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Shahebina Walji, MD, CCFP Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine Medical Director, Calgary Weight Management Centre Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Calgary bh in Brief Dr. Shahebina Walji has been Medical Director of the Calgary Weight Management Centre since 2008. She is also Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University […]

Elizabeth Leroux, MD, FRCPC Clinical Assistant Professor Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Calgary bh IN BRIEF Elizabeth Leroux received her neurology training at the University of Montreal and completed a two-year fellowship at the Emergency Headache Center of Hopital Lariboisiere in Paris, doing research mainly on cluster headaches. She was director of the Headache Clinic […]

Claudio N. Soares, MD, PhD, FRCPC, MBA Professor and Head of Psychiatry, Queen’s University, School of Medicine, and CAN-BIND Executive Lead, Strategy and New Partnerships, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto bh in Brief Dr. Soares is Professor and Head of Psychiatry at Queen’s University School of Medicine in Kingston, Ontario and the Executive Lead […]

Lori Berard, RN, CDE bh in Brief Lori Berard has 29 years of experience in diabetes and is currently the Nurse Manager at the WRHA Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg Diabetes Research Group, Diabetes Nurse Clinician/Educator at the Wellness Institute Seven Oaks General Hospital and faculty member at the University of Manitoba. Lori is a member […]

Melanie Ursell, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC Neurology Dr. Melanie Ursell, Consulting Neurologist, South Muskoka Medical Centre, Bracebridge, Ontario; Assistant Professor, Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Dr Ursell holds an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Toronto where she carried out basic research into abnormalities in the myelin of people with MS. She also completed a […]

A. Shekhar Pandey, B.Sc., M.D., FRCPC, ABIM, CBNC bh in Brief Dr. Pandey is a Cardiologist and Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. He is staff cardiologist at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge and St. Mary’s Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario.  Dr Pandey’s grandfather was an orphan born into poverty […]

Dr. Alain Sotto, Hon. B.Sc., M.D., CCFP (E.M.), F.C.B.O.M. bh in Brief Dr. Alain Sotto, Hon. B.Sc., M.D., CCFP (E.M.), F.C.B.O.M. is Occupational Medical Consultant for the Toronto Transit Commission, Director of Medcan Wellness Clinic and Investigative Coroner for York Region. He is also Chief Health and Wellness Physician, RRJ Investments Inc. In addition to […]

bh in Brief Dr. Peter Anglin obtained his medical degree from Queens University at Kingston and followed this with clinical fellowships in internal medicine, haematology, and oncology. He has been in clinical practice for the last 15 years in the Greater Toronto Area, and is a clinical investigator with the National Cancer Institute of Canada. […]

bh IN BRIEF Dr. James Gregor graduated from the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. He is an Internal Medicine physician and Gastroenterologist in London, Ontario. Dr. Gregor is also Professor of Medicine, Western University; Chief of Medicine, Victoria Hospital; and Chief of Gastroenterology, Victoria Hospital. He has an interest in inflammatory […]

Dr Ronald Vender, Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and Founder and Director of Dermatrials Research Inc. bh IN BRIEF In addition to teaching at McMaster University, Dr. Ron Vender is a dermatologist who currently practices in Hamilton, Ontario, and is the founder and director of Dermatrials Research […]