The current elected CAPN executive
President 2025–2027
Dr. Mathieu Lemaire
The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto
555 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 1X8
mathieu.lemaire@capneph.ca
mathieu.lemaire@sickkids.ca
Secretary-Treasurer 2025–2029
Dr. Linda Ding
Alberta Children’s Hospital
University of Calgary
28 Oki Drive NW
Calgary, AB T3B 6A8
linda.ding@capneph.ca
Linda.Ding@albertahealthservices.ca
Immediate Past President 2025–2027
Dr. Kristen Pederson
Winnipeg Children’s Hospital
University of Manitoba
FE009, 840 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1
kristen.pederson@capneph.ca
KPederson@hsc.mb.ca
President Elect 2025–2027
Dr. Rahul Chanchlani
McMaster Children’s Hospital
McMaster University
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5
rahul.chanchlani@capneph.ca
chanchlr@mcmaster.ca
Past presidents
- Dr. Janis Dionne (Vancouver)2021–2023
- Dr. Guido Filler (London)2019–2021
- Dr. Véronique Phan (CHU Sainte-Justine)2017–2019
- Dr. Lisa Robison (Toronto)2015–2017
- Dr. Maury Pinsk (Winnipeg)2013–2015
- Dr. Andrew Wade (Calgary)2011–2013
- Dr. Martin Bitzan (McGill)2008–2011
- Dr. Julian Midgley (Calgary)2007–2008
- Dr. Diane Hébert (Toronto)2003–2007
- Dr. Denis Geary (Toronto)2001–2003
- Dr. Lorraine Bell (McGill)1998–2001
- Dr. Morrison Hurley (BC Children’s)1996–1998
- Dr. Paul Goodyer (McGill)1994–1996
- Dr. Brian Steele (McMaster)1993–1994
Presidents of the Paediatric Section of the CSN
- Dr. Brian Steele (McMaster)1992–1993
- Dr. John Crocker (Dalhousie)1990–1992
- Dr. Jean-Guy Mongeau (Sainte-Justine)1988–1990
- Dr. Frances Harley (Edmonton)1986–1988
- Dr. Bill Balfe (Toronto)1984–1986
- Dr. Peter McLaine (Ottawa)1983–1984
Past secretary-treasurers
- Dr. Keefe Davis (Saskatoon)2021–2025
- Dr. Kristen Pederson (Winnipeg)2017–2021
- Dr. Valerie Langlois (Toronto)2016–2017
- Dr. Robin Erickson (Saskatoon)2013–2016
- Dr. Keith Lau (McMaster)2011–2013
- Dr. Andrew Wade (Calgary)2008–2011
- Dr. Verna Yiu (Edmonton)2003–2008
- Dr. Julian Midgley (Calgary)1997–2003
- Dr. Gerry Arbus (Toronto)1993–1997