CANADIAN GERIATRICS SOCIETYThe Canadian Resident Geriatrics Interest Group are a group of passionate residents from across Canada in various specialties (family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry, Care of the Elderly, Geriatric Medicine, and Geriatric Psychiatry) who are interested in Geriatrics! Our goal is to support education and networking for learners interested in Geriatrics across Canada! If you'd like to get involved, feel free to email our co-chairs to learn about how you can get involved.
Meet our group below and send us an email for more information or if you are looking to connect!
Co-Chairs
Peter Hoang is a fourth year geriatric medicine resident at the University of Toronto. He is interested in the opportunity to advocate for different aspects of psychosocial health and their intersection with older adults. His research interests are in older adults' lived experiences with homelessness.
Victoria Chuen is a a fourth year geriatric medicine resident at the University of toronto. Mentorship has played an important and supportive role for Victoria. Throughout medical school and residency, her mentors exemplified how to care for older adults, supported her research endeavours and fostered her love for geriatrics. Victoria was inspired to start RGIG's initial national mentorship program to increase interest in geriatrics and provide Canadian trainees with the necessary guidance and encouragement along their journey.
Jasmine Mah is also a co-chair. "Thanks to medical advances, there are many things we can do to prolong life - but we must reflect on whether all these things should be done. In geriatrics, what matters to the patient comes first and simple interventions are often the most meaningful.My favourite thing about geriatrics is that it takes us back to common sense medicine."
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Josh Goodwin is a fourth-year geriatric medicine resident at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was drawn to geriatric medicine by the opportunities to make meaningful change for older patients while embracing the intersection of medical complexity and the social determinants of health.
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Gabi Jacobs is a fourth year geriatric medicine resident at the University of Toronto. Gabi was drawn to geriatrics for the ability to get to know patients and their families and offer comprehensive whole-person care to improve the health and well-being of older adults. Her research interests include frailty in the peri-operative setting, deprescribing, and orthostatic hypotension in patients with cognitive impairment.
Joanna Mader is a resident at Dalhousie University who helps with VP admin.
VP Mentorship
Adrian Chan is an Internal Medicine resident at the University of Saskatchewan. He is drawn to to the RGIG VP Mentorship role because of the opportunity to help my peers make connections and promote the field of Geriatrics. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to learn more about how to get involved in our Mentorship Program!
Lucy Eum was drawn to geriatrics through various community involvement I had with geriatric patients as well as from interactions with geriatric patients and their families in my work as a pharmacist. I have a broad interest in all areas and aspects of geriatrics. What I love the most about geriatrics is listening to patients’ stories and developing therapeutic relationships.
Patrick Hoang is also a member of the VP mentorship team.
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Lucy Eum was drawn to geriatrics through various community involvement I had with geriatric patients as well as from interactions with geriatric patients and their families in my work as a pharmacist. I have a broad interest in all areas and aspects of geriatrics. What I love the most about geriatrics is listening to patients’ stories and developing therapeutic relationships.
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Mercedes Lupo is a PGY3 in Internal Medicine who will be starting her geriatrics training at the University of Toronto in July of 2023. She has an interest in learning more about how to best serve older adults with respect to social determinants of health as well as peri-operative geriatric medicine.
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Allen Chang is one of our VP local RGIG representatives. "Growing up with my grandparents, I enjoyed being able to bring joy to older adults by providing them with companionship and laughter. As well, I am passionate and embrace each opportunity to provide care to them in their native tongue. My clinical interest is in dementias and neurodegenerative diseases, and am currently involved in research regarding Ortho-Geriatrics and Musicians' Health."
Shannon Gui is a PGY2 Internal Medicine resident at McMaster University. Having been involved in the Geriatrics Interest Group since her first year of medical school, she is drawn to the field of Geriatric Medicine because of its focus on what “Matters Most” to individual patients and caregivers.
Rachel Johnston is a PGY5 geriatric medicine resident at the University of Toronto. She was drawn to the holistic family-centred approach and medical rigour of geriatrics. She is interested in building geriatric capacity in rural areas.
Contact any of our VP Local RGIG representatives to learn about how to set up your local RGIG at your university!
VP Geriatric Psychiatry
Alex Whynot is a fourth-year psychiatry resident at Dalhousie University, originally from the South Shore of Nova Scotia, with a special interest in senior's mental health. His interests extend beyond everyday clinical work to arenas of social policy and advocacy work.
VP Care of the Elderly
Priya Pin is a Care of the Elderly resident at McMaster University and Catherine Lee is a family medicine resident at McMaster University interested in pursuing Care of the Elderly.
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Robin Hao: "I entered internal medicine at the University of Alberta without a clear speciality in mind, driven by my interest in medicine, and found the hidden gem of Geriatric Medicine! With a background in Anthropology and Science, I enjoyed the balance between humanistic patient interactions and the application of broad medical knowledge from psychiatry to neurology. With this, I will continue my training as a geriatric medicine resident at the University of Calgary. I love to snowboard, spend time with my family, and eat yummy food."
Anthony Anugom completed his medical training at the University of Calabar in Nigeria and is currently in the core internal medicine residency program at the University of Alberta.
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Emily Goudie: My interest in geriatrics grew both personally and professionally over the course of my residency as I managed patients with chronic medical conditions who were also dealing with the medical and psychosocial complexities of being older patients in a fast-paced acute health care system. My research interests are in incontinence, frailty, and geriatrics pre-operative assessments.
Natanya Russek is a PGY3 resident beginning her geriatrics training at the University of Toronto in July 2023.
Allen Chang is also a member of the VP Conference team. "Growing up with my grandparents, I enjoyed being able to bring joy to older adults by providing them with companionship and laughter. As well, I am passionate and embrace each opportunity to provide care to them in their native tongue. My clinical interest is in dementias and neurodegenerative diseases, and am currently involved in research regarding Ortho-Geriatrics and Musicians' Health."
Connect with your local RGIGs to get involved!
University of British Columbia: Natasha Lane, Portia Tang
University of Alberta: Gabe Soicher
University of Calgary: Emily Goudie
University of Manitoba: Samuel Quan
McMaster University: Mercedes Lupo, Manan Ahuja
Laval University: Oliver Bedard-Lapointe
University of Montreal: Marianne Lamarre
McGill University: Amanda Try, Carolyn Pavoni
Memorial University: Allen Chang
Dalhousie University: Lucy Eum
CONNECT WITH US
The Canadian Geriatrics Society Address: 20 Crown Steel Drive, Unit 6, Markham, ON L3R 9X9 Telephone: 289-846-5380 | Ext. 224 & 222 | 1-855-415-3917 E-mail: cgs@secretariatcentral.com |