ֱ

News

Building bridges for better health care

Published: 12 August 2013

Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a vital partner of the RUIS ֱ. Twice a year, RUIS ֱ leaders, faculty and staff from Montreal visit the area to better understand local health care services and plan jointly with the ASSS Abitibi-Témiscamingue for continued improvement.

Jacques Boissonneault, President and Director General of Abitibi-Témiscamingue’s Agence de la santé et des services sociaux, is pleased with the interactions. “We were very happy with the earnest participation of physicians from the CSSS Vallée-de-l'Or,” he said following the most recent visit in May 24, 2013 by RUIS ֱ President and Dean of ֱ’s Faculty of Medicine, David Eidelman and other RUIS ֱ members.

Among the CSSS Vallée-de-l'Or physicians was Dr. Myriam Bellazzi, a ֱ graduate and now a family doctor and educational director of the Family Medicine unit at Clinique médicale de l'Or et des Bois in Val d'Or. Bellazzi works with a teaching team of six local physicians and specialists. Marilyne Brault, a ֱ student who is completing her residency in the region, also met with the visiting RUIS ֱ team, including Dr. Samuel Benaroya, RUIS ֱ Coordinator and Associate Dean of Inter-Hospital Affairs at ֱ’s Faculty of Medicine; Dr. Mathias Kalina, Associate Director of Professional Services at the ֱ Health Centre; Johanne Desrochers, Co-President of Telehealth for RUIS ֱ; Jim Gates, Acting Director of the RUIS ֱ Health Network Office; and Rita Ziadé, RUIS ֱ Program Manager.

In 2014, Abitibi-Témiscamingue will play host to the second RUIS ֱ Symposium, following the success of the 2012 event. More details to follow!

Back to top