Academic Membership

Wonca recently launched a new category of membership called “Wonca Academic Membership” during the Wonca Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Melbourne in October 2008.

As of Jan 2009, Wonca now have 26 Academic Members from various countries with some countries having multiple Academic Members.

Country: ARGENTINA

Clinica Belgrano Family Medicine Department
Clinica Privada General Belgrano
Camino General Belgrano 960
Buenos Aires 1879
ARGENTINA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Ezequiel Lopez
Tel: 54 11 4280 2226
Fax: 54 11 4280 2226
Email: ezequielopez@yahoo.com
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Patient centred care, narative based medicine, international medicine, practice management, EBM.
No. of full time faculty:  4
No. of part-time faculty: 37
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2009

 

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Country: AUSTRALIA

The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia
University of Western Australia
PO Box 1654
Kalgoorlie WA 6433
AUSTRALIA

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor Geoffrey Riley
Tel: 61 8 9091 0666
Fax: 61 8 9021 4366
Email: geoff.riley@uwa.edu.au
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Rural Medical Education.
No. of full time faculty: 
No. of part-time faculty:
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2010

 

Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052
AUSTRALIA

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor Mark Harris
Tel: 61 2 9385 1547
Fax: 61 2 9385 1513
Email: m.f.harris@unsw.edu.au
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:  -
No. of full time faculty:  -
No. of part-time faculty: -
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2009



Discipline of General Practice
University of Sydney
37a Booth Street
Balmain NSW 2041
AUSTRALIA

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor Michael Kidd
Tel: 61 2 9556 7200
Fax: 61 2 9818 1343
Email: michael@gp.med.usyd.edu.au
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
General Pratice / Family Medicine
No. of full time faculty: 
No. of part-time faculty:
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

 

Department of General Practice
Monash University
Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Road
Notting Hill VIC 3168
AUSTRALIA

Head of Department / Training Program: A/Professor Neil Spike
Tel: 61 3 85752212
Fax: 61 3 85752233
Email: neil.spike@med.monash.edu.au
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Chronic Disease Management, Obesity, Men's health, Women's health, Musculoskeletal Medicine.
No. of full time faculty: 
No. of part-time faculty:
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011



Rural Clinical School
The Australian National University

RCS Medical School, Frank Fenner Building 42
Canberra ACT 0200
AUSTRALIA

Head of Department: A/Prof Amanda Barnard
Tel: 61 2 61251419
Fax: 61 2 61253622
Email: amanda.barnard@anu.edu.au
Website: www.medicalschool.anu.edu.au/sgprih

Areas of Academic Interest:
Rural health, medical education, gender in medicine
No. of full time faculty: 5 No. of part-time faculty: 30 Member status: Valid until 2009

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Country: BANGLADESH

Bangladesh Insititute of Family Medicine &Research
7/8 A Eastern Plaza, 6th Floor, Hatirpool
Dhaka 1205
BANGLADESH

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor Kanu Gopal Bala
Tel: 880 2 9668739
Fax: 880 2 8618297
Email: bala@agni.com, kanubala@aol.com
Website: www.bifmr-ustc.org
Areas of Academic Interest:
Family medicine
No. of full time faculty:  15
No. of part-time faculty: 40
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

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Country: BRAZIL

Brazilian Society of Family Medicine
Rua Silvia  56, Bela Vista
Sao Paulo SP CEP 01331-010
BRAZIL

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Pablo Gonazalez Blasco
Tel: ++ 3252 7251
Fax: ++ 3285 3126
Email: pablogb@sobramfa.com.br
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Undergraduate edication, paliative care, affective domain training
No. of full time faculty:  8
No. of part-time faculty:
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

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Country: CANADA

Department of Family Medicine
University of Calgary
UCMC - North Hill
#1707, 1632 14th Ave NW
Calgary AB  T2N 1M7
CANADA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr C MacLean
Tel: 1 403 210 9236
Fax: -
Email: cmaclean@ucalgary.ca
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Patient safety, dementia, undergraduate medical education and family medicine.
No. of full time faculty:  20
No. of part-time faculty: 2
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

 

Dept of Family & Community Medicine
University of Toronto
5th Floor, 263 McCaul Street
Toronto ON M5T 1W7
CANADA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Lynn Wilson
Tel: -
Fax: -
Email: lynn.wilson@utoronto.ca
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Multiple areas of academic interest
No. of full time faculty:  120+
No. of part-time faculty: 600+
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

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Country: NETHERLANDS

Department of Primary & Community Care
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
PO Box 9101
Nijmegen 6500 HB
NETHERLANDS

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor Chris van Weel
Tel: 31 24 3616332
Fax: 31 24 3541862
Email: C.vanWeel@hag.umcn.nl
Website  -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Chronic Diseases, co-morbidity, care of frail elderly, infectious diseases, gender and health of marginal groups.
No. of full time faculty:  15
No. of part-time faculty: 90
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011.

