About us

Where we've been and where we're going

Our Team

Helen Angus


B.A., MScPl

Anne Avery


CMP

Jocelyn Bennett


RN, MScN

Brian Hodges


MD, PhD, FRCPC

Our Board of Directors

Will Falk


Will Falk has spent over 25 years as an international strategist, advising top academic centres, governments, and innovative companies in healthcare.

Andrew Bond


Andrew Bond is the Senior Vice President and Medical Director at GreenShield, Canada’s non-profit payor-provider delivering health insurance, digital and specialty pharmacy, benefits administration, mental health and well-being supports, and social impact funding. 

Catherine Carstairs


Catherine Carstairs is an award-winning historian at the University of Guelph, specializing in the impact of racism, colonialism, gender inequity, ageism, and class on historical and contemporary health inequalities.

Jaron Chong


Jaron Chong is an Assistant Professor and Department of Medical Imaging Undergraduate Medical Education Director at Western University.

Vanessa Gruben


Vanessa is Vice Dean of the English Common Law Program, Associate Professor and a member of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa.

Joshua Liu


Joshua Liu believes in the power of digital health to transform patient experiences and outcomes. A physician turned health tech entrepreneur, he is the co-founder and CEO of SeamlessMD, a platform that enables hospitals to digitize patient care journeys with interactive reminders, education, and symptom monitoring.

Shoghig (Sho) Kulidjian


Sho is the Chair of the AMS Finance and Risk Committee (FAR). She has 30 years experience in the financial sector and currently leads the institutional business at Trez Capital.

Lisa Richardson


Lisa Richardson is the Associate Dean, Inclusion & Diversity at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

Gillian Strudwick


Gillian Strudwick is an Independent Scientist, and Interim Chief Nurse Executive at The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Amol Verma


Amol Verma is passionate about transforming hospital care through data and technology. He is a physician, scientist, and Associate Professor at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto, where he holds the Temerty Professorship in AI Research and Education in Medicine.

Cynthia Whitehead


Cynthia Whitehead is deeply committed to improving medical education and global health through scholarship, leadership, and clinical service. She is a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and Director and Scientist at the Wilson Centre for Education Research at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and University Health Network.

Kumanan Wilson


Kumanan is a specialist in General Internal Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.