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Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice Advisory Council

The Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice Advisory Council (IPECPAC) is a collaborative effort between professional disciplines at TMU to foster, support and advance educational programming that allows health profession students to learn about, from, among, and with one another. The primary objective of the IPECPAC is to support the ongoing development of the School of Medicine program proposal and accreditation requirements.

Co-Chairs

  • Ivy Oandasan, Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Kiaras Gharabaghi, Dean, Faculty of Community Services, Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Tiziana Rivera, Vice-President, Quality and Chief Nursing Executive, William Osler Health System

Members

  • Anneke Rummens, Professor, Faculty of Community Services, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing 
  • Diane Pirner, Associate Director, Post Diploma Degree Program and Associate Professor, Faculty of Community Services, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing 
  • Esther Ignani, Director and Associate Professor, Faculty of Community Services, School of Disability Studies
  • Ricky Varghese, Tanis Doe Post-Doctoral Fellow in Gender, Disability, and Social Justice (2020-2022), Faculty of Community Services, School of Disability Studies
  • Fiona Yeudall, Director, School of Nutrition and Associate Professor, Faculty of Community Services, School of Nutrition 
  • Jennifer Martin, Associate Dean, Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity, Faculty of Community Services and Associate Professor, School of Child and Youth Care
  • Karline Wilson-Mitchell, Director and Associate Professor, Faculty of Community Services, Midwifery Education Program
  • Richard Meldrum, Director and Associate Professor, School of Occupational and Public Health
  • Michael Cheng, Psychology, Director of Psychology Training Clinic, Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Stephanie Cassin, Psychology, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Kent Stobart, Vice-Dean of Education at the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, and former President of the Canadian Association for Medical Education
  • Kevin Imrie, Clinical Hematologist and former Physician-in-Chief and Chief of the Community Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and former President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 
  • Cal Gutkin, Board member at CarePoint Health in Mississauga, former Head of Emergency and Chief of Medical Staff at Credit Valley Hospital, and former Executive Director and Chief Executive Office of The College of Family Physicians of Canada
  • David Price, Co-Director, Health Leadership Academy, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Chair of the Minister of Health’s Primary Care Advisory Table
  • Brian Klar, Chief of Staff, William Osler Health System 
  • Rardi van Heest, Vice President Medical Affairs and former Chief of General Surgery, William Osler Health System