Committees
The CFAS Board of Directors discharges its oversight responsibilities with the assistance of the following committees:
The Board may add new committees or remove existing committees as needed to fulfill its responsibilities.
The role, duties and responsibilities of the Board and the committees are clearly defined in the Society’s By-laws.
SMART Fund Committee
The CFAS is proud to announce the creation of a new segregated fund that will be specifically set aside to initiate, assist and further research and special projects by the CFAS and its members.
- Mohamed Bedaiwy, Chair
- Alexander Lagunov, President
- Paul Chang, Vice-President
- Sony Sierra, Past President
- Sara Cohen, Treasurer
- Svetlana Madjunkova, Board Director
- Jason Au, Board Director
- Jay Baltz, Member
- Emily McIntosh, Executive Director
Awards Committee
The Awards Committee will receive nominations and adjudicate all awards given by the Society. The Committee will be Chaired by the immediate Past-President.
- Alexander Lagunov, President
- Sony Sierra, Past President
- Paul Chang, Vice-President
- Jason Au, Board Director
- Svetlana Madjunkova, Board Director
- Sara Cohen, Treasurer
- Emily McIntosh, Executive Director
Clinical Practice Guideline Committee
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, Member
- 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
Communications Committee
The mandate of the Communications Committee is to ensure the CFAS achieves its strategic objective to be the voice of ART in Canada. To this end, the Committee is responsible for three core functions:
- Member engagement
- Stakeholder relations
- Media and public relations
Communications Committee:
- Alexander Lagunov, President
- Sara Cohen, Treasurer
- Sony Sierra, Past President
- Paul Chang, Vice-President
- Emily McIntosh, Executive Director
Media Relations
All media inquiries should be directed to the CFAS office
Emily McIntosh
emily.mcintosh@cfas.ca
Continuing Professional Development
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
Prati Sharma, MD, Board Director
Finance Committee
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.
- Alexander Lagunov, President
- Paul Chang, Vice-President
- Sara Cohen, Treasurer
- Emily McIntosh, Executive Director
Government Relations
Government Relations is under the purview of the Board of Directors.
- Alexander Lagunov, President
- Sony Sierra, Chair
- Carl Laskin, Member
- Prati Sharma, Board Director
- Sara Cohen, Treasurer
- Paul Chang, Vice-President
- Svetlana Madjunkova, Board of Director
- Meivys Garcia, Member
- David Smithson, Member
- Emily McIntosh, Executive Director
Nominations Committee
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.
- Sony Sierra, Past President
- Jason Au, Board Director
- Svetlana Madjunkova, Board Director
- Emily McIntosh, Executive Director
Scientific Committee
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.
- Alexander Lagunov, President
- Paul Chang, Vice President
- Prati Sharma, CPD Director
- Neal Mahutte, CPG Committee Chair
- Al Yuzpe, IVF Directors Group Co-Chair
- Francois Bissonnette, IVF Directors Group Co-Chair
- Sergey I. Moskovtsev, Andrology SIG Chair
- Christine Sykas Yeh, ART Laboratory SIG Chair
- Dara Roth Edney, Counselling SIG Chair
- Amrit Malhotra, Counselling SIG Co-Chair
- Shawn Winsor, Ethics and Law SIG Co-Chair
- Shirley Levitan, Ethics and Law SIG Co-Chair
- Karen Glass, Fertility Preservation SIG Chair
- Wael Jamal, Genetics SIG Chair
- Mike Hartman, Imaging and Reproductive Surgery SIG Chair
- Penny Blesch, Leadership and Management SIG Chair
- Bonnie Johnson, Nursing SIG Chair
- Alison Gilmour, Nursing SIG Co-Chair
- Jay Blatz, Research in Reproductive Science SIG Co-Chair
- Andrée Gauthier-Fisher, Research in Reproductive Science SIG Co-Chair
- Emily McIntosh, Executive Director