IMPROVED DELIVERY OF CARDIOVASCULAR CARE
(IDOCC) PROGRAM


Leadership Team

Dr. William Hogg William Hogg
Co-Lead, IDOCC Initiative

Dr. William E. Hogg was appointed as Director of the C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre in 2003. He is also a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, a Principal Scientist at the Institute for Population Health, an Affiliate Scientist at the Ottawa Health Research Institute and the Director of Research for the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa.  In 2001 and 2002 he won the Arthur Bond Scholarship for Innovative Systems Research.  In 2006 Dr. Hogg was recognized as Family Medicine Researcher of the Year 2006 by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Dr. Hogg has a background as a family physician, scientist and professor.  He received his C.C.F.P. following a residency in Family Medicine at the University of Western Ontario and his M.D., C.M. from McGill University.  He also has a Masters in Clinical Science from the University of Western Ontario Graduate Studies Program and a Masters Degree in Experimental Medicine from McGill University.  Dr. Hogg continues to practise family medicine at the Melrose Family Medicine Clinic. 

Email : whogg@uottawa.ca
Telephone : 613-562-6262, ext 1431

 

Clare Liddy Clare Liddy
Co-Lead, IDOCC Initiative

Dr. Clare Liddy is a family doctor and Clinician Investigator with the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa. She graduated in 1993 from McMaster and completed her family medicine training at McGill. She later completed a Masters in Epidemiology and has since been developing her research interests in health services, chronic disease management and primary prevention. Dr. Liddy continues to practice family medicine with the Riverside Family Health Team

Dr. Liddy holds a Career Scientist award from the MOHLTC and her research focuses on implementation issues related to chronic disease management and prevention in Ontario. On her research agenda are issues related to best practices, models of care, improving quality of care and knowledge translation as they relate to chronic disease.

Email : CLiddy@bruyere.org
Telephone: 613-562-6262, ext. 1514

 

 
Project Management Team

 

Alex Cornett
Project Coordinator, IDOCC Initiative

Alex graduted from Cornell Univeristy with a Bachelor of Science in Policy Analysis and Management, and concentrations in Health and Gerontology. She has worked at the C.T. Lamont Primary Helath Care Research Centre since 2009 on the IDOCC initiative. Her areas of interest are process and quality improvement in health care delivery and gerontology.

Email : ACornett@bruyere.org
Telephone : 613-562-6262, ext. 1458

 

JP Singh
Research Manager, IDOCC Initiative

J.P. holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto.  Prior to his time at the CTLC, J.P. worked as a Research and Development Engineer, designing devices for interventional radiology procedures. J.P. continues to diversify his research background and is looking forward to contributing to primary healthcare research.

Email : JSingh@bruyere.org
Telephone : 613-562-6262, ext. 1544

 

 
Advisory Committee Team Members
 

 

Lyall Higginson, Cardiologist
Former Chief of Staff University of Ottawa Heart Institute,
Currently Regional Health Authority, Victoria BC

William Williams, Cardiologist
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Michael Sharma, Director, Champlain Regional Stroke Network and Program
The Ottawa Hospital

David Gibson, Executive Director, Sandy Hill Community Centre 

Ayub Akbari, Assistant Professor of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital

Frederic Lavoie, Director of Outcomes Research, Pfizer Canada Inc. 

Lorraine Montoya, Health Promotion, Heart Health Education Centre,
Prevention and Rehabilitation Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Sophia Papadakis, Program Director, Champlain Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Network
Associate, Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

 

 
Outreach Facilitators
 

 

Eileen Villis

Kate Nash
Kate holds a Masters in Health Psychology from City University, London UK, Bachelors in Philosophy, Leeds University, UK. Kate recently completed a Project Management course at McGill. Kate comes to us from the UK where she practiced as an osteopath in primary care and was the Research Coordinator at the British School of Osteopathy. Since moving to Ottawa she has been working as a volunteer at the EAGLE Training Centre, a charity that works to provide educational opportunities for marginalised groups, and for the Women in Leadership Foundation.

Email : KNash@bruyere.org

 

Dianne LaferriereDianne Laferriere
Dianne holds a BA in Psychology and a BSc. in Nursing from the University of Ottawa. She has a great interest in community health issues and has provided care as a visiting home nurse and coordinated home care both in chronic and acute care situations. More recently, she has assisted in research projects with the U of O Centre for Research on Community Services and the Canadian Mental Health Association dealing with homelessness and concurrent disorders. She is very pleased to be involved in facilitation as an approach to improving primary health care delivery.

Email : DLaferriere@bruyere.org