Wellness Peers
Faculty Affairs is pleased and excited to launch our first-ever wellness program!
The purpose of this program is to provide support on an array of issues affecting our Clinical Faculty. The program has been developed to be a limited number of encounters, not an ongoing support relationship. This is an entirely confidential program, and the Wellness Peers will not be reporting names or any identifying demographics to Faculty Affairs.
Clinical Faculty members can simply call any of the Wellness Peers on the list below, regardless of location or specialty. Our primary concern is the well-being of our faculty.
If you have any questions about this initiative, please feel free to contact Dr. Harshad Telang, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs at htelang@nosm.ca, Dr. Keri Ladd, NOSM U CSD Faculty Wellness Lead or one of the Wellness Peers using their information provided below.
A Letter from the Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Dr. Keri Ladd, Wellness Lead
Dr. Ladd is the inaugural Clinical Sciences Division Faculty Wellness Lead. She is a family physician in Parry Sound and an Assistant Professor in the Section of Family Medicine. She grew up in rural Ontario and completed medical school at the University of Saskatchewan, and a rural family medicine residency at the University of Alberta. She previously worked as a family physician in Cold Lake, Alberta until she and her husband decided to move their 4 young girls back to Ontario to be closer to family. She developed a passion for wellness during her own journey to find a balance between medicine and family life and she hopes to bring this experience to this role and support all clinical faculty in being their happiest selves. She looks forward to hearing your thoughts on wellness and ideas on what a successful wellness program should include.
Dr. Shannon Wiebe, Wellness Peer
Dr. Pam McDermott, Wellness Peer
Therapy techniques: CBT, DBT, ACT, Supportive, Psychodynamic
Affiliations: Fellow of the Canadian College of Family Physicians, Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers, Associate Professor at NOSM University
Interests: All outdoor sports/activities, Dogs, Environmental protection, Friends and family
Dr. Sean Bryan, Wellness Peer
Dr. Benjamin Langer, Wellness Peer
Dr. Laurie Kibiuk, Wellness Peer
Dr. Susan Hegge, Wellness Peer
Please consider completing our Clinical Faculty Wellness Survey to help shape wellness programming for you and your colleagues.