Advocacy and Awareness
Mr. Adam Cook (Corporate Representative)
Government Affairs Manager, Abbvie Corporation
Mr. Ken Gagnon (Advocacy Bi-lingual Liaison)
Director, Stakeholder Relations, Industrial and Public, QC division of The Arthritis Society
Ms. Cheryl Koehn (OA MOC Liaison)
Founder and President, Arthritis Consumer Experts
Mr. Kelly Lendvoy (co-Chair)
Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Arthritis Consumer Experts
Dr. Carter Thorne (IA MOC Liaison)
Therapuetics Committee Chair, Canadian Rheumatology Association
Ms. Janet Yale (co-Chair)
Chair, Arthritis Alliance of Canada; CEO & President, The Arthritis Society
Inflammatory Arthritis Models of Care
Dr. Vandana Ahluwalia (co-Chair)
Consultant Rheumatologist, William Osler Health System Centre; President, Canadian Rheumatology Association
Dr. Claire Barber
Assistant Professor, Rheumatologist, University of Calgary
Dr. Cheryl Barnabe
Associate Professor, Rheumatologist, University of Calgary
Dr. Dianne Mosher (co-Chair)
Professor of Medicine, Division Chief of Rheumatology, University of Calgary
Dr. Michelle Teo
Rheumatologist, Balfour Medical Clinic, Penticton BC
Dr. Michel Zummer (co-Chair)
Head of Rheumatology, CH Maisonneuve-Rosemont Associate Professor, Université de Montréal
Osteoarthritis Models of Care
Ms. Louise Crane
Consumer Representative, Alberta
Dr. Natasha Gakhal
Rheumatologist, Sunnybrook Women's Hospital
Dr. Gillian Hawker (co-Chair)
Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology, University of Toronto
Ms. Cheryl Koehn (Advocacy Liaison)
Founder and President, Arthritis Consumer Experts
Dr. Linda Li
Physiotherapist, University of British Columbia
Mr. Douglas Thomson (co-Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Orthopaedic Association
Dr. Paul Watson
Family Physician, President of Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM)
Research
Dr. Frank Beier (former co-Chair)
Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario
Dr. Susan Bartlett (co-Chair)
Professor of Medicine, Divisins of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology and Respirology, McGill University
Dr. André Bussières
Assistant Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University
Dr. Lisa Carlesso
Assistant Professor, Universite de Montreal, School of Rehabilitation, Montreal, QC
Dr. John Esdaile (co-Chair)
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Dr. Debbie Feldman
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine at Université de Montréal
Dr. Rahul Gawri
NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Dr. Gillian Hawker
Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Dr. Diane Lacaille
Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Mary Pack Chair in Rheumatology Research, Arthritis Research Canada
Dr. Lily Lim
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba; Staff Rheumatologist,Children's Hospital of Manitoba
Dr. Deborah Marshall (co-Chair)
Professor, Deaprtment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Ms. Shanon McQuitty
Consumer Representative, Arthritis Patient Advisory Board, Arthritis Reseach Canada
Dr. Jason McDougall
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University
Ms. Janet Yale (Advocacy Liaison)
Chair, Arthritis Alliance of Canada; CEO & President, The Arthritis Society
Dr. Rae Yeung
Professor, Rheumatologist and Senior Scientist in Cell Biology Research, Hospital for Sick Kids
Industry Representative (s)
Dr. David Gold
Medical Advisor at Pfizer Canada
Dr. Stephanie Falcao
Director, Medical Affairs at Merck Canada