It is with great pride that we announce that Dr Maxine Dumas Pilon has recently accepted the position of President Elect of the QuĂ©bec College of Family Physicians (QCFP) . Dr Dumas Pilon will be the first president from Â鶹AV since Richard Handfield–Jones (1989 -1990). Her mandate as a president will start at the QCFP Annual General Meeting during the Family Medicine Forum in QuĂ©bec City next Fall.
 Dr Dumas Pilon practices family medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital. She is the mother of three beloved children. She has been the Program Director of the Family Medicine Mother and Child Enhanced Skills Program at Â鶹AV as well as the co-chair of the “Table de concertation en obstĂ©trique du RUIS Â鶹AV” since 2010. She co-lead multiple initiatives including the creation of the Family Medicine Breastfeeding Clinic, the Newborn Medicine Rotation and the Projet d’expansion de la PĂ©rinatalitĂ© du Centre hospitalier de St. Mary’s. She recently started exploring the world of research in the domains of continuity of care and group prenatal care.
 We congratulate Dr Dumas Pilon for her leadership and engagement in family medicine.  Â
