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CMEatSEA’s Medical Advisory Board members are leaders in their field, committed to progressive medical education and making the most of your CMEatSEA experience. Their practical approach to CME will give you the contemporary clinical and management tools you need to keep up with the changing demands of modern medicine.
Dr. Timothy Cook, MD, FRCPC, MHP, DTMH, CD, LCol (Ret’d)
Dr. Cook completed his MD at Queen’s University (1986), General Internal Medicine fellowship at the University of Toronto (1995) and a Master’s degree in Public Health (Health Promotion) from the University of London (UK) (2006). LCol Cook (Ret’d) enjoyed 20 years in the Canadian Forces Medical Services, retiring in 2003. He trained in occupational and environmental health, had several deployments abroad and also served as the personal physician to two Governors General of Canada. Over the past decade Dr. Cook has expanded his interest in disease prevention and management through the incorporation into his life and clinical practice of Mind-Body medicine, mindfulness meditation and integrative health. In 2013 he founded the P3 Health Clinic for Personalized, Participatory and Preventive Medicine, and directs a multi-disciplinary team of conventional and complementary health practitioners.
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Dr. Nicholas Leyland BASc, MD, MHCM, FRCSC Chair
Dr. Nicholas Leyland is Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University and Chief of Women’s Reproductive Health Program at the Hamilton Health Sciences. Dr. Leyland received his Bachelor of Applied Science degree with distinction from the University of Guelph and his MD with honours from the University of Toronto where he graduated as the Cody Silver Medalist. Dr. Leyland received a Master of Science in Health Care Management from Harvard University. Dr. Leyland is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in gynecological surgery. He has contributed academically to the advancement of women’s health in the development and the provision of the least invasive surgical options for a variety of surgical conditions. He is an award winning teacher and researcher and sought after speaker on a variety of issues in women’s health, patient safety and quality in medicine. He has developed many innovative laparoscopic techniques including a laparoscopic operation to correct cervical incompetence in pregnant patients, an operation that he has trained surgeons to perform across Canada and in many other countries. He is the Chair of the Gynecology Clinical Practice Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, helping to set standards for the profession and is the President of the Society of Minimally Invasive Gynecologists of Canada. The majority of his academic career has been at the University of Toronto where he developed one of Canada’s first comprehensive fellowships in minimally invasive gynaecological surgery. He continues to train residents and surgical fellows in complex endoscopic surgery and maintains an active research program in OB/GYN.
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Dr. Bradley J. Dibble, MD FRCPC, FACC
Dr. Dibble was born and raised in Barrie and attended Barrie North Collegiate, graduating top of his class and serving as valedictorian in 1984. He attended McMaster University in the Arts and Science Programme for two years before attending medical schools at the University of Western Ontario in London, where he graduated cum laude in 1990. He remained in London to complete training in Internal Medicine followed by Cardiology, and then completed a six-month position as a Clinical Assistant for the Department of Cardiology at Victoria Hospital. He started his practice in Barrie in 1996, and joined the team at Southlake in 2000 where he has worked in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. He has a broad-based practice in clinical cardiology, with a particular interest in preventative medicine and risk factor modification. He has been the regional spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, and is often on radio and television discussing cardiovascular issues. He was the Physician Lead for the Division of Cardiology and the Clinical Director of the Cardiovascular Program at RVH from 2012 to 2017, helping to bring advanced cardiac care to the region’s own Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory which officially opened in January 2018. Outside of Cardiology, he also has an interest in the climate crisis, and was appointed by the federal Minister of the Environment (the late Jim Prentice) as one of 25 members to the Sustainable Development Advisory Council, a membership he still maintains. He has written a book on the subject entitled ‘Comprehending the Climate Crisis’ which has won awards and been endorsed by former Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield, and has received training from former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore in San Francisco in August 2012, allowing him to provide versions of Mr. Gore’s climate talk to Canadians. He now serves as a Mentor for Climate Reality Canada.
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