Board of Directors

Dr. Marsha Kucera is a Family Physician at Sunridge Family Medicine Teaching Centre. She is a Clinical Lecturer at the Cumming School of Medicine and has been teaching medical students and residents in Family Medicine since 2015.

Marsha completed her medical degree at the University of Ottawa in 2012 and Family Medicine residency at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, in 2014. In 2021, she completed a Master of Science in Healthcare Quality at Queen’s University. She has additional training in Obesity Medicine and is a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

Marsha applies her extensive knowledge and expertise to support Mosaic as it continues to move forward with the vision for better health for all.

Dr. Elizabeth MacKay is an Internist/Geriatrician and has been the Facility Medical Director at the Peter Lougheed Centre since 2010. She is a Clinical Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary where she has previously held roles as a Medical Teaching Unit Director and General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program Director.

Elizabeth was awarded her medical degree from Dalhousie University and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Dalhousie in 1995. She completed her Master of Public Health and General Internal Medicine Fellowship in 1997 at Boston University. She also completed the Intermountain Health Care Advanced Training Program in Health Care Delivery Improvement in 2006.

Elizabeth has been a member of the Mosaic PCN Board of Directors since 2015.

Alasdair Smith is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 20 years of experience in various finance roles. Currently, he is a Business Consultant with experience in executive leadership, strategic and financial oversight, corporate governance, and people leadership.

His previous work experience includes being Chief Financial Officer and Vice President at Bethany Care Society – one of the largest not-for-profit continuing care organizations operating in Western Canada.

Some of his previous roles have been with the Calgary Board of Education, the Calgary District Hospital Group (CDHG), and the Calgary Regional Health Authority (CRHA).

Dr. Amara Anozie is a family physician in NE Calgary and works as an urgent care physician at the Airdrie Community Health Centre. Amara is also a Preceptor and Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine, Cummings School of Medicine, at the University of Calgary. Originally from Nigeria, Dr. Anozie has worked and studied all over the world including Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Belgium, South Africa, and Australia. Since 2004, he has called Canada home.

Amara has practiced medicine throughout rural, remote, and urban settings in Alberta and brings to Mosaic his broad experience in health systems management.

Amara’s passion is high-quality primary care for all communities. He sees PCNs as a fundamental tool to achieve this goal and understands it is a key tool to build a strong and nimble healthcare delivery system.

Barb Kathol is the Chief Operating Officer at Carewest Innovative Health Care. She previously held the role of Senior Operating Officer for the Peter Lougheed Centre and the Alberta Kidney Care – South and Transplant programs. During her healthcare career, Barb has held many leadership positions including Senior Program Officer with the Connect Care Clinical Operations team Executive Director including for the Emergency Department, Medicine, Ambulatory areas, Gastroenterology services, Allied Health, and many other subspecialty programs.

Barb holds a Master of Nursing from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Nursing (with Distinction). In addition, she is a graduate of the AHS Executive Education program.

In addition to her current role, Barb is an active member of the CARNA Competence Committee and is a regular volunteer with the Calgary Food Bank.

Rod Iwanow is the Director of Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management and Urban Urgent Care in the Calgary Zone with Alberta Health Services.

Rod holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the University of Calgary and a Master of Arts in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads. 

Rod’s previous clinical and leadership experience spans the Emergency Departments, Department of Family Medicine, Chronic Disease Management outpatient clinics, and partnering with stakeholder organizations supporting vulnerable populations in the Calgary Zone.

Dr. Bilaal Owadally is a family physician at the Care and Cure Medical Clinic. Bilaal graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in 2006. Originally from Mauritius, he lived and worked in South Africa before moving to Alberta in 2011. Having worked in different parts of the world where the application of medicine is so varied, is an eye-opener and an asset in providing care in our multi-cultural/racial country. Bilaal is fluent in French and enjoys the opportunity to help French-speaking patients or other newcomers to Calgary.

Bilaal believes that the patient’s medical home is a great initiative in keeping the focus on improving healthcare for our patients in Alberta. Bilaal hopes that as a director on both boards, he can engage further with colleagues from the different organizations in the community and be a patient advocate and voice to the relevant parties. Bilaal is continuously driven to bring out the best in his work, to support patients seeking help in managing their health and ultimately the accountability of the profession.

Dr. Seema Parmar is the Director, Health Intelligence and Insights with Cleveland Clinic Canada’s Advisory Services team. She was previously an Associate Partner and Senior Expert with McKinsey & Company, where she supported healthcare clients in Canada, the US, and globally on a range of topics related to value-based payment, care delivery innovation, and social determinants of health.

Seema holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Master in Healthcare Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University.

She has a long history with the Mosaic PCN community having grown up in the Mosaic neighborhood and worked with immigrant and refugee women in the Mosaic communities through her doctoral studies and as a health educator with Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association and a researcher with Alberta Health Services. She is humbled by the dedication of the Mosaic PCN team and is honoured to be part of the Board.

Nick Thain is the Senior Operating Officer for the Peter Lougheed Centre, the Alberta Kidney Care – South and Transplant programs. Prior to this role, he was the Senior Operating Officer for the Community, Rural, and Continuing Care Portfolio within the Calgary Zone.

Nick maintains his active Advanced Care Paramedic registration with the Alberta College of Paramedics, holds a Master of Arts in Leadership (with a health specialization) from Royal Roads University, and is a member of the Canadian College of Health Leaders.

