Dr. Janet Dollin has been a member of the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors since 2018.  Originally from Montreal, Dr. Dollin has been a community family physician in Ottawa since 1996 and has now retired from her medical practice and teaching at the University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine. She is now exploring the healing power of color in her paintings. She is a mother, a wife, and a grandmother above all else! Working on the Board of Directors of Hillel Lodge gives her an opportunity to shape needed changes in long term care and give back to her community.

Martin Black has been a member of the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors since 2017.  He lends his expertise both as a practising lawyer and with decades of experience in serving on numerous charitable and non-profit boards, for various health, educational and arts organizations.

Dan Pujdak is the Vice President of Hillel Lodge and a member of the Ottawa Jewish Federation’s Communication and Community Relations Committee. He is the Chief Strategy Officer of Blackbird Strategies, a leading public affairs agency.  Previously Dan has served as a senior advisor to Indigenous leaders and as a Director of Policy a Parliament Hill. He is a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum l and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Peter Stelcner joined the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors as well as the Audit and Finance Committee effective September 2019.

Attained CPA, CA designation December 1978. Worked in public accounting in Montreal between 1975 and 1987. Moved from Montreal to Ottawa in 1987 and acquired an equity interest in The Starship Group of Companies carrying on business in the courier and logistics platform.  Serving as CFO of Starship from 1987 to present. 

Dr. Daniel Levine is a graduate of McGill University Medical School. He completed his Family Medicine Residency at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. Dr. Levine has since done primary care and worked in several Long-Term Care homes in Ottawa. He presently is on staff at St Patrick's Home and the Glebe Center

Dr. Levine has been working at Hillel Lodge since 1987 and has been Medical Director for 29 years.

Dr. Lynn Rusimovic is a Family Physician.  She completed her Family Medicine residency in Montreal at McGill University in 2005 and went on to complete a Fellowship in the Care of the Elderly program at the University of Ottawa in 2007.  Dr. Rusimovic has been in practice since 2007 and practiced family medicine in a clinic for several years.  Her interest is in geriatrics and she works in several long-term care homes in Ottawa. She has worked as an attending physician at the Perley Rideau Veteran’s since 2007 in long-term care and since 2014 in convalescent care. She also works at the Glebe Center and joined Hillel Lodge in 2019.

Dr. Michael Malek completed his medical school training in 1995 at University of Ottawa.  After 10 years of working in a private family medicine office with his father, he is now associated with the Ottawa Hospital Family Health Team. This environment is also a training site for the Family Medicine Residency Program at the University of Ottawa.  

Dr. Malek has been an attending physician at Hillel Lodge since 1997 and continues to enjoy working with such a dedicated and compassionate staff.  

Dr. Gayatri Uppal completed her post-graduate training in internal medicine in India.   She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1997.  After completing her entrance exams and clinical clerkship at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, she joined the University of Ottawa Family Medicine Residency, which was completed in 2004.  Dr. Uppal completed a one-year fellowship in the Care of the Elderly program at the University of Ottawa in 2005. She joined the Perley Rideau Veterans Health Centre and St. Patrick’s home of Ottawa in 2006. She worked as the attending MD in convalescent and Veterans units at the Perley Rideau until 2019. She joined St. Vincent complex continuing care in 2009. Dr. Uppal presently continues her position as attending MD at St. Patrick's long-term care and at St. Vincent Hospital. She joined Hillel Lodge in 2015 and continues as attending physician. Dr. Uppal has an academic appointment with the University of Ottawa where she is involved in clinical teaching of medical students and residents.