Management Committees of the Dean

Dean’s Executive
Mandate:
The Dean’s Executive is the Dean’s executive-level management committee. The Committee provides advice / feedback to the Dean on a wide variety of issues tabled by the Dean and/or other members of the Committee. Items that have been discussed and/or approved by the Dean’s Executive membership proceed to the most appropriate committee of departmental chairs for approval/information. Where these items have policy or governance implications, they are next taken to one of the Standing Committees of Faculty Council (Education or Research) for review and approval. In particular, new policies must be reviewed by one or more Standing Committees of Council before being brought through the Faculty Council Agenda Committee for debate and approval.

Current membership:
Catharine Whiteside (Chair) 
Katherine Berg (Rehabilitation Science sector representative)
John Bohnen (Vice-Dean, Clinical Affairs)
Alison Buchan (Vice-Dean, Research & International Relations)
Leslie Bush (Assistant Vice-Provost, Health Science Sector)
Meg Connell (Director, Office of the Dean)
Mike den Haan (Executive Director, Office of Advancement)
Nancy Edwards (Comptroller & CFO)
George Fantus (Associate Dean, Research)
Lorraine Ferris (Associate Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions)
Avrum Gotlieb (Senior Academic Advisor to the Dean)
Alan Bocking (Clinical Science sector representative)
Leslie Nickell (Associate Dean, Health Professions Student Affairs)
Louise Lemieux-Charles (Community Health sector representative)
Stephen Matthews (Basic Science sector representative)
David McKnight (Associate Dean, Equity & Professionalism)
Tim Neff (Chief Administrative Officer)
Jean Robertson (Director, Human Resources)
Wes Robertson (Director, Administrative Computing)
Norm Rosenblum (Associate Dean, Physician Scientist Training)
Jay Rosenfield (Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education) 
Heather Taylor (Director, Facilities Management & Space Planning)
Andrea Sass-Kortsak (Vice-Dean, Graduate Affairs)
Sal Spadafora (Vice-Dean, Post Graduate Medical Education)
Mark Hanson (Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medicine Admissions & Student Finances) 
Dimitri Anastakis (Interim Vice-Dean, Continuing Education & Professional Development)
Sarita Verma (Deputy Dean)
Leslie Church (Executive Director, Strategy, Communications and External Relations)

All Chairs Committee
Mandate:
As a management committee advisory to the Dean, the All Chairs Committee provides guidance / approval on items presented for discussion or information at meetings that are held on alternate months between September and June. Items with policy or governance implications approved by the All Chairs Committee proceed to the appropriate Faculty Council Committee for movement through the Faculty Council governance process.
Current Membership:
Catharine Whiteside (Chair)
Brenda Andrews (Banting & Best Department of Medical Research)
Katherine Berg (Department of Physical Therapy)
Alan Bocking (Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology)
John Bohnen (Vice-Dean, Clinical Affairs)
Patrice Bret (Department of Medical Imaging)
Alison Buchan (Vice-Dean, Research & International Relations)
Peter Burns (Department of Medical Biophysics)
Leslie Bush (Assistant Vice-Provost, Health Science Sector)
Meg Connell (Director, Office of the Dean)
Denis Daneman (Department of Paediatrics)
Mike den Haan (Executive Director, Office of Advancement) 
Luigi Girolametto (Department of Speech-Language Pathology)
George Fantus (Associate Dean, Research & International Relations)
Mary Gospodarowicz (Department of Radiation Oncology)
Avrum Gotlieb (Senior Academic Advisor to the Dean)
Denis Grant (Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Patrick Gullane (Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery)
Richard Hegele (Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology)
Jeff Hurwitz (Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences)
Brian Kavanagh (Department of Anesthesia)
Susan Rappolt (Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy)
Mary L'Abbe (Department of Nutritional Sciences)
Louise Lemieux-Charles (Department of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation)
Wendy Levinson (Department of Medicine)
Howard Lipshitz (Department of Molecular Genetics)
Stephen Matthews (Department of Physiology)
David McKnight (Associate Dean, Equity & Professionalism)
Tim Neff (Chief Administrative Officer)
Michael Ratcliffe (Department of Immunology)
Reinhart Reithmeier (Department of Biochemistry) 
James Rutka (Chair, Department of Surgery)
Jean Robertson (Director, Human Resources)
Wes Robertson (Director, Administrative Computing) 
Hetaher Taylor (Director, Facilities Management & Space Planning)
Norman Rosenblum (Associate Dean, Physician Scientist Training)
Jay Rosenfield (Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education) 
Allan Kaplan (Institute of Medical Science)
J. Paul Santerre (Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering)
Andrea Sass-Kortsak (Vice-Dean, Graduate Affairs) 
Dimitri Anastakis (Interim Vice-Dean, Continuing Education & Professional Development)
Sal Spadafora (Vice-Dean, Post Graduate Medical Education)
Sarita Verma (Deputy Dean)
Trevor Young (Department of Psychiatry)
Lynn Wilson (Department of Family & Community Medicine)