In his 29-year healthcare career, he has had the opportunity to practice in a variety of settings and system governance models as well as the privilege of serving on numerous boards, associations, foundations, and committees at the local, provincial, and national levels. Most recently serving on the Calgary Foothills PCN for the last three years. Nick is known for being an authentic, collaborative, and inclusive leader by his team and has a passion for leadership development.

Dr. Anozie is a family physician in NE Calgary and works as an urgent care physician at the Airdrie Community Health Centre. Amara is also a Preceptor and Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine, Cummings School of Medicine, at the University of Calgary. Originally from Nigeria, Dr. Anozie has worked and studied all over the world including Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Belgium, South Africa, and Australia. Since 2004, he has called Canada home.

Amara has practiced medicine throughout rural, remote, and urban settings in Alberta and brings to Mosaic his broad experience in health systems management.

Amara’s passion is high-quality primary care for all communities. He sees PCNs as a fundamental tool to achieve this goal and understands it is a key tool to build a strong and nimble healthcare delivery system.

Dr. Onome Ogona is a family physician at Crescent Heights Medical Centre and works at the Alberta Obesity Centre as a Behavioural Medicine Team Physician. After finishing her degree in London, UK at Imperial College, she worked in the UK until 2014 when she moved to Canada.

Onome values relationships and high standards of primary care. She looks forward to interacting closely with colleagues to support each other, whilst providing better health for all.

Dr. Barney Truong’s current practice is located in the Saigon Professional Building in Forest Lawn. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Cellular, Molecular, and Microbial Biology at the University of Calgary; a medical degree from the University of Alberta, and his Family Medicine Residency at the University of Calgary. He has a special interest in Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease, Heart Failure, and Hepatitis.

Barney was born in a refugee camp and arrived in Canada in 1979 as a refugee, and as such appreciates the challenges facing the immigrant and refugee population in Canada. His practice caters to new immigrants, refugees, as well as other marginalized and at-risk populations.

Barney and his family have started a charitable organization (The Truong Education Foundation) whose stated mission is to encourage and support the education of underprivileged youths.

Barney has served on MPL since 2017 and is the physician champion for CII/CPAR implementation. During his time on the board, he has been a strong advocate for the advancement of the Patient Medical Home Model.

Dr. Zahid Rafiq is a family physician at the Trans Canada Medical Center and the medical director of My Medical Home Inc. with four sister clinics in NE Calgary. He has a special interest in office-based procedures.

After moving to Calgary in 2007, he became one of the first members of Mosaic Primary Care Network and first physician at the Mosaic Access Clinic. He teaches medical students and residents at procedural skills workshops at Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.

Zahid has worked with Doctors Without Borders, co-founder of MD-International a charity promoting “health care for all” regardless of race, religion, gender, poverty, or ethnic background while also helping new Canadian physicians enter Canada’s health care system. He is an active member Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) and serves as part of the APPNA Medical Corps and travels to areas in Pakistan requiring medical care outreach.

Dr. Bilaal Owadally is a family physician at the Care and Cure Medical Clinic. Bilaal graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in 2006. Originally from Mauritius, he lived and worked in South Africa before moving to Alberta in 2011. Having worked in different parts of the world where the application of medicine is so varied, is an eye-opener and an asset in providing care in our multi-cultural/racial country. Bilaal is fluent in French and enjoys the opportunity to help French-speaking patients or other newcomers to Calgary.

Bilaal believes that the patient’s medical home is a great initiative in keeping the focus on improving healthcare for our patients in Alberta. Bilaal hopes that as a director on both boards, he can engage further with colleagues from the different organizations in the community and be a patient advocate and voice to the relevant parties.

Bilaal is continuously driven to bring out the best in his work, to support patients seeking help in managing their health and ultimately the accountability of the profession.

Dr. Heidi Angeles is a pediatrician at the Children’s Health Clinic, she has special interests in childhood obesity, mental health, and complex medical care. She was the former Physician Lead for the Mosaic PCN Pediatric Lifestyle Program.

Heidi completed her medical degree and pediatric residency training as Chief Resident in the Philippines before moving to Calgary in 2001. She completed a second pediatric residency at the University of Alberta, Stollery Children’s Hospital. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine.

Heidi has made it her mission to provide the best pediatric care to the most vulnerable and marginalized communities, embracing the diverse cultures of the population Mosaic serves.

Dr. Marsha Kucera is a family physician at Sunridge Family Medicine Teaching Centre and Care and Cure Medical Clinic. She is a Clinical Lecturer at the Cumming School of Medicine and has been teaching medical students and residents in Family Medicine since 2015.

Marsha completed her medical degree at the University of Ottawa in 2012, and Family Medicine residency at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, in 2014. In 2021, she completed a Master of Science in Healthcare Quality at Queen’s University, She has additional training in Obesity Medicine and is a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

Marsha has served on MPL since 2016 and has served as an officer for more than half of her years of service, in the roles of Vice-Chair, Chair, and Past Chair. She currently is the Chair of the Mosaic PCN Board of Directors, which is the Joint Board with members representing MPL, AHS, and the Community (Independent Directors).

Marsha applies her extensive knowledge and expertise to support Mosaic as it continues to move forward with the vision for better health for all.