The Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC) supports the Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education at Queen’s University in planning, organizing and evaluating all aspects of residency education. The Committee is responsible for developing appropriate policies and processes to oversee residency education; advocating for resources to facilitate and enhance residency education; and, addressing social accountability within residency programs ensuring the needs of the population are served.
Download the PGMEC Terms of Reference here.
| Core Committee | |
| Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education (Chair) | Dr. Karen Schultz |
| Anatomical Pathology Program Director | Dr. Christine Orr |
| Anesthesiology Program Director (Acting) | Dr. Staci Ridi |
| Cardiology Program Director Cardiology Assistant Program Director |
Dr. Samir Hazra Dr. Zardasht Jaff |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Dr. Amer Sapru |
| Clinician Investigator Program Director | Dr. Anne Ellis |
| Critical Care Program Director | Dr. Paul Heffernan |
| Diagnostic Radiology Program Director Diagnostic Radiology Assistant Program Director |
Dr. Andrew Chung Dr. Benjamin Kwan |
| Emergency Medicine Program Director Emergency Medicine Assistant Program Director |
Dr. Erin Brennan Dr. Chris Evans |
| Family Medicine Program Director Family Medicine Assistant Program Director |
Dr. Brent Wolfrom Dr. Josh Li |
| Family Medicine Enhanced Skills Program Director | Dr. Brent Wolfrom |
| FM / Anesthesia Program Coordinator FM / Anesthesia Assistant Program Coordinator |
Dr. Valerie McLeod Dr. Cameron MacLean |
| FM / Care of the Elderly Program Coordinator | Dr. Christopher Frank |
| FM / Emergency Medicine Program Coordinator FM / Emergency Medicine Assistant Program Coordinator |
Dr. Matthew Stacey Dr. Elizabeth Blackmore |
| Gastroenterology Program Director Gastroenterology Assistant Program Director |
Dr. Mark Ropeleski Dr. David Rodriques |
| General Internal Medicine Program Director | Dr. Steven Montague |
| General Surgery Program Director | Dr. Sarah Jones |
| Geriatric Psychiatry | Dr. Maria Hussain |
| Hematology Program Director | Dr. Janet Lui |
| Infectious Diseases | Dr. Evan Wilson |
| Internal Medicine Program Director | Dr. Stephen Gauthier Dr. Sara Awad Dr. Bikrampal Sidhu |
| Medical Oncology Program Director | Dr. Francisco Vera Badillo |
| Nephrology Program Director | Dr. Hasitha Welihinda |
| Neurology Program Director | Dr. Lysa Lomax |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology Program Director | Dr. Marisa Horniachek |
| Ophthalmology Program Director | Dr. Mark Bona |
| Orthopedic Surgery Program Director | Dr. Davide Bardana |
| Pediatrics Program Director Pediatrics Assistant Program Director |
Dr. Kirk Leifso Dr. Laura Wheaton |
| Palliative Care Medicine Program Director | Dr. Craig Goldie |
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program Director | Dr. Sussan Askari |
| Psychiatry Program Director | Dr. Matthew Tobin |
| Public Health and Preventive Medicine Associate Program Director | Dr. Samantha Buttemer |
| Radiation Oncology Program Director | Dr. Martin Korzeniowski |
| Respirology Program Director | Dr. Christina Liak |
| Rheumatology Program Director | Dr. Marie Clements-Baker |
| Surgical Foundations Program Director | Dr. Timothy Phillips Dr. Sarah Jones |
| Urology Program Director | Dr. Jason Izard |
| Director, Resident Wellness | Dr. Melissa Andrew |
| Assistant Dean, Distributed Medical Education | Dr. Ruzica Jokic |
| Chief, Academic and Medical Affairs, Kingston Health Sciences Centre | Chris Gillies |
| Executive Director, Medical Affairs, Patient Flow, and Research, Providence Care | Allison Philpot |
| Resident Representatives | |
| PARO Representative |
Dr. Bryce Chen |
| CFPC Resident Representative | Dr. Meghan Kerr |
| RCPSC Resident Representative | Dr. Nazde Edeer |
| Non-Voting Members | |
| Vice Dean, Education | Dr. Richard van Wylick |
| EDI Faculty Lead, FHS | |
| Program Manager, Postgraduate Medical Education | Jordan Sinnett |
| Accreditation Coordinator, Postgraduate Medical Education | Karen Spilchen |
