Mandate & Mission
The McGill DEM Wellness Committee has, as a general mandate, the responsibility to encourage and advocate for the creation and maintenance of an academic environment that supports individual and collective well-being, and adheres to the principles of inclusivity, transparency, collegiality and respect. Under the leadership of the Director of Wellness for the DEM, the committee is responsible to promote social connectedness and a culture of wellness, self-care and mutual support for all emergency physicians in the DEM.
Committee Members
- McGill University Health Centre : Dr. Monica Cermignani (Chair)
- Jewish General Hospital : Dr. Sara Ahronheim, Dr. Katya Ghannoum
- St. Mary’s Hospital : Dr. Steven Herskovitz
- Lakeshore General Hospital : Dr. Vanessa Knight
- Campus Outaouais : pending
- Resident representative, FRCP-EM program : Dr. Hamda Almheiri
- Resident representative, CCFP(EM) program : Dr. Natasha Guerard-Poirier
- Associate Chair Education (ex-officio) : Dr. Robert Primavesi
Announcements
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Monica Cermignani as Director of Wellness for the academic Department of Emergency Medicine.
As an inaugural member of the MUHC ED Physician Wellness Committee, Dr. Cermignani took over as Chair in November 2020 after having served as committee Vice-Chair (2018-2020) and Chair of the Pandemic Subcommittee (2020). In January 2021 her committee successfully launched its first annual Wellness curriculum, with monthly offerings that included a mix of academic, focus group and social activities.
As Director of Wellness, Dr. Cermignani will lead a culture change that recognizes Wellness as the base that supports all of our pillars, which appreciates that physician Wellness is essential to our ability to provide excellent clinical care and education, to contribute to quality research, and to foster the creativity that drives innovation – everything to which the Academic Department’s mission statement strives.
The Director of Wellness will be responsible to promote best practices in EM Wellness with the goal of creating and maintaining an academic environment that supports individual and collective well-being, and adheres to the principles of inclusivity, transparency, collegiality and respect. As a general mandate, Monica has the responsibility to optimize and personalize the delivery of Wellness programs and initiatives across all hospital sites. The Director of Wellness is accountable to the McGill DEM Associate Chair of Education.