Patient Advisory Board members are volunteers that help address concerns relating to CML patients in their communities and regions in Canada.

Prairies
Margot Miller (Winnipeg) diagnosed with CML in April 2005, brings
expertise drawn from a variety of recreational work over the years. Her involvement has been primarily with seniors in program planning and
facilitation in the areas of entertainment, education, physical fitness,
palliative care and recreational therapies. Margot also has experience in conflict
mediation and advocacy. She received her B.A. in Physical Education and
Psychology in 1978 from the University of Western Ontario. Margot and her
husband Harold have four children. Her interests include yoga, complimentary
medicine and nutrition, researching environmental causes of illness and and being an active community member.
prairies@cmlsociety.org

Québec
Rav is the youngest and newest member of the PAB, he will represent Quebec and also provide a voice for an often overlooked segment of the CML community- young adults. Young adults face a unqiue set of issues when it comes to living with CML: insurance issues when starting a new job, dating and relationships, living arrangements and how to deal with and explain the disease to peers are just a few. Rav plans to encourage other young CML’ers to join him and have their voices heard, after all the young patients are the ones who should be asking “are these pills gonna keep us alive for the next 50 years?”

Rav is a young professional currently living in Montreal, he enjoys reading, working out and travelling.

Please note, Rav cannot use his full name as he is concerned about jeopardizing his employement opportunities in the future – sound familiar to any young patients out there?