Committees

The Awards Committee will receive nominations and adjudicate all awards given by the Society. The Committee will be Chaired by the immediate Past-President.

• Prati A. Sharma, President
• Mohamed Bedaiwy, Vice-President
• David Smithson, Treasurer
• Paul Chang, Past President
• Jason Au, Board Director
• Meivys Garcia, Board Director
• Emily McIntosh, Executive Director

The mission of the CPG Committee, comprised of physicians, is to produce relevant, up-to-date, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and policy statements within the field of reproductive medicine.

• Neal Mahutte, Chair
• Jeff Roberts, Member
• Jason Min, Member
• William Buckett, Member
• Camille Sylvestre, Member
• Julio Saumet, Member
• Heather Shapiro, Member
• Sony Sierra, Member 
• Kim Liu, Member
• Maria Velez, Member

The role of the National Director/Director of Continuing Professional Development is to assist the Board on questions concerning continuing professional development, maintenance of professional competence, and needs assessment for educational programs.

The mission of the CFAS-CPD Committee is to promote professional development in reproductive health through continuing education. Continuing medical education (CME) activities are designed for professionals working within the field of reproductive medicine in Canada.

NATIONAL CPD DIRECTOR
Dr. Karen Buzaglo, MD, Board Director

The Finance Committee is responsible to the members of the Society. Its mandate is to achieve long-term financial stability for the Society and to ensure the Society achieves its financial goals with clear ethical guidelines that are in the best interest of ART in Canada.

• Prati A. Sharma, President
• Mohamed Bedaiwy, Vice-President
• David Smithson, Treasurer
• Emily McIntosh, Executive Director

The objective of the Committee is to attract member Directors that will contribute to the mission and vision of the Society and fill gaps in competencies that will enable complement professions that reflect goals stated in the corporate By-Laws.

• Prati A. Sharma, President
• Mohamed Bedaiwy, Vice-President
• Jason Au, Board Director
• Svetlana Madjunkova, Board Director
• Emily McIntosh, Executive Director

The Scientific Committee is responsible for the development of the Annual Meeting program and is comprised of the President of the Society during the year in which the relevant Annual Meeting will take place, the Vice President and the CPD National Director, plus a number of regular members designated by the Board of Directors to represent the special interest groups, being groups that reflect the scientific interest of the Society. 

• Prati A. Sharma, President and 
• Karen Buzaglo, CPD Director
• Neal Mahutte, CPG Committee Chair and IVF Directors Group Co-Chair
• Jason Hitkari, IVF Directors Group Co-Chair
• Francis Petrella, Andrology SIG Chair
• Jenny Wu, ART Lab SIG Chair
• Blair Wexler-Singer, Counselling SIG Co-Chair
• Shawn Winsor, Ethics and Law SIG Co-Chair
• Shirley Levitan, Ethics and Law SIG Co-Chair
• Jennia Michaeli, Fertility Preservation SIG Chair
• Karen Glass, Fertility Preservation SIG Past Chair
• Wael Jamal, Genetics SIG Chair
• Alex Hartman, Imaging and Reproductive Surgery SIG Chair
• Rebecca Robinson, Leadership and Management SIG Chair
• Zeinab Makki, Nursing SIG Chair
• Laine Halpern Zisman, 2SLGBTQ+ SIG Chair
• Chidambra D Halari, Research in Reproductive Science SIG Co-Chair
• Anja Stojsin Carter, Research in Reproductive Science SIG Co-Chair
• Emily McIntosh, Executive Director

Events Committee 

Embryology Summit

• Pat Chronis Brown
• Pauline Saunders
• Scot Hamilton
• Lauren Erickson

Gatekeepers Dilemma Committee

• Carl Laskin
• Sony Sierra
• Heather Shapiro
• Ellen Greenblatt

West Coast Regional Meeting Committee

• David Smithson, Treasurer of BOD
• Jeff Roberts
• Gary Nakhuda
• Jason Au, Board of Director
• Mohamed Bedaiwy, Vice-President of BOD

East Coast Regional Meeting Committee

• William Bucket
• Camille Sylveste
• Debbie Montjean
• Renda Bouzayen