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Canadian Certified
Physician Executive

2026 Recipients

Dr. Zaina Albalawi

Chair, Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Steering Committee / Specialist Lead, Practice 360 Project (eDOCSNL) / Past Interim Division Head, Endocrinology, NLHS

St. John’s, NL

Dr. Alex Ferguson

Chief of Staff, Guelph General Hospital / Emergency medicine physician

Guelph, ON

Dr. Abid Lodhi

Co-Area Chief of Staff, Regina, Saskatchewan Health Authority

Regina, SK 

Dr. Tim Mailman

Senior Medical Director, Nova Scotia Health Provincial Diagnostic and Therapeutics Network / Interim Department Head, Eastern Zone Pathology and Laboratory Medicine / Division Head, Medical Microbiology, IWK Health

Hammond Plains, NS 

Dr. Kirstie McLelland

Associate Clinical Professor, University of Alberta / Immediate Past Edmonton Zone Medical Director, Alberta Health Services

Edmonton, AB

Dr. Viraj Mehta

Site Head, Psychiatry, St. Joseph’s Health Care London / Vice Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, St. Joseph’s Health Care London

London, ON 

Dr. Sarah Newbery

Associate Dean, Physician Workforce Strategy, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University / Past President Ontario College of Family Physicians

Marathon, ON

Dr. Florence Obianyor

Senior Medical Advisor, Competence Assessments, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta / Past Physician Lead, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Wellness and leadership Development, Medical Affairs, Alberta Health Services

Calgary, AB 

Dr. Christine Short

Clinical and Academic Head Department of Medicine Dalhousie and Nova Scotia Health (NSH) / Senior Medical Director, QEII redevelopment project, NSH

Middle Sackville, NS

Dr. Heather Warren

Vice President Medical & Academic Affairs, Waterloo Regional Health Network / Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Adjunct) Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo Regional Campus, McMaster University

Waterloo, ON