Adam Hofmann, MD, Internal Medicine Fellow, McGill University, Montréal
Dr. Adam Hofmann is an internal medicine fellow at McGill University, and a board member of the Medécins Québécois pour le Régime Public.
He has been vocal in the media, community and at his medical school about the dangers of privatization. He was the president of the "No Free Lunch" group at McGill, battling the adverse effects of pharmaceutical advertising to physicians and patients.
"The characteristic that divides a good doctor from a great doctor is the spirit that suffuses groups such as the Canadian Doctors for Medicare. It is the understanding that as physicians we cannot stand idly by while our shared values and well-being are threatened. Private for-profit medicine clearly threatens these values. It is imperative that physicians, and trainees, should unite to resist these threats, and work to build a stronger public system."
