Dr Prakesh Shah is Pediatrician-in-Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at University of Toronto, Canada. He is the Director of the Canadian Preterm Birth Network (CPTBN) and an International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes of Neonates (iNeo) whereby he oversees a project of benchmarking outcomes of very preterm neonates in 13 countries including 300 NICUs. His areas of interest include Patient and Disease oriented research in NeonatalPerinatal Medicine, Health Services and Epidemiological Research in Maternal-Newborn care and Quality ...

Professor emeritus of Medicine, University of Alberta

Arya M. Sharma, MD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta and is globally recognised as Canada's leading voice in obesity science and medicine. He has authored over 450 scientific articles and has lectured in over 50 countries on evidence-based prevention and management of obesity. He is the Scientific Director of Obesity Canada, Canada's national health charity focussed on improving the lives of Canadians affected by obesity, and his work has been extensively recognised through numerous prestigious awards. He is also regularly featured as an expert in national and ...

Distinguished Professor, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Alan Rosenberg, a pediatric rheumatologist, is a University of Saskatchewan Distinguished Professor. Following pediatric and pediatric rheumatology training he returned to Saskatchewan in 1981 to establish the province’s first pediatric rheumatology program. He has been Head of the Department of Pediatrics and was co-founder of the Children’s Health Foundation of Saskatchewan, which led to the realization of Saskatchewan’s first children’s hospital. Dr. Rosenberg’s research explores how genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors interact to influence childhood rheumaticdiseases. He ...

Professor, University of Calgary

Dr. Quinn is a Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. He is a Nephrologist and Clinical Epidemiologist whose research interests include the care of patients with kidney disease, the provision of renal replacement therapies (with a focus on dialysis access), and quality of dialysis care. He received his MD in 1999 and completed specialty training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the University of Calgary in 2004. Dr. Quinn then completed a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto before joining the University of Calgary in 2009.

Professor Emeritus, Memorial University of Newfoundland

James Rourke is an international leader in rural medical education and rural health care. He began his education in a one-room public school, and has been a rural doctor and a Professor of Family Medicine at both the University of Western Ontario and now Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he has served as Dean of Medicine since 2004. Currently Dr. Rourke is Chair of the Board for the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. He, along with his wife Dr. Leslie Rourke, are known for developing a widely used evidence based system of care for infants and young children.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba

Dr. Brent Schacter has held many major national and international leadership roles: President/CEO of CancerCare Manitoba; CEO of Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies; and Co-Chair of Steering Committee, Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control. These roles allowed effective advocacy for establishment of Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Dr. Schacter was the P.I. of the Canadian Tumour Repository Network, which launched a Biobank Education and Certification Program that has been adopted globally. He was President of International Society of Biological and Environmental ...

Michael Sole is Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Toronto. He was Chief of Cardiology, at the now University Health Network from 1989-1998. He founded and directed The Centre for Cardiovascular Research from 1988-1999 and led its evolution into the Heart and Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence at the University of Toronto. He was the first to map brain neurochemical changes in heart attack and failure. With Dr. C.C. Liew, he was the first to determine the genetic code for the human cardiac myosin heavy chain genes and mutations in myosin binding protein C in ...

Professor, Western University

Dr. Kathy Nixon Speechley is a Professor at Western University and Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute and Children’s Health Research Institute. An epidemiologist, her primary research focus is determinants of quality of life in children with chronic health conditions with an emphasis on improving quality of life in children with epilepsy. Her publications describing key risk and protective factors for quality of life in childhood epilepsy have contributed to advances in family centered care. She is a Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society, Past Chair of the Canadian Paediatric ...

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Howard Steiger directs Quebec's only large-scale, specialized eating-disorders program—the Douglas Institute Eating Disorders Continuum (EDC). Under his leadership, the EDC has earned regional, national and international recognition for its clinical services, research and teaching. Responsible for more than 170 articles and chapters, Dr. Steiger is Associate Editor of the Journal of Eating Disorders, has served as Co-President of Quebec's "Body Image Charter" (CHIC), and has occupied leadership roles in all main international associations concerned with Eating Disorders. Through his ...

Professor and Director, Clinical Research Unit, University of Calgary

Dr. Wiebe is an internationally recognized clinical researcher focusing on neurosciences and epilepsy and in evidence based medicine. He specializes in surgical randomized controlled trials, and in patient-centred outcomes. He performed the only randomized trial on brain surgery for epilepsy, which resulted in international treatment guidelines for this condition. Dr. Wiebe has trained numerous clinical researchers, he leads national and international clinical research initiatives, and he plays a major role in establishing educational and clinical care programs in epilepsy around the world.