Dr. Rebecca Van Iersel, BSc, MD, CCFP
Medical Director of Integrated Care
Dr. Van
Iersel graduated from Queen’s University School of Medicine in 2005 and completed
residency at the University of Toronto, Rural Family Medicine Residency
Program. Her years practicing family
medicine in Orillia have included emergency, hospitalist medicine and
obstetrics.
Dr. Van Iersel has extensive
experience as a physician leader, working to improve the way in which people
experience the Ontario health care system. For her contribution to regional approaches to our opioid epidemic and medical
assistance in dying, she was the recipient of the Ontario College of Family Physicians 2018 Award of Excellence. She is currently Medical Director of
Integrated Care at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health. In this role she is advancing the quality of
physical health care. Dr. Van Iersel is trained in the work of Dr. Brené Brown, as a Certified
Daring Way Facilitator. She has
additional mental health training with an interest in trauma and addiction and
provides clinical care within the Georgianwood Concurrent Disorders Program.
Key words: physician leader, opioid epidemic, medical assistance in dying, trauma and addiction.
Research Interests
Qualitative research; social determinants of health; applied research that can impact patient care.
Publications
Grady, C., Han, H., Roberts, L., & Van Iersel, R. (2021, May). Effectively engaging physicians in system change. In Healthcare Management Forum (Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 149-153). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Green, M. E., & Van Iersel, R. I. (2007). Response of rural physicians in a non-fee-for-service environment to acute increases in demand due to physician shortages. Can J Rural Med, 12(1), 10-5.
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