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Quebec’s leading health professionals gather to honour 2007 recipients of ninth IMS Canada Awards
Montreal, Quebec, April 8, 2008 – IMS Health Canada (IMS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the IMS Canada Awards, recognized at a ceremony held today. The IMS Canada Awards recognize Quebec physicians and pharmacists for their contribution to the continuing education of their peers. The award recipients were recognized for their published works on the appropriate use of medications. In addition, scholarships were presented to medical students with the highest academic standing in pharmacology and to the top pharmacy students from each of the faculties of pharmacy in Quebec. A total of $30,000 was shared by the recipients of the IMS Canada Awards.
The Selection Committee was comprised of members of the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (FMSQ), the Fédération des médecins omnipracticiens du Québec (FMOQ), the Association québécoise des pharmacies propriétaires (AQPP) as well as members from each of the university faculties of pharmacy and medicine. Representatives from each professional association on the Selection Committee as well as representatives from the College of Physicians of Quebec and the University of Montreal were on hand for the awards ceremony at the Mont Royal Club in Montreal. The 2007 IMS Canada Awards winners are:
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
• Dr Bérénice Mortézaï
Article: « La tuberculose encore présente chez les nouveaux arrivants? »
Le Médecin du Québec, vol. 42, no 2
• Dr Michel Lapierre
Article: « Un antidépresseur, c’est bien… mais deux, est-ce mieux ? »
Le Médecin du Québec, vol. 42, no 10
SPECIALISTS
• Dr Benoît Bailey
Article: « Efficacy and Impact of Intravenous Morphine Before Surgical Consultation in Children With Right Lower Quadrant Pain Suggestive of Appendicitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial »
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 50, no.4, October 2007
• Dr Pierre Ernst
Article: « Inhaled Corticosteroid Use in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the Risk of Hospitalization for Pneumonia »
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 176, 2007
PHARMACISTS
• Ema Ferreira
Article: « La contraception en post-partum »
Québec Pharmacie, volume 54, no 1, January 2007
• Annie Lavoie
Article: « Les opiacés chez l'enfant »
Pharmactuel, volume 40, Supplement 2, September 2007
MEDICAL STUDENTS
(for distinction in their pharmacology studies)
• University of Montreal
o M. Philippe-Antoine Miclette-Ménard
• McGill University
o M. Jason Blaichman
• Université de Sherbrooke
o Mme Amélie Blanchette
o M. Alexandre Hamelin
o M. Pascal Paradis
o M. Mathieu Tremblay
• Université Laval
o Mme Marie-Michelle Gionet Pes
PHARMACY STUDENTS
(recognizes overall academic standing)
• University of Montreal
o M. Benoìt Chevalier
• Université Laval
o Mme Marie-Pascale Beaulieu
o Mme Évelyne Lemay
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