Dr. Jennifer Leppard

Dr. Jennifer Leppard

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Dr. Jennifer Leppard MD, CCFP-EM
Assistant Professor
TOH DEM Roles:
Program Director, CCFP-EM Program

Site: The Ottawa Hospital (TOH)



Biography

Medical school

  • University of Ottawa (2007)

Residency

  • University of Ottawa - Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine (2007 - 2010)

Academic Focus

  • Medical Education Leadership

Award Highlights 

  • TOH Medical Staff Leadership Award (2023)
  • DEM Award of Distinction (2023)
  • CAEP Dr. Terry Sosnowski Memorial Teacher of the Year Award (2022)
  • CAEP Helen Karounis Memorial Award for Professionalism in Emergency Medicine (2020)
  • Dr. Janet Nuth EM Teacher of the Year Award (2017)

Selected Publications

  • Czikk D, Elzawy G, Jetty P, Leppard J.  Popliteal arterial entrapment syndrome in a 20-year-old man. CMAJ. 2025 March;197(10):E266-E270.
  • Doubova M, Kafil T, Rosenberg H, Leppard J.  Just the facts: myocarditis in the emergency department.  CJEM.  2025 May 22. doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00923-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40402340
  • Hamelin A, Pascali D, Leppard J.  Just the facts: precipitous deliveries in the emergency department.  CJEM. 2023 Oct;25(10):799-801
  • Menchetti I, Eagles D, Ghanem D, Leppard J, Fournier K, Cheung WJ. Gender differences in emergency medicine resident assessment: A scoping review. AEM Educ Train. 2022 Sep 27;6(5):e10808. doi: 10.1002/aet2.10808.
  • Leppard J, Nath A, Cheung WJ. Experiences, perspectives, and advice for using virtual interviews in post-graduate trainee selection: a national survey of CCFP (EM) program directors. CJEM. 2022 Aug;24(5):498-502. doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00312-1.
  • Berliant M, Odorizzi S, Leppard J. Out of the Closet and into the Waiting Room: Improving Care of 2SLGBTQIA+ Patients in the Emergency Department.  CJEM. 2021;23(6):733-736. doi:  10.1007/s43678-021-00202-y
  • Leppard J, Nath A, Cheung WJ. Resident recruitment in the COVID-19 era: factors influencing program ranking by residents applying to a family medicine-emergency medicine training program. CJEM. 2021 Aug 26:1–5. doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00177-w.
  • Wong BM, Leppard JLA. Spontaneous subperiosteal orbital hematoma in a patient with chronic sinusitis: A case report [published online ahead of print, 2021 May 13]. Am J Emerg Med. 2021;48:279-281. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2021.05.028
  • Nath A, Cheung WJ, Leppard J, Perry JJ. A novel transition to practice curriculum for CCFP(EM) programs. CJEM. 2021;23(3):394-397. doi:10.1007/s43678-020-00046-y
  • Rosenberg H, Nath A, Leppard J, Syed S. New challenges and mitigation strategies for resident selection during the coronavirus disease pandemic. CJEM. 2020;22(6):E14. 

Personal interests

  • Golf
  • Hiking
  • Woodworking
  • Playing guitar
  • Dog-lover



Updated - April 2026