Mentoring Program
Mentoring for Mental Health, Addictions and Chronic Pain
The OCFP's Mentoring Program for Mental Health, Addictions and Chronic Pain is designed to equip family physicians at all stages of their career to better manage change, improve the care for complex and chronic patients in their regions, and be leaders in the transformation agenda underway in the Ontario health system.
Questions about the program? Contact us.
If you would like to get involved in the design and delivery of the program, we are seeking a co-chair and three members for the Mentoring Implementation Group.
To be considered, submit your letter of interest and Declaration and Disclosure of Conflict of Interest to Susan Taylor at [email protected] by September 30, 2020.
Learn about the Leadership Team
Dr. Javed Alloo is a community-based primary care physician in Toronto, with more than 15 years experience providing care for patients with complex physical and mental health conditions. His work includes helping clinicians and organizations achieve meaningful use of electronic medical records, and enhancing team-based learning and integrated care delivery for diabetes and mental health.
Dr. Alloo’s work on policy and implementation at the regional, provincial and national level includes integration of primary care and mental health with the Section on General and Family Practice (SGFP), Ontario Medical Association (OMA), the former Toronto-Central and Central LHINs, Ontario’s Medical Psychiatry Alliance, and with the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Melissa Holowaty is a graduate of the University of Toronto, completing a PhD in Molecular Genetics in 2004, an MD in 2008 and family medicine residency in 2011. In 2020, she completed a Masters Degree in Palliative Care from the University of Maryland's Department of Pharmacy. She is also a Diplomate of the Canadian Academy of Pain Management, and holds a Certificate of Added Competence in Addiction Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC).
She is the current Chair of the Medical Interest Group in Addiction Medicine for the CFPC, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Queen's and a Lecturer at the University of Ottawa in the Departments of Family Medicine.
She lives in rural southeast Ontario with her partner and their three Boston terriers.