Jon Davine, MD, CCFP, FRCP(C) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, with a cross appointment in the Department of Family Medicine. His outpatient psychiatry practice focuses on liaising with primary care physicians in the “shared care” model. For a number of years, he has taught courses in behavioural sciences to family medicine residents and to family doctors in the community. He has lectured nationally and internationally on this topic. He is a past Chair and remains a member of the Council of Psychiatric Continuing Education (COPCE), which is affiliated with the Canadian Psychiatric Association. He has received several educational awards including:
• Undergraduate Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, 2009.
• Outstanding Preceptor Award, Psychiatry. Faculty of Health Sciences, Undergraduate MD Program, McMaster University, 2009.
• Association of Academic Psychiatry, Regional Teacher of the Year Award, 2006.
• McMaster Psychiatric Residents’ Association – Jock Cleghorn Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award, 1999.
• PAIRO – Clinical Teacher’s Travel Award, 1988.
Dr. Davine will be sponsoring the Canadian Psychiatric Association Foundation.
Dr. Donna Fedorkow is Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at McMaster University and serves as the Department’s Continuing Medical Education Director, Undergraduate Program Director and Urogynecology Program Director. She is a former president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
Dr Fedorkow graduated with a Medical Degree from the University of Calgary and obtained her FRCSC (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. After completing her sub-specialty training in Urogynaecology, Dr. Fedorkow obtained a Masters of Science Degree in Epidemiology. Dr. Fedorkow’s clinical and research interests include urogynaecology, conservative management of pelvic floor dysfunction, menopause and geriatric gynaecology.
Dr Fedorkow will be sponsoring the Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health (CFWH) – a national not-for-profit fundraising foundation for women’s sexual and reproductive health that funds women’s health research and fosters support for international women’s health programs. Some of the research supported by the CFWH includes in utero fetal health, safer pregnancies, infertility and menopause. For more information on the CFWH please visithttp://cfwh.org or check out their facebook page.
Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine
Dr. Tim O'Shea received his BSc in biomedical sciences from the
University of Guelph before completing his medical degree at McMaster
University and a Masters of Public Health at Harvard University. He
trained in internal medicine, infectious diseases and medical
microbiology at McMaster, and is Royal College certified in each of
these disciplines.
He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
He has served as the International Electives coordinator for
the Michael Degroote School of Medicine at McMaster University, and as
an internal medicine consultant for the Shelter Health Network in
Hamilton.
MG DeGroote Professor in Stroke Management, Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine,
McMaster University
Central South Regional Stroke Centre, Hamilton General Hospital,
Hamilton Health Sciences
Dr. Sahlas obtained his degree in Medicine in 1996 from McMaster University and completed his postgraduate training in Neurology at McGill University in 2001, followed by a Specialty Clinics fellowship in Behavioural Neurology and Stroke at the University of Toronto under the mentorship of Dr. Sandra Black. He joined the Division of Neurology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in 2003, and served as Director of the North and East GTA Regional Stroke Prevention Clinic from 2003-2008.
In March, 2008, he took a position at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, joining the Division of Neurology at the Hamilton General Hospital, the Regional Stroke Centre for Central South Ontario. In July, 2008 he became the inaugural recipient of the MG DeGroote Professorship in Stroke Management, and also began a term as Champion, Best Practices across the Continuum of Care for the Provincial Coordinating Council of the Ontario Stroke Network, the governance body for the Ontario Stroke System.
Dr. Sahlas has been active throughout many aspects of the Ontario Stroke System. He became involved in the Telestroke initiative soon after its inception, contributed to the Canadian Best Practice recommendations in stroke care, participates in the OSS Health Promotion and Primary Prevention Subcommittee, served on the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Secondary Prevention task force, and is part of the steering committee for the Ontario College of Family Physicians “Saving the Brain” Network.
Dr.
Ally P. H. Prebtani is an internist and
endocrinologist at McMaster University in Hamilton,
Canada as Associate
Professor of Medicine with the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism. He is the founder and director of the Internal
Medicine International Health Program, which takes him and trainees to pursue
voluntary international health work. He
is also the Program Director for the McMaster University Endocrinology &
Metabolism Residency Training Program. He
is also involved as a co-investigator in several clinical trials in diabetes
and heart disease and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is actively involved in several roles at
the university including teaching, clinical work, research, and administration
at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Dr.
Prebtani is currently on the Expert Committee for Canadian Diabetes Association
(CDA) Clinical Practice Guidelines and on the Task Force for the Tools
Implementation for the Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP).
Dr.
Prebtani is actively involved in voluntary work both in the community and
academically. He has won the Ontario
Voluntary Service Award by the government of Ontario for years of community
service.
He
was born in Uganda and grew up in Toronto, Canada where he did his
schooling.
