Dr Dan Edgcumbe
MB BChir MA(Cantab) MBA CCFP MRCGP MRCP(UK) DRCOG DFSRH PGCert(MedEd) ACC
Healthcare Executive
Ontario, Canada
contact@drdan.me
Key Skills
Leadership
Organizational Development
Critical Thinking / Systems Thinking
Strategy
Communication
Technology
Languages
English (native)
French (DELF B2)
Other Training
Associate Certified Coach
International Coaching Federation
Certified Business and Professional Coach
Canada Coach Academy, ICF-accredited program
NFP Governance Essentials Program
Institute of Corporate Directors and University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Alberta Health Services Executive Education Program
University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business
Select Projects
How Long Will I Wait
Website providing near real-time wait information for emergency departments in Ontario/GTA (React.js, Python, Firebase)
Personal Value Sorter
Organizational/leadership development tool to identify personal values (React.js)
Acute Medicine Length of Stay analysis
Data analysis using Python to support clinical optimization and efficiency work
Organizational Transformation Simulation
To support leadership development and learning of change management concepts, developed in Javascript, React.js
Ontario Medical Affairs Community of Practice
Simple Wordpress-based public site, customized cloud-server deployment of Discourse for members
Canadian Midwives Leadership Network
Customized cloud-server deployment of Discourse
Physician notification system
Developed bespoke solution to support onboarding of new hires using Microsoft Power Automate, custom-built Microsoft Power App, integrated with Outlook and Sharepoint
COVID-19 vaccine attestation
Custom-built solution using Microsoft Power Automate to create secure email attestation system, integrating with Outlook and Microsoft Sharepoint
Surgical Assistant activity analysis
Data analysis using Python to support service development work
GPinCanada
Website, discussion forum (phpBB deployment), and social media (Tumblr) to support recruitment of International Medical Graduates to Canada
Professional Experience
Vice President, Medical & Regulatory Affairs | Country Medical Director
Roche Canada
01/2024 - Current
- Report directly to CEO/GM. Member of Canadian Network Enabling Team (senior leadership team).
- Responsibility for a broad range of functions managing teams in medical affairs/medical strategy; regulatory affairs/regulatory strategy; quality/GxP, health data strategy; and real world evidence across the entire product portfolio (oncology, hematology, rare disease, neuroscience, ophthalmology, immunology, established products and pipeline assets). Support pre-launch, launch, and in-market activity.
- Provide country-level support for patient safety and pharmacovigilance.
- Connect the Canadian affiliate and global organization across the product lifecycle, including research and early development, late-stage clinical development, product strategy and evidence generation. Support implementation of global strategy and customization for the Canadian context.
- Member of Big Biotech Industry Committee for Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) consortium.
- Member of Innovative Medicines Canada's Emerging Opportunities Advisory Group.
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Halton Healthcare, Ontario
01/2020 - 12/2023
- Established entirely new leadership development program Inspiring Leadership
- Oversight and development of Clinical Research program
- Management of medical academic portfolio
- Successful implementation of Clinical Information System (Meditech Expanse) Interchange project
- Co-lead for organization’s Equity, Diversity & Inclusion work
- Major contributions to COVID-19 response
Zone Medical Director
Alberta Health Services, Central Zone
02/2018-12/2019
- Jointly accountable with COO for $950m budget for >30 acute hospitals, >40 LTC facilities, 1,000 physicians and 12,000 staff over a geographic area the size of Portugal
- Complex engagements with multiple conflicting stakeholder groups, including government, political stakeholders, regulatory bodies, interest groups and communities
- Clinical lead on Red Deer hospital redevelopment and Zone Long Range Planning
Deputy Zone Medical Director
Alberta Health Services, Central Zone
07/2017-02/2018
- Distributed leadership development across Zone geography through coaching and mentoring
- Managed highest level complaints/concerns related to physician performance
Associate Zone Medical Director
Alberta Health Services
06/2016-02/2018
- Supported leadership of 6 rural hospitals for delivery of broad range of clinical services
Chief of Staff
St. Joseph's General Hospital, Covenant Health
01/2016-02/2018
- 25 bed hospital including emergency department and dialysis unit
General Practitioner / Family Medicine Physician
UK, Canada
2008-present
Education
Master of Business Administration
University of Alberta
Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education
University of Dundee
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
University of Cambridge
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) in Medical Sciences
University of Cambridge
Academic Activity and Publications
Journal Publications
Rutherford S, Chawla A, Edgcumbe DP. The impact of a mentorship program on burnout and work engagement in healthcare workers in a community hospital setting. Healthcare Management Forum. (online first) 2025; doi:10.1177/08404704251337952
Edgcumbe DP, Ieraci K, Do Rosario E, Leroux M. Inspiring Leadership: How a Community Hospital Is Tackling Healthcare’s Most Difficult Problems. Healthcare Quarterly 2023; 26(3):37-42.doi:10.12927/hcq.2023.27216
Edgcumbe DP, Harper L. Development of a provincial medical affairs community of practice. Canadian Journal of Physician Leadership 2022;8(3):94-98.
