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Our members

Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network committee members are leading health care providers, researchers and patient advocates. Their work engages Canadian seniors, their families, communities and health care providers in conversations and initiatives that promote the safe and appropriate use of medication.

Click on the links below to view the list of committee members:
Executive Committee
Public Awareness Committee
Health Care Provider Committee
Research Committee
Indigenization Working Group

Executive Committee

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    Emily McDonald

    (MD, MSc, FRCPC)
    Director, Chair of Executive Committee and Co-chair of Scientific Committee
    Associate Professor of Medicine and Subspecialist in General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
    Associate Chair of Quality and Safety, McGill Department of Medicine

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    David Gardner

    (PharmD, MSc)
    Professor, Department of Psychiatry and College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University
    Co-lead, Sleepwell

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    Lisa McCarthy

    (PharmD, MSc)
    Chair,     Research Committee
    Associate Professor, University of Toronto
    Clinician Scientist, Trillium Health Partners

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    Andrea Murphy

    (BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD)
    Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University
    Clinic Pharmacist,     The Dalhousie University School of Social Work Community Clinic
    Co-Lead,     Sleepwell

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    Connie Newman

    Chair, Public Awareness Committee
    Executive Director,     Manitoba Association of Senior Communities
    Member, Age Friendly Manitoba

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    Lalitha Raman-Wilms

    (BPharm, PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP)
    Co-Chair,     Health Care Provider Committee
    Dean and Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba

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    Amber Ruben

    (BPharm)
    MSc Student,     Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta
    Consultant, Indigenous Health Equity & Reconciliation, Covenant Health, Misericordia Community Hospital

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    Mina Tadrous

    (PharmD, MSc, PhD)
    Health Policy Advisor
    Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

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    Wade Thompson

    (BPharm, PharmD, MSc, PhD)
    Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
    Member, Therapeutics Initiative

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    Johanna Trimble

    Patient Champion, Patients for Patient Safety Canada
    Member, Patients in Education, Vancouver Coastal Health Community Advisory Network, BC Patient Voices Network, Doctors of BC, BC Polypharmacy Risk Reduction

Public Awareness Committee

Health Care Provider Committee

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    Brenda Schuster

    (BSP, ACPR, PharmD, FCSHP)
    Co-Chair,     Health Care Provider Committee
    Clinical Pharmacist

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    Lalitha Raman-Wilms

    (BPharm, PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP)
    Co-Chair,     Health Care Provider Committee
    Dean and Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba

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    Allison Bell

    (BPharm, MSc)
    Pharmacy Manager,     Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Long Term Care

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    Émilie Bortolussi-Courval

    (RN, PhD)
    MD Student, Université de Sherbrooke

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    Barbara Farrell

    (BPharm, PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP)
    Lead,     Bruyère Research Institute Evidence-Based Deprescribing Guidelines Research Team, deprescribing.org
    Co-Founder, Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network

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    Joanne Ho

    (MD, FRCPC)
    Associate Professor,     Department of Medicine, McMaster University
    Co-Executive Director,     GeriMedRisk

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    Jennifer Isenor

    (BPharm, RPh, PharmD)
    Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
    Co-Lead,     Optimizing Therapy Through Collaboration (OPTx)

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    Laurie Mallery

    (MD, FRCPC, MSM)
    Professor,     Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University

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    Louise Papillon-Ferland

    (BPharm, MSc)
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Michel Saucier Endowed Chair of Geriatric Pharmacology, Health, and Aging, University of Montréal
    Pharmacist, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal

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    Elizabeth Rhynold

    (MD, FRCPC)
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan

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    Cheryl A. Sadowski

    (BPharm, PharmD, BCGP, FCSHP)
    Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta

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    Winnie Sun

    (RN, PhD)
    Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University

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    Aaron Tejani

    (BPharm, PharmD)
    Clinical Assistant Professor    , Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC
    Medication Use Evaluation Pharmacist, Fraser Health Pharmacy Services BC

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    Jennifer Tung

    (PharmD, ACPR, BCGP)
    Pharmacy Lead    , GeriMedRisk

Research Committee

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    Lisa McCarthy

    (PharmD, MSc)
    Chair,     Research Committee
    Clinician Scientist,     Trillium Health Partners
    Associate Professor,     University of Toronto

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    Justin Lee

    (BPharm, ACPR, MD, PhD)
    Co-chair, Research Committee
    Assistant Professor,     Department of Medicine, McMaster University
    Associate Research Director,     Centre for Integrated Care
    Clinician Scientist,     GERAS Center for Aging Research

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    Austin Harding

    (BPharm, ACPR)
    MD Candidate, Dalhousie University

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    Corinne Hohl

    (MD, MHSc, MDCM, FRCPC)
    Associate Professor and Head,     Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Colombia
    Emergency Physician, Vancouver General Hospital
    Co-Lead, ActionADE

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    Jennifer Isenor

    (BPharm, RPh, PharmD)
    Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
    Co-Lead,     Optimizing Therapy Through Collaboration (OPTx)

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    Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University
    Associate Adjunct Professor,     Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
    Nurse Practitioner, Indigenous Services Canada/Government of Canada

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    Roni Kraut

    (MD, MSc)
    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta

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    Erica Lau

    (PhD)
    Research Associate,     Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia
    Implementation Scientist, ActionADE

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    Emily McDonald

    (MD, MSc, FRCPC)
    Director, Chair of Executive Committee
    Associate Professor of Medicine and Subspecialist in General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
    Associate Chair of Quality and Safety, McGill Department of Medicine

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    Henry Michael

    (BPharm, MSc)
    PhD Candidate,     Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University
    Research Trainee, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

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    Lalitha Raman-Wilms

    (BPharm, PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP)
    Co-Chair,     Health Care Provider Committee
    Dean and Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Colombia

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    Paul Ronksley

    (PhD)
    Associate Professor and Health Services Researcher, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary

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    Cheryl A. Sadowski

    (BPharm, PharmD, BCGP, FCSHP)
    Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta

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    Wade Thompson

    (BPharm, PharmD, MSc, PhD)
    Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
    Member, Therapeutics Initiative

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    Shanna Trenaman

    (BPharm, ACPR, MAHSR, PhD)
    Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University

Indigenization Working Group