Johnmark Opondo MD

Thirty years’ experience in direct clinical service provision, working with government and non-governmental organizations in health systems management and multilateral organizations in multi-level health systems research Experience in health systems redesign Advanced level of study and experience in managing obstetric complications in remote and rural settings where the remote geography, limited patient transfer options remain a constant access to care challenge Advanced level of study and experience in reproductive health field Skilled in epidemiology study design, carrying out and supervising a study project, program monitoring and evaluation Experience in the application of evidence based clinical practice, and the practical application of the concepts of continuous quality improvement Proven leadership and organizational skills LEAN Leader Training (2015)

• Lead the Public Health Response to COVID-19 at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
• Experience in health policy formulation and health systems development
• Have developed best practice models in public HIV case follow-up approach in Saskatchewan
• Designed and implemented a social network approach to HIV case investigation in Saskatoon Health Region
• Lead provincial HIV program implementation efforts aimed at meeting provincial level HIV testing targets and disease reduction goals
• Designed and implemented the full evaluation of the Saskatchewan Rapid HIV Point-of-care Testing Program and made recommendations for future expansion
• Have developed the Saskatoon Health Region Ebola Response Protocol, and designed and developed one of the two potential Ebola treatment sites (in the city of Saskatoon) for the province of Saskatchewan
• Described by employees and colleagues as a team player, a creative problem solver and a good motivator
• Have carried out several large-scale cross-sectional studies

• HONORS/AWARDS/ACTIVITIES , May 2000 James W. Alley, M.D. Student Award for Outstanding Community Service 8/99 – 5/2001 Center for the Study of Health, Culture and Society Interdisciplinary Fellowship 7/99 - 5/2000 Population Reference Bureau, Population Policy Communication Fellow 1998 - 2000 Awarded the Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship 1996 American Refugee Committee Humanitarian Award Conference Presentations Defining Syndemics in the Context of the Saskatoon Health Region Canadian AIDS Rearmament Information Exchange (CATIE) Western Educational Conference, Saskatoon May 12, 2010 Saskatoon: Updated information on an HIV epidemic in the prairies Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Ancillary Event, Saskatoon May 13, 2010 Clinical Sciences Plenary, Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) - A Panel Discussion on the Recent Epidemic of HIV in Saskatchewan CAHR, Saskatoon May 13, 2010 A Social Networking Approach to HIV Case Finding: New Tools to Tackle a Constantly Changing Epidemiology with Limited Resources Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Saskatoon May 15, 2010 IDU Continuum of Care “Making it Happen”. Presented at the Canadian Society for Addictions Medicine National meeting in Saskatoon October 12-14, 2006. Investigation of an HIV cluster among IDUs in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan using the social network approach.