Jill Cunniffe

Jill Cunniffe

MD, CCFP

Hospital medicine

Area 9, Division A
(PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND)

Dr. Jill Cunniffe is a hospitalist physician practising in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. A graduate of Dalhousie University, she completed her residency at the University of Calgary and began her clinical and leadership career in Calgary before relocating to the East Coast.

Dr. Cunniffe is passionate about leadership that creates inclusive, respectful, and collaborative medical culture. Over her career, she has held a variety of leadership roles in human resource planning and as a clinical department head for many years. She is a former president of the Medical Society of PEI and served as the acute care coordinator for Health PEI’s COVID-19 response. More recently, she was the chairperson of the Health PEI Medical Staff Bylaws Review Committee. Dr. Cunniffe holds a Masters Certificate in Physician Leadership from the Schulich School of Business.

Dr. Cunniffe is a recipient of the Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine Award from the Canadian Society of Hospital Medicine.

CMPA Appointments

Governance Manual Working Group
2025-
Executive Committee
2025-
Case Review Committee
2025-
Audit Committee
2023-
Council
2023-
Nominating Committee
2024-2025
Investment Committee
2024-2025
Safe Medical Care Committee
2023-2024
Pension Committee
2023-2024