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Building bridges for better health care

Published: 12 August 2013

Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a vital partner of the RUIS ۲ݮƵ. Twice a year, RUIS ۲ݮƵ leaders, faculty and staff from Montreal visit the area to better understand local health care services and plan jointly with the ASSS Abitibi-Témiscamingue for continued improvement.

Jacques Boissonneault, President and Director General of Abitibi-Témiscamingue’s Agence de la santé et des services sociaux, is pleased with the interactions. “We were very happy with the earnest participation of physicians from the CSSS Vallée-de-l'Or,” he said following the most recent visit in May 24, 2013 by RUIS ۲ݮƵ President and Dean of ۲ݮƵ’s Faculty of Medicine, David Eidelman and other RUIS ۲ݮƵ members.

Among the CSSS Vallée-de-l'Or physicians was Dr. Myriam Bellazzi, a ۲ݮƵ University graduate and now a family doctor and educational director of the Family Medicine unit at Clinique médicale de l'Or et des Bois in Val d'Or. Bellazzi works with a teaching team of six local physicians and specialists. Marilyne Brault, a ۲ݮƵ student who is completing her residency in the region, also met with the visiting RUIS ۲ݮƵ team, including Dr. Samuel Benaroya, RUIS ۲ݮƵ Coordinator and Associate Dean of Inter-Hospital Affairs at ۲ݮƵ’s Faculty of Medicine; Dr. Mathias Kalina, Associate Director of Professional Services at the ۲ݮƵ University Health Centre; Johanne Desrochers, Co-President of Telehealth for RUIS ۲ݮƵ; Jim Gates, Acting Director of the RUIS ۲ݮƵ Health Network Office; and Rita Ziadé, RUIS ۲ݮƵ Program Manager.

In 2014, Abitibi-Témiscamingue will play host to the second RUIS ۲ݮƵ Symposium, following the success of the 2012 event. More details to follow!

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