicolae A, Zweig KN, van den Heuvel M, Ford-Jones EL, Wong PD. Breastfeeding: Brushing up on oral health. (Accepted for publication on 24 July 2017). Journal of Family Practice 2017.
• Venu I, van den Heuvel M, Wong JP, Berkhoff CM, Feller A, Moodie RG, Ford-Jones EL, Wong PD. The Breastfeeding Paradox: Relevance for Household Food Insecurity. Paediatrics and Child Health 2017. 22:4, 180–3.
• Au VA, Wong JP, Venu I, Moodie RG, Etoom Y, Kieswetter L, Gerstle JT, Wong PD. Failing to thrive, abdominal pain, and vomiting: A hairy situation. (Accepted for publication 20 June 2017) Paediatrics and Child Health 2017.
• Wong JP, Cuddalore Arivudainambi V, Venu I, Etoomb Y, Moodie RG, Wong PD. A 6-Week-Old Girl with Weak Cry and Cardiac Murmur. Paediatric and Child Health 2017. 22:4, 177–8.
• Wong PD, Dave MG, Tulloch T, Feldman ML, Ford-Jones EL, Parkin PC, Moodie RG. Community Health Centres – Potential opportunities of community paediatrics: From multidisciplinary clinical care to Board Governance. Paediatrics and Child Health 2015, 20(1): 12–14.