Committees 2018‑2019
Standing Committees (July 1 to June 30 except where noted)
Awards Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 410 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gray, C. |
CHAIR and Member from Executive |
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Epstein, I. | Director, Departmental Postgraduate Medical Education |
| Kidwai, B. | Chair, Undergraduate Medical Education Committee |
| Gubitz, G. | (2019) Member from Department at large (remaining for a further year) |
| Sharif, I. | (2021) Member from Department at large |
| Montreuil, S. | Education Coordinator; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
Billing Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 85 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nadeem, N. | (2019) CHAIR |
| Colwell, B. | (2019) |
| Bakowsky, V. | (2020) |
| Kidwai, B. | (2020) |
| Radford, M.S. | Chief Financial Officer; Resource to Committee |
| Hatchette, D. | Administrator; Resource to Committee |
| Henneberry, T. | Data Manager; Resource to Committee |
| Tone, C. | Billing Manager; Resource to Committee |
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 145 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Taylor, T. | CHAIR |
| Gray, C. | DoM Director of Education (Ex officio) |
| Short, C. | DoM Department Head (Ex officio) |
| Epstein, I. | Core Internal Medicine Program Director |
| Connors, L. | Department of Medicine Representative (General Internal Medicine) |
| Jackson, S. | Department of Medicine Representative (Cardiology) |
| Wood, L. | Department of Medicine Representative (Medical Oncology) |
| MacDonald, E. | Core Internal Medicine Representative |
| Murnaghan, K. | Core Internal Medicine Representative |
| Parsons, H. | Resource to Committee |
Education Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 185 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gray, C. |
CHAIR |
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine |
| Epstein, I. | Director, Departmental Postgraduate Medical Education |
| Kidwai, B. | Chair, Undergraduate Medical Education Committee |
| Taylor, T. | Chair, Continuing Professional Development |
| Gallivan, C. | Departmental Clerkship Director |
| Rep from SJ - start here | |
| Motomoura, D. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2018 |
| Murphy, S. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2018 |
| Faiella, W. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Thana, K. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Gray, S. | Representative from Saint John Department of Medicine |
| MacLeod, A. | Representative from Dvision of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine |
| Morrison, N. | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Haroon, B. | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Shivakumar, S. | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Wood, L. | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Rigby, H. | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Bonnar, P. | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Barkhouse, K. | Resource to Committee |
TBA
Executive Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 70 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, NSHA |
| McNeil, S. | Deputy Head/Chief, Department of Medicine Chair, Financial Management Committee Head/Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Quraishi, A. | Head/Chief, Division of Cardiology |
| Hull, P. | Head/Chief, Division of Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science |
| Peltekian, K. | Head/Chief, Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| Kaiser, S. | Head/Chief, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Workman, S. | Interim Head/Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine |
| MacKnight, C. | Head/Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine |
| Couban, S. | Head/Chief, Division of Hematology (til 2018) |
| Shivakumar, S. | Interim Head/Chief, Division of Hematology |
| Rayson, D. | Head/Chief, Division of Medical Oncology |
| West, K. | Head/Chief, Division of Nephrology |
| Grant, I. | Head/Chief, Division of Neurology |
| Dupere, D. | Head/Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine |
| Saric, A. | Interim Head/Chief, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Hernandez, P. | Head/Chief, Division of Respirology |
| Bakowsky, V. | Head/Chief, Division of Rheumatology |
| Sohi, P. | Head, Department of Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital (end Jan 2019) |
| Bishop, G. | Interim Head, Department of Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital (start Jan 2019 |
| Van Zoost, C. | Site Chief, Dartmouth General Hospital |
| Gruchy, S. | MTU Director |
| Gray, C. | DOM Education Director |
| Hanly, J. | DOM Research Director |
| Shetty, N. | Chair, Quality and Professional Appraisal Committee |
| Epstein, I. | (June 2020) Institution-based Representative |
| Shivakumar, S. | (June 2020) Institution-based Representative |
| Lacuesta, G. | (June 2020) Community-based Representative |
| LindenSmith, J. | (June 2020) Community-based Representative |
| Radford, M.S. | Chief Financial Officer; Resource to Committee |
| Hatchette, D. | Administrator; Resource to Committee |
| Hartnett, J. | Executive Assistant; Resource to Committee |
| McIlrath, K. | Physician Resource Officer; Resource to Committee |
Financial Management Committee (FMC)
Guidelines [PDF - 30 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| McNeil, S. | (2020) CHAIR and Division Head |
| Peltekian, K. | (2019) Division Head |
| MacKnight, C. | (2020) Division Head |
| Bata, I. | (2020) Member at Large – Full-time |
| Benstead, T. | (2020) Member at Large – Full-time |
| Millard, J. | (2021) Member at Large - Community-based |
