Information
July 2003
Membership of the Expert Advisory Committee on Blood Regulations and the National Blood
Safety Council
Introduction
Effective July 17th, 2003, the National Blood Safety Council (NBSC) and the Expert Advisory
Committee on Blood Regulation were consolidated into one body. The National Blood Safety
Council (NBSC) was responsible for advising the Minister and the Expert Advisory Committee
on Blood Regulation is responsible for advising the department on matters pertaining to
blood safety in Canada.
The Expert Advisory Committee on Blood Regulation will continue to provide ongoing technical
and scientific advice to Health Canada. Dr. Noni E. MacDonald of Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia will remain as the Committee's Chair. Selected NBSC members will be
invited to join the Expert Advisory Committee. Listed below, as a reference, are the members
of both the Expert Advisory Committee on Blood Regulations and the National Blood Safety
Council (NBSC).
The Expert Advisory Committee on Blood Regulations is comprised of the following
members:
- Dr. Noni E. MacDonald, Dean Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova
Scotia (Chair)
- Dr. Thomas Bowen, Clinical professor of medicine and pediatrics University of Calgary,
Calgary, Alberta
- Dr. Neil Cashman, Centre for Research in Neurodgenerative Disease, Toronto, Ontario
- Dr. John Conly, Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, Calgary Laboratory Services, Division
of Microbiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
- Dr. Harold Dion, College of Family Physicians of Canada, Montreal, Québec
- Mr. Nicholas Hurley, Public Representative, Newfoundland
- Dr. Abbyann Lynch, Ethics in Health Care Associates, Toronto, Ontario
- Ms. Penny Marrett, Public Representative, Toronto, Ontario
- Dr. Lindsay E. Nicolle, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Dr. Jeffrey Scott, Provincial Medical Officer of Health, Department of Health, Halifax,
Nova Scotia
The National Blood Safety Council is comprised of the following members:
- Dr. Jerry Teitel, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto Ontario (Council Chair)
- Mr. Allen Lefebvre, Consumer and Public representative,Manager, Finance & Operations
for the Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan
(Council Vice Chair)
- Mr. William Bees, Vice President, Operations, Cangene Corporation,Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Dr. Jocelyn Downie, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Dr. Margaret Fast, Medical Office of Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Dr. Gerry Growe, Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Vancouver General Hospital,Vancouver, British Columbia
- Dr. Pierre LeBlond, Centre d'Hématologie du CHA, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Laval University,
Québec, Québec
- Ms. Astrid Maguire, Vice President of the Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine,
Edmonton, Alberta
- Mr. Denis Morrice, President, Arthritis Society, Toronto, Ontario
- Dr. Pierre Robillard, Québec Public Health Institute, Montréal, Québec
- Dr. Gail Rock, Division Chief Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Ottawa Hospital,
Ottawa, Ontario
- Dr. Lou Anne Tesch, Bayer Inc., Toronto, Ontario
- Ms. Mary M. Thomson, McCarthy Tétreault (Law Firm), Toronto, Ontario
- Dr. Durhane Wong-Reiger, Anemia Institute for Research and Education, Toronto, Ontario
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