The PARIM Board of Directors 2021-2022 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. Alireza Almaleki, PGY 3 Emergency Medicine
- 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: Dr. Calvin Howard, PGY 2 Neurology, and Dr. Matthew Thiessen, PGY 2 Internal Medicine
- 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: Dr. Sabrina Lee, PGY 4 Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Dr. Rohit Bansal, PGY 1 Orthopedic Surgery
- 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. Hang Yu, PGY 3 Diagnostic Radiology
- Clinical Microbiology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Medical Genetics
- Medical Microbiology
- Genetics & Genomic Diagnostics
- Nuclear Medicine
- Pathology
- Radiation Oncology
Remote, Rural, and Bilingual Grouping: Dr. Joseph Darcel, PGY 1 FM – Northern Remote
All Rural, Remote, and Bilingual Family Medicine Programs
Regional Representative to Resident Doctors of Canada (RDoC): Dr. Mathieu Bourrier
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. Megan McDonald
The Director-at-Large is Co-Chair of the Social and Wellness Committee. They are 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.
