Howard Bergman is
Assistant Dean, International Affairs, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
McGill University. He is a Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine (Geriatrics)
and Oncology and in the School of Population and Global Health.
He is a Fellow
of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). Dr. Bergman is a Fellow of
both the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
In 2022, the
College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) honoured Dr. Bergman with the W.
Victor Johnston Award which recognizes a renowned Canadian or international
family medicine leader for continuous and enduring contributions to the
specialty of family medicine in Canada and abroad. The Canadian Geriatrics
Society honoured him with the Ronald Cape Distinguished Service Award. He was
the recipient of the Irma M. Parhad Award for Excellence for outstanding
contributions to the understanding and treatment of patients suffering from
cognitive disorders by The Consortium of Canadian Centres for Clinical
Cognitive Research (C5R).
From 2012 to
2019, he served as Chair of the Department of Family Medicine. He was the
inaugural Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Chair in Geriatric Medicine from 2001 to 2015 and
from 1993 to 2009, Director of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University. In
2001-2002, he was acting Physician-in-Chief and Chief of Medicine at the
Jewish General Hospital. From 2009 to 2011, Dr. Bergman was Vice-President,
Scientific Affairs of the Fonds de la recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ), the
Quebec health research funding organization.
In 2021, Dr.
Bergman was named one of the 24 members of the World Dementia Council.
From 1999 to
2002, he was one of two principal investigators in the development and
evaluation of the SIPA model of integrated care for the very frail elderly
population. The SIPA project has had a considerable influence on the evolution
of services for the elderly in Quebec, Canada and internationally and continues
to be a reference.
In 2018, he
chaired the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Expert Panel for the Evaluation
of Evidence and Best Practices for the Development of the Canadian Dementia
Strategy. The panel, convened at the request of the Public Health Agency of
Canada, delivered its report in 2019: "Improving Quality of Life and Care
for People Living with Dementia and their Caregivers."
Appointed by the Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services (MSSS),
Dr. Bergman tabled the Quebec Alzheimer's Plan in 2009. He works with the MSSS
on the implementation of the plan. Dr. Bergman co-created and co-leads the
Canadian Team for Health Services and Systems Improvement in Dementia (ROSA
Research Group), which is dedicated to evaluating and implementing initiatives
to improve the capacity of primary care to diagnose and treat person’s with
Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.
In 2010, Dr.
Bergman was a member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Expert Panel on
Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes through Health System Transformation. In
2017, he was a member the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on the
Transportation Needs of an Aging Population.
Dr.
Bergman led a group of Canadian and international investigators in the Canadian
Initiative on Frailty and Ageing leading to 30 peer-reviewed publications.
He is an adjunct
professor at the Department of Health Management, Evaluation and Policy, School
of Public Health, University of Montreal and Distinguished Professor at the
Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences of the University of Lille in France. He
is also an adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion
University. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for
Healthy Longevity and Aging Sciences at Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in
Taiwan. He is a member of the external advisory board of the Johns Hopkins
University Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC). He was recently
appointed to the Expert Committee of Health and Sustainable Development of the
Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia. He is on the Advisory Board of the
JMA, the journal of the Japan Medical Association and the Japanese Association
of Medical Sciences.
Dr. Bergman is a
member of the Board of Directors of the Institut national d'excellence en santé
et en services sociaux du Québec (the Quebec NICE). He is a consultant to
health authorities and universities in Canada and abroad. In 2008 and again in
2019, Dr. Bergman was invited by the Singapore Ministry of Health for two-week
missions as a foreign expert in family medicine, primary care and continuity of
care, with a focus on care of the elderly.
When Dean David
Eidelman announced his appointment in 2012 as chair of McGill's Department of
Family Medicine, he wrote, "A professor of family medicine, medicine and
oncology, Dr. Bergman is widely recognized as a force for change in the health
sciences community."
Major Research Activities
Howard Bergman’s work focuses on health services and policy
research and implementation. Appointed by the Quebec Minister of Health and
Social Services (MSSS), Dr. Bergman tabled the Quebec Alzheimer's Plan in 2009.
He works with the MSSS on the implementation of the plan. Dr. Bergman
co-created and co-leads the Canadian Team for Health Services and Systems
Improvement in Dementia (ROSA Research Group), which is dedicated to evaluating
and implementing initiatives to improve the capacity of primary care to
diagnose and treat person’s with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. ROSA
has received major grants from the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in
Aging (CCNA).
Recent Publications
Vedel
I, McAiney C, Couturier Y, Pakzad S, Arsenault-Lapierre G, Godard-Sebillotte C,
Sourial N, Simmons R, Bergman H, Research on the Organization of healthcare
Services for Alzheimer’s Team. Assessing care models implemented in primary
health care for persons with dementia: a mixed methods study protocol. BMJ Open
2020;10:e035916. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035916.
Arsenault-Lapierre G, Henein M, Rojas-Rozo L, Sourial N, Bergman H,
Couturier Y, Vedel I. Primary care clinicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices
concerning dementia: They are willing and need support. Can Fam Physician. 2021
Oct;67(10):731-735. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6710731. PMID: 34649895; PMCID:
PMC8516166.
Henein, M., Arsenault-Lapierre, G., Sourial, N., Godard-Sebillotte C, Bergman
H, et al. Description of organizational and clinician characteristics of
primary dementia care in Canada: a multi-method study. BMC Prim. Care 23, 121
(2022). doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01732-9.
Karunananthan S, Bergman H. Managing frailty in primary care: evidence
gaps cannot be ignored. CMAJ September 24, 2018; 190 (38) E1122-E1123; doi: 10.1503/cmaj.181151.
Bergman H, Hogan D, Keefe J, McAiney C, Morgan D, Vedel I, Kupka S.
Improving the Quality of Life and Care of Persons Living with Dementia and
their Caregivers. Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) 2019 Expert Panel report to the Public Helath Agency of
Canada (PHAC).
Guillette M, Couturier Y, Vedel I, Bergman H. (2021). The Quebec
Alzheimer Plan: sharing the experience of its implementation to strengthen
primary care (knowledge transfer tools – English version). Available online.
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