Richard
Dr.RichardLewanczuk,fromAlbertaHealthServicesandtheUniversityofAlberta,obtainedhisMDfromtheUniversityofAlbertain1983.HesubsequentlycompletedarotatinginternshipaswellasInternalMedicinespecializationandthenenteredacombinedEndocrinologyFellowship/PhDinMedicalSciencesattheUniversityofAlberta.Thiswasfollowedbypost-doctoralstudiesinMontreal,DetroitandNewYork.In1994Dr.LewanczukreturnedtotheUniversityofAlbertatoheadtheHypertensionClinicandasamemberoftheDivisionofEndocrinologyandMetabolism,ofwhichhewasDirectorfrom1998-2006.CurrentlyDr.LewanczukremainsaProfessorintheDepartmentofMedicineattheUniversityofAlberta.Dr.LewanczukwasinvolvedwiththeestablishmentoftheRegionalDiabetesProgramintheEdmontonareabeginningin1999,andsubsequentlywentontobeMedicalDirectorforChronicDiseaseManagementinthepreviousCapitalHealthRegion.HecurrentlyistheSeniorMedicalDirectorforPrimaryCare,ChronicDiseaseManagement,CommunityandRuralforAlbertaHealthServices.Inthisportfolioheoverseesdeliveryofbothprimarycareandchronicdiseasema