Edgcumbe DP, Silverman J, Benson J. An examination of the validity of EPSCALE using factor analysis. Patient Education and Counselling 2012; 87(1):120-4.
Edgcumbe D. Ubi Scientia in the midst of the cosy cardigans of Caritas? BritishJournal of General Practice 2011;61(586): 345.
Edgcumbe D, Cooper C, Gilbert L, Al-Shaikh R, Dawe G, Brimblecombe P. An innovative GP training post in sexual and reproductive health care (A Better Way of Working). Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare 2011; 37:49-51.
Edgcumbe D. Competent not confident. British Journal of General Practice 2010;60(581): 933.
Edgcumbe D. But there are no QOF points for Balint work! Its place in modern practice. British Journal of General Practice 2010; 60(580): 858-859.
Edgcumbe D. I came in with a cough and went out with an oedipal complex and castration anxiety (or what Balint work is not!). British Journal of General Practice 2010; 60(579): 784-785.
Edgcumbe D. Letʼs take a vote on revalidation. British Journal of General Practice 2010; 60(576): 537.
Boyle A, Frith C, Edgcumbe D, McDougall C. What factors are associated with repeated domestic assault in patients attending an emergency department? A cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal 2010; 27:203-206.
Edgcumbe D ʻThe Very Model of a modern Doctor Generalʼ British Journal of General Practice 2009; 59(563): 459.
Edgcumbe DP. Patientsʼ perceptions of hospital cleanliness are correlated with rates of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Journal of Hospital Infection. 2008 Nov 13.
Edgcumbe DP, McAuley D. Hypoglycaemia related to ingestion of a herbal remedy. European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2008; 15(4):236-7.
Edgcumbe D, Lillicrap M, Benson J. Medical studentsʼ attitudes towards careers in general practice. Education for Primary Care. 2008 19(1):65-73.
Edgcumbe DP, McAuley D. Blood cultures from peripheral IV cannula versus dedicated venepuncture. BestBETS (www.bestbets.org) 2007.
Edgcumbe DP. Doctors' knowledge of exposure to ionising radiation: ignorance is surprising. British Medical Journal 2003 Nov 15;327(7424):1166.
Edgcumbe DP. How I learned to care about geriatrics. Age and Ageing. 2004 Nov;33(6):648.
Edgcumbe DP. Taking responsibility. Student BMJ 2006; 14:45-88. February.
Teaching and Assessment
Guest Lecturer, McMaster University (September 2022) “Systems Thinking” video lecture incorporated in Master of Science of Midwifery course.Associate Clinical Professor (adjunct), McMaster University (April 2021 - present) File reviewer and interviewer for Family Medicine residency program. Family medicine preceptor.
Associate Clinical Professor, University of Alberta (August 2014 - December 2019) Rural family medicine preceptor for clinical clerks from the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Calgary (July 2014 - December 2019) Rural family medicine preceptor for clinical clerks and residents from the University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine. Awarded the Early Educator award for 2015, for preceptors in their first three years of teaching in Alberta.
