Leadership and Governance
CTS Board of Directors and Executive Committee* 2020-2021
Dina Brooks, President*
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON
John Granton, Past President*
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
Paul Hernandez, President-elect*
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS
Richard Leigh, Treasurer*
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB
Mohit Bhutani, Secretary*
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Jean Bourbeau, Chair, Business Development Advisory Committee
McGill University
Montréal, QC
Patrick Daigneault, Chair, Education & Continuing Professional Development
Université Laval
Québec, QC
Elizabeth French, Chair, Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals Representative
Alberta Health
Edmonton, Alberta
John Gjevre, Chair, Membership Engagement & Communications
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK
Samir Gupta, Chair, Canadian Respiratory Guidelines Committee
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
Larry Lands, Chair, Research
McGill University
Montréal, QC
Catherine Lemiere, Chair, Long-term Planning Committee
University of Montreal
Montréal, QC
Melinda Solomon, Pediatric Assembly Representative
Hospital for Sick Kids / University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
The CTS incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation on August 5, 2015. The CTS bylaws were approved by the membership at the CTS Annual Meeting in April 2016.
Other policies and procedures:
CTS Policy on Tobacco and Inhaled Products
CTS Conflict of Interest Policy_Under Review, Fall 2019
- Development of guidelines and knowledge translation tools
- Development of position statements
- Advocacy
Current assemblies and their leadership
- Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals – Ms. Elizabeth French
- Asthma – Dr. Chris Licskai and Dr. Connie Yang
- COPD – Dr. Mohit Bhutani and Dr. Gail Dechman
- Home Mechanical Ventilation – Dr. Doug McKim
- Chest Procedures – Dr. Christopher Hergott
- Pediatric Assembly – Dr. Tamizan Kherani
- Interstitial Lung Disease – Dr. Martin Kolb
- Pulmonary Vascular Disease – Dr. Andrew Hirsch
- Sleep Disordered Breathing – Dr. Najib Ayas
- Tuberculosis & Infectious Disease – Dr. Dick Menzies
Read the President’s Message
2020
- President’s Message – December 2020
- President’s Message – October 2020
- President’s Message – June 2020
- President’s Message – March 2020
2019
- President’s Message_November 2019
- President’s Message_August 2019
- President’s Message_June 2019
- President’s Message March 2019
- President’s Message_Interactions with Cannabis Industry
2018
2017