Committees 2019‑2020
Standing Committees (July 1 to June 30 except where noted)
Awards Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 410 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gray, Chris |
CHAIR and Member from Executive |
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Epstein, Ian | Director, Departmental Postgraduate Medical Education |
| Kidwai, Bakhtiar | Chair, Undergraduate Medical Education Committee |
| Sharif, Ismail | (2021) Member from Department at large |
| Tran, Allen | (2022) Member from Department at large |
| Montreuil, Sophie | Education Coordinator; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
| Veinotte, Anne | Administration |
Billing Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 85 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kidwai, Bakhtiar | (2022) CHAIR |
| Bakowsky, Volodko | (2020) |
| Peltekian, Kevork | (2022) |
| Radford, Mary Sue | Chief Financial Officer |
| Hatchette, Denise | Administrator |
| Henneberry, Tom | Data Manager |
| Tone, Connie | Billing Manager |
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 145 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Taylor, Trudy | CHAIR |
| Gray, Chris | DoM Director of Education (Ex officio) |
| Short, Christine | DoM Department Head (Ex officio) |
| Epstein, Ian | Core Internal Medicine Program Director |
| Kidwai, Bakhtiar | DoM Undergraduate Education Director |
| Connors, Lori | (2022) Department of Medicine Representative (General Internal Medicine) |
| Jackson, Simon | (2021) Department of Medicine Representative (Cardiology) |
| Wood, Lori | (2020) Department of Medicine Representative (Medical Oncology) |
| MacDonald, Ellen | Core Internal Medicine Representative |
| Murnaghan, Kyle | Core Internal Medicine Representative |
| Parsons, Helen | Resource to Committee |
Education Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 185 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gray, Chris |
CHAIR |
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine |
| Epstein, Ian | Director, Departmental Postgraduate Medical Education |
| Kidwai, Bakhtiar | Chair, Undergraduate Medical Education Committee |
| Taylor, Trudy | Chair, Continuing Professional Development |
| Gallivan, Chris | Departmental Clerkship Director |
| Munro, Joffre | (2022) Saint John Department of Medicine representative |
| MacLeod, Anna | Representative from Division of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine |
| Faiella, Whitney | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Thana, Kabi | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| TBA | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2020 |
| TBA | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2020 |
| Morrison, Nancy | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Haroon, Babar | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Shivakumar, Sudeep | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Wood, Lori | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Rigby, Heather | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Bonnar, Paul | (start 2015; end TBA) Department member at large |
| Barkhouse, Katie | Education Manager; Resource to Committee |
Executive Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 70 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, NSHA |
| McNeil, Shelly | Deputy Head/Chief, Department of Medicine Chair, Financial Management Committee Head/Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Quraishi, Ata | Head/Chief, Division of Cardiology |
| Hull, Peter | Head/Chief, Division of Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science |
| Peltekian, Kevork | Head/Chief, Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| Kaiser, Stephanie | Head/Chief, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Workman, Stephen | Interim Head/Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine |
| MacKnight, Chris | Head/Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine |
| Shivakumar, S. | Interim Head/Chief, Division of Hematology |
| Rayson, Daniel | Head/Chief, Division of Medical Oncology |
| West, Kenneth | Head/Chief, Division of Nephrology |
| Grant, Ian | Head/Chief, Division of Neurology |
| Dupere, David | Head/Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine |
| Saric, Amra | Interim Head/Chief, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Hernandez, Paul | Head/Chief, Division of Respirology |
| Bakowsky, Volodko | Head/Chief, Division of Rheumatology |
| Bishop, Graham | Interim Head, Department of Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital |
| Van Zoost, Colin | Site Chief, Dartmouth General Hospital |
| Gruchy, Stephen | MTU Director |
| Gray, Chris | DOM Education Director |
| Epstein, Ian | Program Director, Core Internal Medicine |
| Andrew, Melissa | DOM Research Director |
| Shetty, Nabha | Chair, Quality and Professional Appraisal Committee |
| Haroon, Babar | (June 2022) Institution-based Representative |
| Lacuesta, Gina | (June 2020) Community-based Representative |
| LindenSmith, Jorin | (June 2020) Community-based Representative |
| Radford, Mary Sue | Chief Financial Officer; Resource to Committee |
