Centre for Mindfulness Leadership Team

Todd Hill

Director

CSM Affiliation: Professor for Dept of Family Med at CSM and Sr Instructor & Director of Behavioural Medicine in Family Medicine, Todd teaches mindfulness to residents, medical students, teaches U of C Classes, and labs, and runs a weekly drop-in mindfulness group for anyone at Cumming School of Medicine. Todd is also a Clinical Psychologist and Founder of CSM Centre for Mindfulness (2018)

Interest in Mindfulness: Todd practices mindfulness about 5 times per week and has been doing meditation practices since 1988. Todd integrated mindfulness teaching into Dept of Family Medicine curriculum: 2010. Hes been Lecturing on mindfulness 1st yr med students since 2018, MBSR training - starting 2016, Mindful Practice in Medicine: Chapin Mill – Batavia, NY) 2021

Other Interests: I love the outdoors, music, anything having to do with the water/the ocean, am an amateur boxing coach, try to stand on a surfboard whenever I can, and just learned to ride a motorcycle – aka male menopause management

Charlie Chen

Associate Director (Fund Development)

Affiliations: 

Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Oncology and Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine

Palliative care physician

Physician Advisor: Diversity, Wellness, and Development (Physician Experience, AHS Medical Affairs)

Medical Lead, ACP/GCD, Calgary Zone

Interest in Mindfulness: MBSR (2013) & MSC training (Jan 2024), On and off meditation for 11 years; daily sitting meditation practice for 3 years, Mindful Practice in Medicine: 2024 (Batavia NY) and Registered for MSC teaching program Sept, 2024

Ward Flemons

Associate Director (Education)

Affiliations: 

Professor of Medicine, Head, Respiratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine

Quality and Safety Lead – CSM Precision Health Program

Vice-Chair, Dept of Medicine – Health Analytics, Quality, Safety

Interest in Mindfulness: Mindfulness practice +25 years – daily practice for 4 years, Power of Awareness course - Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach: 2020, Mindfulness Meditation Teachers Certification Program (Vipassana) - Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach: 2021 - 2023, Mindful Practice in Medicine (MPIM): 2023 (Banff), MPIM Facilitator workshop: 2023 (Chapin Mill – Batavia, NY)

Other interests: My professional career in leading and teaching healthcare quality and safety has introduced me to amazing people who have given so much of themselves, following tragic healthcare experiences in their own lives, to make the healthcare system safer for others. I enjoy spending time with family – my picture is with my youngest daughter on the set of the film, Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story (my daughter was an ‘extra’ in the film) – Greg was an extremely bright, energetic engineer who lost a battle with cancer waiting for a system to get him into treatment. I have had the privilege of working with his family for the last decade.

Lori Montgomery

Associate Director (Community Practice)

Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Anesthesiology Peri-operative and Pain Medicine

I'm a family physician with a focused practice in chronic pain at the AHS Chronic Pain Centre in Calgary. I also have a medical leadership role in AHS Calgary Zone that focuses on systems integration. I teach residents and practicing clinicians, and I'm involved in clinical and health systems research. My interest in mindfulness began with developing a regular practice soon after I finished training in 2006. I've built on that with GRACE training (online) with Roshi Joan Halifax and courses and retreats with the Insight Meditation Society. I attended Mindful Practice in Medicine (MPIM) facilitator training in 2024 and lead practices through the CSM Centre for Mindfulness.