Impact Projects
Impact Team
Advisory Committee Bios
Mary Catherine Lindberg, Chair
The IMPACT initiative, to establish a new collaborative model of patient care by integrating pharmacists into a family physician practice, is moving forward to improve patient outcomes from their medications. Over my years at the Ministry of Health and in pharmacy practice and in my past role as Chair of the SMART project committee, I have found this pairing to be a challenge to both professions. Now as Chair of the IMPACT committee my goal is to further advance a sustainable, collaborative model in which family physicians and pharmacists work together to ensure that patients experience the best outcomes from the medications they take.
Stuart M. MacLeod, MD PhD FRCPC
Dr. MacLeod is a physician and Executive Director, BC Research Institute for Children’s & Women’s Health, Assistant Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and Vice President Academic Development for the Provincial Health Services Authority. Dr. MacLeod’s scientific interests are in improved understanding of the determinants of drug disposition and action, particularly in children and women. Before moving to Vancouver, he was Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pediatrics, Medicine and, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. He was also Director of the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton.
Deanna Williams, BScPhm R.Ph. CAE
Deanna Williams is currently the Registrar at the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP). After graduating as a pharmacist in 1976, she has acquired practical experience as a pharmacist working in many pharmacy settings including the hospital and community, Ministry of Health as Policy Coordinator with the Drug Programs Reform Secretariat, and as Deputy Registrar and Director of Programs at OCP. Deanna brings not only her experience as a pharmacist but her passionate interest in pharmacists’ positive impact on the health of Ontarians.
Dr. Cheryl A. Levitt MBBCh CCFP FCFP
Dr. Levitt is a family physician and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. She was born in South Africa, and received her medical training there. Dr. Levitt moved to Canada in 1977 and practiced rurally in British Columbia for several years. She is involved in family medicine leadership at a national, provincial, and local level with involvement in primary care. Dr. Levitt led the Primary Care Reform pilot project in Hamilton where 120 family physicians joined Primary Care Network in 1999 – 2001. She set up the first academic Primary Care Network at McMaster University in 2001. She has been influential in advancing family practice in Hamilton, Ontario and Canada. Dr. Levitt has been a member of the SMART and now the IMPACT Advisory Committees and offers her significant expertise as a family physician, educator, and leader in primary care practice.
Dr. Wayne Hindmarsh BScPharm MSc PhD
Dean Hindmarsh is a pharmacist and is currently Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto, a position he has held since August,1998. He is the author of two books dealing with drug related topics- 1) “Drugs. What your Kid Should Know”, and 2) “Too Cool for Drugs”. He serves as a resource for Toxicology related questions locally and nationally. His expertise extends not just to Canada but the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean countries. Dr. Hindmarsh holds numerous positions on University, Professional, Hospital, National, Departmental and Faculty Committees. Dean Hindmarsh joined the IMPACT Intersectorial Advisory Committee in 2003. He lends his broad experience to the development of this new practice model for pharmacists integrating into the primary care environment.