Dr. Lisa Welikovitch named Cumming School of Medicine Senior Associate Dean, Education

The Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Lisa Welikovitch, MD, as the new senior associate dean, Education. The appointment takes effect November 1, 2022.

Dr. Welikovitch will step down from her current position as associate dean, Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME), a role she has held since 2017. She replaces Dr. Beverly Adams, MD, who currently serves as the CSM’s vice dean.

Dr. Welikovitch is originally from Montreal where she graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work degree from McGill University. She completed undergraduate medical studies at McMaster University, followed by postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto. This was followed by subspecialty training in Adult Cardiology at Queen’s University and an additional two years of Fellowship training in echocardiography at The Toronto Hospital. In 1992 Dr. Welikovitch assumed her first faculty appointment at Queen’s University, as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology.

Dr. Welikovitch was recruited to the University of Calgary in 1998 and served as program director for the Cardiology residency training program for 10 years. After stepping down from this position she was appointed Education Director for the Canadian Stroke Prevention Intervention Network, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Welikovitch assumed the role of PGME Accreditation Chair in 2015, a position she held until 2017 when she was appointed Associate Dean, PGME. She is currently the chair of the Royal College Examination Board for Adult Cardiology and a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Specialty Committee in Cardiology, as well as the RCPS Residency Accreditation Committee.

Dr. Welikovitch is the recipient of several teaching awards including the Queen’s University Aesculapian Society Education Award for contributions to the undergraduate curriculum, and the PARA Trust Fund Travel Award for Clinical Education. She was honoured to receive the Canadian Association for Medical Education Award of Merit, and the Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching from the Department of Medicine at the Cumming School of Medicine.

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Welikovitch on her new appointment.

Sincerely,

Todd Anderson, MD
Dean, Cumming School of Medicine   
University of Calgary