Members of the Council are drawn from a wide variety of occupations within the community; professional health care providers, educators, financial and volunteers as well as representatives of service providers including public, private and philanthropic.
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Co-Chairs: | |
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Suzanne O’BrienÌýÌý |
MA, Executive Director, Hope and Cope at the Jewish General Hospital. |
John Sanford |
B.Eng, webmaster and volunteer on the Council. |
Past Chairs | |
Richard L. CruessÌýÌýÌý | MD, OC, OQ, Orthopedic surgeon and former Dean of Medicine at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ with a longstanding interest in Palliative Care Medicine. |
Kappy Flanders | LLD (Hon.), OC, Recipient of Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal, MSMÌý(Meritorious service Medal), Govenor Emerita ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University,Ìý |
Advisor: | |
Balfour M. MountÌýÌýÌýÌý | MD, OC, OQ, The founder of the Royal Victoria Hospital Palliative Care Service, Palliative Care ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Programs in Whole Person Care. |
Secretary: | |
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Members: | |
Barbara BishopÌý | Member of the Council and organiser of the workshops since 1996. |
Sue BrittonÌý | RN, Pioneer nurse at RVH from 1975-1997.Ìý Works as a Palliative Care Consultant and Educator for Equinoxe LifeCare, private Nursing Agency.Ìý Works as a yoga therapist at MGH Griffith Edwards Addictions Unit since 2000. |
Linda Crelinsten | RN, MA, Assistant Director of the Arnold and Blema Steinberg Medical Simulation Centre in the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Faculty of Medicine and a volunteer on the Council. |
Patrick Durivage | MSc, Social workerÌýon the home care team at CSSS Cavendish and a trainer on the global assessment tools. Trainer on Palliative Care issues (please see for details.) |
Elle Flanders | Ìý |
Patricia Friesen | Ìý |
Zelda Freitas
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Social WorkerÌýand Clinical supervisorÌýin the program for persons with a loss of autonomy including palliative homecare, CSSS Cavendish; member ofÌýa Clinician-research team inÌýpalliative care and the elderly, CSSS Cavendish. |
Audrey-Jane Hall | Director Palliative Care, Palliative Home-Care Society of Greater Montreal |
JoAnn JonesÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý | Palliative Care Nurse Educator in rural communities, involved in professional and community education. |
Bernard Lapointe | ÌýMD, OC, Palliative Care Physician and Educator.Ìý Head of the Marjorie & Gerald Bronfman Palliative Care Division at the Jewish General Hospital. |
Virginia Lee | Ìý |
Devon Phillips | BFA, Program Advisor, Palliative Care ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
Justin Sanders |
MD, MSc, FAAHPM, Kappy and Eric M. Flanders Chair in Palliative Medicine at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University.ÌýDirector of Palliative Care ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, Ìý |
Carol SteadmanÌý |
Coordinator of Volunteers for Mount Sinai Hospital and MAB / Mackay Centers. Coordinator of Mount Sinai Hospital Magic Moment Program. |
Dale Weil | Executive Director,ÌýTeresa DellarÌýPalliative CareÌýResidence |
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