Speakers

Dr. Harris is an Abdominal Radiologist at the Vancouver General Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Radiology at UBC. She is the Regional Department Head and Regional Program Medical Director of Medical Imaging for Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care. Prior to this, she was the Abdominal Division Head at VGH for over 15 years and previous Fellowship Program Director. Dr. Harris is a past President of the Vancouver Medical, Dental and Allied Staff Association.

She has been a member of the BCRS executive for more than ten years and was the BCRS President from 2017-2019. She is an executive board member of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) and has served as Vice-President since 2023. She participates in Diversity Equity and Inclusion committees at UBC and CAR and is a member of the CAR Sustainability Working Group.

Dr. Harris recently completed a Master’s in Health Economics, Policy and Management at the London School of Economics. She is committed to mentorship and sponsorship of learners and junior faculty and is focused on improving access and appropriate delivery of medical imaging services at all levels to enhance patient care and outcomes. Her academic interests are focused on hepatobiliary imaging, she has published over 75 peer-review papers and has spoken at multiple conferences locally, nationally, and internationally. Outside of Radiology, she enjoys spending time with her husband and three adult children, travel and running.

Graduated from McMaster Medicine in 2022 and did my Family Medicine residency till 2024. I started off my career as an academic at University of Toronto and did both outpatient and inpatient work. After having kids I moved over to exclusively outpatient medicine and I work in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at U of T at the Torono Western resident training site, which is part of the University Network. I have a diverse practice and some of my interests are pediatrics, women's health and procedures. I have also been the Finance Chair for our partnership for over 15 years and have a deep knowledge of the way in which we fund our clinicians. In 2016, when the government of Ontario was acting in bad faith with doctors I got involved at the Ontario Medical association. The art of negotiations was always a secret interest of mine. I was picked for the Negotiations task force in 2017 and was on the team that successfully negotiated the arbitration framework and then the arbitrated 2017 agreement . Subsequent to that I was on the next negotiations team and we negotiated the 2021 Physician Services agreement. I am currently the chair of the negotiations task force, on the OMA side, for the current 2024-8 PSA. 

Dr. Taylor is an associate professor and thoracic and abdominal radiologist at McGill University Health Centre. She completed her medical school and residency at McGill and fellowship in thoracic imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital and her abdominal fellowship at McGill.

Dr. Taylor has a strong interest in medical education and administration, previously serving as Thoracic Fellowship Director and Residency Program Director at McGill. She has been an examiner for the Royal College for many years and is a member of the Royal College exam board and an external reviewer for the Royal College. 

She is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Radiologists and has been awarded the Fellow of the CAR for her contributions to radiology in Canada. She is a founding member of the executive of the Canadian Society of Thoracic Radiologists and the incoming Vice President of the CSTR. She has been extensively involved in lung cancer screening projects for over a decade on a local, provincial, national and international level.

Dr. Lindsay Milroy (formerly Dr. Lindsay Cherpak) is a second-year Neuroradiology Fellow at the University of Toronto.  She received her medical degree at Dalhousie University and completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency at the University of Ottawa in 2020.  While her future practice will encompass the full breadth of Diagnostic Neuroradiology, her current area of interest is the management and treatment of spine pathologies through spine intervention.  She has a passion for medical education leadership and multi-level advocacy.  Dr. Cherpak is currently a Co-Chief Fellow in her program and serves as the Vice President of the Professional Association of Residents of Ontario (PARO). Her leadership and committee experience spans from local to international platforms throughout her training, notably including past Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) board director, chair of the CAR Resident and Fellow Section, and four-term PARO board member. 

Dr. Sagredo has been practising general radiology in a Laval community hospital since 2005. 

She graduated from University of Montreal, both for her medical degree and radiology residency. She has been chief of service for several years, responsible for scheduling during more than a decade, sat at the board of her hospital's Council of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacist as  treasurer for six years and participates actively in different hospital related committees. 

She has developed a keen interest in breast imaging doing monthly locum‘s in Abitibi  for over six years, catering to the needs of the local population concerning breast issues.

Dr. Kiana Lebel is currently a third year radiology resident at the Université de Montréal. She has been heavily involved with the Canadian Association of Radiologists, first as the Medical Student Network coordinator where she led multiples initiatives to  increase radiology exposure to medical students. She then led the Resident and Fellow Section as the chair. She has dedicated much of her education and career to working with vulnerable and marginalized populations in Canada. She co-published the first literary review on diversity in Canadian radiology titled The Status of Diversity in Canadian Radiology—Where We Stand and What Can We Do About It?, which was a catalyst in the creation of the CAR’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Working Group.

