Dr. Jack Kitts received his medical degree from the University of Ottawa in 1980. After interning at the University of Toronto, he completed a three year tour as a medical officer in the Canadian Forces before returning to the University of Ottawa to complete specialty training in anesthesia in...
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Stephen LaHaye
Dr. Stephen LaHaye is an attending staff cardiologist at Kingston General Hospital and is an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, both located in Kingston, Ontario. Dr. LaHaye is a member of the Queen's University Advanced Informatics Laboratory (QUAIL). He specializes in the application of knowledge management to cardiovascular disease....
David Clarke
David Clarke has nearly 30 years of experience with the provincial government, and has had a diverse range of experiences from the development of non-profit housing, long-term care home, and hospital projects, to development of the Aging at Home Strategy, passage of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, and...
Raymond Viola
Dr. Raymond Viola is a Palliative Care physician and Associate Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston with cross-appointments in the Departments of Family Medicine, Oncology and Public Health Sciences. He trained in medicine at the University of Toronto, family medicine...
Peter Pisters
Dr. Peter Pisters is the President & CEO of University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Ontario: Canada’s premier academic medical centre. UHN is an integrated health, research, and education system that includes Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and the Michener...
Cindy Grief
Dr. Cindy Grief, MD, FRCPC is a Geriatric Psychiatrist at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto, where she is the Medical Director for Mental Health Services. Her clinical roles include inpatient and outpatient psychiatry. Bereavement is a particular area of interest, which prompted her to complete a Master’s of Science...
John You
Dr. John You is a hospital-based general internist at Hamilton Health Sciences. At McMaster University he is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine, and Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics. His main clinical and scholarly interest is to improve the quality of end-of-life communication, decision-making, and care for seriously...
Richard K. Reznick
A graduate of McGill, Richard Reznick did his surgical training in Toronto followed by fellowships in education at Southern Illinois University and colorectal surgery at the University of Texas in Houston. Well known for his work in medical education, as a faculty member at University of Toronto he was...
David R. Schramm
David R Schramm MD SM FRCSC FACS is the Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Ottawa and Head of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at The Ottawa Hospital. He subspecializes in otology, neurotology, and lateral skull-base...
Alan Forster
Alan J. Forster MD, FRCPC, MSc is a general internist; Vice President, Quality, Performance and Population Health at the Ottawa Hospital; Vice Chair, Quality and Clinical Services, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa . He is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and...