BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RDoC’s Board of Directors comprises resident doctors from each of the seven regions we represent, with one spot for each region allocated to the president of the corresponding provincial housestaff organization (PHO).
Updated June 2019
Dr. Emily Stewart
President
PGY-4 Emergency Medicine
University of British Columbia
Dr. Aarun Leekha
Vice President
PGY-6 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Memorial University
Dr. Seyara Shwetz
Board Chair & Corporate Secretary
PGY-4 Emergency Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Michael Arget
Past President
PGY-4 Palliative Medicine
University of Ottawa
Dr. Jordyn Lerner
Treasurer
PGY-4 Public Health & Preventive Medicine (with Family Medicine)
University of Manitoba
Dr. Tehmina Ahmad
Board Member
PGY-3 Internal Medicine
University of Toronto
Dr. Mowad Benguzzi
Board Member
PGY-4 General Internal Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Michael Benusic
Board Member
PGY-5 Public Health & Preventive Medicine / Family Medicine
University of Toronto
Dr. Derek Chan
Board Member
PGY-3 Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine
University of Alberta
Dr. Justin Cottrell
Board Member
PGY-3 Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
University of Toronto
Dr. Leo Fares
Board Member
PGY-4 Anesthesiology
Dalhousie University
Dr. Esther Kim
Board Member
PGY-2 Radiology
University of Manitoba
Dr. Anthea Lafreniere
Board Member
PGY-4 Anatomical Pathology
University of Ottawa
Dr. Mike MacGillivary
Board Member
PGY-2 Dermatology
Dalhousie University
Dr. Nicholas Monfries
Board Member
PGY-4 Emergency Medicine
University of British Columbia
Dr. Bethany Ostrowerka
Board Member
PGY-5 Psychiatry
University of Alberta
Dr. Franco Rizzuti
Board Member
PGY-3 Public Health & Preventive Medicine
University of Calgary
Dr. Sarah Silverberg
Board Member
PGY-2 Pediatrics
University of British Columbia
Dr. Samantha Woodrow Mullett
Board Member
PGY-4 Pediatrics
Memorial University