Postgraduate Medical Education Committee Membership
| Postgraduate Medical Education Committee | |
| Core Committee | |
| Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education (Chair) | Dr. Ross Walker |
| Anatomical Pathology Program Director | Dr. Christopher Davidson |
| Anesthesiology Program Director | Dr. Melinda Fleming |
| Cardiology Program Director | Dr. Samir Hazra |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Dr. Sanjeev Sharma |
| Clinician Investigator Program Director | Dr. Graeme Smith |
| Critical Care Program Director | Dr. Suzanne Bridge |
| Diagnostic Radiology Program Director | Dr. Andrew Chung |
| Emergency Medicine Program Director | Dr. Jaelyn Caudle |
| Family Medicine Program Director | Dr. Brent Wolfrom |
| Family Medicine Enhanced Skills Program Director | Dr. Meg Gemmill |
| FM / Anesthesia Program Coordinator | Dr. Valerie McLeod |
| FM / Care of the Elderly Program Coordinator | Dr. Christopher Frank |
| FM / Emergency Medicine Program Coordinator | Dr. Matthew Stacey |
| Gastroenterology Program Director | Dr. Mark Ropeleski |
| General Internal Medicine Program Director | Dr. Laura Marcotte |
| General Surgery Program Director | Dr. Diederick Jalink |
| Geriatric Psychiatry | Dr. Maria Hussain |
| Hematology Program Director | Dr. Janet Lui |
| Internal Medicine Program Director | Dr. David Taylor |
| 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. Marie Andree-Harvey |
| Ophthalmology Program Director | Dr. Mark Bona |
| Orthopedic Surgery Program Director | Dr. Davide Bardana |
| Pediatric Program Directors | Dr. Kirk Leifso |
| Palliative Care Medicine Program Director | Dr. Craig Goldie |
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program Director | Dr. Sussan Askari |
| Psychiatry Program Director | Dr. Eric Prost |
| Public Health and Preventive Medicine Program Director | Dr. Kieran Moore |
| Radiation Oncology Program Director | Dr. Catherine de Metz |
| Respirology Program Director | Dr. Paul Heffernan |
| Rheumatology Program Director | Dr. Marie Clements-Baker |
| Surgical Foundations Program Director | Dr. Darrin Payne |
| Urology Program Director | Dr. Michael Leveridge |
| 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 |
| Director of Medical Administration, Providence Care | Allison Philpot |
| Resident Representatives | |
| PARO Representative | Dr. Simon Beshara Dr. Maria Daniel Dr. Andrew Dawson Dr. Rosy Fournier |
| CFPC Resident Representative | Dr. Ben Moreau |
| RCPSC Resident Representative | Dr. Jena Hall |
| Non-Voting Members | |
| Vice Dean, Education | Dr. Leslie Flynn |
| 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 |
| Medical Director, Academic Affairs - Lakeridge Health Corporation | Dr. Randy Wax |
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Director, Assessment and Evaluation |
Laura McEwen, PhD |
| Director, Marketing and Recruitment | Nicholas Snider |
| Chair, Resident Advisory Board | |
| Member of the Public | Diane Kelly |
| RCPSC Program Administrator | Nicole de Smidt |
| CFPC Program Administrator | Laura McDiarmid |
Postgraduate Medical Education Committees: Meeting Dates 2020-2021
| Date | Committee | Members to Attend | Time and Location |
| Thursday, August 6, 2020 | PGMEC | All Program Directors | 2:00-3:00pm Zoom |
| Wednesday, September 16, 2020 |
PGMEC | All Program Directors | 12:00-1:30pm Zoom |
| October 2020 | PGMEC | All Program Directors | TBC |
| November 2020 | PGY1 | PGY 1 Program Directors | TBC |
| December 2020 | PGMEC | All Program Directors | TBC |
| January 2021 | PGY1 | PGY1 Program Directors |
TBC |
| February 2021 | PGMEC | All Program Directors | TBC |
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March 2021 |
PGY1 | PGY1 Program Directors |
TBC |
| April 2021 | PGMEC | All Program Directors | TBC |
| May 2021 | PGMEC | All Program Directors | TBC |
| June 2021 | PGMEC | All Program Directors | TBC |
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
Membership:
Voting Members
Dr. Christopher Davidson – Anatomical Pathology
Dr. Melinda Fleming - Anesthesiology
Dr. Kieran Moore – Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Dr. Andrew Chung – Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Jaelyn Caudle – Emergency Medicine
Dr. Brent Wolfrom – Family Medicine
Dr. Kelly Howse - Family Medicine
Dr. Diederick Jalink - General Surgery
Dr. David Taylor – Internal Medicine
Dr. Sean Taylor – Neurology
Dr. Marie-Andree Harvey – Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Stephanie Baxter – Ophthalmology
Dr. Davide Bardana – Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Kirk Leifso – Pediatrics
Dr. Sussan Askari – PM&R
Dr. Eric Prost & Dr. Johanne Roberge – Psychiatry
Dr. Catherine de Metz – Radiation Oncology
Dr. Darrin Payne - Surgical Foundations
Dr. Michael Leveridge – Urology
Ex-Officio
Dr. Ross Walker - Associate Dean, PGME
Dr. Melissa Andrew - Director of Resident Affairs
Mrs. Jordan Sinnett - Program Manager, PGME
Dr. Laura McEwen - Director, Assessment and Evaluation
Mr. Nicholas Snider - Director, Marketing and Recruitment
Mrs. Karen Spilchen-Program Coordinator, PGME
Download the Terms of Reference
Approved at PGMEC on December 11, 2019
Approved by Faculty Board on February 13, 2020
Resident Advisory Committee
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) and current membership includes:
- Residents from Kingston General Hospital's Joint Program Committees
- Residents from Hotel Dieu Hospital's Ambulatory Care Committee
- Residents from the Department of Family Medicine
- A Subspecialty Medicine resident
- The Core Internal Medicine Program Director
- The Directors of Medical Affairs from Kingston General and Hotel Dieu Hospitals
- The Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education