SPEAKER PROFILES - CME Program
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Dr. Amy Bloom    (Traditional Medicine) Dr. Amy Bloom trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Rochester and Preventive Medicine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After several years in practice as an intensive care and emergency physician, she joined the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the CDC. For the past eight years, she has been assigned from CDC to work internationally on emerging infectious diseases, particularly Tuberculosis and HIV. Dr. Tim Cook    (Complementary Medicine & Physicians’ Health) Dr. Cook is a lecturer at University of Toronto, Dept of Medicine and staff physician at Mt Sinai Hospital. He is a specialist of Internal Medicine and Tropical Medicine and holds a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the University of London, England as well as certification from the American Society of Tropical Medicine. He retired from the Canadian Forces Health Service in 2003 after 20 years of service and numerous international deployments. At the time of retirement he was the Surgeon General’s senior advisor in internal and tropical medicine. Dr. Cook directs a travel clinic, consults to the Canadian Forces Environmental Medicine Establishment at Defence R & D - Toronto and is studying for a masters degree in international health (health systems management). Jim Fulton    (Practice Management & Physicians’ Health) Jim Fulton has been the Executive Director of the David Suzuki Foundation since 1993. The Foundation works through science and education to protect the balance of nature and our quality of life, now and for future generations. He manages national campaigns on climate change, sustainability, and marine and terrestrial systems. Health of our communities and the conservation, protection and restoration of natural systems are the focus of program work. Jim is a graduate of Simon Fraser University and in 1988 was awarded the outstanding graduate award for work on national environmental issues. Prior to election in 1979 Jim was employed by the Ministry of Attorney General for BC.  Gregory Hilderman   (Wealth Management) Greg has been a partner in G2 Financial for the past 12 years and practicing comprehensive financial planning for the past 23. He is a Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant and has spent the past 15 years specializing in retirement, tax and estate planning. Greg has been instrumental in reshaping how numerous physician groups are compensated, with a focus on improving their current and future lifestyle. Some of the groups he has worked with include Neo-Natologists, Radiologists, Thoracic Surgeons, Neurologists and the Oncologists of Alberta and British Columbia.