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Leadership

Dr. Shirley Lee

Acting Chair

Dr. Shirley Lee

Dr. Lee is the Acting Chair at the DFCM, as well as a physician leader and academic family physician with a robust background in family and emergency medicine, a passion for advancing education and supporting family physicians, and a commitment to fostering inclusive and innovative learning environments. She has been an associate professor with DFCM since 2008.

During the course of her career, Dr. Lee has received prestigious teaching awards recognizing her contributions to medical education, including the Canadian Association of Medical Education’s Certificate of Merit. Currently, her roles include chair of the Coalition for Physician Learning and Practice Improvement and emergency physician at The Ottawa Hospital.

Dr. Lee is deeply committed to our vision of outstanding primary care for all and our mission of delivering the world’s best education for family doctors.

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Vice-Chairs

Indigenous Leadership Circle

Name  Title

Dr. Suzanne Shoush

Indigenous Health Lead

Dr. Janet Smylie

Indigenous Health Research Lead

Dr. Sarah Park 

Indigenous Health Education Lead

Dr. Joel Voth 

Early Career Family Physician

Dr. Danielle Martin

DFCM Chair

Dr. Katherine Rouleau

Director, WHO Collaborating Centre on Primary Care

Program Directors

Dr. Melissa Graham

Associate Program Director, Academic FellowshipCRCMScCH (FCM)MPH(FCM)

Dr. Allyson Merbaum

Program Director, Faculty Development

Dr. Fok-Han Leung

Program Director, Medical Education Fellowship and Clinical Teacher CertificateMScCH (HPTE)

Dr. Kulamakan (Mahan) Kulasegaram

Program Director, Office of Education Scholarship

Dr. Sherylan Young

Program Director, Undergraduate Education Program and Clerkship

Dr. Stuart Murdoch

Program Director, Postgraduate Education

Dr. Jeff Golisky

Program Director, Integrated Communities

Dr. Vaibhav Kamble

Dr. Andrew Pinto

Dr. Stephanie Zhou

Dr. Praseedha Janakiram

Dr. Noor Ramji

Dr. Erika Catford

Program Director, Enhanced Skills Program

Program Director, Practice-Based Research Network (UPLEARN)

Program Director, Continuing Professional Development

Program Director, Global Health Education

Program Director, Practice Improvement

Program Director, Teaching Practices

Division Heads

Dr. Sid Feldman

Head, Division of Care of the Elderly

Dr. Megan Landes

Head, Division of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Nikki Bozinoff

Head, Division of Mental Health and Addiction

Dr. Hedieh Molla Ghanbari

Head, Division of Hospital Medicine

Dr. Kirsten Wentlandt

Dr. Ross Upshur

Head, Division of Palliative Care

Head, Clinical Public Health

 

Business Administration Director

Brenda Chow

Director, Business Administration