MPWB 2025 Board Elections

 MPWB has two progression and two open board positions requiring election for 2025. This News Brief is to open online voting by full members in good standing (paid dues for 2025). Voting will open on May 26, 2025 and close on June 2, 2025.

 The progression election endorses Afua Yorke to progress from President-elect to President, and Tomas Kron to move from President to Past President.  While they have been in the presidential succession line for the last two years, their progression to the further stages requires a membership vote for fulfillment.

 The candidates for the two open directors’ positions (president-elect and fund raising and engagement) have been recommended by the nominations committee and approved by the Board.  We are pleased to share information about the two outstanding candidates.

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  For President-Elect:  

 Gabriela Stroian. Ph.D. , a Medical Physicist in the Cedar Cancer Centre at the McGill University Health Centre and an Assistant Professor in the Medical Physics Unit, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology at McGill University.

Dr. Stroian was born in Bucharest, Romania where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bucharest in 1997. She continued her studies in France where she obtained a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at the Montpellier II University in 2001. Her inclination towards medicine resulted in a switch from theoretical physics to medical physics and the completion in 2005 of a M.Sc. degree in Medical Physics at McGill University. In 2008, she became a medical physicist in the Division of Radiation Oncology at the Jewish General Hospital and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at McGill. After studying healthcare management between 2016 and 2018, she obtained a master’s degree in international health leadership from Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. She is a medical physicist with the Cedar Cancer Centre at the McGill University Health Centre since 2018.

Gabriela is co-leading several quality improvement projects within the Radiation Oncology Department and is heavily involved in medical physics education at postgraduate and residency levels. She is actively participating in the curriculum development for both Medical Physics and Radiation Oncology Residency Training Programs at McGill University.

Dr. Stroian has been actively involved in advancing education in Haiti through roles as an Associate Professor and Board Member at the Institut des Sciences, des Technologies et des Études Avancées d’Haïti (ISTEAH) since 2017. Additionally, as a Board Member of the Société de développement international (SDI) du Pôle d’innovation du grand Nord (PIGraN) within GRAHN, she contributes to initiatives fostering sustainable development and scientific progress in Haiti

In her spare time, Gabriela leads an active lifestyle engaging in a variety of activities including trail running, biking, swimming, snowshoeing and backcountry skiing.

 For Director of Fund Raising and Engagement:  

Dr. Ghada Aldosary spent her early years in Canada, then moved to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) where she graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Physics from King Saud University in 2010. She was a summer research student at GSI Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and Ion International Summer Research Program in Darmstadt, Germany. She then worked at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, KSA. In 2011, she moved back to Canada where she completed a M.Sc. degree at McGill University, followed by a clinical residency at the McGill University Health Centre. She then obtained certification in radiation oncology physics by the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine. Her PhD work at Carleton University focused on improving treatment accuracy of accelerated partial breast irradiation. In 2022, she earned an Executive Diploma in Inclusive Leadership the University of Toronto. Dr. Aldosary worked at The Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa prior to moving to the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) in 2023.

Dr. Aldosary is currently a senior medical physicist at King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs in Riyadh, KSA, where she serves as breast radiotherapy physics lead and brachytherapy physics lead. She leads several clinical and research projects, as well as educational programs for a multidisciplinary audience. Dr. Aldosary is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, where she teaches and supervises students. Dr. Aldosary is dedicated to extending access to training and mentorship of students and early career professionals in the EMRO region.

Dr. Aldosary is an active member of international and EMRO professional organizations, and serves as Chair of the AAPM Arab Medical Physics Subcommittee. In recognition of her contributions to the Canadian medical physics community, Dr. Aldosary was awarded the inaugural 2021 COMP CWC-IDEA Award for Excellence in Advancing Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity and Access. In 2024, Dr. Aldosary founded MedPhys NextGen, a medical physics outreach program that targets undergraduate STEM students in the EMRO region. Through collaborative efforts, Dr. Aldosary aims to facilitate and bridge local and international efforts to advance global healthcare equity.