Basic Science Chairs Committee

Mandate:
As a management committee advisory to the Dean, the Basic Science Chairs Committee provides guidance / approval on items presented for discussion or information at meetings that are held monthly between September and June. Items with policy or governance implications approved by this Committee proceed to the All Chairs Committee or, on occasion, direct to the appropriate Faculty Council Committee for movement through the Faculty Council governance process.
Current Membership:
Catharine Whiteside (Chair)
Brenda Andrews (Banting & Best Department of Medical Research)
John Bohnen (Vice-Dean, Clinical Affairs)
Alison Buchan (Vice-Dean, Research & International Relations)
Peter Burns (Department of Medical Biophysics)
Leslie Bush (Assistant Vice-Provost, Health Science Sector)
Meg Connell (Director, Office of the Dean)
George Fantus (Associate Dean, Research & International Relations)
Denis Grant (Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Richard Hegele (Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology)
Mary L'Abbe (Department of Nutritional Sciences)
Howard Lipshitz (Department of Molecular Genetics)
David McKnight (Associate Dean, Equity & Professionalism)
Stephen Matthews (Department of Physiology)
Tim Neff (Chief Administrative Officer)
Michael Ratcliffe (Department of Immunology)
Reinhart Reithmeier (Department of Biochemistry)
Jay Rosenfield (Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education)
J. Paul Santerre (Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering)
Andrea Sass-Kortsak (Vice-Dean, Graduate Affairs)
Dimitri Anastakis (Interim Vice-Dean, Continuing Education & Professional Development)
Sal Spadafora (Vice-Dean, Post Graduate Medical Education)
Sarita Verma (Deputy Dean)

Clinical Science Chairs Committee
Mandate:
As a management committee advisory to the Dean the Clinical Science Chairs Committee provides guidance / approval on items presented for discussion or information at meetings that are held on alternate months between September and June unless required by the call of the Dean. Items with policy or governance implications approved by this Committee proceed to the All Chairs Committee or, on occasion, direct to the appropriate Faculty Council Committee for movement through the Faculty Council governance process.
Current Membership:
Catharine Whiteside (Chair)
Patrice Bret (Department of Medical Imaging)
Alan Bocking (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
John Bohnen (Vice-Dean, Clinical Affairs)
Alison Buchan (Vice-Dean, Research & International Relations)
Leslie Bush (Assistant Vice-Provost, Health Science Sector)
Meg Connell (Director, Office of the Dean)
Denis Daneman (Department of Paediatrics)
George Fantus (Associate Dean, Research & International Relations)
Lorraine Ferris (Associate Vice-Provst, Relations with Health Care Institutions)
Mary Gospodarowicz (Department of Radiation Oncology)
Patrick Gullane (Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery)
Richard Hegele (Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology)
Jeff Hurwitz (Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences)
Brian Kavanagh (Department of Anaesthesia)
Wendy Levinson (Department of Medicine)
David McKnight (Associate Dean, Equity & Professionalism)
Tim Neff (Chief Administrative Officer) 
James Rutka (Interim Chair, Department of Surgery)
Jean Robertson (Director, Human Resources)
Jay Rosenfield (Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education) 
Allan Kaplan (Institute of Medical Science)
Andrea Sass-Kortsak (Vice-Dean, Graduate Affairs)
Dimitri Anastakis (Interim Vice-Dean, Continuing Education & Professional Development)
Sal Spadafora (Vice-Dean, Post Graduate Medical Education)
Sarita Verma (Deputy Dean)
Trevor Young (Department of Psychiatry)
Lynn Wilson (Department of Family & Community Medicine)

Rehabilitation Science Chairs Committee
Mandate:
As a management committee advisory to the Dean the Rehabilitation Science Chairs Committee provides guidance / approval on items presented for discussion or information at meetings that are held three times during the academic year in October, February and May. Items with policy or governance implications approved by this Committee proceed to the All Chairs Committee or, on occasion, direct to the appropriate Faculty Council Committee for movement through the Faculty Council governance process.
Current Membership:
Catherine Whiteside (Chair)
Katherine Berg (Department of Physical Therapy)
Leslie Bush (Assistant Vice-Provost, Health Science Sector)
Meg Connell (Director, Office of the Dean)
Luigi Girolametto (Department of Speech-Language Pathology)
Susan Rappolt (Occupational Science, Occupational Therapy)
George Fantus (Associate Dean, Research & International Relations)
Andrea Sass-Kortsak (Vice-Dean, Graduate Affairs)
Tim Neff (Chief Administrative Officer)