Ep. 8: Children’s Immunization Clinic in Ottawa – A collaboration between healthcare partners to provide infant vaccination during COVID-19

In this episode of Emerging Topics, Dr. Trevor Arnason from Ottawa Public Health discusses how the Children’s Immunization Clinic was created and implemented in the beginning weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Dr. Trevor Arnason did an undergraduate in Biology at the University of Ottawa, an MD at the University of Toronto, and a combined residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. In 2016, he moved to the east coast to be the Regional Medical Officer of Health for Halifax and engaged in a futile attempt to become a world-class surfer and seafood-lover. While in Halifax, he co-led responses to multiple vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks including one of the largest measles outbreaks in Canada in recent years. In January 2019, he returned to his hometown to work as an Associate Medical Officer of Health with Ottawa Public Health where he holds the immunization portfolio. He also works part-time as a family doctor in an urgent care clinic.