Dr. John Feightner received his MD from the University of Western Ontario in 1971 and MSc in clinical epidemiology from McMaster University in 1984. Currently, he is a member and chair of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. His interests include educational research—evaluation of clinical performance of learners and online learning of clinical […]
Dr. Fred Tudiver received his MD from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1973 and completed a family medicine residency at Western University in 1976. He was awarded Certification in the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 1976, and in 1979 he completed the graduate program in family medicine (Master of Clinical Science) at Western […]
Dr. Gilbert graduated from University of Toronto’s medical school and practised family medicine for a number of years in Toronto. Soon after, he was appointed to the Department of Family Medicine at the new McMaster medical school as he wanted to be involved in using new approaches to teach family medicine. Dr. Gilbert spent 25 […]
Dr. Richard Birtwhistle is a family physician and clinical epidemiologist. He is a professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health and Epidemiology, and Director of the Centre for Studies in Primary Care in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University. He also served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education […]
Dr. William Hogg completed a MSc in experimental medicine (Department of Physiology) while completing his MD CM at McGill University. In 1975 he received his CCFP following a residency in family medicine at Western University. In 1993, Dr Hogg completed the Masters of Clinical Science Graduate Studies Program at Western University. Dr. Hogg’s research program […]
In 1969, Dr. Brian Hennen was one of the first 12 people to acquire the CCFP designation. Over the course of his career, he has led the Family Medicine Departments at both Dalhousie University and Western University, and was the Dean of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. He was the first chair of the […]
Dr. Ellen Rosenberg completed both her medical degree and her family medicine residency at McGill University, where she is currently Associate Professor in Family Medicine. Her present work translates the strengths and weaknesses of primary care medical services for limited language proficiency patients from the perspectives of the patients, family interpreters, professional interpreters, and family […]
Dr. Howard Bergman is chair of the Department of Family Medicine, Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine, and Oncology, and the first Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Professor of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University. The main thrust of Dr. Bergman’s work has been to link research with policy change in the fields of aging, chronic disease, and frailty, […]
In addition to maintaining a large family practice, Dr. Mark Yaffe was an early inductee into the McGill Faculty of Medicine Honour Roll for teaching excellence, and a recipient of the Quebec College of Family Physicians’ Award of Excellence. His work on elder abuse is acknowledged internationally. He led an interdisciplinary team that developed and […]
Dr. Ian Cameron received his medical degree from Dalhousie University after receiving a bachelor’s degree in history. He has been the long-standing president of the Dalhousie Society for the History of Medicine and was the founding chairperson of the Medical Museum of Nova Scotia. His career spans seven years in private practice, 33 years in […]
