Mark Aubry

Mark John Aubry (born November 24, 1954) is a Canadian physician and sports medicine specialist. He is the team physician for the Ottawa Senators, and serves as the chief medical officer of both the International Ice Hockey Federation, and Hockey Canada. He researches and lectures on concussions, plays a leadership role for safety in sport, and is an injury prevention activist in minor ice hockey. He is a recipient of the Paul Loicq Award for his international work, the Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund Award for Canada, and the USA Hockey Excellence in Safety Award for the United States. He will be inducted into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame in 2024.

Early life Mark John Aubry was born on November 24, 1954, in Noranda, Quebec, and learned to speak both English and French. He attended Merivale High School, and played hockey, football and baseball at school. Aubry began playing junior ice hockey as a centreman; he is listed at 6 feet tall, and 180 pounds, for the Ottawa M and W Rangers in the Central Canada Hockey League during the 1971–72 season. During the 1972–73 season, he was coached by future IIHF Hall of Fame inductee, Derek Holmes. Aubry won the most valuable player award and the sportsmanship award in the 1972–73 season with the Rangers, and won the sportsmanship award again in the 1973–74 season. He then played for the Ottawa Gee-Gees during the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, while earning his medical degree. After playing, he worked as a trainer for the Gee-Gees. Aubry previously served as the team physician for the Ottawa 67's from 1996 to 2005, and the Ottawa Lynx. He helped organize three symposiums on sports concussions (2001 in Vienna, 2004 in Prague, and 2008 in Zürich), to assist doctors in identifying and treating concussions. and was one of the medical experts that helped write the module Making Head Way in Sport released in 2014, for the Coaching Association of Canada to educate on when it is okay to return to play. Aubry has also spoken against focusing too much on one sport at a young age, as it has not only "taken the fun out of it", but also has physical and cultural risks in not developing the person.

Aubry has served as the CMO of Hockey Canada since 2004, and later issued guidelines for the use of water bottles and sports drinks, to prevent the spread of contagious viruses.

Awards and honours Aubry was given the Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund Award in 2006, for his research on concussions and spinal cord injuries. He received the USA Hockey Excellence in Safety Award in 2020.