Christian Finley
MD, MPH, FRCSC, Thoracic Surgery
Hamilton, Ont.
Dr. Christian Finley provides surgical oncology care at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, serving Southwestern Ontario. He is associate professor of surgery at McMaster University.
For the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Dr. Finley has led national and international efforts to benchmark and standardize surgical cancer care. He has served on many committees, including the International Clinical
Benchmarking Partnership and National Implementation Network, and is founder and chair of the Canadian Thoracic Quality Improvement Project – whose research program has been awarded over $3 million in funding,
which has also helped him help develop a collaborative clinical research program with colleagues.
Dr. Finley trained in general surgery at the University of British Columbia and in thoracic surgery at the University of Toronto. He completed advanced training in Belgium and England, and earned a master’s degree
in public health at Harvard University.
Jean-Michel Guay
MD, PGY-3 Internal Medicine
Gatineau, Que.
Keenly interested in Canadian medical education, Dr. Jean-Michel Guay is chief medicine resident at Montfort, a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Ottawa. He is also a regular teacher at the Montfort Hospital
for the third-year medical students and pursuing research in medical education at The Ottawa Hospital and Montfort.
Dr. Guay earned an MD degree at Laval University in 2017, and then transitioned that year to internal medicine at the University of Ottawa for post-graduate studies. He is on the path to pursue a general internal medicine
fellowship as his medical subspecialty.
In 2018, Dr. Guay received an award in medical education from the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and received honors from the University of Ottawa Core Internal Medicine program for his dedication in
teaching and mentoring.
Darcy Johnson
BSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Family Medicine
Winnipeg, Man.
Long passionate about physician advocacy, Dr. Darcy Johnson has served North East Winnipeg as a family physician since 1983. He continues to have privileges at Concordia Hospital and to provide care at Stony Mountain Institution.
Dr. Johnson is currently secretary of the Doctors Manitoba family practice section, and he serves as executive committee member and audit committee chair for the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA). Since 2015,
he has been CMPA councillor for Manitoba/Nunavut.
Dr. Johnson was president of the Manitoba College of Family Physicians (2003–2004) and president of Doctors Manitoba (2007–2008). He has also served on the boards of the College of Family Physicians of Canada
and Canadian Medical Association, across many committees and working groups. He was a member of the Manitoba Medical Review Committee from 1997 to 2002, and is past chair of Concordia Hospital’s Department
of Family Medicine.
In 2008 Dr. Johnson received a CFPC award of excellence, and in 2009 he was named Manitoba's Family Physician of the Year, as well as one of Canada’s Family Physicians of the Year. He graduated from the University
of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine in 1981.
Kevin Lee
MD, CCFP, Vascular Surgery
Vancouver, B.C.
Dr. Kevin Lee is a vascular surgeon and site education director for UBC undergraduate medical program at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B.C. He’s also the medical lead for Limb Salvage Clinic and
Vascular Lab.
He has a passion for supporting residents who are transitioning into practice, as well as for financial management for physicians. Dr. Lee is a faculty speaker for the Practice Management Curriculum for Joule at UBC. He
also serves as Representative Assembly for Vascular Surgery on Doctors of BC.
Dr. Lee earned an MD from UBC and completed a vascular surgery residency at Western University in London, Ont. He pursued advanced aortic and peripheral endovascular training in Germany.
Erika Mehl
MD, CCFP, Family Medicine
Langley, B.C.
After finishing her academic career in 2015, Dr. Erika Mehl took up a comprehensive practice in the northern community of La Loche, Sask., for a year and a half before travelling to several First Nations communities in
northern British Columbia. She settled in Langley as a hospitalist, where she is actively involved in the site, and in administrative roles and projects.
Dr. Mehl graduated from the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 2013. She completed a family practice residency in Moncton through Dalhousie University in 2015.
Frank Papanikolaou
MD, FRCSC, Urology
Toronto, Ont.
Dr. Frank Papanikolaou is a Urologist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and at Trillium Health Centre in Mississauga – where he also acts as Service Medical Director of Operations and Patient Flow as well
as division Head of Pediatric Surgery.
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, Dr. Papanikolaou is passionate about medical education – launching Trillium’s urologic fellowship program and leading its postgraduate residency program.
For the Ontario Medical Association, Dr. Papanikolaou has served as both Chair and Tariff hair of the Section of Urology. He received his MD from the University of Ottawa and completed his urology residency and fellowship
training at the University of Toronto. A life-long learner, he has completed programs at the Rotman School of Management and Schulich School of Business.
Stephanie Perry
MD, FRCPC, Pediatrics
Moncton, N.B.
Pediatrician Dr. Stephanie Perry practises part time at Miramichi Regional Hospital, part of the Horizon Health Network.
Dr. Perry is assistant professor of pediatrics at Dalhousie University and clinical assistant professor at Memorial University. She is involved in the clinical education of third-year medical students — via Dalhousie’s
longitudinal integrated clerkship — and of pediatric PGY4s.
She earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1989 and an MD from Dalhousie University in 1993. Subsequently Dr Perry completed a one year Rotating Internship at Dalhousie followed by Pediatric
residency training at Dalhousie and the IWK Health Centre.
Hortense Nsoh Tabien
MD, MPH, PhD, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Saskatoon, Sask.
Dr. Hortense Nsoh Tabien is medical health officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, serving in the areas of Saskatoon and Moose Jaw.
She is a member of many organizations, including the Public Health Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Public Health Association. Dr. Tabien’s professional interests focus on immigrant and refugee health, family
health, women’s health and physician health.
She earned an MD at the University of Milan, as well as a PhD in anatomy and cell biology and a master’s degree in public health at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Tabien’s residency and fellowship training
were in public health and preventive medicine.
Janet Tootoosis
B.Sc., CFPC, FCFP, Family Medicine
Battleford. Sask.
Clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Janet Tootoosis owns and operates North Battleford Medical Clinic Inc.
Dr. Tootoosis has deep and varied ties to her community and to supporting the province’s future physicians. For the University of Saskatchewan, she is site director for the North Battleford Family Medicine Residency
training program and rural program coordinator for its Department of Academic Family Medicine. In 2017, she was appointed to serve as a director on the Saskatchewan Health Authority Board.
Of Cree ancestry, Dr. Tootoosis grew up on the Poundmaker Cree Nation Reservation. Her career path is one that is “grounded in gratitude and service to others.”