| Couban, S. | Practice Plan Committee Representative |
| Gruchy, S. | Practice Plan Committee Representative |
| Quraishi, A. | Practice Plan Committee Representative |
| Taylor, T. | Practice Plan Committee Representative |
| Wood, L. | Practice Plan Committee Representative |
| Radford, M.S. | Chief Financial Officer; Resource to Committee |
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
Investment Portfolio Sub-committee (of Financial Management Committee)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 55 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rajda, M. | (2019) CHAIR |
| White, D. | (2019) |
| Langley, R. | (2020) |
| Crowell, R. | (2021) (remaining for another term) |
| Radford, M.S. | Chief Financial Officer; Resource to Committee |
| Furlotte, M. | Investment Advisor (Wood Gundy) (Ex officio) |
Internal Medicine Program Directors' Committee (IMPDC)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 55 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Epstein, I. | CHAIR and Program Director, Core Internal Medicine |
| McLeod, M. | Associate Internal Medicine Program Director |
| Ramer, S. | Cardiology |
| Purdy, K. | Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science |
| Gruchy, S. | Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| Gee, S. | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Ginther, G. |
Geriatric Medicine |
| Shivakumar, S. | Hematology |
| Davis, I. | Infectious Diseases |
| Jeyakumar, A. | Medical Oncology |
| Finkle, N. & Poyah, P. |
Nephrology |
| Gubitz, G. | Neurology |
| Gorman Corsten, E. | Palliative Medicine |
| Saric, A. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Houston, S. | Respirology |
| Taylor, T. | Rheumatology |
| Tran, A. | PGY4/R4 Internal Medicine Program Director |
| Motomoura, D. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2018 |
| Murphy, S. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2018 |
| Faiella, W. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Thana, K. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Barkhouse, K. | Education Manager; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
| Montreuil, S. | Education Coordinator; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
Internal Medicine Residency Program Committee (RPC)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 60 kB]
| Epstein, I. | CHAIR and Program Director, Core Internal Medicine |
| Grant, E. | Site Director, Saint John (til December 2018) |
| Smith, A. | Site Director, Saint John (effective January 2019) |
| McLeod, M. | Associate Internal Medicine Program Director |
| Tran, A. | Program Director, General Internal Medicine |
| White, D. | Past Program Director, Core Internal Medicine |
| Gray, C. | Education Director, Department of Medicine |
| Gruchy, S. | MTU Director |
| Cahill / Ramjeesingh | Co-Chairs, Resident Research Committee |
| Chiasson, M. | Chair, Simulation |
| Simpson, D. | MTU Associate Director / UMEC Representative |
| Dipchand, C. | Evaluations Coordinator |
| Krueger Naug, A.M. | Career Counselor for Residents |
| LindenSmith, J. | Representative, Dartmouth General Hospital |
| LindenSmith, J. | Faculty Member at Large |
| TBA | Representative, Emerging technologies (including POCUS) |
| Motomoura, D. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident 2018, Halifax site |
| Murphy, S. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident 2018, Halifax site |
| Letourneau, A. | Chief Medicine Resident 2018, Saint John site |
| Pond, E. | MTU Chief Medical Resident, Halifax, 2018 |
| Fiaella, W. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, Halifax, January - December 2019 |
| Thana, K. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, Halifax, January - December 2019 |
| Saunders, A. | Chief Medicine Resident, Saint John, January - December 2019 |
| Rogers, A. | MTU Chief, Halifax, January - December 2019 |
| Sullivan, Rachel | PGY1 |
| Thana, Kabi | PGY2 |
| McAdam, Stuart | PGY3 |
| Sprigg, Lyndsay | PGY4 (GIM) |
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Barkhouse, K. | Education Manager, Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
| Anan, Ghadeer | Education Coordinator, Fredericton, NB Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
| Berger, Robert | Education Coordinator, Moncton, NB Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
| Rigley, Joseph | Education Coordinator, Miramichi, NB Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
| Gao, Dongsheng | Education Coordinator, Sydney, NS Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
| Moses, Brian | Education Coordinator, Yarmouth, NS Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
| Woo, Dan | Education Coordinator, Kentville, NS Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
| Fraser, Hughie | Education Coordinator, Bridgewater, NS Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
| Wahab, Tahmina | Education Coordinator, New Glasgow, NS Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
| Bergin, Pat | Education Coordinator, Charlottetown PEI Training Site (Corresponding Member) |
IT Steering Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 25 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Yip, C. | (2019) |
| Shetty, N. | (2020) |
| Green, P. | (2021) |
| TBA |
Resident Representative |
| Hatchette, D. | Administrator |
| Henneberry, T. | Data Manager |
| Taylor, I. | Director, Med IT (Faculty of Medicine) |
| McQueen, D. | Nova Scotia Health Authority eHealth Representative |
Nominating Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 20 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Short, C. | CHAIR (Department Head/Chief) |
| Chiasson, M. | (2019) |
| Benstead, T. | (2020) |
| Horne, G. | (2021) |
| McIlrath, K. | Resource to Committee |
