FACULTY

Course faculty and Scientific Planning Committee

Course content was developed under the oversight of a Scientific Planning Committee of family and sport medicine physicians, to ensure it meets an evidence-based standard and addresses the needs of family, rural and remote physicians.

SCIENTIFIC PLANNING COMMITTEE

Dr. Taryn-Lise Taylor

BA(Kin), MSc, MD, CCFP (CAC SEM), Dip Sport Med

Dr. Taylor is a family physician with a Certificate of Added Competence in Sport and Exercise Medicine, and co-owner and medical director of the Carleton Sport Medicine Clinic. She studied kinesiology and sport medicine at Western University, earned her MD at the University of Ottawa, and completed a Primary Care Sport Medicine Fellowship. She has served on medical teams for the Olympic and Pan Am Games and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, and has worked with Hockey Canada, Rugby Canada and Skate Canada. She teaches medical students, residents and fellows, and helps deliver Sport Medicine Rounds at Carleton University.

SCIENTIFIC PLANNING COMMITTEE

Dr. M-J Klett

BSc, MD, CCFP (CAC SEM), FCFP, Dip Sport Med

Dr. Klett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa, practising family and sport medicine in Ottawa. She is Chief Medical Officer for Taekwondo Canada and a team physician for Canada's men's volleyball team, and has provided medical coverage at the 2010 Olympic Games, the 2012 Paralympic Games, and the 2011 and 2023 Pan Am Games. She teaches medical students, residents and fellows.

COURSE AUTHOR AND LEAD INSTRUCTOR

Richard Gregory

CAT(C), O.M.P., R. Kin

Richard Gregory is a Certified Athletic Therapist, Osteopathic Manual Practitioner and Registered Kinesiologist. He holds a BSc in Exercise Science (Athletic Therapy) from Concordia University and a five-year diploma in osteopathy from the Collège d'Études Ostéopathiques in Montreal.

His clinical practice focuses on persistent spine pain, low back pain and back-related leg pain (sciatica), with regular referrals from family physicians, sport medicine physicians and allied health practitioners. Since 2015, he has taught spine assessment to University of Ottawa Sport and Exercise Medicine fellows and family physicians, and in 2026 he delivered this course at the SRPC Rural and Remote Medicine Conference.

He has served on Canadian medical teams at international events including the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, and as lead medical for Athletics Canada's Sprints and Relays group. He has also worked with Rugby Canada.

SELECTED PHYSICIAN EDUCATION
  • 2026Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, Rural and Remote Medicine ConferenceMechanical Low Back Pain: Differential Diagnosis in the Absence of Imaging
  • 2015 to 2025University of Ottawa Sport and Exercise Medicine Program, annual fellow and physician teachingSpine Assessment in Sports Medicine: Differential Diagnosis in the Absence of Imaging
  • 2018University of Ottawa and The Ottawa HospitalClinical Pearls: Assessments in Sport Medicine
  • 2016Ontario Medical Association, Sport and Exercise Medicine Annual ConferenceComplex Hip Impingement Clinical Presentations
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