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Leslie Rourke Picture Leslie Rourke, MD, CCFP, MClinSc(FM), FCFP, FRRMS is Professor Emerita of Family Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada. Prior to joining Memorial’s Faculty of Medicine and family medical practice in St. John's in 2005, she practiced rural family medicine in Goderich Ontario for 25 years with her husband/office partner, James Rourke, and was a medical faculty teacher with Western University (London Ontario). She was an inaugural member of the Joint Action Committee on Child and Adolescent Health of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Paediatric Society. Dr. Rourke’s accolades include Fellowship in the College of Family Physicians of Canada, a Rural Service Award and Fellowship in Rural and Remote Medicine by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, the 2002 Martin Bass Recognition Award (Western), the 2006 Dr. Wallace J. Ingram Award for New Faculty (Memorial), the 2015 Primary Healthcare Research Award (Memorial), Honorary Membership in the Canadian Paediatric Society in 2017, and the 2017 WONCA 5 Star Doctor Award for North America (shared with Dr. James Rourke) from the World Organization of Family Doctors. Dr. Rourke retired from clinical family practice and full-time faculty position in 2016, but continues to devote her time to her academic passion of knowledge translation for preventive health care of young children through the Rourke Baby Record.

Denis Leduc PictureDenis Leduc, MD, CCFP, FRCP(C), FAAP is a community-based paediatrician in Montréal, Québec. He is an Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the McGill University Health Centre and past Clinical Director of the newborn nursery of the Montreal Children’s Hospital. After obtaining his medical degree from the University of Alberta (Edmonton), he came to McGill as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and obtained his Fellowship in Paediatrics and Certification in Family Medicine (1979). He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Paediatrics (1982) and has been awarded Honorary Membership with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (2004). He is a Past-President and Life Member of the Canadian Paediatric Society and is the 2011 recipient of their Distinguished Community Paediatrician Award. His research interests include neonatal outcomes and their determinants and the standards of paediatric care in community settings. Dr Leduc has collaborated as a co-author of the Rourke Baby Record since 1998.

James Rourke PictureJames Rourke, MD, FCFP(EM), MClinSc(FM), FRRMS, LLD is Professor emeritus and former Dean of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He previously was a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Assistant Dean of Rural Regional Medicine at The University of Western Ontario. He was an active rural family physician including obstetrics and emergency work in Goderich, Ontario for 25 years with his wife/office partner, Leslie Rourke. Dr. Rourke is a recognized leader in rural medicine at provincial, national, and international levels, and has received many honours and awards, including the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Council Award (2004) "to honour outstanding Ontario physicians who have demonstrated excellence and come closest to meeting society’s vision of an ideal physician" and the 2017 WONCA 5 Star Doctor Award for North America (shared with Dr. Leslie Rourke) from the World Organization of Family Doctors. The Rourkes have also received practical training in well baby and child issues over the years by their children, with recent refresher courses from their grandchildren.

Patricia Li PicturePaediatric Clinical Epidemiologist: Patricia Li, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University, is a general pediatrician and clinician-scientist funded by a Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé Junior 2 Salary Award. She obtained her MD at McMaster University, Pediatric Residency at McGill University, and Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship at the University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children. She is currently based at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Her clinical and research interests include improving the health and well-being of children, especially those who are vulnerable. Her current research examines the organization and delivery of healthcare services for children, focused on primary, preventive, and hospital care, with a health equity lens. Her studies aim at working with knowledge users (such as decision makers and administrators of healthcare, as well as practicing clinicians) to influence guidelines and clinical practice. Publications on PubMed

Anne Rowan-Legg PictureAnne Rowan-Legg, MD FRCPC
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Medicine, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

Dr. Anne Rowan-Legg graduated from medical school at McMaster University and then completed a paediatric residency at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Following her residency, she worked as a general paediatrician in Sydney, Cape Breton. Dr Rowan-Legg started at CHEO in 2009, and currently works on the Clinical Teaching Unit and in outpatient clinics, caring for children with complex medical needs. She also does a consultative paediatric outreach clinic in Renfrew Ontario. Her interests include oral health for children and youth, caring for children from military families, and medical education

Imaan Bayoumi PictureImaan Bayoumi MD, MSc, FCFP is an Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at Queen's University and a Clinician-Scientist. Her research interests include social determinants of children’s health with a focus on family income and children’s health, iron deficiency in young children, and developmental assessment in young children. Her work also focuses on evaluating interventions that can improve social determinants of health, including screening and mechanisms to improve integration of social services with health services, health justice partnerships and other innovations. Prior to coming to Queen's, she worked in a Community Health Centre, a model with a specific mandate to focus on the needs of under-served communities.

Bruce Kwok PictureBruce Kwok, MD, MSc, CCFP is an academic family physician in Toronto, Ontario. He received his medical degree at McMaster University and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Toronto. He currently works with the St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team. His clinical interests include preventive care in patients of all ages and the use of technology to improve the delivery of health care.