| Veinotte, A. | Resource to Committee (starting April 2019) |
Promotions Review Committee (January - December; calendar year)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 25 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Williams, G. | (2021) CHAIR and Associate professor |
| Dipchand, C. | (2019) Professor |
| Phillips, S. | (2019) Professor |
| Workman, S. | (2019) Associate professor |
| Keating, M.M. | (2019) Assistant professor |
| Cox, J. | (2020) Professor |
| Williams, S. | (2020) Assistant professor |
| Lamond, N. | (2021) Assistant professor |
| McIlrath, K. | Resource to Committee |
Quality & Professional Appraisal Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 30 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Shetty, N. | Co-Chair (General Internal Medicine) |
| Heisz, B. | Co-Chair (DOM Manager) |
| Stewart, R. | Cardiology |
| Hull, P. | Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science |
| Williams, S. | Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| Siddiqi, F. | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Miller, A. | General Internal Medicine |
| Hominick, Kathryn | Geriatric Medicine |
| Forward, N. | Hematology |
| Harvey, R. | Infectious Diseases |
| Macfarlane, R. | Medical Oncology |
| Poyah, P. | Nephrology |
| Green, L. | Neurology |
| Dempster, J. | Palliative Medicine |
| Conrad, M. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Parker, J. | Respirology |
| Roberts, J. | Rheumatology |
| Connell, K. | NSHA Representative responsible for Department of Medicine Services |
| MacVicar, N. | Performance Excellence Representative |
| Purdy, E. | Health Services Representative (MTU Representative) |
| Munroe, K. | NSHA Representative for Ambulatory Care |
| Mann, B. | Community Member (Patient Representative) |
| Motomoura, D. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2018 |
| Murphy, S. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2018 |
| Faiella, W. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Thana, K. | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Hatchette, D. | Administrator; Resource to Committee |
| Hartnett, J. | Executive Assistant; Resource to Committee |
Research Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 60 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hanly, J. | CHAIR (DoM Research Director) |
| Sapp, J. | (2019) |
| Siddiqi, F. | (2019) |
| AbdelWahab, A. | (2020) |
| Tennankore, K. | (2020) |
| Theou, O. | (2020) |
| Smith, A. | (2021) Saint John Regional Hospital |
| Parks, N. | (2021) |
| Darvesh, S. | (2021) |
| Andrew, M. | (2021) |
| Blanchard, C. | (Indefinite) |
| Cahill, L. | Howard Webster Research Chair |
| Cahill, L. | Co-chair, Resident Research Committee (Ex officio) |
| Ramjeesingh, R. | Co-chair, Resident Research Committee (Ex offcio) |
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Nelson, K. | Research Officer; Resource to Committee (until January 2019) |
| Fraser, H. | Research Program Administrative Coordinator; Resource to Committee (start April 2019) |
Resident Research Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 25 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cahill, L. | (2021) Co-Chair |
| Ramjeesingh, R. | (2021) Co-Chair |
| Barrett, L. | (2019) Past Chair |
| Smyth, D. | (2019) |
| Nadeem, N. | (2020) |
| Elsawy, M. | (2021) |
| Jones, J. | (2021) |
| McLeod, M. | (2021) |
| Morgenthan, A. | (2019) Resident Representative |
| Francheville, J. | (2019) Resident Representative |
| Ricci, M. | (?) Saint John Resident Representative |
| Epstein, I. | Director, Postgraduate Medical Education (Ex officio) |
| Nelson, K. | Research Officer; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) (end January 2019) |
| Fraser, H. | Research Program Administrative Coordinator; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) start April 2019 |
Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 40 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kidwai, B. | CHAIR |
| MacIntyre, C. | Cardiology |
| Green, P. | Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science |
| Winsor, W. | Digestive Care & Endoscopy (til December 2018) |
| Peltekian, K. | Digestive Care & Endoscopy (start January 2019) |
| Yip, C. | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Workman, S. | General Internal Medicine |
| Koller, K. |
Geriatric Medicine |
| Keating, M.M. | Hematology |
| Johnston, L. | Infectious Diseases |
| Snow, S. |
Medical Oncology |
| Vinson, A. |
Nephrology |
| Green, L. | Neurology |
| Dupere, D. / Grant, R. | Palliative Medicine |
| McVeigh, S. |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Morrison, N. | Respirology |
| Murphy, E. |
Rheumatology (until December 2018) |
| Shaw, E. | Rheumatology (starting January 2019) |
| Simpson, D. | Residency Training Committee Representative |
| Hamodat, H. | Med 2 Representative 2018-2019 |
| Connell, B. | Med 3 Representative 2018-2019 |
| Leonard, S. | Med 3 Representative 2018-2019, Unit 1 |
| Mosher, S. | Med 3 Representative 2018-2019, Unit 2 |
| Goodwin, J. | Med 3 Representative 2018-2019, Unit 3 |
| MacIntyre, J. | Med 3 Representative 2018-2019, Unit 4 |
| Sutton, E. | Faculty of Medicine UME |
| Pippy, C. |
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick |
| Vautour, N. |
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick |
| Gray, C. | Director, Medical Education |
| Miller, S. | Assistant Dean, Skilled Clinician |
| Younis, T. | Assistant Clerkship Director |
| Gallivan, C. | Clerkship Director |
| Short, C. | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Nedic, N. | DoM Undergraduate Education Coordinator; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
| Barkhouse, K. | DoM Education Manager; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |