Clinical Teachers' Association of Queen's University | School of Medicine

CTAQ Dues were collected via auto-withdrawal for the July 2025 - June 2026 academic year. If you have opted out of auto-withdrawal, please pay via one of these two options:

By e-Transfer: To process the transaction from your on-line banking system:

Recipient - CTAQ Secretariat

Amount - $100.00

Security answer/password – ctaqdues *(You can make up any question, but the answer must be ctaqdues)

Please include your First AND Last Name when submitting the e-transfer request so I can credit the correct physician

By Cheque: Made payable to “Clinical Teachers’ Association of Queen’s University” and kindly sent via inter-company mail to:

Anne Marie Loricchio, CTAQ Administrator

76 Stuart St., Victory 2

Kingston, ON K7L 2V7

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The 2024-2025 CTAQ Endowed Research Grant have been awarded.

Congratulations to the following award recipients: (Click on the tab on the right-hand side for more information regarding the winners)

Recipients:

Project: Are we adhering to guidelines for follow-up imaging in neonates with simple congenital heart defects? What are the healthcare costs of non-adherence?

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mahmoud Alsalehi, Department of Pediatrics

Project: Exploring the Utility of a Patient-Held Health Passport for Refugees in Kingston, Ontario

Principal Investigator: Dr. Erin Brennan, Department of Emergency Medicine

Project: Detecting the undetected: Understanding health advocacy through human and machine learning approaches

Principal Investigator: Dr. Isabelle Gray, Department of Emergency Medicine

Project: Speech perception and language comprehension deficits in Parkinson’s Disease

Principal Investigator: Dr. Durjoy Lahiri, Department of Medicine

Project: Does Early Liver Specialist Care Improve Time-at-Home after Discharge for Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis?

Principal Investigator: Dr. Kristel Leung, Department of Medicine

Project: Understanding Indigenous perspectives on data governance: Creation of a framework to inform Indigenous research and evaluation within the Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA OHT)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Amrita Roy, Department of Family Medicine

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Why CTAQ is Important to You!

The Role of CTAQ can be briefly summarized by this excerpt from the incorporation document:

"To advance and promote the welfare of teaching clinicians in hospitals associated with Queen's University in the broadest sense."

CTAQ is most visible in its role as one of the four signatories of the South Eastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO). CTAQ, along with Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Providence Care Hospital and Queen’s University entered into an alternate funding arrangement with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care in 1994.

The majority of the funding for clinical teachers is provided through this arrangement. Once an agreement has been reached with the MOHLTC, the CTAQ Executive is actively involved in the governance of SEAMO. CTAQ has 5 elected members on the SEAMO Governing Committee. This representation gives us a very strong voice in SEAMO and provides an important forum for communication and cooperation with the university and teaching hospitals.