Committee

The Provider Education Program (PEP) is led by a steering committee, comprising of members of the Ontario Thoracic Society (OTS), Ontario Respiratory Care Society (ORCS), Primary Care Asthma Program and Work-Related Asthma (WRA) Program representation and managed by the Ontario Lung Association (OLA).
The purpose of this committee is to advise on:
(1) the respiratory education needs of primary health care providers in Ontario and
(2) the development, implementation and evaluation of CME programs and materials for primary health care providers in Ontario.

The Provider Education Program committee is a sub-committee of the OLA Asthma Advisory Committee.

Co– Chairs:
	Chris Licskai, B.Sc. M. D. FRCPC Respirologist St. Joseph's Health Care Centre Bio		Sharon Dell, BEng, MD, FRCPC Pediatric Respirologist Hospital for Sick Children Bio
Members:
	Diane Lougheed, MD, MSc, FRCPC Professor Departments of Medicine Queens University Bio		Harold Kim, MD, FRCPC Allergist & Clinical Immunologist, Private practice Kitchener Bio
	Itamar E Tamari, MD, CCFP, FCFP St. Joseph's Health Centre and Stonegate Community Health Centre Bio		Jennifer Olajos-Clow, RN, MSc, CAE Nurse Practitioner and Certified Asthma Educator Kingston General Hospital Bio
	Tony D'Urzo, MSC, BPHE, CCFP, FCFP Director of Primary Care Lung Clinic Toronto Bio		Lawrence Jackson, BScPhm Pharmacist Sunnybrook & Women's Health Sciences Center Bio
	Dr. Samir Gupta, MD,MSc, FRCPC Keenan research Institute Knowledge Institute of St. Michal's Hospital. Bio
OLA Members:
	Dilshad Moosa, BSc RRT, CRE, MHSc(c) Manager, Provider Education Program The Lung Association Bio		Carole Madeley, RRT, CRE, MASc Director, Respiratory Health Programs The Lung Association Bio
	Andrea Stevens-Lavigne, MBA Vice President, Provincial Programs The Lung Association Bio		Gloria Alfred Progam Administrator, PEP The Lung Association Bio
	Kathie Dickie Project Coordinator, PEP The Lung Association Bio