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CMEatSEA's Medical Advisory Board
members are top physicians in their fields, committed to progressive medical
education and making the most of your CMEatSEA experience. Their practical approach to CME will give you the
contemporary clinical and management tools you need to keep up with the
changing demands of modern medicine.
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Paul Martin-Smith,
MD, FRCPC
Paul Martin-Smith has been involved with medical education for more
than 20 years. In addition to organizing traditional CME seminars
and meetings, he has served as a medical director, consultant and
CME project coordinator for the "North Network," which provides
real-time, audio/visual, and interactive medical education to physicians
in remote and rural settings in Ontario. He has served as president
and representative of his local medical society for over 10 years,
and served for two terms as chief of his hospital's Department of
Medicine. Dr. Martin-Smith's current CME interest involves the study
of barriers impeding the movement from clinical guidelines to their
implementation.
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Peter Newman, MD,
CCFP, FCFP
Recipient of the Postgraduate Educational Achievement Award for Program
Leadership, from the University of Toronto Department of Family and
Community Medicine, Peter Newman is assistant professor and in active
practice. He also received the Community Teacher of the Year Award
from the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Dr. Newman has been
president of the Medical Staff Association and member of the Board
of Governors at North York General Hospital (NYGH), and is an experienced
group facilitator. He is the founder and coordinator of the Canada-Dominica
Outreach Program, which combines medical aid to Dominica with training
for Canadian residents. In recognition of this work, the NYGH has
established an annual Peter R. Newman Humanitarian Award in his honour.
Dr. Newman's focus is in the area of international content to our
CME.
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Dr. Virginia Clark, BSc, BN,
MD, CCFP, IBCLC
Virginia Clark is a practicing family physician with active obstetrical
privileges at both the Foothills Hospital and Peter Lougheed Hospital
in Calgary. In addition to obstetrical services, she provides primary
care to a wide range of patients from infants to geriatrics, with
the inclusion of mental health and palliative care. As a complement
to the obstetrical care, Ginny, as she is known to most, provides
her services as a lactation consultant in the Foothills Breastfeeding
Clinic. Women's Health has been a passion since graduating from the
University of Calgary Medical school in 1998 and, through a number
of pursuits, Ginny is heavily involved in promoting family practice
obstetrics at the clerkship, residency and physician level in Calgary
and is a clinical associate professor at the University of Calgary.
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Dr. Benjamin Burko, BSc,
MDCM
Ben Burko is the Pediatric Medical Director, and President of Tiny
Tots Medical Centre, the largest privately held pediatric ambulatory
care facility in Canada. His responsibilities include Practice Manager
for 26 physicians and overseeing the e-business strategy for the center.
In addition, Dr. Burko is the VP of Research and Software Development
for the Timing Software Corporation, creating innovative, integrated
self-serve healthcare administration tools. Dr. Burko is also an assistant
professor of medicine at the McGill University Health Centre and is
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LCol (Ret'd) Tim Cook MD, FRCPC,
DTMH, CD
Dr. Cook is a lecturer at University of Toronto, Dept of Medicine
and staff physician at Mt Sinai Hospital. He is a specialist in 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
several international deployments. At the time of his retirement he
was the Surgeon General's senior advisor in internal medicine. Dr.
Cook directs a travel clinic, consults to the Canadian Forces Environmental
Medicine Establishment at Defence R & D - Toronto, and is completing
a Masters Degree in Public Health (Health Systems Management). Dr.
Cook's research interests are in health promotion and integration
of western, allopathic medicine with complementary and alternative
medicine
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Dr. Derek Puddester, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Puddester obtained his B.A., B. Med. Sc., and M.D. from Memorial
University of Newfoundland, and then completed his Psychiatry residency
at McMaster University. He completed a fellowship in child/adolescent
psychiatry at the University of Ottawa, where he is currently an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Puddester is Director
of the Behavioural Neurosciences and Consultation-Liaison team at
the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), working primarily
with children and youth affected by severe physical and mental disorders.
He is also Co-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.
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