CCPE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Department of Paediatrics is pleased to announce that Dr. Frank Dicke is one of the 29 physicians this year to attain the title of CCPE Canadian Certified Physician Executives.
Dr. Dicke is the Section Head of Cardiology and clinical associate professor of Paediatrics and holds a cross appointment in Cardiac Sciences. How he got here: • Studied undergraduate Biochemistry at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario • Medical training at the University of Toronto • Residency in Paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario • Paediatric Cardiology training conducted at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto o This included a specialization in Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Dr. Dicke came here to the Alberta Children’s Hospital and the University of Calgary as of 2002. He began as an Interventional Cardiologist with a general practice in Paediatric Cardiology and then soon worked with paediatric heart transplant patients. At which point Dr. Dicke set up the Paediatric Heart Transplant clinic which serves the growing community of Southern Alberta. • Promoted to Clinical Associate professor – 2006 • Appointed as Chief of Cardiology – 2008 Dr. Dicke pursued a lot of further training in leadership with PMI programs and took part in other leadership training sources and it remains a continuing area of interest. Dr. Dicke is on the Board of Directors at the Make-A-Wish Foundation for Southern Alberta. Currently Dr. Dicke is immersed in the Alberta/Haskayne School of Business Executive MBA program at the University of Calgary while he continues as a full-time Paediatric Cardiologist.
CCPE Background
The Canadian Certified Physician Executive (CCPE) credential is earned annually across the country and this year 29 physicians have gained this certification. Candidates for the credential must fulfill baseline criteria for application and then must complete a peer review/assessment process. This assessment confirms that they have the expertise, skills and leadership in their background that would make them valuable in steering the very direction of health care - not to mention giving them appropriate national recognition. The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and the Canadian Society of Physician Executives are the sponsors/founders/architects of this credential and are in agreement that the group attaining the certification this year is of a high calibre.
Previous members of the Department of Pediatrics who have earned the CCPE certification are: Dr. Valerie Kirk and Dr. Cheri Nijssen-Jordan