22 page FREE illustrated booklet paid for by PFIZER; MERCK FROSST & BAYER. Text written by U.Toronto Physiatry Professor Angela Mailis-Gagnon, MSc., MD, FRCP(C)Toronto Western Hospital.
ELAFI DIGITAL MEDIA Inc.
Our concept of Medical Animated Education, arose about 5 years ago, when Dr. Mailis Gagnon (who serves as a member of a number of pharmaceutical advisory boards and teaches family physicians for years in Continuous Medical Education forums), was approached by Pharma to advise them on ways to approach the busy family doctors in regards to understanding pain.
Given the fact that family practitioners are extremely busy, with very little time to spare, while bombarded by constant information through many sources, Dr. Mailis Gagnon turned to Norm Gagnon [her husband], a computer artist, to help her convey to physicians what her patients describe in a vivid, intense and memorable way, while true science is well preserved.
Medical Animation Video Production The first product was the Pocket ATLAS of Neuropathic Pain Syndromes that ultimately was distributed to thousands of physicians and other health practitioners in Canada.
Additionally, the couple brought their vision to ACTION Ontario and the pharmaceutical industry, creating short films of actual patients with diseases embedding computer graphics.
Dr. Mailis Gagnon insists in employing real patient cases and the latest scientific information on disease mechanisms and evidence based medicine, while Norm Gagnon with his team add the Art to the Science.
Norm Gagnon
* Francophone, born in Elliot Lake, Ontario.
* Courses in architectural design, Algonquin College, 1982-83.
* Many years of involvement with multiple art forms (paper and pencil, painting, wood curving, still photography, book illustrations, cartoon strips, landscape design etc).
* Computer Animation Diploma - International Academy of Design/ Toronto Film School, 2004.
* Specializing in 3D scene modeling, lighting, texturing and special effects.
* Largest practice in Medical Animation/ Education.
Angela Mailis Gagnon
* Born in Athens, Greece where she obtained her medical degree from Athens Medical School in 1976.
* Specialized in the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and became Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 1982.
* Obtained Master degree from the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Canada, in 1988.
* Founder and Director of the Comprehensive Pain Program (CPP) of the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, in Toronto, Ontario, in 1982, a nationally known treatment centre for patients with intractable chronic pain.
* Practice exclusively devoted to Chronic Pain diagnosis, management, education and research.
* Senior investigator with the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and the Toronto Western Research Institute.
* Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
* Founding member of the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain.
* Guideline Developer for the management of Chronic Pain working with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
* Chair of ACTION Ontario, a non for profit organization in Ontario advocating for patients with Neuropathic Pain.
* Author of BEYOND PAIN (a popular science book, with co-author David Israelson) published in Canada in 2003 and the USA in 2005.
* Highly respected medicolegal expert in matters relating to Chronic Pain.
* Prolific clinician and scientist with research on pain mechanisms, pain genetics, epidemiology and evidence-based medicine widely published in peer reviewed scientific journals.
* Member of numerous scientific societies and advisory boards.
* Has delivered numerous lectures to scientific and lay audiences around the world.
* Featured in national press, radio and television, numerous times over the last 20 years.
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