SPEAKERS PROFILE

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 school at the University of Western Ontario in London (now Western University), 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 Regional Health Centre in Newmarket in 2000 where he worked in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory until 2017 when his angiograms transferred to Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie. 

He has a broad-based practice in clinical cardiology with a particular interest in preventative medicine and risk factor modification. He has been a regional spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario and has often been heard on radio and seen on 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 and now provides 24/7 primary PCI for STEMIs as well as permanent pacemaker implants. 

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 the original 25 members of the Sustainable Development Advisory Council. 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. He has also 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.

Dr. Roman D. Jovey, MD

Dr. Jovey is a family physician who has been treating chronic non-cancer pain in an outpatient practice setting for over 30 years. He has presented educational workshops on chronic pain management in  Canada and internationally. He was the Medical Director of CPM Centres for Pain Management and NeuPath Centres for Pain and Spine from 2004-2024. NeuPath is the largest, outpatient chronic pain  management organization in Canada. He was a staff physician at the Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences Centre from 2017-2021. He was a Past-President of the Canadian Pain  Society and a medico-legal expert for the Canadian Medical Protective Association. He has been a provincial Coroner in Ontario since 2017.

Dr. David C. W. Lau, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Professor Emeritus of Medicine 
University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada

Dr. Lau is a practicing endocrinologist and Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Calgary  Cumming School of Medicine. He is Editor-in-Chief emeritus of the Canadian Journal of Diabetes, founder of Obesity Canada and Past-President of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons (CABPS). 

Dr. Lau was Co-Chair of the evidence-based 2020 update of the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines  (CPGs) on the management of obesity, led by Obesity Canada and CABPS. He also served as a primary panel expert committee member of the 2021, 2016 and 2012 update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults. He was an Expert Panel member of the 2018 evidence-based Diabetes Canada CPGs (he also served as an expert member for the 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 updates).  

Dr. Lau was professor and head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of  Ottawa from 1990 to 1999. 

Dr. Lau’s research was focussed on adipose tissue development and growth, and more recently he is involved in population health and clinical research programs in obesity, diabetes and lipid disorders. 

Dr. Lau received the 2015 Diabetes Canada Gerald S. Wong Service award for significant contributions to the diabetes community. He has received awards for teaching excellence, he was honoured as one of the top 20 notable Calgarians and top 50 Albertans in 2004 for his exemplary contributions to improve the health of Albertans.

Dr. Pumeshan Bisetty (Global Medicine)

Dr. Bisetty is a very experienced interventional cardiologist with a special interest in chronic total occlusions (CTO) and trans-catheter aortic valve implant (TAVI).