| Family Medicine - Kingston & 1000 Islands Site Director | Dr. Kelly Howse |
| Family Medicine - Belleville/Quinte Site Director | Dr. Nadia Knarr |
| Family Medicine - Peterborough/Kawartha Site Director | Dr. Kim Curtin |
| Family Medicine - Bowmanville/Oshawa/Lakeridge Site Director | Dr. Wei-Hsi Pang |
| Family Medicine - Indigenous Health | Dr. Michael Green |
| Family Medicine - Global Health | Dr. Eva Purkey |
| Family Medicine - Women's Health | Dr. Rupa Patel |
| Medical Director, Academic Affairs - Lakeridge Health Corporation | Dr. Randy Wax |
| Director, Assessment and Evaluation and Chair, Education Advisory Board | Laura McEwen, PhD |
| Director, Marketing and Recruitment | Nicholas Snider |
| Chair, Resident Advisory Committee | TBC |
| Member of the Public | Diane Kelly |
| RCPSC Program Administrator | Hayley Stitt |
| CFPC Program Administrator | Laura McDiarmid |
| Educational Consultant Representative | Lindsay Crawford |
| Queen's Medical Education Committee | Dr. Jessica Trier Dr. Alison Banwell |
| EDI Resident Representatives | TBC |
| Accreditation Faculty Leads | Dr. Melissa Andrew Dr. Laura Marcotte |
| Fellowship Education Advisory Committee | TBC |
| All meetings will offer a hybrid option. Participants may attend in person or join by Zoom. | |
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Date |
Time |
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September 14, 2022 |
12:00-1:30pm |
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October 13, 2022 |
12:00-1:30pm |
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December 15, 2022 |
11:30-1:30pm |
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January 11, 2023 |
12:00-1:30pm |
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February 16, 2023 |
12:00-1:30pm |
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March 23, 2023 |
12:00-1:30pm |
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April 20, 2023 |
12:00-1:30pm |
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May 17, 2023 |
12:00-1:30pm |
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June 22, 2023 |
12:00-1:30pm |
The PGY1 Subcommittee of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC) has been established to make recommendations to the PGMEC regarding affairs of the PGY1 programs. The PGY1 Subcommittee will discuss several key topics including:
- Queen's postgraduate quotas in the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS)
- curriculum review and development for the Core Academic Days
- resident assignment and management for PGY1 required rotations
An updated Terms of Reference will be posted shortly.
The Resident Advisory Committee was established in August 2012 to provide a forum for resident engagement in policy and management decisions within the affiliated teaching hospitals. Working collaboratively with hospital administration, the committee reports to the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC).
The Critical Care Medicine (CCM) Position Allocation Subcommittee reviews requests and makes recommendations to the CCM Training Program and the Associate Dean, PGME, on the annual allocation of trainees participating in CCM at Queen's University and at CCM designated training sites.
The Internal Review Subcommittee (IRSC) is a standing committee of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC) and is responsible for reviewing all external (both Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)) and internal accreditation activities (e.g. Internal Reviews, Queen’s Action Plan Outcome Reports (QPORs)). This includes monitoring programs’ progress on previously identified areas for improvement (AFIs), as well as identifying new AFIs and monitoring follow through of newly identified AFIs. The committee will provide constructive feedback to individual programs to support continuous quality improvement (CQI) and will recommend follow up reporting requirements.
The committee will be responsible for identifying common themes and issues across programs, as well as leading practices and innovations, and to report back on these at the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee meetings.