Steering Committee Members
Dr. Ahmed Bayoumi
Ahmed Bayoumi is a general internist and health services researcher in
Toronto. His clinical and research interests focus on the health of
people living with HIV and other disadvantaged populations. He is
committed to the concepts of social and economic justice. He has been
active on the MRG steering committee for over 10 years.
Irfan Dhalla
Irfan Dhalla is an internal medicine resident physician at St.
Michael’s Hospital and the Sunnybrook and Women’s College
Health Science Centre in Toronto. He graduated as the valedictorian
of his University of Toronto medical school class in
2003. As a medical student, he and several of his classmates
conducted a nationwide survey of medical students—their
findings, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal,
showed that medical students overwhelmingly came from privileged
families and that increasing tuition fees were adversely
affecting the medical school population.
Since graduating
from medical school, Dr. Dhalla has served as an editorial
and research associate to the National Advisory Committee
on SARS and Public Health, published several articles
on inappropriate prescribing in the elderly, and currently
sits on the executive committee of the Professional Association
of Internes and Residents of Ontario. He joined the Steering
Committee in 2003.
Dr. PJ Devereaux
PJ Devereaux is a cardiologist and health care researcher who
is currently advancing his education in clinical epidemiology
at McMaster University. Among the issues about which he feels
strongly is a physician's interaction with the pharmaceutical
industry. Dr. Devereaux does not accept gifts or free food
from the pharmaceutical industry, and his principled stand
was recently highlighted in a major article in the Globe
and Mail.
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Dr. Mimi Divinsky
Dr. Gordon Guyatt
Dr. Ted Haines