MESSAGES FROM THE CHIEFS OF OUR ACADEMIC TEACHING SITES
DR. TAMARA WALLINGTON, CURRENT CHIEF DR. ALISON FREEDLAND, INTERIM CHIEF, TRILLIUM HEALTH PARTNERS – CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL AND MISSISSAUGA HOSPITAL Dr. Wallington At the Trillium-Summerville and Credit Valley Family Medicine Teaching Units in Mississauga, we are pleased to welcome three new leaders this year. All three are graduates of the Credit Valley Family Medicine Teaching Unit (CV FMTU). They are: Dr. Nina Yashpal – cross-site Professional Development Lead; Dr. Azra Premji - Undergraduate Program Director (CV FMTU); and Dr. Ali Damji - Quality Improvement Representative (CV FMTU). The Trillium-Summerville and Credit Valley Family Medicine Teaching Units continue to build partnerships with the Trillium Health Partners Women’s Health Program to support continued success of the Family Medicine Obstetrical (FMOB) program. The recent restructuring of the FMOB program at the CV FMTU has already resulted in great success.
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Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) training was formally integrated into the curriculum at both sites; and
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Collaborative efforts in Mental Health core training have enabled amalgamation of psychiatry sessions and the integration of CBT training.
With respect to new initiatives, the CV FMTU established a formal curriculum of care for homebound seniors and patients with palliative needs. This outstanding new program allows residents to follow patients in the community while learning competencies essential to delivering home-based primary care.
DR. RUTH HEISEY, WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL Dr. Cynthia Whitehead, newly appointed Full Professor, is an executive lead in cultural transformation at Women’s College Hospital (WCH), helping to ensure safe access to care and health information for Indigenous women. Crossroads, Massey Centre, our addictions team and the YWCA programs reflect our renewed focus on outreach, equity and innovation to provide better care to marginalized women. We have four family medicine research Chairs, including our own Dr. Noah Ivers, the recent recipient of a prestigious Tier-2 Canada Research Chair; and the accomplished Dr. Aisha Lofters, joining our team in October as Implementation Science Chair in the Peter Gilgan Centre for Women’s Cancers.
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New leadership roles include Dr. Batya Grundland as Director of Curriculum and Remediation at DFCM; Dr. Danielle Martin as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Executive at Women’s College Hospital; and Dr. Lynn Wilson’s newly added role as Associate Vice Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions, at the University of Toronto. Last, but certainly not least, our preeminent scholar Dr. Helen Batty plans to step down from clinical work and teaching after 44 years at DFCM. We’re all grateful to Helen for the skilled mentoring she has provided, an inestimable contribution that is certain to make a difference for many years to come.