Canadian Doctors for Medicare

CDM-MCRP Board of Directors

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The Board membership is being updated to include new members of 2009 Board. Missing biographies and photos will be available soon.

Atlantic Region

Bob Bortolussi	MD, FRCPC, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Disease consultant at the IWK Health Centre at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
John Gillis	M.D., Emergency Room Physician, Past President of PAIRO
Jock Murray	OC, MD, FRCPC, FAAN, MACP, FRCP (Lond), LLD (Hon St FX), DSc (Hon Acadia) D.Litt (Hon St. Thomas) Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Québec

Adam Hofmann	Internal Medicine Fellow, McGill University, Montréal
Saideh Khadir	Emergency Room Physician, St. Luc Hospital, Montréal
Simon Turcotte	MD, Resident in General Surgery, Montréal

Ontario

Irfan Dhalla	MD, FRCPC, Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Staff Physician, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital
Danielle Martin	MD, Women's College Hospital, Toronto Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Nan Okun	MD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Toronto and Director, Prenatal Screening Service, Mount Sinai Hospital.

Central Region

Alan Katz	MD, Associate Professor in the Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, and Associate Director for Research, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Ryan Meili	MD, Family Physician in northern community of Ile a-la-Crosse and Saskatoon.

Western Region

Khati Hendry	MD, CCFP, AAFP, Family Physician, Summerland, BC,
Tom Noseworthy	MD, Director, Centre for Health and Policy Studies, Calgary
Robert Woollard	MD, CCFP, Royal Canadian Legion Professor and Head, UBC Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia

Territories

MD, Family/Emergency Physician, Yellowknife, NWT.

Residents

Melise Keays	MD, Resident
Terry Wuerz	MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick

Medical Students

Rithesh Ram	MD/PhD Candidate in the MDPlus Program and Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary.
Joanna Oda	B.Arts Sc. (Hon), University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine.

Members at Large

Noor Ladhani	MD, Resident, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, U of T,
Chris Mackie	MD, Community Medicine Physician,
Ron Stewart	OC, MD, Professor and Director of Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University.

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