Board of Directors

Executive:

Dr. Melanie Bechard, Chair
Director | Member at Large | @bechardmel
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario

Dr. Bernard Ho, Executive Vice Chair
Director | Ontario | @bernarddho
Toronto, Ontario 

Dr. Joel Lexchin, Treasurer
Director | Ontario
Emergency Room Physician
Toronto, 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: Vice Chair, Communications

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, Treasurer
Director | Ontario
Emergency Room Physician
Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Hasan Sheikh 
Emergency Room Physician
Director | Ontario |
@HasanMSheikh
Toronto, Ontario 

Central Canada (3 positions)

Dr. Jarol Boan, Vice Chair, Fundraising & Membership
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, Executive Member-at-Large
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, Executive Vice Chair
Director | Member at Large | @bernarddho
Emergency Room Physician
Toronto, Ontario