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According to the policies and procedures of the Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Residency Board, site surveys are carried out by members of the Board or individuals designated by the Board. For your information, please use the following links to find a brief introduction to the members of the Board.

Chairperson: Barb Evans
Past Chair: Dorothy George
Vice-Chair: Allan Mills
Members: Peter Loewen
Lauza Saulnier
Lalitha Raman-Wilms
Colette Raymond
Moira Wilson


Chairperson

Barb Evans, BSP ACPR MSc FCSHP

Clinical Manager
Royal University Hospital - Saskatoon Health Region
Pharmacy Department
103 Hospital Dr
Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8

Phone: 305-655-2058
Fax: 306-655-2350
Email: barb.evans@saskatoonhealthregion.ca

Barb Evans is a Clinical Manager at the Saskatoon Health Region.  She is responsible for clinical pharmacy services in the areas of adult medicine, oncology, and emergency.  She has been the Coordinator for the Saskatoon Health Region’s Pharmacy Residency Program since 1999 and oversees the Region’s Structured Practice Experiences Program for third and fourth year pharmacy students.  She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor with the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan and an Associate Member of the Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine.  

Barb completed her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan followed by a Hospital Pharmacy Residency at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.  She later completed a Master of Science degree in Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan and is a fellow with the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists.  Barb has been actively involved with volunteer professional organizations including the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, at a provincial and national level.  She is involved in practice-based research and many safety initiatives including medication reconciliation. 

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Past-Chairperson

Dorothy George, BSC Pharm, ACPR

Pharmacy Patient Care Manager
Residency & Education Coordinator
Calgary Health Region
Foothills Medical Centre
1403 29 St NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9

Phone: 403-944-1060
Fax: 403-944-1964
Email: Dorothy.George@albertahealthservices.ca

Dorothy George graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Alberta, and then completed a hospital pharmacy residency at the Calgary General Hospital. She has held a number of positions in the pharmacy department, including various staff positions, working in oncology, medicine, and cardiology, In the last 15 years she was manager in the pharmacy overseeing regional pharmacy practice in the critical care, cardiac sciences, renal and transplant programs for several years before changing focus back to coordinating the pharmacist education and student/ resident programs for the 5 sites in urban Calgary. She was also very involved in the development and implementation of the electronic health record/ physician order entry system.   She coordinated the Calgary Residency program for over 20 years.  Since the creation of the Alberta Health Services as a Provincial Health Authority, Dorothy is now Director of all Residency Programs in Alberta, coordinates the Pharmacy Technical staff practice development, and helps coordinate all pharmacy education programs. 

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Vice-Chairperson

Allan Mills, PharmD, FCSHP

Director Pharmacy Services
Trillium Health Centre and The Credit Valley Hospital
c/o Pharmacy Department
100 Queensway W
Mississauga, ON, L5B 1B8

Phone:

905-848-7100 x 2315

Fax:

905-848-7591

Email: amills@thc.on.ca

Allan Mills graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at the University of British Columbia in 1990 and subsequently completed a hospital residency at Shaughnessy Hospital in 1991.  After working in general medicine, ICU and NICU, he then attended the University of Toronto obtaining his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at in 1998. After graduation he became the Clinical Coordinator for Baycrest Hospital and a board certified Geriatric Pharmacist in 2001. During this time he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, teaching therapeutics, a patient assessment course and coordinating the Doctor of Pharmacy clinical placements. In 2003 he joined Trillium Health Centre as the Clinical Manager, becoming the Director in 2005. Trillium established a residency program during this time and in 2010 Allan became the shared director of pharmacy services for Trillium Health Centre and the Credit Valley Hospital. He is a Fellow with the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists and a past president of the CSHP - Ontario Branch.

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Board Members

Peter Loewen, B.Sc.(Pharm), ACPR, Pharm.D., FCSHP

Coordinator, Pharmacy Practice Residency Program
Pharmacotherapeutic Specialist (Medicine)
Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia.
Chair, UBC Clinical Research Ethics Board
865 West 10th Ave, 3rd Floor
Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9

Phone:

604-374-4446

Fax:  
Email: peter.loewen@vch.ca

Peter Loewen is Coordinator of the LMPS Pharmacy Practice Residency Program, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services and has been a Pharmacotherapeutic Specialist in inpatient general medicine for 15 years.  He is also an Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the University of British Columbia. Peter graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from UBC and completed a hospital pharmacy residency program at BC’s Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Vancouver.  Thereafter he completed his Pharm.D. at UBC.  He has held positions as a clinical coordinator, regional research and education coordinator, is Chair of the UBC Clinical Research Ethics board, Vice-chair of the BC Drug Benefits Council, and Chair of the BC Drug Review Resource Committee.  His clinical interests and research focus on cardiovascular risk reduction, methods of measuring the quality of drug therapy and interventions to improve it, and evidence-based drug therapy. Dr. Loewen teaches drug therapy at the undergraduate and graduate levels in didactic and experiential settings.  He maintains a continuous schedule of speaking at local, national, and international conferences publishes regularly in the peer-reviewed literature and serves as a reviewer for several journals.

