Rosana Pellizzari, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC is the Medical Officer of Health for Perth District Health Unit, located in Stratford, Ontario. Dr Pellizzari is a co-author of the recently released SOGC consensus guidelines on Violence Against Women (April 2005). She has been a leader in the education and training of health care providers in Intimate Partner Violence, both in Canada and Central America.  As a Community Health Centre physician, she specialized in the care of immigrant, refugee and HIV infected populations. She is past president of the Association of Ontario Health Centres and a former Chair of the City of York Board of Health.