The PARIM Board of Directors 2020-2021 consists of the elected delegates below as well as the Executive Committee. The Board members are elected at the start of each new year of residency. The Board meets four to six times a year. General Members are welcome to attend as non-voting members.
All programs are divided into groupings, with a Board representative responsible for each grouping. If you require assistance, or have an issue that you feel should be addressed by the Board, please don’t hesitate to contact the Board Member that represents your program!


Primary Care Grouping: Dr. Lerly Luo
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine – Pediatrics
- Family Medicine – Elderly
- Family Medicine – Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine – Palliative
- Family Medicine – Sports Medicine
- Family Medicine – Urban
- Public Health & Preventive Medicine


Medicine Grouping: Drs Benjamin Arenson and Rachel Bethune
- Allergy and Immunology
- Cardiology
- CIP
- Clincial Health Psychology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatrics
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Palliative Care
- Pediatrics
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Psychiatry
- Respirology
- Rheumatology


Peri-Operative Grouping: Drs Andrew Ajisebutu and Mathieu Bourrier
- Anesthesia
- Cardiac Surgery
- Critical Care
- Dental Internship
- Family Medicine – Anesthesia
- Family Medicine – Obstetrics
- General Surgery
- Gynecology Oncology
- Maternal/Fetal medicine
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthopaedics
- Otolaryngology
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Plastic Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery

Diagnostic Grouping: Dr. Rana Chakrabarti
- Clinical Microbiology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Medical Genetics
- Medical Microbiology
- Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics
- Nuclear Medicine
- Pathology
- Radiation Oncology

Remote, Rural, and Bilingual Grouping: Dr. Melissa Bulloch
All Rural, Remote, and Bilingual Family Medicine Programs

umkim227@myumanitoba
Regional Representative to Resident Doctors of Canada (RDoC): Dr. Esther Kim
The Regional Representative represents and advocates for PARIM at the national level. For more information on the work done by RDoC, see their website: https://residentdoctors.ca/.

Director-at-Large: Dr. Neelan Sriranjan
The Director-at-Large is elected earlier than the rest of the Board so that they can take responsibility for the Social & Wellness Committee at the beginning of the academic year.