| Hatchette, Denise | Administrator; Resource to Committee |
| McIlrath, Kathryn | Physician Resource Officer; Resource to Committee (leave 2019-20) |
| Shearer, Chad | Physician Resource Officer; Resource to Committee |
| Hartnett, Janet | Executive Assistant; Resource to Committee |
Financial Management Committee (FMC)
Guidelines [PDF - 30 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| McNeil, Shelly | (2020) CHAIR and Division Head |
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| MacKnight, Chris | (2020) Division Head |
| Grant, Ian | (2022) Division Head |
| Bata, Iqbal | (2020) Member at Large – Full-time |
| Benstead, Timothy | (2020) Member at Large – Full-time |
| Millard, Julie | (2021) Member at Large – Community-based |
| Radford, Mary Sue | Chief Financial Officer; Resource to Committee |
Investment Portfolio Sub-committee (of Financial Management Committee)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 55 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Langley, Richard | (2022) CHAIR |
| Crowell, Richard | (2021) (remaining for second term) |
| Rajda, Miroslaw | (2022) (remaining for second term) |
| Furlotte, Marc | Investment Advisor (Wood Gundy) (Ex officio) |
| Radford, Mary Sue | Chief Financial Officer; Resource to Committee |
Internal Medicine Program Directors' Committee (IMPDC)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 55 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Epstein, Ian | CHAIR and Program Director, Core Internal Medicine |
| McLeod, Magnus | Associate Internal Medicine Program Director |
| Ramer, Sarah | Cardiology |
| Purdy, Kerri | Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science |
| Gruchy, Steven | Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| Gee, Shirl | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Ginther, Glen |
Geriatric Medicine |
| Keating, Mary Margaret | Hematology |
| Davis, Ian | Infectious Diseases |
| Jeyakumar, Alwin | Medical Oncology |
| Finkle, Neil |
Nephrology |
| Gubitz, Gordon | Neurology |
| Gorman Corsten, Erin | Palliative Medicine |
| Saric, Amra | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Houston, Simon | Respirology |
| Taylor, Trudy | Rheumatology |
| Tran, Allen | PGY4/R4 Internal Medicine Program Director |
| Faiella, Whitney | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Thana, Kabi | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Nunn, Matt | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2020 |
| Sullivan, Rachel | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2020 |
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Barkhouse, Katie | Education Manager; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
| Montreuil, Sophie | Education Coordinator; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
Internal Medicine Residency Program Committee (RPC)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 60 kB]
| Epstein, Ian | CHAIR and Program Director, Core Internal Medicine |
| McLeod, Magnus | Associate Program Director, Core Internal Medicine |
| Smith, Alexa | Site Director, Saint John Regional Hospital |
| Tran, Allen | Program Director, General Internal Medicine |
| White, Darrell | Past Program Director, Core Internal Medicine |
| Gray, Chris | Education Director, Department of Medicine |
| Gruchy, Steven | MTU Director |
| Cahill, Leah / Ramjeesingh, Ravi | Co-Chairs, Resident Research Committee |
| Chiasson, Meredith | Chair, Simulation |
| Simpson, David | MTU Associate Director / UMEC Representative |
| Dipchand, Christine | Evaluations Coordinator |
| Krueger Naug, Anne Marie | Career Counselor for Residents |
| LindenSmith, Jorin | Representative, Dartmouth General Hospital |
| LindenSmith, Jorin | Faculty Member at Large |
| Mulvagh, Sharon | Co-Representative, Emerging technologies (including POCUS) |
| Ramer, Sarah | Co-Representative, Emerging technologies (including POCUS) |
| Fiaella, Whitney | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, Halifax, January - December 2019 |
| Thana, Kabi | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, Halifax, January - December 2019 |
| Saunders, Alexandra | Chief Medicine Resident, Saint John, January - December 2019 |
| Rogers, Alex | MTU Chief Medical Resident, Halifax, January - December 2019 |
| Nunn, Matt | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, Halifax, January - December 2020 |
| Sullivan, Rachel | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, Halifax, January - December 2020 |
| Beckett, Nicole | Chief Medicine Resident, Saint John, January - December 2020 |
| Simms, Elizabeth | MTU Chief Medical Resident, Halifax, January - December 2020 |
| Gregory, Peter | Resident Representative, PGY1 |
| Sullivan, Rachel | Resident Representative, PGY2 |
| Thana, Kabi | Resident Representative, PGY3 |
| Faiella, Whitney | Resident Representative, PGY3 |
| Resident Representative, PGY4 (GIM); when applicable | |
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Barkhouse, Katie | Education Manager, DoM Education Office, 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 |
|---|---|
| Horton, Rob | (2022) CHAIR |
| Shetty, Nabha | (2020) |
| Tran, Allen | (2022) |
| Green, Chris, PGY5 GIM |
