OUR DIRECTORS

Director

Photo of Dr. Emily McDonald, Scientific Director of the Canadian Deprescribing Network.

Emily McDonald, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine and Subspecialist in General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
Associate Chair of Quality and Safety, McGill Department of Medicine

Twitter : @DrEmilyMcD


International Consultant

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Justin Turner, BPharm, MClinPharm, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Monash University
Principal Investigator and Scientific Director, SaferMedsNL

Justin Turner was Scientific Director of the Network from 2016 to 2022.


Past Directors

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Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc, Co-Director (2016-2020), Co-Founder
Professor, Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Université de Montréal
Departmental Science Advisor, Health Canada


James L. Silvius, BA (Oxon), MD, FRCPC, Co-Director (2016-2024), Co-Founder
Clinical Professor & Geriatrician, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Senior Medical Director, Provincial Seniors Health & Continuing Care, Alberta Health Services