Hilary F. Jaeger

Brigadier-General H.F. Jaeger OMM, SSStJ, MSM, CD, QHP, MD, LLD(hon), FRCPSC(hon), plsc, pcsc (born 1 August 1959) was the 36th Canadian Surgeon General.

Born in Cambridge, England, Jaeger received her Bachelor of Science in 1979 from Acadia University, and her Medical Degree from the University of Toronto in 1986. She also obtained her Master of Science degree in Health Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2012.

Jaeger joined the West Nova Scotia Regiment (Reservist Unit) in 1976, while attending Acadia University. In 1983, she joined the Regular Force while attending medical school at the University of Toronto. Her first posting following medical school was with 1 Field Ambulance, in Calgary, Alberta. The following year, she returned to Calgary and 1 Field Ambulance for a year, and while posted there was deployed back to Bosnia in 1994, "in command of the Forward Surgical Team."

She was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed Commanding Officer of 2 Field Ambulance in 1996, and remained in the position until 1999. During this appointment Jaeger "had the privilege of leading the unit in support of the 1997 Manitoba flood and the 1998 Ice Storm." That same year, Jaeger took on a six-month instructing position at Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, also known as "Foxhole U".

Jaeger was promoted to Colonel in 2000, and "posted to Ottawa where [she] served as director of Health Services Operations and medical advisor to the chief of land staff and the surgeon general."

Jaeger joined Veterans Affairs Canada as the National Medical Officer, in 2011, until her retirement from the military in 2013. She was also Chair of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives Ethics Committee (now the Canadian College of Health Leaders), Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Osteoporosis Canada from 2013 to 2014, and Chair from 2015-2017.