Contributors

The AboutKidsHealth team works closely with the health-care professionals at The Hospital for Sick Children in the development and review of the health information on AboutKidsHealth.ca

AboutKidsHealth

  • Alexandra Theodorakidis
  • Alisha Papineau
  • Beth Gamulka
  • Cathryn Schmidt
  • Chenny Wu
  • Doris Leung
  • Erika Schippel
  • Grace Chang
  • James Lee
  • John Paul Rosendall
  • Marissa Decina
  • Sean Schurr
  • Susan Ball

Adolescent Medicine

  • Alene Toulany, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Ashley Vandermorris, MD, FRCPC
  • Catherine Maser, NP-Paediatrics, MN
  • Debra Katzman, MD, FRCPC
  • Karen Leslie, MD, MEd, FRCPC
  • Miriam Kaufman, BSN, MD, FRCPC
  • Njeri Karianjahi, MD
  • Rahul Saxena, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP
  • Tamara Gamboa Salcedo, MD, MHPE

Allergy

  • Anna Kasprzak, RN
  • Brenda Reid, RN, MN
  • Julia Upton, MD, MPH, FRCPC
  • Vivian Cornelius, RD
  • Vy​ Kim, MD, FRCPC

Camps and outdoor education

  • Bev Unger, RN
  • Lianne Dulsrud, NP
  • Michelle Colomvakos, RN
  • Nancy Vandenbergh, RN(EC), MN, PHC

Cardiology

  • Aamir Jeewa, MD, FAAP, FRCP(C)
  • Andrew N. Redington, MD, FRCP (UK), FRCPC
  • Anne Dipchand, MD, FRCPC
  • Bindy Sweett, CCLS
  • Carrie Heffernan, RN, BScN, MN
  • Carrie Morgan, RN, BScN, MN
  • Christine Chiu-Man, MSc
  • Christopher Caldarone, MD, FRCSC
  • Cindy Wasyliw, BNSc, RN
  • David Edgell, BA, MHSc, CCP, CPC
  • Elizabeth Stephenson, MD, MSc, CCDS, FHRS
  • Fraser Golding, MD, FRCPC
  • Gareth Smith, MSc
  • Grace Nugent, RN, MN
  • Jackie Hubbert, RN, BScN
  • Jane Best, RN
  • Jennifer Kilburn, BScN, MN
  • Jennifer Russell, MD, FRCPC
  • Joel Kirsh, BASc, MSc, MD, MHCM, FRCPC, CEPS
  • Judith Wilson, RN, BScN, MN
  • Laura Fenwick, BSc
  • Laurie Cender, RN, MSN
  • Lee Benson, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FSCAI
  • Linda Fazari, CNS-NP
  • Louise Bannister, RD
  • Mandy Johnson, RN
  • Maria Green, MRT(N)
  • Mary Spencer, RN, MSN
  • Michael Cheung, MD, FRCPC
  • Norma Becker, RN, BN
  • Rachel Vanderlaan, MD
  • Robert Hamilton, MD, FRCPC
  • Ross Hetherington, PhD, C.Psych
  • Sarah Farmer, RD, CNSD
  • Stephanie Miske, BA, BScPT
  • Susan Johnston, RN, BScN
  • Susan McQuattie, MRT(N)
  • Tilman Humpl, MD, PhD
  • Vanessa Pellow, BSc, MScPT

Child Life

  • Alexis Shinewald, CCLS, BA, ECE
  • Alix Gould MA, CCLS
  • Amanda English, BA, CCLS
  • Jane Darch, BABEd, CCLS
  • Natalie Wilson, MA, CCLS

The Children's Orthotics Clinic

  • Erin Brennan, Clinical Manager, CO(c)
  • Jonathan Blunt, Certified Orthotist, CO(c)

Critical Care

  • ​Anne-Marie Guerguerian, MD, FAAP, FRCPC
  • Wendy Padilla, RN

Dentistry

  • Bryan Tompson, DDS, D. Orth., D. Paed., FRCD(C)
  • Michael J. Casas, DDS, MSc, FRCD(C)

Dermatology

  • Blanca Del Pozzo-Magana, MD
  • Carmen Liy Wong, MD
  • Elena Pope, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Gillian Taylor
  • Irene Lara-Corrales, MSc, MD​​
  • Jackie Su, RN
  • Kaitlyn Lopushinsky, MD
  • Maria Teresa Garcia Romero, MD
  • Michael Bishara, BSc, MD, FRCPC
  • Michelle Lee, RN
  • Nimrita Aujla, MSW, RSW
  • Rebecca Levy, MD, FRCPC
  • Shanna Spring, MD, FRCPC, FAAD
  • Tawa Mohammad, MD

Development

  • Alissa Levy, PhD, Cpsych
  • Cynthia Goldfarb, MD, FRCPC
  • Jennifer Butterly, MA
  • ​​Jennifer Das, MD
  • Joanne Cummings, PhD, CPsych
  • Kimberly O'Leary, MEd
  • Kristina Tocek, BA, MScOT
  • Lee Ford-Jones, MD, FRCP(C)
  • Lee Steel
  • Lori Burton, OT
  • Lorna Bartholomew, RN, BScN
  • Margaret Linton, RN
  • Paula Klaiman, MClSc, CAGS Reg. CASLPO
  • Radha MacCulloch, MSW
  • Sheri Madigan, PhD, C.Psych
  • Susan Goldberg, PhD
  • Virginia Frisk, Ph.D., C. Psych
  • Wendy Roberts MD, FRCPC

