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CMEatSEA's Medical Advisory Board members are leaders in their field, 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
A recipient of the Community Teacher of the Year Award from the Ontario College of Family Physicians, Peter
Newman is both in active practice and an assistant professor with the Department of Family and Community
Medicine at the University of Toronto. An experienced group facilitator, Dr. Newman has been president of the
Medical Staff Association and is a former member of the Board of Governors at North York General Hospital
(NYGH). He is 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.
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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.
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Dr. Benjamin Burko, MD
Dr. Burko is a Pediatrician at Montreal Children's Hospital/McGill University Health Centre. He is currently
active in the Emergency Department on a part-time basis. He is also 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. |
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Dr. 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, BA BMedSc MD MEd FRCPC
Dr. Derek Puddester is an Associate Professor at uOttawa's Faculty of Medicine where he also is the
Director of the Faculty Wellness Program. The program provides support, advocacy, research, and
educational services to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. Dr. Puddester is also
a Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario where he co-leads the
Behavioural Neurosciences and Consultation-Liaison Team. He completed his undergraduate
training at Memorial University of Newfoundland, residency at McMaster, and fellowship at uOttawa.
In 2008, he completed an MEd in Teaching/Learning at uOttawa with his research focused on
physician health education. Dr. Puddester has developed several national and international
curricular resources on physician health including www.ephysicianhealth.ca, eworkplacehealth.ca,
the Royal College of Physician and Surgeon's Physician Health Guide, and the Canadian Medical
Association's undergraduate curriculum in physician health.
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Mr. Michael Fraleigh, B.A., LL.B.
Michael is a Partner at Fogler, Rubinoff LLP where he heads the health law group. He is also a
member of the Firm's Executive Committee. Michael has extensive experience in all aspects of
health law including the representation of physicians in regulatory matters involving complaints,
discipline, quality assurance, fitness to practice and registration issues. He has represented
numerous physicians in hospital privilege disputes as well as in matters involving the management
and business operations of a medical practice including billing issues. He also advises corporations
and institutions with respect to health law issues. Michael is also an experienced medical
malpractice litigator having both defended physicians and represented plaintiffs. Michael is a
frequent speaker at continuing education programs for health care practitioners and lawyers on
issues relating to health law and medical practice.
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