Scholarship Committee
The charge to the SACME Scholarship Committee is to provide guidance to the SACME Board in growing and maintaining SACME’s role as the international academic leader in CME/CPD scholarship. Members work in subcommittees to:
- Assess and report on the status of the discipline
- Build capacity to conduct and enhance research by scholars and CME/CPD consumers and to establish an institutional scholarly environment
- Develop and support/facilitate research.
- Assess and report on the status of the discipline
- Build capacity to conduct and enhance research by scholars and CME/CPD consumers and to establish an institutional scholarly environment
- Develop and support/facilitate research.
Get Involved
You can explore opportunities by attending a committee meeting. Email committee chair, Jessica Walter (walter@ohsu.edu) to express your interest.
Scholarship Committee
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Eleftherios Soleas, MEd, PhD, OCT
Director, Lifelong Learning and Innovation Queen's UniversityCo-Chair
Scholarship Steering Subcommittee
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Eleftherios Soleas, MEd, PhD, OCT
Director, Lifelong Learning and Innovation Queen's UniversityCo-Chair
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Anahit Abrahamyan, MPCAccreditation & Program Manager University of Mississippi Medical CenterMember
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Janine Shapiro, MD
Assoc Dean for Faculty Dev, Medical Dir for CME, Prof of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Med University of RochesterMember -
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Martin Tremblay, PhD
Senior Research and Innovation Advisor Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec (FMSQ)Member -
David Wiljer, PhD, FSACME
Executive Director, Education Technology Innovation University Health NetworkMember -
Status of the Discipline Subcommittee
Advances research in the discipline of CPD by assessing, defining, and reporting on the status of the discipline.
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Eleftherios Soleas, MEd, PhD, OCT
Director, Lifelong Learning and Innovation Queen's UniversityCo-Chair
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Martin Tremblay, PhD
Senior Research and Innovation Advisor Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec (FMSQ)Co-Chair
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Deema Al-Sheikhly, BSc, MRes, MEHP
Director of Medical Education & CPD Weill Cornell Medicine QatarMember -
Craig Campbell, MD, FRCPC, FSACME, CPC (HC)
Director, Curriculum, Faculty of Medicine, U of Ottawa University of OttawaMember -
Ronald Cervero, MA, PhDProfessor and Deputy Director Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesMember
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Tanya Horsley, PhD, MBAAssociate Director, Research and Evaluation Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaMember
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Gabrielle Kane, MB, EdD, FRCPC, FSACME
Emeritus Professor University of WashingtonMember -
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Don Moore, PhD, FSACME
Professor of Medical Education and Administration, Emeritus Vanderbilt University Medical CenterMember -
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Suzan Schneeweiss, MD, MEd, FRCPC, CPC(HC)
Professor, Department of Paediatrics University of TorontoMember -
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Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE, FSACME
VP Education, CAMH, Assoc Prof of Psychiatry, Univ of Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Member -
Sophie Soklaridis, PhD
Senior Scientist Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Member -
Mary Turco, EdD, FSACME
Assoc Prof of Medicine & Principal for Scholarship Enhancement & Academic Prof Dev Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterMember -
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Capacity Building Subcommittee
Builds the competency of members to perform scholarly activities including CPD research.
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Janine Shapiro, MD
Assoc Dean for Faculty Dev, Medical Dir for CME, Prof of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Med University of RochesterChair
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Anahit Abrahamyan, MPCAccreditation & Program Manager University of Mississippi Medical CenterCo-Chair
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Haifa Akremi, PhDResearch Program Manager, Continuing Professional Development Department University of MontrealCo-Chair
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Sharisse Arnold Rehring, MDDirector of Medical Education; Director UC SOM LIC Colorado Permanente Medical GroupMember
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Miya Bernson-Leung, MD, EdM
Medical Director of Continuing Education Boston Children's HospitalMember -
Linda Caples, PhD, FSACME
Director Continuing and Professional Development Medical College of WisconsinMember -
Nels Carlson, MDAssociate Dean, Continuing Professional Development Oregon Health & Science UniversityMember
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Lisa Fore-Arcand, MEd, EdDAssistant Dean of CME Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMember
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Melinda Lerwill, MDFaculty Director of Continuing Education and Accreditation Harvard UniversityMember
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Kate RunacresManager of MOC and CanMEDS Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaMember
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Martin Tremblay, PhD
Senior Research and Innovation Advisor Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec (FMSQ)Member
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Scholarship Awards and Grants Subcommittee
Reviews abstracts and enables members’ research and best practice presentations, identifies and recognizes outstanding presentations, and grants awards including the Manning and Mazmanian Awards.
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Brittany Dashevsky, MD, DPhil
Clinical Associate Professor of Breast Imaging Stanford UniversityMember -
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Asha Maharaj, MBA, FSACME
Director of Community and Continuing Education Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Member -
Janine Shapiro, MD
Assoc Dean for Faculty Dev, Medical Dir for CME, Prof of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Med University of RochesterMember
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Martin Tremblay, PhD
Senior Research and Innovation Advisor Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec (FMSQ)Member
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Mark Vinciguerra, M.Div.
Clinical Outcomes CE Coordinator University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterMember -
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Bita Zakeri, PhD, GCMM, CHCP
Director of Professional Programs Northeastern UniversityMember
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