Primary Care Partners

Primary Health Care Clinicians Table

The Primary Health Care Clinicians Table informs the work and decision-making of the Great River OHT with the focus to strengthen the foundation of primary care in the Great River OHT region.

This group works together to:

• Provide information, guidance, and co-design expertise in support of the OHT work groups, Steering Committee and Collaboration Council.
• Co-design implementation strategy and functional mechanisms that enable and support optimization of clinical workflows and outcomes as they relate to primary care clinicians and their organizations in the Great River OHT region.
• Provide guidance, foster connections, and support effective involvement with primary care providers in the work of the Great River OHT.
• Explore and advance options and models to evolve a strong foundation of primary health care.
• Provide effective representation and leadership at the Collaboration Council and Steering Committee.

Our members include:

• Dr. Marilyn Crabtree (Chair) – Great River OHT Clinical Lead
• Dr. Paulo Antunes – Centre de santé communautaire de l’Estrie
• Dr. Ashley Cook – St. Lawrence Family Health Organization
• Dr. Ryan Hartley – Seaway Valley Community Health Centre and Recovery Care Cornwall
• Sandra Manu-Gyamfuah – Rideau St. Lawrence Family Health Team
• Dr. Ghislain Marleau – Alexandria Family Health Organization
• Amanda Nixon – Glengarry Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic
• 2 Lived Experience Partners

Primary Care and Physician Association

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