Dre Dubé pratique la radiologie générale depuis plus de 25 ans. Elle a oeuvré tant en milieu urbain que rural et même éloigné, au Québec et en Ontario, ainsi qu'en centre hospitalier et en clinique. Elle démontre un intérêt particulier pour l'imagerie mammaire et l'échographie.

Son charisme et ses aptitudes de leadership l'ont amenée à tenir des rôles de gestion comme consultante principale au curriculum de gestion médicale de l'Association médicale canadienne, comme Chef de département à l'hôpital Queensway-Carleton d'Ottawa et l'hôpital de Gatineau puis comme administrateur et présidente de l'Association des radiologistes du Québec.

Dre Dubé est propriétaire de deux cliniques de Radiologie en Outaouais et connaît bien les enjeux économiques, de ressources humaines et de contrôle de qualité s'y rapportant.

Magalie est mère de deux jeunes adultes universitaires et partage sa vie avec son amoureux de plus de 35 ans. Ensemble, ils vivent des moments de détente à leur ferme équestre.

Sarah Chibane is a fourth-year Diagnostic Radiology resident at McGill University with a passion for medical education, mentorship, and global health—interests she has pursued since her medical school years. She has taken on several leadership roles throughout her training, including serving as Chief Resident in her program, a member of the Canadian Society of Skeletal Radiology Executive Committee, on the Board of Directors for the Association of Residents of McGill, and as Projects Director with IFMSA-Quebec

Dre Louise Samson est diplômée de l’Université de Sherbrooke pour son MD et de l’Université de Montréal pour son DES en radiologie diagnostique. Au fil de sa carrière, elle a occupé de nombreux postes de leadership en éducation médicale à l’Université de Montréal et dans plusieurs organisations médicales, incluant le Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada, dont elle fut la présidente en 2006 et au CMQ comme directrice adjointe à la direction des études médicales de 2013 à 2023 avec comme portfolio l’agrément des programmes. Elle fut nommée en 2015 professeure émérite de l’Université de Montréal et a reçu de nombreux prix et titres honorifiques. Pendant 30 années elle a œuvré comme radiologue au CHUS, à l’Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur et principalement à l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal puis au CHUM. Elle a piloté et collaboré à l’implantation de plusieurs innovations pédagogiques en éducation médicale comme l’évaluation par ECOS, l’apprentissage par problèmes, l’approche par compétences, le programme de maintien de la certification du Collège royal et les compétences CanMEDS. De 2022 à 2025, elle a été co-pilote avec la Dre Josée Dubois de la mise en place d’une transformation en profondeur du programme MD de la Faculté de médecine de l’Université de Montréal. Depuis janvier 2025, elle s’initie à sa retraite. 

Dr. Elsie T. Nguyen is an Associate Professor of Radiology at University Medical Imaging Toronto, University of Toronto. She completed her thoracic imaging fellowship at the University of British Columbia and cardiovascular imaging fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Nguyen is the Vice-Chair of on SIDE (Support, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity), and the Cardiothoracic Division Lead for Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto. She is also the President of the Canadian Society of Thoracic Radiology (CSTR).  

She is passionate about education and has won several teaching awards at the undergraduate and post-graduate level and leads several research initiatives including creating a joint Breast and Cardiovascular Screening Program, optimization and utilization of coronary CT angiography among primary care physicians and MR imaging of non-ischemic cardiomyopathies.  

Mentoring, sponsoring and coaching trainees and faculty to achieve their full potential is a passion and source of joy and meaning in her day to day work.

Dr. Rebecca Hibbert is a radiologist currently practicing at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA with clinical expertise in abdominal radiology and body US/CT interventions including chest, MSK, and abdominal biopsies, drainages, thermal ablations and other procedures. She is also a medical educator with special interest in simulation training and competency-based medical education.

Dr. Niamh Coffey is a Diagnostic and Vascular and Interventional Radiologist at Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario. She completed her medical degree at the University College of Cork, Ireland in 2009 and went on to complete her Diagnostic Radiology residency and Vascular and Interventional fellowship at the University of Ottawa in 2017. She has a special interest in Interventional Oncology, in particular thermal ablation and transarterial chemoembolization and radiolembolization. She also has an interest in education, currently serving as the educational lead for her site for undergraduate and postgraduate trainees in DI and IR at THP.