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Association Business
A Change of Office and New CPA Board of DirectorsThe President’s Banquet was the occasion for the official assumption of the president’s office. Dr. Aruna Thakur accepted the chain of office to become the 2003–2004 CPA president from Dr. Blake Woodside, who will now take on the role of CPA Board chair. She also presented CPA President-elect, Dr. Asad Mahmud of New Brunswick. Dr. Thakur is a clinical psychiatrist who has special interests in the areas of eating disorders, chemical addictions and hypnotherapy. She has been involved in organized medicine since the early 1980s and the Saskatchewan Psychiatric Association since 1976. Among her roles she has served as president of the Saskatchewan Psychiatric Association (1995–1999) and president of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada (1982). She has been very active in the social and health service through the United Way and has been involved with Larson Intervention House, a Saskatoon detoxification centre. She chaired the board for 10 years until 1989 and remains a board member. She also established the Thakur Eating Disorder Trust Fund at the University of Saskatchewan in 1984. Newly elected chair, Dr. Blake Woodside, specializes in the treatment of eating disorders in adults and is currently director of the inpatient eating disorders program at the Toronto General Hospital, an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and has an active academic research career. He has been recognized locally and by the American Psychiatric Association for his contributions to undergraduate medical education. Dr. Woodside has a long history of involvement in organized medicine. He has served in various capacities for the Ontario Medical Association, the Canadian Medical Association, the Ontario Psychiatric Association, and the Canadian Psychiatric Association, for which he served as president in 2002–2003 and chaired the Economics Committee for six years. Dr.Thakur and Dr. Mahmud also represent their provincial associations and are joined on the CPA Board by 4 new provincial directors: Dr. Kevin Hogan of Newfoundland, Dr. Manon Charbonneau of Quebec, Dr. Robert Buckingham of Ontario and Dr. Jack Kettler of Manitoba. Dr. Roger Bland was appointed for a second term to represent Alberta. Dr. Andrew Moulden from the University of Toronto was elected to the post of director-in-training subsequent to a mail ballot election. The Members- in-Training and the CPA Fellows Section, under Dr. Khrista Boylan’s leadership, is working with British Columbia residents to fill the director-in-training position for their region. The new members join returning Board members: |
