Advocacy and Awareness Committee
Mr. Ken Gagnon (Advocacy Bi-lingual Liaison)
Director, Stakeholder Relations, Industrial and Public, QC division of The Arthritis Society
Mr. Kelly Lendvoy (co-Chair)
Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Arthritis Consumer Experts
Ms. Frances LeBlanc (OA MOC Liaison)
Manager, Government Relations, The Canadian Chiropractic Association
Ms. Gillian Kennedy
Manager, Government Relations, AbbVie Canada
Ms. Cheryl Koehn (OA MOC Liaison)
Founder and President, Arthritis Consumer Experts
Mr. Christopher Sherwood (IA MOC Liaison)
Senior Manager, Advocacy Relations, Value Access & Policy, Amgen Canada
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
Dr. Claire Barber
Assistant Professor, Rheumatologist, University of Calgary
Dr. Cheryl Barnabe
Associate Professor, Rheumatologist, University of Calgary
Dr. Dianne Mosher (co-Chair)
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine University of Calgary
Ms. Anne Lyddiatt
Consumer Representative, Patient Partners
Dr. Michel Zummer (co-Chair)
Head of Rheumatology, CH Maisonneuve-Rosemont Associate Professor, Université de Montréal
Dr. Michelle Teo
Rheumatologist, Balfour Medical Clinic, Penticton BC
Osteoarthritis Models of Care
Dr. Gillian Hawker (co-Chair)
Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology, University of Toronto
Ms. Cheryl Koehn (Advocacy Liaison)
Founder and President, Arthritis Consumer Experts
Ms. Frances LeBlanc (Advocacy Liaison)
Manager, Government Relations, The Canadian Chiropractic Association
Mr. Douglas Thomson (co-Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Orthopaedic Association
Research
Dr. Deborah Marshall (co-Chair)
Professor, Deaprtment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Dr. Frank Beier (co-Chair)
Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario
Dr. André Bussières
Assistant Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University
Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy
Scientific Director, CIHR- IMHA, Winnipeg MB
Dr. Debbie Feldman
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine at Université de Montréal
Dr. Janet Pope
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine
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. Jason McDougall
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University
Dr. John Woolcott
Senior Manager, Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Pfizer
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