Chad Mitchell

Assistant Deputy Minister, Pharmaceutical and Supplementary Benefits, Alberta Health

Chad Mitchell is the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Pharmaceutical and Supplementary Benefits Division at Alberta Health. He provides leadership to a high performing team responsible for drug and health benefit programs, Alberta Health Care Insurance plan, interprovincial health agreements and Alberta blood and plasma and the Alberta Organ Donation Registry. With his background as a pharmacist, Chad has worked in community, ambulatory and acute care settings; he has worked for a number of years with Alberta Health, Alberta Health Services, the Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in Diabetes (ACHORD) through the Institute of Health Economics and the private pharmaceutical sector. Chad is also an adjunct professor with the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta where he received his master’s degree focused in the area of health outcomes research.