Executive:
Dr. Melanie Bechard, Chair
Director | Member at Large | @bechardmel
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Hasan Sheikh, Executive Vice Chair
Director | Ontario | @HasanMSheikh
Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Bernard Ho, Vice Chair, Communications
Director | Member at Large | @bernarddho
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Jarol Boan, Vice Chair, Fundraising & Membership
Director | Central
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Regina, Saskatchewan
Dr. Thara Kumar, Executive Member-at-Large
Director | Central | @Thara_J_Kumar
Emergency Room Physician
Red Deer, Alberta
Dr. Danyaal Raza, Past Chair
@DanyaalRaza
Department of Family and Community Medicine,
University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario
1 Vacancy: Treasurer
Complete List of Directors:
Atlantic Canada (3 positions)
3 Vacancies
Ontario (3 positions)
Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth
Director | Ontario | @nilikm
Family Medicine
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Joel Lexchin
Director | Ontario
Emergency Room Physician
Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Hasan Sheikh, Executive Vice Chair
Emergency Room Physician
Director | Ontario | @HasanMSheikh
Toronto, Ontario
Central Canada (3 positions)
Dr. Jarol Boan
Director | Central
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Regina, Saskatchewan
Dr. Terry Wuerz
Director | Central | @TerryWuerz
Adult Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Thara Kumar
Director | Central | @Thara_J_Kumar
Emergency Room Physician
Red Deer, Alberta
Territories (1 position)
Dr. Meaghan McLaren
Director | Territories
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Western (3 positions)
Dr. Saad Ahmed
Director | Western
Family Physician
Vancouver, BC
Dr. Janet Conrad
Director | Western
Family Physician
Campbell River, BC
Dr. Devon Mitchell
Director | Western | @DevonMitchell45
Vancouver, BC
Students (2 positions)
Justina Melkis
Director | Students | @justinamelkis
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario
Devon Wilton
Director | Students | @DevonWilton
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Residents (2 positions)
Dr. Yipeng Ge
Director | Residents | @yipengGe
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Andriy Katyukha
Director | Residents | @AKatyukha
Toronto, Ontario
Members-at-Large (3 positions)
Dr. Amit Arya
Director | Member at Large | @AmitAryaMD
Palliative Care Physician
North York General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Melanie Bechard, Chair
Director | Member at Large | @bechardmel
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Bernard Ho, Vice Chair, Communications
Director | Member at Large | @bernarddho
Emergency Room Physician
Toronto, Ontario