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Lauza Saulnier , BSc Pharm, ACPR

Regional Director, Research and Patient Safety Services
Regional Health Authority B
135 MacBeath Ave
Moncton, NB, E1C 6Z8

Phone: 506-857-5441
Fax: 506-857-5545
Email: Lauza.Saulnier@horizonnb.ca

Lauza Saulnier is the Regional Director of Research and Patient Safety Services at the Regional Health Authority B in New Brunswick. Her responsibilities include infection prevention and control, patient safety and research. Lauza has held a number of clinical, education, and administrative positions in healthcare including Staff Pharmacist and Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator, Pharmacy Services. She has been responsible for pharmacy residency training at The Moncton Hospital for 13 years as Residency Coordinator and Residency Program Director. From 2004 until March 2009, Lauza was the Chief of Pharmacy Services at South-East Regional Health Authority.

Lauza graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Dalhousie University and completed a hospital pharmacy residency program at Camp Hill Hospital in affiliation with Dalhousie University in Halifax. Lauza has been actively involved in volunteer professional activities throughout her career, holding executive positions at provincial and national levels of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Lauza is involved in practice-based research and patient safety initiatives including medication reconciliation.

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Lalitha Raman-Wilms, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD, FCSHP

Director, Division of Pharmacy Practice
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
144 College St.
Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2

Primary Care Pharmacist
The Anne Johnston Health Station
Toronto, ON

Phone: 416-978-0616
Fax: 416-978-8511
Email: l.raman.wilms.a@utoronto.ca

Lalitha Raman-Wilms completed both her Bachelor of Science and her Doctor of Pharmacy degrees at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto.  After her BScPhm, she undertook a pharmacy residency at McMaster Medical Centre in Hamilton.  Currently, in addition to her administrative functions at the Faculty, she coordinates and teaches the Pharmaceutical Care Therapeutics courses in the undergraduate program.  In 2007-8, as Project Leader, Lalitha led the development of a new pharmacy curriculum in Toronto.  Her other Faculty involvement includes teaching in the PharmD program, faculty advisor for the International Health Program, and a faculty residency liaison.  In addition, she practices in a primary care clinic, providing pharmaceutical care to geriatric patients.  Her previous work experience has primarily been in hospitals, with community pharmacy experience. Lalitha has been actively involved in professional associations, including CSHP (as a national education committee member), PEBC, and the Ontario College of Pharmacists.  She is currently an associate editor for the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy.

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Colette Raymond, BScPharm, PharmD, MSc, ACPR

Staff Development / Practice Evaluation Pharmacist, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Science, University of Manitoba
Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
Health Sciences Centre
Department of Pharmaceutical Services
820 Sherbrook Street, MS-189
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9

Phone: 204-787-1232
Fax: 204-787-3195
Email: craymond@exchange.hsc.mb.ca

Dr. Colette Raymond completed a Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy at the University of Alberta, a Hospital Pharmacy Residency at the Ottawa Hospital, and a postgraduate Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of British Columbia. She completed a master’s degree in epidemiology at the University of Manitoba. Colette is the Staff Development and Practice Evaluation Pharmacist for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, as well as the coordinator internal for the WRHA Pharmacy Practice Residency Program. She is a research scientist at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy.

Colette is an active member of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, and has served on numerous Branch and National Committees, including the Advocacy Committee and Education Services Committee. Her clinical practice is in the Renal Health Clinic at the Manitoba Renal Program.

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Moira Wilson, BScPharm

Regional Director, Pharmacy Services
Horizon Health Network
Saint John Regional Hospital, Pharmacy
400 University Ave, PO Box 2100
Saint John, NB, E2L 4L2

Phone: 506-648-6983
Fax: 506-649-2629
Email: Moira.Wilson@HorizonNB.ca

Moira Wilson is the Region Director of Pharmacy Services for Horizon Health Network in New Brunswick. Her responsibilities include planning, leading, developing, organizing, coordinating, overseeing and evaluating the delivery of acute care and ambulatory pharmacy services in the health region. Moira has held a number of clinical and administrative positions in healthcare including Staff Pharmacist, Assistant Director and later Director of Pharmacy at the Saint John Regional Hospital and Director of Pharmacy for the former Saint John zone.  Moira has been Director of the Residency Program at the Saint John Regional Hospital for the past eleven years and for the Moncton Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program for the past two years.

Moira graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Dalhousie University and is an active member of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists serving as the Fundraising Coordinator for the N.B. Branch of CSHP, Director of Finance for CSHP (2004-2009), Chair of the Bylaws Committee (2008-present) and as a member of the Nominations Committee (2009-present).