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Editors-in-Chief

Dr. Marla Shapiro is a medical expert at CTV and the host of Balance… television for living well. She’s a medical contributor for Canada AM and Newsnet, an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a family physician and specialist in community medicine.

Dr. Roger Ladouceur is a family practitioner at the Centre Hospitalier de Verdun, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Assistant Director of Continuing Medical Education at the Université de Montréal. He’s an expert in drug evaluation and sits on Québec’s Conseil du médicament.

Editorial Review Board

Dr. Alice Cheng is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and a specialist in endocrinology and metabolism at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.

Dr. Gregory Curnew is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and Director of the Coronary Care Unit at Hamilton Health Sciences Corp.

Dr. Mark FitzGerald is a respiratory physician at Vancouver General Hospital.

Dr. David Hepburn is a family practitioner in Victoria, BC, an awardwinning medical columnist and a guest speaker at conferences.

Dr. Pierre Larouche is a physician at Centre hospitalier régional du Suroît in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec.

Dr. Pierre Paré is a gastroenterologist at the Centre hospitalier St-Sacrement in Québec. He is actively involved in gastrointestinal research and is a Professor of Medicine at Université Laval.

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