Tom Yun

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Tom Yun is Toronto-based journalist for the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business. He has covered a wide range of topics in healthcare, including expanding scope of practice, disciplinary cases and the controversy over PrescribeIT.

Prior to joining the Canadian Healthcare Network, Tom was a digital writer/producer at CTV News and a breaking news reporter at the Toronto Star. His bylines can also be found at the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, Canadaland and U of T News. As a student journalist for the Varsity, Tom was the first to break the news on the Jordan Peterson controversy in 2016, which subsequently became international news.

In his spare time, Tom enjoys road-tripping across North America, exploring new restaurants around the city and hanging out with his cat Wisteria.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

10/23/2025
Side hustles in medicine
The doctors who are branching out beyond the stethoscope.

Tom Yun
10/5/2025
Black women, ‘biological weathering’ and persistent gaps in maternal care
At the Federation of Medical Women of Canada conference in Toronto, obstetrics and gynecology specialist Dr. Marjorie Dixon outlined how physicians and help close the gap in maternal care outcomes for Black patients.

Tom Yun
10/2/2025
Have you heard? New program in Ottawa offers gently used hearing aids for seniors who struggle with the cost
Hearing aid have been shown to reduce the rate of cognitive decline among older adults, yet are unaffordable to many. A new program in Ottawa aims to bridge this gap, offering gently used hearing devices on a permanent loan basis.

Tom Yun
9/25/2025
Leaving family med: Filling a community need in diabetic wound care
‘The gratification that one gets when you are able to save a person's limb, that's pretty big . . .. That kind of a win doesn't occur too often in family medicine.’

Tom Yun
9/18/2025
Leaving family med: How a serious cycling accident led one doctor to find a more fulfilling practice in women's health
‘When I was working full-time family practice, I didn't really have time for my own family.’

Tom Yun
9/11/2025
Leaving family med: Finding mindfulness in helping others reduce their stress
Feeling disillusioned about the high stress levels and administrative burden in family medicine, here's how one doctor made the career switch to being a wellness educator.

Tom Yun
9/2/2025
As Trump targets DEI in education, Canadian med school accreditors celebrate ‘decoupling’ from U.S. standards
As of July 1, Canada for the first time has its own accreditation system for medical schools that is not tied to the U.S. LCME.

Tom Yun
8/12/2025
How a specialty cancer pharmacy is expanding its care to community pharmacies across Ontario
This past spring, Extend Pharmacy announced its partnership with Wholehealth Pharmacy Partners though its Extend Cancer Pharmacy Network (ECPN) partners program, after a successful pilot project that began with eight Wholehealth locations around the GTA.

Tom Yun
8/10/2025
Manitoba college launches new triage process to process serious complaints faster
Under the new system, which officially launched July 7, each complaint will be first looked at by an analytics unit for an ‘up-front and rapid’ initial analysis as soon as it comes in.

Tom Yun
8/10/2025
Pharmacists ‘increasingly disgruntled’ by work burden from federal restrictions on nicotine pouch sales, Imperial Tobacco says
The company behind the only brand of nicotine pouches legally available for sale in Canada has launched a PR blitz against the federal ministerial order introduced last year that keeps the product behind the pharmacy counter.

Tom Yun