President & Director:
Graham Mayes,
SVP, EFG Wealth Management
Vice-President & Director:
Ed Napke, M.D., Ph.D
A leader in many initiatives (Club of Rome, Smoke-Free Ottawa, Adverse Drugs Database)
Director:
Robert McCrindle, M.Ed.
Director:
Kasia Majewski
Advisory Board Members
Past-President:
David Mann,
Executive In Residence, Carleton University Foundry Program
Dr. Patrick Faloon, McLaren Street Chiropractic
Elizabeth Mann, Book Keeper
Shirley Westeinde, Past Senior Vice President, Westeinde Construction
Shirley was awarded the 'Partners in Research Biomedical Science Ambassador Award'
Dr. Ellen Thompson, Medical Advisor
Dr. Paul Grof, Medical Advisor
The Medical Advisory Committee
This team offers insights, reviews studies and their methodology, helps us understand new discoveries, and helps ensure educational materials are accurate and useful. We also call upon the expertise of the medical and research advisors listed in our media section, in the media contact list. We welcome the advice of the international panel of experts who formed the Concensus Protocols.
Dr. Ellen Thompson, MB BS,FRCPC
Anaesthesiologist, (Anaesthesia and Chronic Pain Management), Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Member: Canadian Pain Society, the American Pain Society, the International Association for the Study of Pain
Dr. Kenny De Meirleir, MD (newly invited)
Professor of Physiology and Internal Medicine, Free University of Brussels
Co-Author of the Canadian Consensus Guidelines for ME/CFS; Board of Directors, American Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Author of over 550 peer reviewed papers.
Belgium
Dr. Francisco Diaz-Mitoma
Chief, Virology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario
Researcher, has studied CFS treatments.
Dr. Warren Nielson (newly invited)
Psychologist, Clinical Director, Rheumatology Day Programs, Arthritis Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital
London, Ontario
Janice Sumpton, BScPhm
Pharmacist, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario
Dr. Sean O'Sullivan
Family medicine practitioner, specialises in CFS/M.E., Tillsonburg, Ontario
Janet Raboud, PhD.
Biostatistician, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto and the University Health Network
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Paul Grof
Psychiatrist
With our many thanks for their help!
Our Founding President
Eva Grof, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)
Started Compassion in Action as a national charity in 1996
Our many thanks to Advisor Coralie for three years of assistance in a variety of ways! She has always been a welcome and positive contributor, and those who know her, know we were lucky to have her help. Coralie has found success in business and since devoted herself to helping others.
Coralie Lalonde, CEO, Katsura Investments
Donna McGregor, Treasurer of FM-CFS Canada since 2002, has retired. A former manager of the CGA Chapter in Ottawa, and a Manager at Collins Barrow, she set up enduring accounting processes for the charity, and helped us through three Ottawa Gala Balls with all the accounting work associated with them. We thank her for safely guiding us for so long!
Donna MacGregor, C.G.A
John Ernst, fmr Executive Director, 3 yrs, FM-CFS Canada
Dr. David Bell, Lyndonville, NY, USA
A former member of our Medical Advisory Committee
International Advisory Board - 1998-2003
Dr. Mogens Schou
Professor Emeritus
University of Aarhus
Risskov, Denmark
Dr. Carl G. Gottfries
Professor Emeritus
University of Goteborg, Sweden
The Honourable Madam Justice Giovanna Roccamo
Superior Court of Justice, Ontario
Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Magid Ali
The Institute of Integrative Medicine
Denville, NJ USA
Dr. Anil Jain
CFS Physician
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Bruno Muller-Oerlinghausen
Professor of Pharmacology
Benjamin Franklin University
Berlin, Germany
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