Leadership & Members
Ottawa’s Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine prides itself on its outstanding leadership. Our leadership team delivers a compelling combination of vision, collaboration and support. Our approach creates an environment that inspires and encourages individuals to be the best in the field of internal medicine and ensures that we are working together to meet the goals of our organization, our partners and the broader health care community.
Alan Karovitch MD FRCPC MEd
Division Head, General Internal Medicine
Dr. Karovitch is an Associate Professor and McGill graduate with a Masters degree in Education and an award winning teacher. His wide ranging interests including Medicine and Thrombosis and he supervises our Internal Medicine Consulting Service to the Baffin region. He is a past Chair of the University Postgraduate Medicine Committee and is now Chair of the Department of Medicine Finance Committee.
Samantha Halman MD FRCPC MMED
GIM 2-year Subspecialty Program Director
Dr. Halman took over as the Program Director for the GIM 2-year residency program in January 2017 after acting as the Academic Lead and Associate Program Director since 2013.
Faculty Career Path: Clinician Teacher
Dr. Code is a former nurse and a McMaster MD graduate. She is the current Program Director for the Core Medicine Program at the University of Ottawa. Despite this heavy educational responsibility she remains very active clinically with interests in thrombosis and pre-op assessment, as well as a continuing commitment to the in-patient service. She is currently an Assistant Professor with the University of Ottawa on the career track as a Clinician-teacher.
General Internal Medicine Staff
Dr. Loree Boyle
Dr. James Chan
Dr. Heather Clark
Dr. Cathy Code
Dr. Vladimir contreras-Dominguez
Dr. Alison Dugan
Dr. Alan Forster
Dr. Glen Geiger
Dr. Catherine Gray
Dr. Delvina Hasimja-Saraqini
Dr. Steve Kravcik
Dr. Jim Nishikawa
Dr. Debbie O’Keefe
Dr. Debra Pugh
Dr. Leanne Reimche
Dr. Claire Touchie
Dr. Jeff Turnbull
Dr. Carl Van Walraven
Dr. Anthony Weinberg
Dr. Kumanan Wilson
Dr. Krista Wooller
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Kudos
Antoine Hakim has received the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award for “outstanding research into stroke and its consequences, and championing stroke prevention and treatment in Canada and beyond.”  Read Department wide achievements.