 

Department of General Practice
Academic Medical Center
University of Amsterdam
Meibergdreef 15
Amsterdam 1105  AZ
NETHERLANDS

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor E Schade
Tel: 31 20 566 4696
Fax: 31 20 566 9186
Email: e.schade@amc.uva.nl
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Vocational training, quality of care, cardiovascular diseases, oncology, medical ethics
No. of full time faculty:  12
No. of part-time faculty: 90
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

 

Department of Family Medicine
Erasmus Medical Center
Erasmus University  Rotterdam
Postbus 2040
Rotterdam 3000 CA
NETHERLANDS

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor P J E Bindels
Tel: 31 10 7043747
Fax:
Email: p.bindels@erasmusmc.nl
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
No. of full time faculty:  2600
No. of part-time faculty: 1200
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011.

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Country: PHILIPPINES

Department of Community and Family Medicine
FEU- Dr Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation
Regalado Ave., West Fairview
Quezon City 1108
PHILIPPINES

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Polly T Chua-Chan
Tel: 632 4270213 loc.1008
Fax: 632 4270213
Email: ptchuachan@feu-nrmf.ph, polltchuachan@yahoo.com
Website: www.feu-nrmf.ph
Areas of Academic Interest:
Family Medicine, Community medicine, Public Health, Hospice and Palliative care, Occupational Health, Research.
No. of full time faculty:  5
No. of part-time faculty: 6
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

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Country: NEPAL

Dept of General Practice & Emergency Medicine
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
PO Box 7053
Kathmandu 1111
NEPAL

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Sue Smith
Tel: 977-25- 525555 ext 2035
Fax: 977-25- 20251
Email: sueinnepal@hotmail.com
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
No. of full time faculty:  6
No. of part-time faculty:
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2010

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Country: NEW ZEALAND

Dept of General Practice & Primary Health Care
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142
NEW ZEALAND

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor Bruce Arroll
Tel: 64 9 3737 599
Fax: 64 9 3737 624
Email: b.carroll@auckland.ac.nz
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Research, mental health, diabetes, elderly.
No. of full time faculty:  7
No. of part-time faculty: 10
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2010

 

Department of General Practice
University of Otago
Dunedin School of Medicine
PO Box 913
Dunedin
NEW ZEALAND

Head of Department / Training Program: Associate Professor Jim Reid
Tel: 643 479 7430
Fax: 643 479 7431
Email: jim.reid@otago.co.nz
Website: http://dnmeds@otago.ac.nz/departments/gp/contactus.html
Areas of Academic Interest:
Primary Health Care, respiratory medicine, rural medicine.
No. of full time faculty:  2
No. of part-time faculty: 16
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2009

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Country: SINGAPORE

Dept of Family Medicine & Continuing Care
Singapore General Hospital
Outram Road
Singapore 169608
SINGAPORE

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Lee Kheng Hock
Tel: 65 6326 5872
Fax: 65 6223 6392
Email: lee.kheng.hock@sgh.com.sg
Website: www.sgh.com.sg
Areas of Academic Interest:
Medical education, health services research, health assessment, hospital medicine.
No. of full time faculty:  5
No of part-time faculty: 25
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

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Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Division of General Practice & Primary Health Care
Dept of Health Sciences
University of Leicester
22 - 28 Princess Road West
Leicester LEI 6TP
UNITED KINGDOM

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor Kamlesh Khunti
Tel: 44 116 252 5445
Fax: 44 116 252 5413
Email: kk22@le.ac.uk
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Diabetes, cardiovascular, health sciences research, primary care education.
No. of full time faculty:  3
No. of part-time faculty: 12
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2009

