Howard Bergman, MD, FCFP, FRCPC, FCAHS C.Q., is Professor of Family Medicine and Medicine (Geriatrics) with associate appointments in Oncology and the School of Population and Global Health.
He was Chair of the Department of Family Medicine from 2012-2019 and Assistant Dean, International Affairs from 2019-2023. 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 a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and of 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.
He is recognized for research that has influenced policy change in primary care, aging, chronic disease and frailty, with more than 200 peer-reviewed publications.
In 2000, as a member of a Quebec health care reform Commission, he authored the recommendation creating the medical home in Quebec, the Family Medicine Groups(GMF).
In 2009, at the request of the Quebec Minister of Health, he authored the Quebec Alzheimer Plan and is presently working on its implementation.
He chaired the CAHS Panel for the Assessment of Evidence and Best Practices forthe development of a Canadian Dementia Strategy, assembled at the request of Public Health Agency of Canada. The report Improving the quality of life and care of persons living with dementia https://www.cahs-acss.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Report.pdf was published in January 2019.
In November 2023, he was entrusted by the Quebec Minister for Seniors with the responsibility of spearheading the creation of the inaugural Ministerial Policy on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, to be followed by a five-year action plan.