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External Committees

Current Representatives

Canadian medical students are represented at many national medical organizations by CFMS Representatives. The organizations (and CFMS Representatives) are listed below:

  • AFMC Canadian Graduate Questionnaire Development and Research Cmte - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC Canadian Graduate Questionnaire Executive Cmte - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC Canadian Graduate Questionnaire Strategic Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC Clerkship Directors Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC FMEC PG Entry Routes Working Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education) & Avrilynn Ding (Education Dyad)
  • AFMC FMEC PG Transitions Learner Education Handover Sub-Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC Global Health Group - Incoming - Farnaz Javadian (NOGHE)
  • AFMC Global Health Group - Outgoing - Julia Sawatzky (NOGHE)
  • AFMC Indigenous Health - Yotakahron Jonathan (NOIH)
  • AFMC Interprofessional Education - Nikola Unic (IPE File Lead) & Shirley Deng (IPE File Lead)
  • AFMC MCAT Fee Assistance - Barbara Gunka (Portal Liaison)
  • AFMC MSPR Working Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education), t.b.d. (Education Cmte) & Avrilynn Ding (Education Dyad)
  • AFMC Physican Health & Well-Being Group - Hayley Hill (Wellness Officer)
  • AFMC Physician Resource Planning Task Force (PR-PAC) - Victor Do (President)
  • AFMC Postgraduate Medical Education Governance Council - Victor Do (President)
  • AFMC Residency Matching Cmte - Victor Do (President) & Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC Student Affairs Committee - Sarah Zahabi (Dir. Student Affairs)
  • AFMC Student Portal Data Analysis Working Group - Barbara Gunka (Portal Liaison) & Avrilynn Ding (Education Dyad)
  • AFMC Student Portal Immunizations Working Group - Barbara Gunka (Portal Liaison) & Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC Student Portal Steering Committee - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education), Avrilynn Ding (Education Dyad) & Alexandra Cohen (Education Officer)
  • AFMC Student Portal Steering Enhancement Working Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education) & Barbara Gunka (Portal Liaison)
  • AFMC TUMEA - Taskforce on Undergraduate Medical Education Accreditation - Victor Do (President)
  • AFMC UGME Reseach Committee - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC Undergraduate Medical Education Committee - Victor Do (President)
  • AFMC Unmatched CMG - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • AFMC eHealth Infoway - Sabrina Tang (CFMS Rep to eHealth)
  • AMSA - Adel Arezki (VP Communications)
  • CACMS Cmte on the Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools - Junior - Eagan Peters (General Member)
  • CACMS Cmte on the Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools - Senior - Christian Farrell (General Member)
  • CAME Canadian Association for Medical Education - Milani Sivapragasam (General Member)
  • CFPC College of Family Physicians of Canada - Victor Do (President)
  • CITAC-ACCFC Clinician Investigator Trainee Assn of Canada - Cory Lefebvre (General Member)
  • CMA Canadian Conference on Physician Health Program Planning Cmte - Hayley Hill (Wellness Officer)
  • CMA Canadian Medical Forum - Victor Do (CFMS President) & Dr. Stephanie Smith (Past-President)
  • CMA Committee on Ethics - Gali Katznelson (General Member)
  • CMAJ Student Humanities Blog Editor - English - Kacper Niburski (General Member)
  • CMAJ Student Humanities Blog Editor - French - Rosa Lakabi (General Member)
  • CMPA Canadian Medical Protective Assn - Dr. Stephanie Smith (Past-President)
  • CaPER Canadian Post-MD Education Registry Advisory Committee - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • CaPER Canadian Post-MD Education Registry Policy Committee - Victor Do (President)
  • CaRMS Canadian Residency Matching Service - Dr. Stephanie Smith (Past-President), Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education) & Victor Do (President)
  • Canadian Medical Association Board of Directors - Dr. Stephanie Smith (CFMS Past-President)
  • Canadian Medical Hall of Fame - Siddath Nath (General Member)
  • Choosing Wisely Canada - Ethan Zhang (General Member)
  • FMEQ - Corinne Cécyre-Chartrand (Quebec Rep)
  • FMRA Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities - Victor Do (President)
  • IFMSA - Achieng Tago (Dir Global Health)
  • MCC Medical Council of Canada - Victoria Januszkiewicz (Education Cmte)
  • OMSA - Avrilynn Ding (Ontario Rep) & Felipe Fajardo (Ontario Rep)
  • RDoC PGME Resiliency Committee - Sarah Zahabi (Dir. Student Affairs)
  • RDoC Resident Doctors of Canada - Victor Do (Board Member)
  • Royal College CanMEDS Consortium - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • Royal College Committee on Specialty Education - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • Royal College Fellowship Affairs Committee - Corinne Cécyre-Chartrand (Quebec RD)
  • Royal College General Council - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
  • Royal College International Conference on Residency Education - Malik Ali (Education Cmte)
  • Western Deans - Devon Mitchell (Western Rep) & Henry Li (Ontario Rep)