Resident Representative |
| Hatchette, Denise | Administrator |
| Henneberry, Tom | Data Manager |
| Taylor, Ian | Director, Med IT (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Nemirovsky, Andrew | Nova Scotia Health Authority eHealth Representative |
Nominating Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 20 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Short, Christine | CHAIR (Head/Chief, Department of Medicine) |
| Benstead, Tim | (2020) |
| Horne, Gabrielle | (2021) |
| Patel, Sunil | (2022) |
| Veinotte, Anne | Resource to Committee |
Promotions Review Committee (calendar year)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 25 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Williams, Geoff | (December 31, 2021) CHAIR and Associate professor |
| Cox, Jafna | (December 31, 2020) Professor |
| Williams, Stacey | (December 31, 2020) Assistant professor |
| Lamond, Nathan | (December 31, 2021) Assistant professor |
| Imran, Ali | (December 31, 2022) Professor |
| Kirby, Lee | (December 31, 2022) Professor |
| Rayson, Daniel | (December 31, 2022) Professor |
| Bakowsky, Volodko | (December 31, 2022) Associate professor |
| McIlrath, Kathryn | Physician Resource Officer; Resource to Committee (leave 2019-20) |
| Shearer, Chad | Physician Resource Officer; Resource to Committee |
Quality & Professional Appraisal Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 30 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Shetty, Nabha | Co-Chair (General Internal Medicine) (leave starting Nov 2019) |
| MacKinnon, Brittney | Co-Chair (DOM Manager) (resigned Dec 2019) |
| Stewart, Robbie | Cardiology |
| Hull, Peter | Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science |
| Williams, Stacey | Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| Siddiqi, Ferhan | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Miller, Ashley | General Internal Medicine |
| Hominick, Kathryn | Geriatric Medicine |
| Forward, Nick | Hematology |
| TBA | Infectious Diseases |
| Macfarlane, Robyn | Medical Oncology |
| Poyah, Penelope | Nephrology |
| TBA | Neurology |
| Dempster, Jeff | Palliative Medicine |
| MarFarlane-Conrad, Monique | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Parker, Jennie | Respirology |
| Roberts, Janet | Rheumatology |
| Connell, Katherine | NSHA Representative responsible for Department of Medicine Services |
| Bourque, Megan | Performance Excellence Representative |
| Purdy, Elisa | Health Services Representative (MTU Representative) |
| Munroe, Kim | NSHA Representative for Ambulatory Care |
| Mann, Elizabeth | Community Member (Patient Representative) |
| Faiella, Whitney | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Thana, Kabi | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2019 |
| Nunn, Matt | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2020 |
| Sullivan, Rachel | Co-Chief Medicine Resident, January - December 2020 |
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Hatchette, Denise | Administrator; Resource to Committee |
| Hartnett, Janet | Executive Assistant; Resource to Committee |
Research Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 60 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Andrew, Melissa | CHAIR (DoM Research Director) |
| Cahill, Leah | Howard Webster Research Chair |
| Cahill, Leah | Co-Chair, Resident Reserach Committee (Ex officio) |
| Ramjeesingh, Ravi | Co-Chair, Resident Research Committee (Ex officio) |
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| AbdelWahab, Amir | (2020) |
| Tennankore, Karthik | (2020) |
| Theou, Olga | (2020) |
| Smith, Alexa | (2021) Saint John Regional Hospital (until January 2020) |
| Parks, Natalie | (2021) |
| Darvesh, Sultan | (2021) |
| Barrett, Lisa | (2022) |
| Stewart, Michael | (2022) |
| Blanchard, Chris | (Indefinite) |
| Fraser, Heather | Research Program Administrative Coordinator; Resource to Committee |
Resident Research Committee
Terms of Reference [PDF - 25 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cahill, Leah | (2021) Co-Chair & Howard Webster Department of Medicine Research Chair |
| Ramjeesingh, Ravi | (2021) Co-Chair |
| Barrett, Lisa | (2020) Past Chair |
| Epstein, Ian | Director, Postgraduate Medical Education (Ex officio) |
| Nadeem, Najaf | (2020) |
| Elsawy, Mahmoud | (2021) |
| McLeod, Magnus | (2021) |
| Imran, Ali | (2021) |
| Macfarlane, Robyn | (2022) |
| TBA | (2020) Resident Representative |
| TBA | (2020) Resident Representative |
| TBA | Saint John Resident Representative |
| Fraser, Heather | Research Program Administrative Coordinator; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
Risk & Rewards Committee (NEW 2019)
Terms of Reference - to be confirmed
“A departmental Risk and Rewards Committee, made up of 6 members, will oversee the implementation of the Performance Plan. All department members have the opportunity to put their names forward for the Risk and Rewards committee and will follow the nominations and voting procedures already in place for committees within the department. The committee will be reflective of the Department and have representation from Division Heads, junior, senior, community and full-time AFP Department members.”
