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Specialty Council

The Specialty Section represents the interests of specialists and their patients and provides advice to the Board of Directors of the NBMS.

Specialty Council Executive

Dr. Gurpreet Singh-Ranger (President)
Dr. Joe Amirault
Dr. Scott Bagnell
Dr. Ruairi Meagher
Dr. Morgan MacDonald

Section Representatives

Anesthesiology
Dr. Yannick Duguay (Chair)
Dr. Zakir Hajat (Vice-Chair)
Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Jean-François Légaré (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
Dermatology
Dr. Michael MacGillivary (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Denis Thériault (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
Emergency Medicine
Vacant (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
Endocrinology
Dr.  Jaclyn Ferris (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
General Internal Medicine
Dr. Charles Smith (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
General Surgery
Dr. Stephen Smith (Chair)
Dr. Heather Valk (Vice-Chair)
Internal Medicine
Dr. Stéphanie Thébeau (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Dr. Lise Gagnon (Chair)
Dr. Ariadna Grigoriu (Vice-Chair)
Neurology
Dr. Renju Kuriakose (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
Neurosurgery
Dr. André Le Roux (Chair)
Dr. Dhany Charest (Vice-Chair)
Nuclear Medicine
Dr. John Leblanc (Chair)
Dr. Mohammad Golfam (Vice-Chair)
Obstetrics
Dr. Anne LeBouthillier (Chair)
Dr. Shannon Laity (Vice-Chair)
Oncology
Dr. Pierre O’Brien (Chair)
Dr. Arpita Sengupta (Vice-Chair)
Ophthalmology
Dr. Ken Roberts (Chair)
Dr. Nir Shoham-Hazon (Vice-Chair)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Andrew Clark (Co-Chair)
Dr. Michel Caron (Co-Chair)
Otolaryngology
Dr. Morgan Langille (Chair)
Dr. Marie-Josée Allard (Vice-Chair)
Paediatrics
Dr. Sarah Gander (Chair)
Dr. Rachel Ouellette (Vice-Chair)
Palliative Medicine
Dr. Marwa Fagir (Chair)
Dr. Mélanise Doucet (Vice-Chair)
Pathology
Dr. Ather Naseemuddin (Chair)
Dr. Warren Lyew (Vice-Chair)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Dr. Scott Worley (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
Plastic Surgery
Dr. Jayson Dool (Chair)
Dr. Ian Maxwell (Vice-Chair)
Psychiatry
Dr. Satyendra Satyanarayana (Chair)
Dr. Monique Scholten (Vice-Chair)
Respirology
Dr. Graham Bishop (Chair)
Dr. Coleman Black (Vice-Chair)
Rheumatology
Dr. Marc-Etienne Parent (Chair)
Dr. Jean-Philip Deslauriers (Vice-Chair)
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Crispin Russell (Chair)
Vacant (Vice-Chair)
Urology
Dr. Scott Bagnell (Chair)
Dr. Gavin Langille (Vice-Chair)