Prescriber Experience
This section is currently under development. It will contain information on the roles and members of the CMIO Prescriber Experience Team, so prescribers can find who can directly assist with an issue in their particular zone, site, and specialty.
CMIO Physician Role Descriptions and Org Chart (click to expand/collapse)
[Org chart coming soon.]
CMIO Physician Roles
Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO)
Associate Chief Medical Information Officers (ACMIOs): One per zone; oversee Connect Care prescriber needs at a zone level
Physician Design Leads (PDLs): Associated with Clinical Systems Improvement (CSI) teams; provincial prescriber subject matter experts on enterprise-wide system build/workflow
Provincial Medical Informatics Leads (PMILs): Associated with Clinical Systems Improvement (CSI) teams; oversee prioritization and progress on optimization requests, clinical content needs, prescriber comms/engagement
Site Medical Informatics Lead (SMILs): Oversee Connect Care prescriber needs at the level of site(s)/region
Program Chief Medical Information Officers (PCMIOs): Oversee Connect Care prescriber needs at a program level
Physician Master Builders: Designing, prototyping, testing for Connect Care solutions to prescriber needs (often complex)
Physician Builders
General Contacts (click to expand/collapse)
Clinician Manual requests (e.g., broken link, incorrect content): cmio-manual@ahs.ca
CMIO inquiries: cmio@ahs.ca
Training help: help.cmio@ahs.ca
General help: http://help.connect-care.ca
Provincial Design Contacts (click to expand/collapse)
Clinical Systems Improvement (CSI) Teams
Cancer Care
Physician Design Leads (PDLs): Dr. Tim Graham (Primary), Dr. Simrit Brar, Dr. Alan Sobey
Provincial Medical Informatics Leads (PMILs): Dr. Tony Truong, Dr. Kelvin Young
Program Chief Medical Information Officer (PCMIO): Dr. Roger Tsang
Cardiovascular
PDL: Dr. Darren Hudson
PMIL: Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal
Children's Health
PDL: Dr. Bruce Wright
PMILs: Dr. Chris Andrews, Dr. Edwin Bolster, Dr. Daniel Garros, Dr. Jack Rabi
Continuing Care
PDL: Dr. Jacques Branch
PMILs: Dr. Mark Cahill, Dr. Lawrence Lee, Dr. Amirali Surmawala, Dr. Diana Turner
Critical Care
PDLs: Dr. Darren Hudson (Primary), Dr. Alan Sobey
PMILs: Dr. Selena Au, Dr. Ehab Eshtaya
Diagnostic Imaging
PDL: Dr. Alan Sobey
PMIL: Dr. Bernice Lau
Emergency & EMS
PDL: Dr. Bruce Wright
PMILs: Dr. Nicholas Arrotta, Dr. Kate Brockman, Dr. Chris Hall, Dr. Lanette Prediger, Dr. Troy Turner
Indigenous Health
PDL: Dr. Simrit Brar
PMIL: Dr. Jennifer Ngo
Lab
PDL: Dr. Ella Rokosh
PMILs: Dr. David Beyer, Dr. Kristen Brown
PCMIO: Dr. Susan Nahirniak
Medicine
PDLs: Dr. Marinus van der Westhuizen (Primary), Dr. Rob Hayward
PMILs: Dr. Timothy Chan, Dr. Alex Chee, Dr. Maggie Lee, Dr. Nikhil Shah, Dr. Amirali Surmawala, Dr. Karen Wong
Mental Health & Addictions
PDL: Dr. Jacques Branch
PMIL: Dr. Sudhakar Sivapalan
Neuroscience & Stroke
PDL: Dr. Darren Hudson
PMIL: Dr. Chris Hahn
Patient Access
PDLs: Dr. Jacques Branch (community), Dr. Simrit Brar (specialist)
Pharmacy
PDL: Dr. Ella Rokosh
Population & Public Health
PDL: Dr. Tim Graham
PMILs: Dr. Joshua Jones, Dr. David Strong
Primary Care
PDL: Dr. Jacques Branch
PMILs: Dr. Fraser Armstrong, Dr. Marili Van Der Merwe
Surgery
PDL: Dr. Alan Sobey
PMILs: Dr. Adam Spencer, Dr. Glen Vajcner, Dr. Caleb Zavitz
Women's Health
PDL: Dr. Simrit Brar
PMILs: Dr. Omole Modupe, Dr. Aaron Pink, Dr. Rachel Wang
Zone and Site Contacts (click to expand/collapse)
[Note the below list is not yet complete, as some sites are still in the process of SMIL recruitment.]