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Country: USA

Dept of Family Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center
983075 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha NE 68198-3075
USA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Michael Sitorius
Tel: 1 402 559 6423
Fax: 1 402 559 6501
Email: masitori@unmc.edu
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Obstetrics, Geriatrics, Behavioural Medicine, Rural Medicine
No. of full time faculty: 
No. of part-time faculty:
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2009

 

Dept of Family Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Blvd, MSN 4010,
Kansas City KS  66160
USA

Head of Department / Training Program: Professor Joshua Freeman
Tel: 1 913-588-1944
Fax: 913-588-2496
Email: jfreeman@kumc.edu
Website: website: http://www2.kumc.edu/fammed/
Areas of Academic Interest:
Community health, educational research and innovation, rural health, care of the underserved
No. of full time faculty:  17
No. of part-time faculty: 4
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

 

Department of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin
777 South Mills Street
Madison WI 53715
USA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Valerie Gilchrist
Tel: 1 608 242 8490
Fax: 1 608 243 5813
Email: valerie.gilchrist@fammed.wisc.edu
Website:  www.fammed.wisc.edu
Areas of Academic Interest: Women's health
No. of full time faculty:  145
No. of part-time faculty: 44
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

 

Department of Family Medicine
Northeastern Ohio Universities
Colleges of Medicine & Pharmacy
4209 State Route 44
Rootstown OH 44272-0095
USA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Anthony Costa
Tel: 1 330 325 6769
Fax: 1 330 325 5903
Email: acosta@neoucom.edu
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:  -
No. of full time faculty:  -
No. of part-time faculty: -
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2009

 

Department of Family Medicine
Boston University
1 BMC Place, Dowling 5
Boston MA 02118
USA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Larry Culpepper
Tel: 1 617 414 4465
Fax:
Email: larry.culpepper@bmc.org
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
International, urban, underserved, patient safety
No. of full time faculty:  65
No. of part-time faculty: -
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2013

 

Department of Family Medicine
University of Toledo College of Medicine
3000 Arlington Avenue, 2240 Dowling Hall
Toledo OH 43614
USA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Linda French
Tel: 1 419 383 5578
Fax: 1 419 383 3158
Email: linda.french@utoledo.edu
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
Immunizations, depression, women's health
No. of full time faculty:  16
No. of part-time faculty: 3
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2011

 

Dept of Family & Community Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
9849 Kenworthy
El Paso TX 79924
USA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Mary Spalding
Tel: 1 915 757 3178
Fax: 1 917 751 4378
Email: mary.spalding@ttuhsc.edu
Website: www.tthsc.edu/elpaso/som.fm    
Areas of Academic Interest:
Community Health, diabetes, smoking cessation, telemedicine
No. of full time faculty:  12
No. of part-time faculty: 20
Member status: Valid until 1 January 2010

 

Department of Family Medicine
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City
Iowa 52242-1097
USA

Head of Department / Training Program: Dr Paul James
Tel: 1 319 884 7500
Fax: 1 319 384 7822
Email: paul-james@uiowa.edu
Website: www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/familymedicine/index.html      
Areas of Academic Interest:
Chronic disease management, especially hypertension, rural medicine, elder abuse, colo-rectal cancer prevention, PBRNs.
No. of full time faculty:  29
No. of part-time faculty: 4
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2009

UAB Dept of Family and Community Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham


930 South 20 Street
Birmingham AL 35205
USA

Head of Department: Professor T Michael Harrington, MD
Tel: 1 205 934 9109 Fax: 1 205 934 6628
Email: TMH@uab.edu
Website: -
Areas of Academic Interest:
International Medicine, geriatrics, student health, health maintenance & prevention, sports medicine, pediatrics, women's issues, dermatology
No. of full time faculty: 7
No. of part-time faculty: 200
Member status: Valid until 1 January 2010


Department of Family Medicine
University of Vermont, College of Medicine


235 Rowell, 106 Carrigan Drive
Burlington Vermont 05405
USA

Head of Department: Professor Thomas C Peterson
Tel: 1 802 656 4330
Fax: 1 802 656 3353
Email: Thomas.Peterson@vtmednet.org
Website: Web: www.med.uvm.edu/familymedicine
Areas of Academic Interest: -

No. of full time faculty: 20
No. of part-time faculty: 146
Member status: Valid until 31 December 2009


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