Past Presidents
2022 - Dr. Simon Phillips, PhD (Montreal, QC)
Simon Phillips is a CFAS certified Embryology Laboratory Director. He has been a clinical embryologist for twenty-five years. He has a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacology from the University of Portsmouth, a MSc in Clinical Embryology from Leeds University and a BSc in Biological Sciences from Plymouth University. He is currently the Scientific Director at OVO Fertility.
Simon has previously been the chair of the ART Lab SIG and a member of the subcommittee that wrote the CFAS ART Lab SIG standards for Canadian ART professionals as well as developing the certification program. He has been part of various advisory boards and currently advises the Quebec College des Médecins in the development of a professional status for embryologists in that province.
Simon also holds a position in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal as a clinical lecturer. Outside of work, Simon and his family enjoy spending time in their sailboat during the summer months.
2021 • Jason Hitkari, Vancouver, BC
2020 • Eileen McMahon, Toronto, ON
2019 • Clifford Librach, Toronto, ON
2018 • Jason Min, Calgary, AB
2017 • Jeff Roberts, Burnaby, BC
2016 • Heather Shapiro, Toronto, ON
2015 • Neal Mahutte, Montreal, QC
2014 • Scot Hamilton, ON
2013 • Mathias Gysler, ON
2012 • Marie-Claude Léveillé, ON
2011 • Carl Laskin, Toronto, ON
2010 • David Mortimer, Vancouver, BC
2009 • François Bissonnette, Montréal, QC
2008 • Warren Foster, Hamilton, ON
2007 • Edward Hughes, Hamilton, ON
2006 • Benjamin K. Tsang, Ottawa, ON
2005 • John Grantmyre, Halifax, NS
2004 • Dean Van Vugt, Kingston, ON
2003 • Gillian Graves, Halifax, NS
2002 • Jacquetta Trasler, Montreal, QC
2001 • Victor Gomel, Vancouver, BC
2000 • Roger Pierson, Saskatoon, SK
1999 • Arthur Leader, Ottawa, ON
1998 • Robert Casper, Toronto, ON
1997 • Peter Leung, Vancouver, BC
1996 • Claude Gagnon, Montreal, QC
1995 • Togas Tulandi, Montreal, QC
1994 • Roger Rittmaster, Durham, NC
1993 • Renée Martin, Calgary, AB
1992 • John Jarrell, Calgary, AB
1991 • André Lemay, Quebec City, QC
1990 • Kenneth D. Roberts, Montreal, QC
1989 • Robert Reid, Kingston, ON
1988 • Bernard Robaire, Montreal, QC
1987 • Gilles Bleau, Montreal, QC
1986 • Basil HoYuen, Vancouver, BC
1985 • Serge Bélisle, Montreal, QC
1984 • Robert W. Hudson, Kingston, ON
1983 • Albert Yuzpe, Vancouver, BC
1982 • Patrick J. Taylor, Vancouver, BC
1981 • Patrick J. Taylor, Vancouver, BC
1980 • Norman Barwin, Ottawa, ON
1979 • B. Norman Barwin, Ottawa, ON
1978 • S. Clair MacLeod, Kentville, NS
1977 • Jacques Van Campenhout, Montreal, QC
1976 • Earl R. Plunkett, London, ON
1975 • R. Peter Beck, Edmonton, AB
1974 • Jacques-E. Rioux, Quebec City, QC
1973 • Frederick S. Hobbs, Vancouver, BC
1972 • John A. Collins, London, ON
1971 • L Cowan, Regina SK
1970 • John O’Brien, Montreal, QC
1969 • C.A.V. Barker, Guelph, ON
1968 • Donald McEwen, Calgary, AB
1967 • Michel J. Bérard, Montreal, QC
1966 • G.H. Arronet, Montreal, QC
1965 • Joseph Tanzman, St. John, NB
1964 • R.A.H. Kinch, Montreal, QC
1963 • Abraham Hurtig, Ottawa, ON
1962 • Donald R. Johnston, Niagara Falls, ON
1961 • J.C. McKellar, Toronto, ON
1960 • Myer Hendelman, Montreal, QC
1959 • Georges A. Simpson, Montreal, QC
1958 • Earl R. Plunkett, London, ON
1957 • C.J. Pattee, Montreal, QC
1956 • Edwin Robertson, Kingston, ON
1955 • Evan Shute, London, ON
1954 • L.J. Harris, Toronto, ON