Management Team
AIM Health Group operates in the Canadian health care services industry, and as such, its management structure consists of professionals that have outstanding expertise in both the business and health care aspects of its delivery.
AIMs management structure is comprised of a corporate executive team, key members of the medical community and a medical advisory board. All of its key service lines have a leading medical expert that advise on and influence the service lines of the company.
| Executive Management Team | |
| Lu Michael Barbuto | President and CEO |
| Greg Van Staveren | Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary |
| Bill Danis | Senior Vice President - Operations and Financial Management |
| Dr. Jim Ducharme | Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer |
| Medical Management Team | |
| Dr. Jim Ducharme | Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer |
| Dr. Roman Jovey | Medical Director of CPM Centres for Pain Management |
| Dr. Peter Blecher | Director of Interventional Training for Centres for Pain Management |
| Dr. Jeff Balon | Medical Director PIRC - Community Based Research |
| Dr. Michael Sehl | Corporate Medical Director of Workplace Health and Cost Solutions |
| Dr. Hassan Bhamjee | Regional Medical Director and Medical Recruitment |
| Dr. Ganesh Ram | Regional Medical Recruitment and Corporate Medical Advisory |
Executive Management Team
Lu Michael Barbuto
D.C., F.C.C.S.(c), F.C.C.R.(c)
President and CEO
Dr. Barbuto is the founder and driver of AIM. His background
includes lecturer, co-author of several medical texts, and medical consultant
to the Workers Compensation Board and other organizations. Prior to founding
AIM in 1989, he acted as a medical consultant to various organizations
and was in one of Ontario's largest Occupational Health Centres. He has
sat on various health industry advisory boards and associations and in
1992 he won the award for Ontario Chiropractor of the Year. His book,
The Back Power Program, was selected as the "Premier Back Program"
by the Unites States National Safety Council and the program has been
used by most workers compensation boards throughout Canada. He was President
and Chief Operations Officer for AIM - Extendicare from 1995 to 2001.
He brings a very strong combination of successful business acumen and
health issue expertise.
Greg Van Staveren,
C.A, C.P.A.
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Van Staveren has been the acting Chief Financial
Officer of AIM Health Group since 2001. From 1980 to 1998 he was with
KPMG LLP, one of the largest consulting and accounting firms in North
America, the last number of years as a partner. From 1998 to 2001 Mr.
Van Staveren was the Chief Financial Officer of MartinRea International.
Since 2001, he has provided advisory service to various emerging businesses
and sits on the board of directors of several public companies. A substantial
portion of his time is committed to AIM.
Bill Danis, CA
Senior Vice President – Operations and Financial Management
Mr. Danis joined the Company in January 2009. From
May 2003 until the transaction with AIM, he served as the Chief Financial
Officer and Corporate Secretary of Med-Emerg International. Prior to 2003
he acted as a senior investment advisor for Working Ventures Canadian
Fund Inc, Royal Trust Enterprise Capital, an offshore subsidiary of Brookfield
Asset Management Inc. and Greybrook Corporation a company which he was
a founding partner of. From 1978 to 1985 he practiced as a public accountant.
Medical Management Team
Dr. James Ducharme,
MD, CM, FRCP(c), DABEM,
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Ducharme joined the Company in January 2009. Previously
he was the Vice President of Medical Services of Med-Emerg International,
since September 2006. He is a board certified emergency medicine specialist
in both Canada and the United States, and has practiced clinically since
1981. He is a founder of both the Quebec Association of Emergency Physicians
and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. He is a Past
President of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. Dr Ducharme
has done extensive research and writing on the subject of acute pain management,
and is recognized internationally as a speaker in Emergency Medicine.
He has been a residency program director for emergency medicine trainees
for 11 years at McGill and Dalhousie Universities and he is currently
the Editor for the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Roman Jovey,
MD,
Medical Director of CPM Centres for Pain Management
Dr. Jovey, a graduate of the University of Toronto,
initially worked as a general practitioner and emergency physician for
almost 20 years. Since 1991, Dr. Jovey has been treating outpatients with
chronic pain and developed expertise in the medical management of pain.
Over the past 15 years, he has presented workshops and seminars on this
topic to over 10,000 health care professionals in Canada and internationally,
and since 1999, his practice is solely focused on outpatient chronic pain
management and addiction medicine and is recognized as an international
leader in the field of chronic pain. He was the President of the Canadian
Pain Society from 2005-2007 and continues to advocate for improved access
to appropriate pain management for Canadians. He is a medico-legal expert
for the Canadian Medical Protective Association in the areas of pain and
addiction. He is currently the Medical Director at CPM Centres for Pain
Management, where he is responsible for program development and education.
Dr. Peter Blecher, M.D., C.M., DAAPM, DCAPM,
Director of Interventional Training for Centres for Pain Management
Dr. Jeff Balon, BSc,
DC, MD, CCFP(EM) ,
Medical Director PIRC - Community Based Research
Dr Balon joined AIM in 2003 as the Director of Corporate
Medical Services, providing a senior medical leadership role. Dr Balon
is accountable for oversight and reporting Director of Medical Services
in multiple divisions of AIM Health Group including Clinical, Evaluation
of Treatment and Assessment Centres, Pharmaceutical Integrated Research
Corporation, and Workplace Health and Cost Solutions. He completed his
Doctor of Chiropractic in 1982 and his Doctor of Medicine 1992 at McMaster
University and has worked as a Chiropractor, Emergency Physician, Family
Physician and a Health Service Officer for the RCMP.
Dr. Michael Sehl,
BSc, MD, CCFP(EM),
Corporate Medical Director of Workplace Health and Cost Solutions
Dr Sehl joined AIM in 1996 as the Medical Regional Director of the
Waterloo Region. Since 2008, he has been the Medical Director of WHCS
,providing a senior medical leadership role accountable for strategic
direction of Workplace Health programs. This includes quality, planning,
leadership, organization, administration, and evaluation of health services.
He completed his MD in 1983 at the University of Toronto and has worked
as a Emergency Physician, Family Physician and more recently a Hospitalist
at St. Mary’s and Grand River hospital in Kitchener.
Dr. Hassan Bhamjee,
MD, CCFP
Regional Medical Director and Medical Recruitment
AIM HEALTH GROUP INC 