North Zone
North Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): cmio.nz@ahs.ca
North Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
Areas 1 & 2 (High Level, La Crete, Fort Vermilion, Manning, Peace River, Fairview, Grimshaw)
All specialties: Dr. Temitope Olufolaji
Areas 3 & 4 (Spirit River, Beaverlodge, Hythe, Grande Cache, Valleyview, Fox Creek, Jasper, Hinton, Edson, Whitecourt)
All specialties: Dr. Noel Corser
Areas 5 & 6 (Westlock, Barrhead, Redwater, Swan Hills, McLennan, High Prairie, Slave Lake, Wabasca/Desmaris)
All specialties: Dr. Marili Van Der Merwe
Areas 7 & 8 (Athabasca, Boyle, Smoky Lake, Lac La Biche, Cold Lake, Bonnyville, Elk Point, St. Paul)
All specialties: Dr. Dean Hanson
Area 9 (Grande Prairie)
All specialties: Dr. Modupe Omole
Area 10 (Fort McMurray)
All specialties: Dr. Eugene Marais
Edmonton Zone
Edmonton Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): cmio.ez@ahs.ca
Edmonton Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
Stollery Children’s Hospital
All specialties: Dr. Vijay Anand
Cross Cancer Institute (CCI)
All specialties: Dr. Jay Easaw
Royal Alexandria Hospital (RAH)
Procedural specialties: Dr. Alan Sobey
Sturgeon Community Hospital (SCH)
All specialties: Dr. Chu Yang Lin
[Under recruitment: GRH, UAH, KEC, RAH, AHE, Suburban Sites, and Continuing Care, LTC, Seniors, HC]
Central Zone
Central Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): cmio.cez@ahs.ca
Central Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
Central Southeast
All specialties: Dr. Mark Wylie
Red Deer
All specialties: Dr. Hannes Conradie
[Under recruitment: NW, NE and SW]
Calgary Zone
Calgary Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): cmio.caz@ahs.ca
Calgary Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
Peter Lougheed Center (PLC)
Medical Inpatient, Ambulatory, Emergency: Dr. Peter Davids
Surgery, Procedures, Critical Care: Dr. Kenton Rommens
Foothills Medical Center (FMC)
Medical Inpatient & Ambulatory: Dr. Eric Leung
Surgical: [under recruitment]
South Health Campus (SHC)
All specialties: Dr. Pavan Ahluwalia
Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH)
All specialties: Dr. Dominica Gidrewicz
Rockyview General Hospital (RGH)
Surgery, Procedures, Critical Care: Dr. Shahdi Henein
Medical: [Under recruitment]
Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Center (RRDTC)
All specialties: Dr. Vicky Parkins
Arthur Child Cancer Care Centre (ACCC)
All specialties: Dr. Sylvia McCulloch
Continuing Care, Supportive Living, Home Care
All specialties: Dr. Maria Malagon
Community and Rural
All specialties: Dr. Lindsay Annand
Addictions & Mental Health
All specialties: Dr. Julia Kirkham
Data & Analytics
All specialties: Dr. Omar Khan
South Zone
South Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): cmio.sz@ahs.ca
South Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
Lethbridge
All specialties: Dr. Kevin Martin
Rural Southwest (including Taber)
All specialties: Dr. Hollis Roth
Medicine Hat
All specialties: Dr. Vince DiNinno
[Under recruitment: Lethbridge and Rural SE]