Dr. Cargill is a family physician and Royal College specialist in Windsor, ON with a full-time focused practice in Palliative Medicine. He currently practices at the Hospice of Windsor and Essex County, where he was Medical Director from 2006-2022. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Schulich School of Medicine – University of Western Ontario, where he completed his medical school and residency training. It is the only medical school in Ontario without a division of Palliative Medicine. Dr. Cargill is the past Section Chair for Palliative Medicine at the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and previous committee work has included the 2017 Negotiations Committee and 2019 Appropriateness Working Group. He is also an external physician advisor for the Ministry of Health.
Dr. Cargill has fellowship in the CFPC, Royal College and AAHPM. He is a certified Pallium LEAP (Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care) facilitator. He is one of only two Certified Hospice Medical Directors (HMDC) in Canada. Dr. Cargill completed the CMA-OMA Physician Leadership Program (PLDP) and has his designation as a Certified Canadian Physician Executive (CCPE).
He received an OCFP and OMA Award of Excellence for his work on “Dan’s Law,” which aimed to remove the 3 month OHIP waiting period for patients requiring palliative care. He also won the 2017 Larry Librach Award from HPCO for community leadership. In 2017, he was awarded the Schulich School of Medicine “Subspecialist of the Year” for the Windsor Campus. He also received the OMA’s Section Service Award in 2022.
Dr. Cargill is a candidate for his Master’s Degree in Palliative Care beginning September 2025 at the Cicely Saunders Institute at King’s College in London, England.
Darren enjoys spending time with my wife and family as well as travel, time at the cottage and driving his 11 year old son to hockey and lacrosse. Growing up in the GTA but now living in Windsor has left him conflicted as a sports fans…