Examiner for Medical Council of Canada MCQE
Practice Readiness Assessor, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (April - June 2014) I was the practice readiness assessor for a 3 month supervised practice assessment for a physician new to Canada in a neighbouring community.
Communication/Consultations Skills Teaching, University of Cambridge, England (August 2011 - May 2013) Employed as a Clinical Consultation Skills Specialist Tutor, facilitating small groups of medical students, learning communications skills in a diverse range of clinical contexts from ʻBreaking Bad Newsʼ to ʻGenito-urinary/Sexual Historyʼ.
Clinical Supervisor University of Cambridge, England (August 2011 - May 2013) Responsible for guiding a group of clinical students through a large part of their clinical course. I provided weekly sessions incorporating a mixture of bedside and classroom-based clinical teaching.
Undergraduate Supervisor, Christ’s College University of Cambridge, England (October 2003 - May 2004) I was a supervisor for the undergraduate Physiology of Organisms course and provided weekly teaching sessions to Natural Sciences students for the entire academic year.
Anatomy Demonstrator, University of Cambridge, England (September 2002 - December 2002) Oversaw several dissection tables for twice-weekly teaching sessions, including teaching using cadaveric dissection and prosections
Awards and Prizes
Early Educator Award, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary February 2016University of Calgary Medical Students’ Association ‘Preceptor of the Year’ award 2016
University of Alberta Medical Students’ Association ‘Preceptor of the Year’ award 2016
Professionalism Accolade, University of Alberta, School of Medicine and Dentistry 2015
Wellcome Trust Vacation Scholarship 2003
Other Academic Activity
Reviewer for the journal ‘Education in Primary Care’ since 2012Participant in TARRANT viral watch sentinel programs for influenza-like illness 2015-17
Abstracts, Conference Presentations and Panels
Quelles avancées pour demain? L'avenir de la recherche clinique. Recherche Québec. 16 May 2025.The Road to Innovation: Building a Learning Health System in New Brunswick through Cross-Sectoral Partnerships. New Brunswich Health Research Symposium, Moncton. 15 November 2024.
Clinical Trials. Next Great Big Ideas, Hamilton. 12 November 2024.
Industrial challenges of research in neuroscience. CQDM, Montreal. 8 October 2024.
Regulation and evaluation of RNA-based technologies. RNA Canada Roundtable, Ottawa. 24 September 2024.
Executive Staffing Challenges: Recruiting, Retaining, and Mentoring Staff to be the New Leaders. Melissa Farrell & Daniel Edgcumbe. Canadian Healthcare CEO Summit. 8 September 2023.
Leadership Development. Daniel Edgcumbe & Krista Ieraci. Ontario Medical Affairs Community of Practice. 7 June 2023.
Cultivating a Learning Culture Through Leadership Development. Daniel Edgcumbe & Krista Ieraci. Time To Shine: Delivering Innovation in Trying Times Conference (Oak Valley Health). 29 March 2023.
Sharing Wisdom Across a Health System: A Case Study from Ontario. Alberta Health Services i4 Conference. 2 November 2022.
The College of Emergency Medicine and Irish Association for Emergency Medicine Autumn meeting. Frith C, Edgecumbe D. What factors predict re-presentation with domestic assault in emergency medicine domestic assault victims? A cohort study.
Commissioned Publications
Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care (Web-based CME module, Doctors.net.uk). Mar 2009.Webcasts
A Trainee Talks About Training. Webcast for Doctors.net.uk NHS Reforms Resource Centre. 25 May 2011.Other Publications
A “New” New Perspective on the Health of Canadians: Transformation Through Partnership. TheFutureEconomy.ca. 25 February 2025.Medical Affairs Departments crucial to Hospital Operations. Lisa Harper and Dan Edgcumbe. Hospital News February 2022.
Media and Broadcasting
Interviewed for CBC’s ‘The National’ as part of a story on Halton Healthcare’s pandemic response (summer 2021).Between 2016-2021 I hosted a weekly radio segment ‘DocTalk’ on health related issues, focusing on health promotion and lifestyle on Country 106.5.
Regular media engagement in my role as Zone Medical Director with Alberta Health Services.