Dr. Patrick Willemot was recently appointed as Vice-Chair for the Royal College General Internal Medicine Specialty Committee.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada General Internal Medicine (GIM) Specialty Committee is the national committee which oversees the training requirements and examination which lead to specialty certification in GIM, as well as the specific accreditation requirements for training programs in GIM, representing the national standards for GIM training in Canada.
Dr. Willemot's recent appointment recognizes his significant contributions to the Specialty of General Internal Medicine (GIM). As Vice-Chair, he occupies one of approximately eight voting positions on the committee and is positioned as the next in line to become Chair of the committee.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Willemot on this achievement!
More About Dr. Patrick Willemot
Dr. Willemot obtained his medical degree from McGill where he also completed his residency in internal medicine, subspecialty training in general internal medicine, training in echocardiography and a diploma in the McGill Teaching Scholars Program. He is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) at McGill, and from 2015 to 2023, was Program Director for the General Internal Medicine subspecialty training program. He was appointed in January 2024 to the position of Assistant Dean, Admissions, Equity and Enrollment, Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), McGill University.
He is actively involved in exam development and committee work at the Royal College and has collaborated with Collège des médecins du Québec on provincial training guidelines. In 2013, Dr. Willemot was attributed founder status in the subspecialty of GIM, at the time of its recognition by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Dr. Willemot is a general internist in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), where is GIM Clinic Director for the Royal Victoria Hospital/Glen site. He also works as a general internist at the Tehsakotitsén:tha Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre in Kahnawake, and as médecin conseil for the Régie régionale de santé et services sociaux du Nunavik. Previous positions include member of the FMHS Indigenous health curriculum committee, general internist at the Kuujjuaq hospital, the Chisasibi Hospital, the CSSS de Manicouagan, and the Stanton Territorial Hospital, Yellowknife, NWT.
Dr. Willemot is active in the Division of GIM at McGill and has been involved in collaborative and iterative implementation of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles. He developed and implemented the Indigenous cultural competence learning workshop, and the Northern GIM rotation elective for both GIM and core IM residents.
Dr. Willemot is vice-president of the Association des spécialistes en médecine interne du Québec, having been involved at the ASMIQ Conseil d’administration since 2015 and the Comité exécutif of the ASMIQ since 2018.
The MUHC Department of Medicine has recognized Dr. Willemot for his teaching and clinical work with the W. H. Philip Hill award (Outstanding Clinician-Teacher) in 2018, and the Outreach award in 2015 for his work with the Ungava Bay Inuit and the James Bay Cree.