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Miller, Ashley | Chair and Junior AFP Member |
| Hernandez, Paul | (start 2019; end TBD by chair) Division Head |
| Colwell, Bruce | (start 2019; end TBD by chair) Senior AFP Member |
| Gray, Chris | (start 2019; end TBD by chair) Senior AFP Member |
| Jones, Jennifer | (start 2019; end TBD by chair) Senior AFP Member |
| Mountain, Anita | (start 2019; end TBD by chair) Senior AFP Member |
| Tugwell, Barna | (start 2019; end TBD by chair) Senior AFP Member |
| Connors, Lori | (start 2019; end TBD by chair) Community AFP Member |
| Short, Christine | Department Head/Chief (Ex officio) |
| TBA | Resource to Committee |
Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC)
Terms of Reference [PDF - 40 kB]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kidwai, Bakhtiar | CHAIR |
| Gray, Chris | DoM Director, Medical Education |
| Gallivan, Chris | DoM Clerkship Director |
| Younis, Tallal | DoM Assistant Clerkship Director |
| MacIntyre, Ciorsti | Cardiology |
| Green, Peter | Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science |
| Peltekian, Kevork | Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| Yip, Churn-Ern | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Workman, Stephen | General Internal Medicine (until January 2020) |
| Chowdhury, Chinmoy | General Internal Medicine (effective January 2020) |
| Koller, Kata |
Geriatric Medicine |
| Forward, Nick | Hematology |
| Johnston, Lynn | Infectious Diseases |
| Snow, Stephanie |
Medical Oncology |
| Vinson, Amanda |
Nephrology |
| Woodroffe, Stephanie | Neurology |
| Dupere, David / Grant, Robin | Palliative Medicine |
| McVeigh, Sonja |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Morrison, Nancy | Respirology |
| Shaw, Emily | Rheumatology |
| Munro, Joffre | Clerkship Director, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick |
| Vautour, Natalie | UGME Supervisor, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick |
| Simpson, David | Internal Medicine Residency Program Committee Representative |
| Sutton, Evelyn | Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine UGME |
| TBA | Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine Skilled Clinician |
| Hazelton, Emma | Med 2 Representative 2019-2020 |
| Holt, Kelsey | Med 3 Representative 2019-2020 |
| Chedrawe, Emily | Med 3 Representative 2019-2020, Unit 1 |
| Federico, Lucy | Med 3 Representative 2019-2020, Unit 2 |
| Holt, Kelsey | Med 3 Representative 2019-2020, Unit 3 |
| Hung, Ana | Med 3 Representative 2019-2020, Unit 4 |
| Short, Christine | Head/Chief, Department of Medicine (Ex officio) |
| Nedic, Nina | DoM Undergraduate Education Coordinator; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
| Barkhouse, Katie | DoM Education Manager; Resource to Committee (Ex officio) |
Divisional Surveys 2019
Clinical Dermatology & Cutaneous Science
| Chair | Dr. Stephen Workman | Division of General Internal Medicine |
| DoM representative | Dr. Alex Nelson | Division of Respirology |
| DoM representative & FoM representative |
Dr. Lori Connors | Division of General Internal Medicine |
| DoM representative & FoM representative |
Dr. Geoff Williams | Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| NSHA representative | TBA | |
| IWK representative | Dr. Donna McCulloch | Division of IWK Community Pediatrics |
| Resource | Chad Shearer | DoM Physician Resource Officer |
Endocrinology
| Chair | Dr. Kevork Peltekian | Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| DoM representative | Dr. Christine Dipchand | Division of Nephrology |
| NSHA representative | Brent Powers | Director, NSHA Physician Services |
| Resource | Kathryn McIlrath / Chad Shearer |
DoM Physician Resource Officer |
Respirology
| Chair | Dr. Ata Quraishi | Division of Cardiology |
| DoM representative | Dr. Steven Gruchy | Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy |
| DoM representative | Dr. Steven Soroka | Division of Nephrology |
| NSHA representative | TBA | |
| IWK representative | TBA | |
| FoM representative | TBA | |
| Resource | Chad Shearer | DoM Physician Resource Officer |