Committee chairs 2020–2021

The CFPC Board of Directors extends its sincere gratitude to the many members who chair our committees and sections. Thank you for your commitment and dedication.

 

The following chairs will complete their terms at the time of the Annual Meeting of Members (AMM) on November 11, 2021, or have completed them since the 2020 AMM:

Dr. Bilal Akil (Ontario), Section of Residents Council
Dr. Jean Chen (Ontario), Patient Education Committee
Dr. Sarah Funnell (Ontario), Co-chair, Indigenous Health Committee
Dr. Marshall Godwin (Newfoundland and Labrador), Section of Researchers Council
Dr. Ritika Goel (Ontario), Social Accountability Working Group
Dr. Lee Green (Alberta), Co-chair, Triple C Data Oversight Committee
Dr. Jennifer Hall (New Brunswick), Family Medicine Specialty Committee
Dr. Maria Hubinette (British Columbia), Undergraduate Education Committee
Dr. Brian Hutchison (Ontario), Action Group for Advocacy in Research
Dr. Sudha Koppula (Alberta), Faculty Development Education Committee
Dr. Kathy Lawrence (Saskatchewan), Postgraduate Education Committee
Dr. Charles Leduc (Alberta), Co-chair, Triple C Data Oversight Committee
Jeana MacLeod (Nova Scotia), Co-chair, Section of Medical Students Council
Dr. James Rourke (Newfoundland and Labrador), Co-chair, Rural Road Map Implementation Committee (on behalf of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada)
Dr. Ruth Wilson (Northwest Territories), Co-chair, Rural Road Map Implementation Committee
 

One-year committee chair positions held in 2020–2021:

Dr. Christie Newton (British Columbia), Finance and Audit Committee
Dr. Catherine Cervin (Ontario), CFPC Board of Directors
 

Committee chairs whose terms will be renewed for a second term or extended for one year at the time of the 2021 AMM:

Dr. Sidney Feldman (Ontario), Health Care of the Elderly Member Interest Group
Dr. Leonora Lalla (Quebec), National Committee on Continuing Professional Development
Dr. Dominique Pilon (Quebec), Board of Examinations and Certification
Dr. Michael Rondilla (Ontario), Self Learning Committee
 

Other section, committee, and member interest group chairs who are continuing their terms:

Dr. Javed Alloo (Ontario), Mental Health Member Interest Group; Co-chair, Collaborative Working Group on Shared Mental Health Care
Dr. Amit Arya (Ontario), Palliative Care Member Interest Group
Dr. Claire Bodkin (Ontario), Prison Health Member Interest Group
Dr. Lisa Bonang (Nova Scotia), Advisory Committee on Family Practice
Dr. Jeanette Boyd (British Columbia), Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine Board of Directors
Dr. Vanessa Brcic (British Columbia), Editorial Advisory Board, Canadian Family Physician
Dr. Fraser Brenneis (Alberta), Residency Accreditation Committee
Dr. Ian Casson (Northwest Territories), Developmental Disabilities Member Interest Group
Dr. Craig Crippen (British Columbia), Dermatology Member Interest Group
Dr. Danielle Cutts (Saskatchewan), Nominating Committee
Dr. William Ehman (British Columbia), Maternity and Newborn Care Member Interest Group
Dr. Ryan Falk (Northwest Territories), Enhanced Surgical Skills Member Interest Group
Ms. Ivneet Garcha (Ontario), Co-chair, Section of Medical Students Council
Dr. Yipeng Ge (Ontario), Section of Residents Council
Dr. Lisa Graves (Ontario), Committee on Examinations – Family Medicine
Dr. Michelle Greiver (Ontario), Practice-Based Research Network Action Group
Dr. Leslie Griffin (Nova Scotia), Co-chair, Family Medicine Forum Committee
Dr. Archna Gupta (Ontario), Global Health Member Interest Group
Dr. Stephen Hawrylyshyn (Ontario), Co-chair, Family Medicine Forum Committee
Dr. Melissa Holowaty (Ontario), Addiction Medicine Member Interest Group
Dr. Sahil Jain (British Columbia), Hospital Medicine Member Interest Group
Dr. Aaron Johnston (Alberta), Section of Teachers Council
Dr. Vaibhav Kamble (Ontario), Family Practice Anesthesia Member Interest Group
Dr. Darlene Kitty (Ontario), Co-chair, Indigenous Health Committee (on behalf of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada)
Dr. Lisa Liang (Ontario), Sport and Exercise Medicine Member Interest Group
Dr. Andrew MacPherson (British Columbia), Committee on Examinations – Emergency Medicine
Dr. Burton McCann (Nova Scotia), Occupational Medicine Member Interest Group
Dr. Annelise Miller (Ontario), First Five Years in Family Practice Committee
Dr. Lori Montgomery (Alberta), Chronic Pain Member Interest Group
Dr. Jock Murray (Nova Scotia), Emergency Medicine Member Interest Group
Dr. Lynda Redwood-Campbell (Ontario), Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine Advisory Council
Dr. Paul Sawchuk (Manitoba), Honours and Awards Committee
Dr. Benjamin Schiff (Quebec), Member Interest Groups Section Council
Dr. Karen Schultz (Ontario), Certification Process and Assessment Committee
Dr. Kevin Shi (British Columbia), SAMP Group, Committee on Examinations – Family Medicine
Dr. Pierre-Paul Tellier (Quebec), Child and Adolescent Health Member Interest Group; Co-chair, Joint Action Committee on Child and Adolescent Health
Dr. Ross Upshur (Ontario), Ethics Committee  
Dr. David White (Ontario), Governance Advisory Committee
Dr. Anna Wilkinson (Ontario), Cancer Care Member Interest Group
Dr. Eric Wooltorton (Ontario), Faculty Development Education Committee
Dr. Yan Yu (Alberta), Patient’s Medical Home Steering Committee