Albert Schumacher

Dr. Albert Schumacher is a nationally recognized leader in health care advocacy and public health protection and promotion. Dr. Schumacher is among the youngest physicians ever to have served as president of the Canadian Medical Association (2004-2005) and the Ontario Medical Association (2000-2001).

In these roles, he championed patient and physician issues, and served as a catalyst for progressive health policy development at the provincial and national levels. In 2004, Dr. Schumacher participated at the World Medical Association World Oceans' Forum, where he highlighted Canada's experience with source water protection before medical, water and ocean scientists from around the world. In June 2005, he traced a portrait of Canada's encounter with the 2003 SARS pandemic to the participants of the First World Medical Forum in Shanghai, China.

During his tenure as an OMA Executive Committee member, Dr. Schumacher testified before the Walkerton Inquiry, delivering key recommendations to enhance the role of the medical officer of health and strengthened laboratory proficiency testing. Dr. Schumacher also played an integral role in the legislative process that led to enhanced tobacco control, air quality, and adverse drug reaction reporting measures in Ontario.

Dr. Schumacher has served on the Canadian Medical Protective Association Council, the Canada Pension Plan Appeals Tribunal, and the Canadian Institute for Health Information National Drug Utilization Advisory Group. A graduate cum laude from the University of Western Ontario (1982), Dr. Schumacher practices family medicine in Windsor, Ontario.