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Building bridges for better health care

Published: 12 August 2013

Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a vital partner of the RUIS . Twice a year, RUIS leaders, faculty and staff from Montreal visit the area to better understand local health care services and plan jointly with the ASSS Abitibi-Témiscamingue for continued improvement.

Jacques Boissonneault, President and Director General of Abitibi-Témiscamingue’s Agence de la santé et des services sociaux, is pleased with the interactions. “We were very happy with the earnest participation of physicians from the CSSS Vallée-de-l'Or,” he said following the most recent visit in May 24, 2013 by RUIS President and Dean of ’s Faculty of Medicine, David Eidelman and other RUIS members.

Among the CSSS Vallée-de-l'Or physicians was Dr. Myriam Bellazzi, a graduate and now a family doctor and educational director of the Family Medicine unit at Clinique médicale de l'Or et des Bois in Val d'Or. Bellazzi works with a teaching team of six local physicians and specialists. Marilyne Brault, a student who is completing her residency in the region, also met with the visiting RUIS team, including Dr. Samuel Benaroya, RUIS Coordinator and Associate Dean of Inter-Hospital Affairs at ’s Faculty of Medicine; Dr. Mathias Kalina, Associate Director of Professional Services at the Health Centre; Johanne Desrochers, Co-President of Telehealth for RUIS ; Jim Gates, Acting Director of the RUIS Health Network Office; and Rita Ziadé, RUIS Program Manager.

In 2014, Abitibi-Témiscamingue will play host to the second RUIS Symposium, following the success of the 2012 event. More details to follow!

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