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Dr. Ken Arnold is the Ontario Medical Association’s 127th president. Dr. Arnold, a General Practitioner in Thunder Bay, completed his degree in medicine in 1971 at Queen’s University in Belfast, UK.

After practicing as a Senior House Officer at Belfast City Hospital and at The Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, he moved to Thunder Bay in 1974 where he currently lives with his wife Melinda. His practice serves 2000 varied patients at the Port Arthur Health Centre. The Family Health Group (FHG) works within a large multi-specialty group which allows him to have first-hand knowledge of the issues that these various specialists encounter. The Centre provides services such as independent X-Rays, ultra-sounds, access to a dietician, massage therapist and chiropodist and has a pharmacy on site. This setting has allowed him to view the benefits of an integrated health care practice.

Throughout his years in practice, Dr. Arnold has been a strong voice for the medical community and patients. In 1996, he served as President for the Thunder Bay Medical Society and has also served as the Governor of the Ontario Medical Foundation since 2005.

His long-time involvement in these endeavours, as well as a wide variety of committee work within the OMA, contributes to his knowledge and understanding of the health care system and the needs of patients and physicians in Ontario. He is focused on improving patient care in the province, especially in rural and remote regions of Ontario.

Dr. Arnold has established numerous objectives for his tenure as President of the OMA including:

1. Getting every Ontarian timely access to a doctor.
   
   
2. Developing solutions to raise a generation of healthier kids.
   
   
3. Raising awareness of the challenges facing aboriginal and remote communities.
   
   
   

Dr. Janice Willett is the Ontario Medical Association’s 126th president and first female president from Northern Ontario.

Dr. Willett, a gynaecologist in Sault Ste. Marie, completed her degree in medicine in 1984 and her training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1989, both at the University of Western Ontario. After practicing as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at St. Thomas General Hospital, she moved to Sault Ste. Marie in 1992 where she currently practices.

Dr. Willett has been practicing for over 18 years, active in medical politics for over 10 years and has been an advocate for rural and northern health-care issues. Since May 2000, Dr. Willett has served as Chair of the Ontario Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Chair of the OMA Section OB/GYN. She has also served as President of the Algoma West Academy of Medicine, OB Medical Director of the Surgical Program and the Maternal Child Program at Sault Area Hospital, and as the inaugural OMA Co-Chair of the Physician Hospital Care Committee. These positions have contributed to Dr. Willett’s deep understanding of the issues that both doctors and patients face in accessing health care in Ontario.