Jean-Robert Bernier

Jean-Robert Bernier
AllegianceCanada
Rank
Major general
CommandsCanadian Surgeon General
Commander of Canadian Forces Health Services Group
Chairman, Committee of Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO (COMEDS)
AwardsOrder of Military Merit
Order of Ontario
Canadian Forces' Decoration

Jean-Robert Bernier is a Canadian military physician who served as the 38th Canadian Surgeon General[1][2][3][4] and chief medical adviser to the North Atlantic Alliance as the 7th chairman of NATO's Committee of Chiefs of Military Medical Services (COMEDS).

Biography

A native of Sarnia, he was educated at Royal Roads Military College,[5] the Royal Military College of Canada, McMaster University Medical School, the US Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the Canadian Army Command and Staff College, the Canadian Forces College, and Queen's University's business school. Upon RMC graduation in 1982 with an honours BA in History, he was commissioned in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, commanded rifle and anti-armour platoons and served as assistant and acting adjutant with the Third Battalion in Victoria, instructed at the PPCLI Battle School in Wainwright and the Infantry School in Gagetown, and served on the Operations Staff of 1 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters in Calgary.[6][7] Upon completion of his medical education in 1991, he served as Regimental Medical Officer to Third Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment and as a hospital medical officer in Baden-Soellingen Germany, commanded MacPherson Hospital as Base Surgeon in Calgary, underwent training with US establishments in medical nuclear, biological, and chemical defence, and completed post-graduate public health and environmental health programs at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda.

After serving with the US Defense Intelligence Agency's National Center for Medical Intelligence at Fort Detrick, he served as the Canadian Armed Forces Head of Operational Medicine, chaired the Canada-UK-US CBRN Medical Countermeasures Coordinating Committee and the Australia-Canada-UK-US Medical Intelligence Analysts Working Group, and was vice-chair of NATO's Biomedical Defence Advisory Committee. He was then sequentially appointed Head of Occupational and Environmental Health, Director Force Health Protection in charge of the military public health agency, and Director Health Services Operations responsible for support to all Canadian missions, including the multi-national combat hospital in Kandahar for which Canada received NATO's highest medical honour, and for chairing the multi-national steering group coordinating NATO health resources in southern Afghanistan.[8][4][9] During his term as Deputy Surgeon General, he also chaired the Health, Medicine, and Protection research committee of NATO's Science and Technology Organization, the world's largest research network.[10]

In 2012, he was appointed Surgeon General, Head of the Royal Canadian Medical Service, Commander of Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Director General Health Services and Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II.[8][11] In 2015, he was unanimously elected Chairman of the NATO Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services, serving until 2018.[12][13]

Civilian Appointments

Awards

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Medals and Awards

References

  1. ↑ "News Release - New Surgeon General Appointed for the Canadian Forces". National Defense and the Canadian Armed Forces, Government of Canada. July 10, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Major-General J.J.-R.S. Bernier, OMM, CD, QHP, BA, MD, MPH, DEH, DSc(hon), FRCPC(hon) - Biography". National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, Government of Canada. May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Pulse, Volume 7, Issue 12" (PDF). Uniformed Services University. August 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Future Forces Forum". future-forces-forum.org.
  5. ↑ "Where are they now?". Royal Military College of Canada Alumni Club. February 9, 2009. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ "New Surgeon General Appointed for the Canadian Armed Forces". www.canada.ca. June 10, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 "Brigadier-General Jean-Robert Bernier: assessing the health of the war-weary Canadian Forces. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Canadian Military and Veteran Health Research Forum 2012, pg. 7. cimvhr.ca Archived August 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Canadian Forces awarded highest NATO honour for medical achievements in Afghanistan". www.canada.ca. November 21, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Les Meilleurs Casinos en Ligne 45enord : Info de Contact". 45enord. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Royal College Council". Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Canadian Armed Forces Surgeon General Appointed Chair of the Committee of Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO". Government of Canada. June 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "25 years of NATO's Chiefs of Military Medical Services". NATO. November 22, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Canadian Institutes of Health Research Annual Report 2016‑17". Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Government of Canada. 2017. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Ontario Health Board of Directors Reappointed And New Member Added | Ontario Health". www.ontariohealth.ca. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Board of Directors – Ontario Health". www.ontariohealth.ca. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Board of Directors Meeting: February 6, 2024 | Ontario Health". www.ontariohealth.ca.
  18. 1 2 3 "Council Biographies". Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021.
  19. ↑ Advisory council cimvhr.ca Archived January 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ↑ {{Cite web|title=Research to Action 2018-2019 Impact Report, page 38 |url=https://www.theroyal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMHR-Impact-Report-2018-19_FINAL.pdf
  21. ↑ {{Cite web|title=19-208 Board of Regents Meeting Materials - page 151|url=https://cdm16005.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15459coll3/id/53094/rec/1 19-208 Board of Regents Meeting Materials
  22. ↑ {{Cite web|title=Royal College Council |url=https://www.royalcollege.ca/en/about/governance/council.html
  23. 1 2 "Queen's recognizes exemplary careers with honorary degrees". Queen's Gazette | Queen's University. May 21, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  24. 1 2 "2025 Order of Ontario Appointees". Government of Ontario - Backgrounder. February 17, 2026.
  25. ↑ {{Cite web|title=Dental Corps Communique 2015_11_-issue-23Eng page 12 |url=https://acdrc-rcdca.ca/cfds-newsletter-le-communique-sdfc/
  26. ↑ {{Cite web|title=Honours & Recognition 2019, page 58 |url=https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/themes/defence/caf/militaryhistory/dhh/honours/honours- recognition-2019.pdf
  27. ↑ {{Cite web|title=The Pulse, vol 7 Issue 12, August 12 2012, pages 4 and 5 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427184716/https://www.usuhs.edu/sites/default/files/media/vpe/enews/newsed1212.pdf
  28. ↑ Bernier, Jean-Robert (2015). "The Place of USU Among America's Allies: Reflections From the Surgeon General of the Canadian Armed Forces". Military Medicine. 180: 136–137.
  29. ↑ "Uniformed Services University's 50th Anniversary: An (Abbreviated) History". Uniformed Services University News. 2022.
  30. ↑ "IN CELEBRATION OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES; Congressional Record Vol. 158, No. 127". United States Congress. September 19, 2012.
  31. 1 2 3 "Major-General ret'd Jean-Robert Bernier [LinkedIn Profile]". LinkedIn.
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