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Howard Bergman

Md, FCFP, FRCPC, FCAHS, McGill Faculty of Health Sciences

Howard Bergman is Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine (Geriatrics) and Oncology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University, where he is also a Professor 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 2023, Dr. Bergman was named Chevalier de Ordre National du Québec (Knight of the Quebec National Order), the highest distinction awarded by the Quebec government.

The Quebec Minister for Seniors, in November 2023, mandated Dr. Bergman to lead the drafting of the first Ministerial Policy and five-year action plan on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

In 2021, Dr. Bergman was named one of the 24 members of the World Dementia Council.

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 2019 to 2023, he was Assistant Dean, International Affairs. 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

(JGH). 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. Dr. Bergman is

internationally recognized in academic, political and government circles for his research and health policy work on primary care, integrated care, frailty, dementia, and chronic disease, with over 200 peer-

reviewed publications and numerous reports and book chapters. In 2024, he was recognized as one the 50 most cited (first author) Canadian primary care researchers.

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.

In 2000, Dr. Bergman, member of the "Clair Commission", the independent Quebec government commission set up to propose reforms to the health care system, authored the recommendation on the

creation of Family Medicine Groups (GMF, «Medical Home»). He created and led the McGill Family Medicine Innovation in Learning Initiative as well as the International Distance-Blended Education Program for

Family Medicine Teachers. He contributes internationally to the development of academic family medicine in Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Appointed by the Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services (MSSS), Dr. Bergman tabled the Quebec Alzheimer's Plan in 2009. He is working 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. He is the co-founder and was for many years the co-director of the McGill/JGH memory

clinic. 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."

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. In 2010, he chaired the initiative and authored the report for the Development of a Personalized Medicine Strategy for Quebec, bringing together

academia, industry, and government.

He is an adjunct professor at the Department of Health Management, Evaluation and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Montreal and Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences,

University of Lille in France. He is also adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University. He is a member of numerous advisory boards: Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Healthy

Longevity and Aging Sciences at Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; external advisory board, Johns Hopkins University Older Americans Independence Center; Expert Committee of Health and

Sustainable Development of the Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia; Advisory Board of the journal of the Japan Medical Association and the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences; Advisory

Council at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University; KAUST Health, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Bergman is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux du Québec. He is a consultant to health authorities and universities in Canada and

abroad. In 2008 and in 2019, Dr. Bergman was invited by the Singapore Ministry of Health for two-week missions as a foreign expert in primary care and aging.

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."

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