Greg Haley CD MD

Canadian Army Command Surgeon
Canadian Armed Forces

Capt(N) Greg Haley joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1997 through the Medical Officer Training Plan. Since completing his residency in Family Medicine through Dalhousie University in 1999, he has served in as a medical officer and Base Surgeon at various Canadian Forces bases including St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Gagetown and Ottawa. His operational experience including two tours on OP PALLADIUM (Bosnia-Hercegovina), sea duty on OP SEXTANT (North Atlantic and Mediterranean) as Squadron Medical Officer, OP ATHENA (Afghanistan) as Battlegroup Medical Company Commander, and OP LASER (Pandemic) as Task Force Surgeon Domestic.

Qualified as a Flight Surgeon and Diving Medical Officer, following his deployment to Kandahar, he served at the Canadian Forces Health Services Training Centre as a company commander and the school’s medical director, helping to create the Advanced Medical Officer Course. Completing a posting as Regional Surgeon East (Quebec), 2013-2015, he was posted to Canadian Forces Health Services Headquarters in Ottawa, where he has served as Senior Staff Officer to the Surgeon General, Senior Staff Officer for Health Services Governance and as the Royal Canadian Navy Command Surgeon. He was promoted to his current rank in 2020 and appointed Director of Force Health Protection. He has since served as Chief of Staff Clinical Services, 2022-2024, and assumed his current duties as Canadian Army Command Surgeon in Jun 2024.

Committed to life-long learning, Capt(N) Haley is currently a part-time student at the Royal Military College of Canada. His academic interests include policy development, organizational design, and health system integration. He enjoys the study of military and medical history, and he has formerly served as a Director of the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association.