As part of the Committee's fact finding phase, it conducted interviews with front-line health care providers and administrators, as well as personnel from various organizations and levels of government involved in managing the SARS outbreak. The Committee also put out a call for submissions to health care associations, non-governmental organizations, and relevant industry stakeholders. The call for submissions offered these groups an opportunity to relay their experiences with SARS, the lessons they learned from the outbreak, and their views on how the public health system needs to be improved.
The following are lists of individuals that were interviewed and submissions that were received.
Interviewee |
Affiliation |
Date |
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Dr. Ian Johnson |
Dept. of Public Health Sciences, UofT |
June 3 |
Dr. Mary Vearncombe |
Director, Infection Control, SWCHSC |
June 6 |
Dr. Anita Rachlis |
Infectious Disease Consultant, SWCHSC |
|
Dr. Andrew Simor |
Infectious Disease Consultant, SWCHSC |
|
Prof. Sujit Choudhry |
Faculty of Law, UofT |
June 13 |
Prof. Harvey Skinner |
Dept. of Public Health Sciences, UofT |
June 16 |
Dr. Mark Cheung |
General Internal Medicine, SWCHSC |
June 16 |
Mr. Doug Hunt |
Counsel to Public Health Investigation |
June 17, |
Mr. Justice Archie Campbell |
Investigator under the Public Health Act |
|
Mr. Frank Lussing |
CEO York Central Hospital |
June 18 |
Mr. Malcolm Moffatt |
CEO St. John's Rehabilitation |
|
Dr. Ronn Goldberg |
Radiologist-in-chief, North York |
June 19 |
Ms. Janet Beed |
VP, COO – Toronto General Hospital |
June 20 |
Ms. Janet Davidson |
President, Toronto East General |
|
Dr. Raziel Gershater |
Radiologist, North York General Hospital |
June 24 |
Mr. Bill Tholl |
CEO, CMA |
June 24 |
Dr. Dana Hanson |
President, CMA |
|
Dr. Isra Levy |
Director of Public Health, CMA |
|
Dr. Denise Werker |
WHO CDS, Geneva |
June 25, |
Dr. Arlene King |
Director of Immunization and Respiratory |
|
Ms. Pegeen Walsh |
Special Advisor to Regional Director General |
June 25 |
Dr. Bob Lester |
Executive VP - SWCHSC |
June 25 |
Dr. James Young |
Commissioner of Public Safety |
June 26 |
Dr. Rob Horvath |
Assistant Director, Emergency Services, |
July 1 |
Dr. John Frank |
Scientific Director, Institute for Population |
July 2 |
Dr. David Mowat |
Director-General of the Centre for |
July 3 |
Dr. Don Low |
Microbiologist-in-Chief, Mt. Sinai Hospital |
July 3 |
Dr. Allison McGeer |
Director, Infection Control, Mt. Sinai Hospital |
|
Dr. Richard Schabas |
Chief of Staff, York Central Hospital |
July 3 |
Dr. Colin D'Cunha |
Commissioner of Public Health, OMHLTC |
July 7 |
Dr. Kumanan Wilson |
General Internal Medicine, UHN & Institute |
July 7 |
Mr. Gerry Dafoe |
CEO, CPHA |
July 8 |
Dr. David Mowat |
Health Canada |
|
Ms. Gail Paech |
Assistant Deputy Minister - Long-term Care, |
July 8 |
Mr. Phil Jackson |
Director, Health Information and |
|
Dr. Paul Gully |
Senior Director General, Population |
July 9 |
Dr. Mona Loutfy |
Infectious Disease Consultant, SWCHSC/ |
July 10 |
Mr. Tom Closson |
CEO, UHN |
July 11 |
Dr. Michael Gardham |
Director, Infection Control, UHN |
|
Ms. Gillian Howard |
VP Public Affairs, UHN |
|
Dr. Bill Sibbald |
Physician in Chief, SWCHSC |
July 11 |
Dr. Phillip Ellison |
Family Medicine, UHN |
July 15 |
Dr. Barbara Mederski |
Director of Infection Control, |
July 15 |
Ms. Bonnie Adamson |
CEO, North York General Hospital |
July 23 |
Ms. Bonnie Adamson |
CEO, North York General Hospital |
July 31 |
Dr. Keith Rose |
VP - Medical Affairs, |
1 Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Public Health Association, the Canadian Nurses Association, the Canadian Healthcare Association, the Canadian Dental Association, the Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations, the Canadian Pharmacists Association, the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, and the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.