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Dr Christopher Shoemaker
Family Physician
About Dr Shoemaker
Edit profileDr. Christopher Shoemaker is a Family Physician formerly practicing in Ottawa, ON, with decades of experience in emergency medicine, military health services, and community care across Ontario and British Columbia. Known for his outspoken views and extensive clinical background, he served in roles ranging from hospitalist to SARS operations advisor. Though no longer actively licensed in Ontario, his career has left a lasting impression on patients and colleagues—if you’ve been under his care, consider leaving a review to share your experience and help others understand his legacy.
Special interest
Dr. Shoemaker’s medical interests included emergency medicine, adolescent psychiatry, infectious disease response, and military health. He worked in Covid-19 assessment clinics, served as a primary care physician for the Canadian Forces, and held hospitalist roles in mental health and internal medicine. His practice emphasized acute care, crisis response, and public health engagement, particularly during outbreaks and high-pressure medical scenarios.
Education and training
Dr. Shoemaker earned his MD from Queen’s University in 1975, completed postgraduate training in obstetrics, internal medicine, psychiatry, surgery, and pediatrics at Vancouver General Hospital and Ottawa General Hospital, and received certification in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 1998.
Practice in Ottawa, ON
- 203 - 436 Hazeldean Road, Ottawa ON K2L 1T9
Practice in Ottawa, ON
- 20 Norgold Cres., Ottawa ON K2T 1J1
Frequently Asked Questions
He served as an emergency physician, hospitalist, SARS operations advisor, and primary care provider for the Canadian Forces, among other positions.
Yes, he worked at the West Ottawa Covid-19 Assessment Clinic affiliated with Queensway Carleton Hospital between 2020 and 2022.
He held a focused practice in child and adolescent psychiatry in Ottawa from 2014 to 2021, supporting youth mental health through clinical care.
No, his membership with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is inactive as of July 2024, and he resigned from practice.
He publicly expressed controversial views about mRNA vaccines, which were widely discredited by public health authorities and led to scrutiny of his medical claims.
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