The undergraduate program at the McGill Department of Family Medicine supports the discipline of Family Medicine in the curriculum of McGill’s Faculty of Medicine. Its two key goals are:
- To instill in students the concept of patient-centered care relevant to all graduates regardless of career choice.
- To promote family medicine as an academic discipline and a career option among medical students.
Rural and urban experiences are available. Family Medicine Electives exist in palliative care, maternal and child health, methadone maintenance, ward medicine, adolescent medicine, and research.
On-Line submission for McGill Electives.
Any information concerning ICM and Clerkship for Medical students: https://mycourses2.mcgill.ca/
For additional information please contact:
Susanne Gomes
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
(514) 398-7375, local 0692#
e-mail at: undergrad [dot] fammed [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Undergraduate Coordinator)
Procedures for Admissions:
Please visit the admissions website of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill for information.
Undergraduate Education Committee Members
Dr. Leonora Lalla is the Director of the Undergraduate Program and the Longitudinal Family Medicine Program. She is a member of the executive committee of the Family Medicine Unit at St. Mary's Hospital. Her interests include women’s health, preventative medicine and medical ethics. She is also an Osler Fellow for the Physician Apprenticeship course and member of the of the Center of continuing Medical Education at McGill University.
Dr. Douglass Dalton is the Education Coordinator for CLSC Metro, and supervisory staff at St. Mary’s Family Medicine Unit. He works in general medical practice, with particular interests in paediatrics, STI screening and treatment, and gay health issues. He is currently a member of the College of Family Physicians oral exam preparation committee.
Dr. David Luckow is a community physician and the head physician at the Centre Dollard-Cormier. He works at the CLSC Lac-Saint-Louis, Adolescent Medical Clinic and is also a certified medical review officer.
Dr. Alexander Motard is the Undergraduate Education Coordinator for the CLSC Côte-des-Neiges site of the Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Montagne. He works part-time at the McGill Student Health Services and at the Fleury Hospital.
Dr. Nebojsa Kovacina is the Undergraduate Education Coordinator for the Department of Family Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital.
Dr. Mark Karanofsky is the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Herzl Family Practice Center at the SMBD Jewish General Hospital.
Dr. Marisa Zampini is the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Herzl Family Practice Center at the SMBD Jewish General Hospital.