THE LEG’S CONNECTION SPRING 2016

Welcome to the inaugural The LEGs Connection! In an effort to achieve collaboration between LEGS, the LEG’s Connection will feature extracts of What’s Happening various LEG updates, NOAMA updates, upcoming events, and include LEG  LEG Leads Breakfast Meeting: Leads contact information. April 9, 2016 @ 6:45am at NC NOAMA  Scholarly Activity draft NOAMA has transitioned from an organization supporting clinical definition completed for teaching enhancements to an organization responsible for the presentation at NC  expansion of an academic culture among the physicians in Northern IFPOC approved all 11 NOAMA supported AFP successful grants ; a major component is the defining scholarly activity as it  NOAMA approved 22 CIOF relates to the PCTA, NOSM and the NTHC. successful grants We’ve recently updated our website to include new LEG website  Newly updated Website: complete with a LEG Discussion Board and Fileshare which stemmed www.noama.ca from our recent LEG Lead meeting in Toronto. The 2015-2016 Annual Report is completed and available on the NOAMA website. Finally, the NOAMA staffing transition is now complete. Many thanks and happy retirement to both Dorothy Wright and Lana Norton! NOAMA could not have become the successful organization without all of their contributions!

Huntsville Physician Local Education Group

The Huntsville LEG was established in May of 2013 and currently has 45 members including Family Medicine as well as Specialty Physicians. By using Start up and Innovative funds the group hired a full time Research and Academic Coordinator who has been instrumental in helping to increase the clinical teaching, academic teaching, Physician Education and Research in our community. The group has now also successfully completed our second annual LEGS Teaching/Research Conference, which has brought in dynamic speakers for a 2 day Educational event. Our most recent initiative is the establishing of the Huntsville LEG web site which will be used as a communication tool, repository for Grand Round and Conference presentations, and a CME calendar and discussion forum

THE LEG’S CONNECTION SPRING 2016

LEG Name LEG Lead E-mail Address

City of Lakes Family Health Team Dr. Katherine Richardson [email protected]

Dryden Medical Education Group Dr. Adam Moir [email protected]

Elliot Lake LEG Dr. Frank Chi [email protected]

Family Medicine LEG - Sudbury Dr. Reena Dhatt [email protected] Fort William Family Health Organization Dr. Moira Mangatal [email protected]

Health Sciences Network North Sudbury General Dr. Richard Benedict [email protected] Clinical Teaching Group

Health Sciences North Obstetrics and Gynecology LEG Dr. Roxanna Righi [email protected]

Hearst Medical Education Group Dr. Rene Lafleche [email protected]

Huntsville Physician LEG Dr. David McLinden [email protected] Kapuskasing Sensenbrenner Medical Staff Dr. Chris Meilleur [email protected]

Dr. Julie Boucher [email protected] Dr. Mark Spiller [email protected] Lake of the Woods Health Sciences Campus LEG Dr. Brad Kyle [email protected] Dr. Rhonda Diamond [email protected]

Lakehead Obstetrics and (OB/GYN) LEG Dr. Frank Potestio [email protected]

Manitoulin Island Clinical Teachers Association Dr. Michael Bedard [email protected]

Marathon Physician Associates Dr. Eliseo Orrantia [email protected] North Bay LEG Dr. Rick Senior [email protected]

North Bay Pediatric Associates Dr. Mary Grise [email protected]

Northern Ontario Palliative Care LEG Dr. Kevin Miller [email protected]

Northern Orthopaedics (N.ORTH) LEG Dr. Kevan Saidi [email protected] Parry Sound LEG Dr. Wil Smith [email protected]

Dr. David Clarke [email protected]

Pathology LEG Dr. Denis Bonin [email protected] Red Lake LEG Dr. Peter Orth [email protected]

Sault Ste Marie Academic Medical Association Dr. Ed Hirvi [email protected]

Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre Dr. Sharen Madden [email protected]

South Muskoka LEG Dr. Anthony Deketele [email protected] South Temiskaming Dr. Stacy Desilets [email protected]

Sudbury Anaesthesia Local Education Group Dr. Brent Kennedy [email protected] Sudbury Critical Care LEG Dr. Matt Cavanagh [email protected] Sudbury Emergency Associates Dr. Melanie Squarzolo [email protected]

Sudbury Hospitalist Local Education Group Dr. Deborah Smith [email protected]

Sudbury Pediatric Group Dr. Gautam Kumar [email protected]

Sudbury Psychiatry Group Dr. Elandu Okoronkwo [email protected]

Thunder Bay Anesthesia LEG Dr. Jennifer Whittingham [email protected]

Thunder Bay Critical Care Group Dr. Noemie Chessex [email protected]

Thunder Bay Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Dr. David Puskas [email protected] Thunder Bay Emergency Physicians Dr. Fred Sarrazin [email protected]

Dr. Elena Poliakova [email protected]

Thunder Bay General Surgery LEG Dr. William Harris [email protected] Thunder Bay Head and Neck Physicians (TBHNP) Dr. Sanjoy Gupta [email protected],

Dr. Hassan Hassan [email protected]

Thunder Bay Internal Medicine LEG Dr. Trevor Bon [email protected] Thunder Bay Pediatric Teaching Faculty LEG Dr. Justin Jagger [email protected],

Dr. Ranjit Baboolal [email protected]

Thunder Bay Psychiatry LEG Dr. Jack Haggarty [email protected] Thunder Bay Regional Cancer Care Group LEG Dr. Margaret Anthes [email protected] Dr. Dorie-Anna Dueck [email protected] Timiskaming-Cochrane LEG Dr. Stephen Chiang Dr. [email protected] Dr. Emmanuel Abara [email protected]

Timmins Educators and Mentors (TEAM) LEG Dr. Nancy Woods [email protected]

Wawa LEG Dr. Mike Cotterill [email protected]

West Nipissing Local Education Group Dr. Klère Bourgault [email protected]