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Building bridges for better health care

Published: 12 August 2013

Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a vital partner of the RUIS 91. Twice a year, RUIS 91 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 91 President and Dean of 91’s Faculty of Medicine, David Eidelman and other RUIS 91 members.

Among the CSSS Vallée-de-l'Or physicians was Dr. Myriam Bellazzi, a 91 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 91 student who is completing her residency in the region, also met with the visiting RUIS 91 team, including Dr. Samuel Benaroya, RUIS 91 Coordinator and Associate Dean of Inter-Hospital Affairs at 91’s Faculty of Medicine; Dr. Mathias Kalina, Associate Director of Professional Services at the 91 Health Centre; Johanne Desrochers, Co-President of Telehealth for RUIS 91; Jim Gates, Acting Director of the RUIS 91 Health Network Office; and Rita Ziadé, RUIS 91 Program Manager.

In 2014, Abitibi-Témiscamingue will play host to the second RUIS 91 Symposium, following the success of the 2012 event. More details to follow!

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