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The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Unit of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) has been created in 2004. A coordinator (middle-level manager) holding a master’s degree from the Université de Montréal in health technology assessment and an advisor in technology assessment started the development of the unit under the management of the Director of Medical Affairs and Professional Services. By this positioning, the organization allowed the HTA Unit a proximity to clinicians while keeping strategic relations to senior management. To increase credibility among these groups, approval of HTA reports was under the responsibility of the Director of Medical Affairs and Professional Services (a physician and senior manager).
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Appendix I: HTA Unit Team at CHUS
| Christian A. Bellemare, Coordinator, Health Technology Assessment Unit |
Christian A. Bellemare completed a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science and a master’s degree in computer science from the Université de Montréal and a master’s degree in management from Université Laval | |
He joined the HTA Unit of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) in 2004 as an advisor in technology assessment. In 2008, he takes the coordination of the HTA Unit to ensure his management while participating in scientific activities in particular in emerging technologies where it contributes to the development of the field evaluation | |
cbellemare.chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca | |
| Jean-François Fisette, Advisor, Technology Assessment |
Jean-Francois Fisette completed a PhD degree in microbiology at Université de Sherbrooke that was followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in neurology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His primary focus was fundamental research and human health. He joined the HTA Unit of the CHUS in 2011 | |
jffisette.chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca | |
| Suzanne K. Bédard, Advisor, Technology Assessment |
Holder of a college degree in medical technology (specialization in molecular biology) and a multidisciplinary bachelor’s degree | |
She is a member of OPTMQ and worked several years in the field of basic, clinical, and epidemiological research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Université de Sherbrooke and Research Centre of the CHUS | |
She occupies the Chair of the Multidisciplinary Council of the CHUS since 2005. She joined the HTA Unit of the CHUS in 2007 | |
sbedard.chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca | |
| Thomas G. Poder, Consulting Executive in Health Technology Assessment |
Holder of a PhD in health economics, a master in project analysis, and a master in development economics from the CERDI in France. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Economics of the Université de Sherbrooke and a researcher at the Research Centre of the CHUS. His main areas of expertise are the analysis of evidence-based medicine and cost-benefit analysis. He joined the HTA unit of the CHUS in 2007 | |
tpoder.chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca | |
| Monique Robillard, Administrative Officer |
Holder of a certificate in business administration and of a professional certificate of secretary | |
She worked in administrative support to several teams in the private and public sector. She joined HTA unit of CHUS in 2012 | |
mrobillard.chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca | |
| Pierre Dagenais, Medical Officer |
After completing an MD at the Université de Montréal (UdeM) in 1986, Dr. Dagenais specialized in internal medicine (UdeM) and rheumatology (University of Toronto). He then obtained an MSc in Clinical Sciences in 1994 and a PhD in Cellular Biology and Immunology in 1998 (Université de Sherbrooke). For about ten years, Dr. Dagenais served as an Assistant Clinical Professor at a UdeM-affiliated university hospital. He also completed an international master’s degree (UdeM) in health technology assessment and management in 2006 | |
Dr. Dagenais joined the Quebec’s HTA Agency (AETMIS) in 2005 as a researcher and methodology consultant. He then served as Deputy Scientific Director and became the Director of Methodological Support and Quality at the newly created Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) in 2011, a position he held until the end of 2014. His work included the production of methodological standards and guides for INESSS researchers. Dr. Dagenais also worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Administration of UdeM from 2005 to 2015, where he taught evaluation methods in health technology assessment | |
Dr. Dagenais joined HTA Unit of the CHUS in 2015 as a Medical Officer on various technology assessments and methodological development projects | |
pierre.dagenais@usherbrooke.ca |
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Bellemare, C.A., Fisette, JF., Poder, T.G., Bédard, S.K., Dagenais, P. (2016). The Health Technology Assessment Unit of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (Canada). In: Sampietro-Colom, L., Martin, J. (eds) Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39205-9_16
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