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Toronto Star
Should you consult ‘Dr. ChatGPT’? Here’s what doctors have to say as Canadians increasingly turn to AI
March 10, 2025
The Trillium
Many students don't see family medicine as 'viable career option': OMA chair
March 10, 2025
Globe and Mail
Doctors hopeful governments will slash interprovincial barriers that restrict mobility
President Dr. Dominik Nowak says bolstering team-based care is among the top strategies to stop the primary care crisis.
March 7, 2025
Elliot Lake Standard
London doctor whose poster drew huge line: We're not taking on new patients
March 6, 2025
Kingston Whig Standard
Kingston health home a 'beacon of hope' for Ontario's health-care system
Dr. Dominik Nowak visited the Midtown Kingston Health Home last week for a tour of the innovative family doctor clinic that is providing primary health not only for those who need a doctor but also for many who can’t get one.
March 7, 2025
The London Free Press
100+ Londoners line up in frigid cold for chance at family doctor
As of 2022, London was short approximately 56 family doctors, according to the OMA, and had 71,000 unattached patients.
March 1, 2025
MidlandToday.ca
Defeated but unbowed, doctor determined to run again
'I’m actually very determined to be a politician. I’m going to come back. Tonight is about absorbing the results,' Dr. Zacharias says following defeat.
Feb. 28, 2025
StratfordToday.ca
Close calls and surprise pickups: Ontario election night
Former OMA President Dr. Rose Zacharias was the Liberal candidate for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte (BSOM).
Feb. 27, 2025
Fort Frances Times
Ontario Medical Association president says health care issues in the north extend beyond crisis to “catastrophe”
OMA President suggested the improvement of healthcare access is “by far the most important thing” an incoming provincial government could do.
Feb. 26, 2025
YorkRegion.com
ONTARIO ELECTION 2025: Family doctors dropping patients for seeing other physicians, adding to health care crisis
OMA president and family doctor Dr. Dominik Nowak says the current funding model that may have patients de-rostered is an outdated practice.
Feb. 26, 2025