Initially,
Dr. Prebtani completed his training in pharmacy in 1992 at the University of Toronto.
Shortly afterwards, he pursued medicine at McMaster University. He completed medical school in 1996. Afterwards, he completed his training in
Internal Medicine at the University
of Toronto 1999. He then went on to complete his training in
Endocrinology & Metabolism in 2001 at the University
of Toronto with a special interest in
Endocrine Oncology and was awarded a Diploma in the Master Teaching Program
from the University
of Toronto in 2004.
Dr.
Prebtani has won the McMaster University General Internal Medicine Teaching
Award and was the runner-up for the Endocrine Subspecialty Teaching Award. Dr. Prebtani was awarded the McMaster
University Internal Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award for Merit in January 2011. In April 2011, Dr. Prebtani was awarded the
Outstanding Health Care Professional Award by the Canadian Diabetes
Association. In May 2011, Dr. Prebtani
was awarded the General Appreciation Award from the Department of Medicine at
McMaster University.
His
passion is in the area of international health.
He has also been an external examiner at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
In
the community, he frequently gives medical talks to the public, has been crisis
management leader and lieutenant in the Aga Khan Volunteer Corps. He has also served on the Medical Advisory
Service in the community.
His
personal interests include spending time with his family, especially with the
biggest joy of his life, his daughter Sofia, camping, traveling, and music.
Associate Professor (FT),
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
Dr.
Nicholas Valettas is an interventional cardiologist at Hamilton Health Sciences and an Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University. His undergraduate studies were in engineering where he obtained a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering followed by a Master degree in Biomedical Engineering, both at the University of Toronto. He then obtained his MD degree followed by post-graduatetraining in Internal Medicine, also at the University of Toronto. He then moved to Philadelphia to complete fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he subsequently joined the Faculty of Medicine as an interventional cardiologist. He had a cross appointment at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, where he served as the director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Hejoined the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University in 1993.
In addition to his duties as an interventional cardiologist, he is the medical director of the Cardiology Inpatient Unit at the Hamilton General Hospital. He alsoserves as the Cardiology Planner for the undergraduate medical education curriculum at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. His clinical interests include acute coronary syndromes, trans-radial percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac hemodynamics, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension.
Dr. Valettas is board certified in cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has a Specialist Certificate in Cardiology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physiciansand Surgeons of Canada and of the Society of Coronary Angiography and Interventionand a recipient of the division of cardiology’s Ernest Fallen Cardiology Teaching Award.
Dr. Ron Vender is a Dermatologist who currently practices in Hamilton. He is the founder and director of Dermatrials Research. He has participated as principal investigator in over 80 clinical trials. He is Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology. He is Head of the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton ON as well as Active Staff and Dermatology Consultant.
Dr. Vender serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicineand Surgery. He is one of four Canadians elected to the International Psoriasis Council , a member of the Canadian Professors of Dermatology and the Groupfor Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. He has published many peer-reviewed manuscripts and has had posters and abstracts presented internationally.
Allyn Walsh, MD
CCFP FCFP, is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, McMaster
University. She is the Chair of Student Affairs for the Michael G. DeGroote
School of Medicine and divides her time between her clinical family practice
where she teaches students and residents, and the university setting where she
is involved in supporting the success of students in medical education as well
as in working with teachers from all of the health sciences professions to help
them enhance their skills as educators.
She has held a number of educational
portfolios at McMaster, including that of Family Medicine Postgraduate Program
Director and Assistant Dean, Program for Faculty Development in the Faculty of
Health Sciences. A former chair of the Accreditation Committee of the College
of Family Physicians of Canada, she has had the privilege of visiting many
teaching sites around the country. Dr. Walsh chaired the Association of
Faculties of Medicine of Canada’s Committee on Faculty Development from 2002 to
2006.
She has
published 48 papers and abstracts, with 3 more in press and has edited 7
additional works. The recipient of a number of teaching awards, in 2006 she
received the Ian McWhinney Family Medicine Award from the College of Family
Physicians of Canada for her outstanding contributions to family medicine
education in Canada.
Dr. Tricia Woo attended medical school at the
University of Toronto and also undertook fellowship training. It was here that she completed her training
in Geriatric Medicine. She is currently
an Associate Professor and Geriatrician for McMaster University at St. Peter’s
Hospital.
Tricia has a keen interest in interprofessional
education and increasing the profile of Geriatric medicine to medical students
in Canada.
Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Department of Oncology - Division of Medical Oncology
Dr. Zbuk is an assistant professor with the Department of
Oncology at the Juravinski Cancer Centre in Hamiton. His areas of interest
include cancer genetics and the molecular classification of gastrointestinal
polyposis syndromes. Dr. Zbuk's oncology practice focuses on gastrointestinal
malignancies.