IMS Brogan Recognizes Quebec Health Professionals for Their Contribution to the Appropriate Use of Medicines

Quebec's leading health professionals gather to honour 2014 recipients of the 16th IMS Brogan Awards

MONTREAL, April 29, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - IMS Brogan is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2014 IMS Brogan Awards, recognized at a ceremony in Montreal last night. Now in their 15^th year, the awards recognize Quebec physicians and pharmacists for their contribution to the continuing education of their peers. The award recipients were recognized for their published works on the appropriate use of medications. In addition, scholarships were presented to medical students with the highest academic standing in pharmacology and to the top pharmacy students from each of the faculties of pharmacy in Quebec. A total of $30,000 was shared by the recipients of the IMS Brogan Awards.

The Selection Committee was comprised of members of the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (FMSQ), the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ), the Association québécoise des pharmacies propriétaires (AQPP) as well as members of the faculties of pharmacy and medicine from the Quebec universities. Representatives from each professional association on the Selection Committee as well as representatives from the Collège des médecins du Québec, the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec and the universities were on hand for the awards ceremony at the Mont Royal Club in Montreal. The winners of the 2014 IMS Brogan Awards are:

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS:  

Dr. Michel Lapierre
Article: "Supplément de calcium…un peu…beaucoup, surtout ou…pas du tout ?"
Le Médecin du Québec, volume 49, number 11, November 2014

Dr. Mihaela Ionita
Article: "La fosfomycine : une nouvelle arme dans le traitement des cystites non compliquées"
Le Médecin du Québec, volume 49, number 6, June 2014

SPECIALISTS:

Dr. Francine M. Ducharme
Article:  "Diagnosis, management, and prognosis of preschool wheeze"
The Lancet 2014; 383: 1593-1604

Dr. Paul Brassard
Article: "Oral Coricosteroids and the Risk of Serious Infections in Patients With Elderly-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Diseases"
The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2014; 109:1795-1802

PHARMACISTS:

Ms. Caroline Sirois, Pharmacist
Article: "La polypharmacie"
Québec Pharmacie, Juin 2014

Ms. Christine Hamel, Pharmacist
Article: "Le traitement du syndrome de sécrétion inappropriée de l'hormone antidiurétique" Pharmactuel, Volume 47, number 3

MEDICAL STUDENTS:	PHARMACY STUDENTS:
(for distinction in their pharmacology studies)	(recognizes overall academic standing – a bursary is awarded for an internship outside of Quebec)
Université Laval	Université Laval
Ms. Évelyne Ruelland	Ms. Marie-Christine Sylvain
Université de Sherbrooke	Université de Montréal (co-winners)
Ms. Marie-Ève Émond-Boisjoly	Ms. Anabelle Gonzalez
	Mr. Francis Charbonneau
McGill University
Mr. Luke Harrison
Université de Montréal (co-winners)
Ms. Andréanne Bissonnette
Mr. Gabriel Fortin

About IMS Brogan

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SOURCE IMS Brogan

Madeline Gareau, IMS Brogan, 514-428-6018, [email protected]