Our Directors

 

Executive Director

James L. Silvius, BA (Oxon), MD, FRCPC
Clinical Professor & Geriatrician, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Senior Medical Director, Provincial Seniors Health & Continuing Care, Alberta Health Services


Scientific Director

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Emily McDonald, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine and Subspecialist in General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
Associate Chair of Quality and Safety, McGill Department of Medicine

Twitter : @DrEmilyMcD


International Consultant

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Justin Turner, BPharm, MClinPharm, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Monash University
Principal Investigator and Scientific Director, SaferMedsNL

Justin Turner was Scientific Director of the Network from 2016 to 2022.


Past Directors

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Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc, Co-Director (2016-2020), Co-Founder
Professor, Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Université de Montréal Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes for Health Research