Sheela Basrur OOnt (October 17, 1956 – June 2, 2008) was a Canadian medical doctor and was formerly the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health. She resigned from these positions late in 2006 to undergo treatment for cancer.
Basrur was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1956 to Indian immigrants Parvathi and Vasanth Basrur. After...