Executive Committee – Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons

Notes:

*2-year term (ends even years)
**2-year term (ends odd years)
In 2020, all terms were extended by year owing to COVID-19 and holding no conference

Role	Executive Member	Location	City	Province	Years in Role
President	Dr. Andrew Seely	The Ottawa Hospital	Ottawa	ON	2018-21 *
Vice President	Dr. Gail Darling	Toronto General Hospital	Toronto	ON	2018-21 *
Secretary - Treasurer	Dr. John Dickie	Durham Regional Cancer Centre/Lakeridge Health	Oshawa	ON	2018-21 *
Past President / Nominations Chair	Dr. Sean Grondin	Foothills Hospital	Calgary	AB	2018-21 *
Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair	Dr. P James Villeneuve	The Ottawa Hospital	Ottawa	ON	2017-21 **
Annual Meeting Program Committee Vice Chair	Dr. Shona Smith	Health Sciences North	Sudbury	ON	2018-21 **
Best Practice Chair	Dr. Najib Safieddine	Toronto East General Hospital	Toronto	ON	2017-21 **
Best Practice Vice Chair	Dr. Basil Nasir	CHUM	Montreal	QC	2018-21 **
Research Chair	Dr. Jonathan Spicer	McGill University Health Centre	Montréal	QC	2018-21 *
CPD Chair	Dr. Simon Turner	University of Alberta	Edmonton	AB	2018-21 *
QI Chair	Dr. Danny French	Queen Elizabeth II Hospital	Halifax	NS	2020-22
Industry Relations Chair	Dr. Christian Finley	St. Joseph's Healthcare	Hamilton	ON	2018-20 **
Communications Chair	Dr. Biniam Kidane	Health Sciences Centre	Winnipeg	MB	2018-21 *
RCPSC Specialist Rep. (Observer)	Dr. Colin Schieman	Foothills Medical Centre	Calgary	AB	2018-21 *
Managing Director	Jennifer Artz PhD		Ottawa	ON	2018-