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Environment & Health Peer Presenter Program

In 2000, the OCFP trained a number of family physicians to provide workshops on the Environment & Health in Family Medicine.  The modules can be presented as a one day workshop including all modules or shorter versions focused on specific environmental issues. The following is a list of the modules covered in this program.
  • Taking an Environmental History
  • Climate Change
  • Pesticides Exposure & Health Effects
  • Lead and Learning
  • Poorly Understood Conditions of the 20th Century (Sick Building Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia)
  • Food and Water (Food Sensitivities, Additives, Bottle / Filtered Water, Endocrine Dysfunction, Breast Milk, Quality, Dysbiosis)
  • Indoor / Outdoor Air Quality

If you would like assistance to organize a workshop in your area, please contact Eilyn Rodriguez at 416-867-9646 Ext. 24.

Facilitators

Dr. Janice Harvey, Hamilton
Dr. Alan Abelsohn, Toronto
Dr. Riina Bray, Toronto
Dr. Kathleen Kerr, Toronto
Dr. Lynn Marshall, Toronto
Dr. Margaret Sanborn, Chesley

Peer Presenters

Northern

Dr. Derek Boan, Moose Factory
Dr. Sham Merali , Sudbury

Georgian

Dr. Arthur Weibe , Kincardine

Southwestern

Dr. Tom Barnard, Leamington
Dr. David Coates, Amherstburg
Dr. Caroline Despard, London
Dr. Sergio Lapanno, Mitchell

Eastern

Dr. John Molot, Ottawa
Dr. Cathy Vakil, Battersea

Southern

Dr. Neil Arya, Waterloo
Dr. Manson Mak, Brampton
Dr. David Wong, Newmarket
Dr. Erica Weir, Dundas

Metro Toronto

Dr. Robert Nevin, Toronto
Dr. Terri Weinberg, Willowdale
Dr. Anthony D'Urzo, Toronto






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