Project ECHO: St. Joseph’s Care Group

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Anne MacLeod, BScPT, MPH, ACPAC

Anne graduated from Physiotherapy at Queen’s University in 1994, completed her Master of Public Health in 2007 and the Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care (ACPAC) program in 2009.  She works one day a week for The Arthritis Society as an Extended Role Practitioner, performing in person triage for the Rheumatology Wait List in Northwestern Ontario.    Three days a week she works in a shared care/collaborative practice with Dr. Fidler, Rheumatologist, where she both assesses new patients and follows stable patients, allowing for increased access to rheumatology care.  She runs a virtual clinic once a month in collaboration with Sick Kids and with London Children’s Hospital to address the needs of pediatric rheumatology.  She is also an Assistant Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and is currently the President of the Arthritis Health Professions Association (AHPA).