SPEAKER PROFILES - CME Program
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Dr. Sherali Esmail (Traditional Medicine) Dr. Esmail is Chief of Neurology and Director of the Acute Stroke and Neurology Unit at the North York General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, where he has received many teaching awards. Dr. Derek Puddester (Physicians’ Health) Dr. Puddester obtained his B.A., B. Med. Sc., and M.D. from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He completed a residency in Psychiatry at McMaster University, and then completed a fellowship in child/adolescent psychiatry at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Puddester is Director of the Behavioural Neurosciences and Consultation-Liaison team at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, working primarily with children and youth affected by severe physical and mental disorders. He is also a Director of Education for the Department of Psychiatry at CHEO, and Director of the Faculty Wellness Program at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. The Faculty Wellness Program provides preventative, educational, interventional, and rehabilitation services to medical students, residents, and staff physicians. Bart Mindszethny & Gail Roberts (Practice Management) Bart and Gail offer insight from 50 collective years in communications. Since founding their firm—The Mindszenthy & Roberts Corporation in 1990, they have provided counsel and support across Canada to more than 200 organizations in all sectors. Having worked on some of the highest profile issues and crises of the past decade, they’ve developed specialized workshops for professionals to effectively use communications to enhance understanding and strengthen relationships. Gail and Bart will focus on how physicians can communicate more productively and successfully with patients, staff, and others. 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. Dr. Rachel Eersel Dr. Rachel Eersel was born in Suriname where she obtained her medical license at the Anton de Kom University, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Suriname. Upon completion of her studies she spent some time in the practice of general clinical medicine. In 1993 she came to reside in Sint Maarten and worked as an emergency room physician for a number of years. In 2004, Dr. Eersel graduated with a Master of Public Health degree at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the USA. To date, her responsibilities as Head of the Preventive Health Department are very broad. She is involved in the control of infectious and chronic diseases and with disaster management within the health sector.