A prominent Filipino-Canadian doctor based in Winnipeg, Manitoba was honored as one of this year’s most powerful women in Canada.
Dr. Denise Koh earned recognition as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners of 2022 in the Canadian Tire Community Impact category which honors women who strive to make a difference in their communities.
The annual awards program is run by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN), a North American organization that “propels and celebrates the advancement of professional women at all levels, in all sectors, and of all ages,” as stated on its website.
A second-generation Filipina-Canadian, Dr. Koh has been serving as Manitoba’s Chief Occupational Medical Officer since late 2014, and Medical Officer of Health in different capacities (both regional and central) since 2009.
Over the last few years, she has helped with the province’s pandemic response to ensure that workers are as healthy and safe as possible. In recognition of her exceptional pandemic and community outreach work, she was also honored in May by Canadian Occupational Safety as one of the 2022 Top Women in Safety.
In a recorded video for Barangay Canada, Dr. Koh shared her sentiments about her recent honors, acknowledged her colleagues, and dedicated her awards to her father, prolific community leader Dr. Eusebio Koh, who passed away last month.
In addition to being a public health specialist, Dr. Koh is also an occupational medicine physician, hypnotherapist/life coach, and speaker. She is the founder of MedResRx and its Hypnotherapy App based on her successful practice. Through the app, she runs her signature hypnotherapy-based Burnout Blaster Bootcamp and other programs.
In a press release, WXN explains that Dr. Koh and the rest of the award winners will be celebrated at its 20th annual Top 100 Awards Gala at the Fairmont Royal York Toronto on November 17. The event will feature internationally recognized happiness researcher, speaker, educator, and author Dr. Gillian Mandich, and Mandy Rennehan, host of HGTV’s Trading Up, and author of The Blue Collar CEO.
Relevant links:
- Personal website of Dr. Denise Koh – https://drdenisekoh.com/
- Full list of Award Winners for 2022 Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: https://wxnetwork.com/page/2022Top100AwardWinners
- Full list of Award Winners for Canada’s Top Women in Safety 2022 – https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/revealed-top-women-in-safety-2022/405294