Diagnostic Imaging

  • Birgit Ertl-Wagner, MD, PhD, MHBA, FRCPC
  • Dalia Bozic, MN, RN(EC), NP-PHC
  • Dawn-Ann Lebarron, MRT(R)
  • Deborah Kerrigan, RPN
  • George Chiramel, MD
  • Guila BenDavid, MRTR​
  • Joao Amaral, MD
  • Laura Belsito, RD, MAN
  • Martin Charron, MD, FRCPC
  • Michelle Cote RN, BScN
  • Prakash Muthusami, MD

Emergency Medicine

  • Alisha Jamal, MD
  • Beth Gamulka, MDCM, FRCPC
  • Charlotte Grandjean-Blanchet, MD
  • Daryl Graham, MD
  • Deborah Schonfeld MD, FRCPC
  • Emma Schmidt, MBA, MPH
  • Emma Wyatt, MBBS, FRACP
  • Elana Hochstadter, MD, FRCPC
  • Kathy Boutis, MD, FRCPC
  • Laura Umbrello, MD, FAAP
  • Mark Oliver Tessaro, MD
  • Maya Harel-Sterling​, MD
  • Mike Wong, MD
  • Sara Schnyder, MD
  • Srijana Gautam, BSc, MBBS, MRCPCH, DTM&H
  • Stephen Porter MD, FAAP
  • Tania Principi, MD, FRCPC, MSc
  • Trent Mizzi, BSc, MD, FRCPC

Endocrinology

  • Allison Lougheed, BS
  • Andrea Ens MD, FRCPC
  • Catherine Pastor, RN, MN, HonBSc
  • Danielle van der Kaay, MD, PhD​​​​
  • Denis Daneman, MB, BCh, FRCPC
  • Diane K. Wherrett, MD, FRCPC​​​
  • Jennifer Galle MD, FRCPC​
  • Jennifer Harrington MBBS, PhD
  • Julia Sorbara, MD
  • Leah Abitbol, MD
  • Marcia Frank, RN, MHSc, CDE
  • ​​Ruth Slater Ph.D., C. Psych​
  • ​​Sanjukta Basak MSc, MD, CM, FRCPC
  • Vanita Pais, RD, CDE

Exercise Medicine

  • Barbara Cifra, MD
  • Madeleine Garneau
  • Robin Deliva, PT
  • Sadaru Yoshihara

Gastroenterology

  • Alison Stewart RN, BScN
  • Amanda Lovell, RN
  • Andrea Lall, RN
  • Anne Griffiths, MD, FRCPC
  • Binita M. Kamath, MBBChir
  • Catharine Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, FAAP, FRCPC
  • Constance O'Connor, RN(EC), NP
  • Cristina Cicco, RD
  • Inez Martincevic, MSc, RD
  • Julia Kelly, RN
  • Julie Zettel, RN, IGT
  • Karen Breen-Reid, RN, MN, ANP (Educator)
  • Karen Frost, BScN, RN, MN, NP-Peds
  • Katharine Williams, RN (EC), NP
  • Margaret A. Marcon, MD, FRCPC
  • Mary Barron, MSc, RD
  • Meaghan Wright, BA
  • Sarah Ferguson, RN
  • Simon Ling, MD
  • Stanley Zlotkin, MD PhD
  • Vikki Scaini, BA, RN

General Paediatrics

  • Alvin Loh, MD
  • Beth Gamulka, MDCM, FRCPC
  • Carolyn Beck, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Christopher Sulowski, MD
  • Daniel Roth, MD, PhD
  • Deena Savlov, MD, FRCPC
  • Elizabeth Berger, BA, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, MHPE
  • Eyal Cohen, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
  • Gabriel Tse, MB ChB
  • Hosanna Au, MD, FRCPC
  • Janeen Moddejonge, MSW, RSW
  • Janine Flanagan, HBArtsSc., MD, FRCPC
  • Judy Waldman, RN
  • Karla Wentzel, RN, MN, ACNP
  • Katherine Nash, RN
  • Katrina Newton, RN
  • Lukas Kieswetter, BMBS
  • Mark Feldman, MD, FRCPC
  • Michael Weinstein, MD, FRCP (C), FAAP
  • Michelle Shouldice, MD, FRCPC
  • Mollie McConnell, NP (Ped)
  • Nirit Bernhard, MSc, MD, FRCP(C)
  • Patricia Parkin, MD, FRCPC
  • Peggy Kirkpatrick, MD, FRCPC
  • Priya Sayal, MD, BHSc
  • Sarah Lord, MD
  • Shawna Silver, MD, FRCPC, PEng
  • Sheila Jacobson, MBBCh, FRCPC
  • Stephanie Chu, RN, BSCN, MN
  • Tanya Smith, RN, BNSc, MN, ACNP
  • Trey Coffey, MD, FAAP, FRCPC

General Surgery

  • Ashley Graham, OT
  • Annie Fecteau, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
  • Aubrey Sozer, RN, BScN, BA
  • Beth Haliburton, RD
  • Candice Rosenberg, RN, BScN, MScN
  • Dorothy McDowall, RN, BScN, CNN(C)
  • Jacob C. Langer, MD
  • Jennifer Kang, RN(EC), BN, MN, NP-Pediatrics
  • Joshua Ramjist, MD, MSc, FRCSC
  • Karen A. Lang, RN, MN, ACNP, APN
  • Kimberly Colapinto, RN, BScN, MN
  • Monping Chiang, RN, BScN, MS, NP
  • Paul Wales, MD
  • Priscilla Chiu, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSC, FAAP
  • Sharifa Himidan, MD​
  • Stewart Harris, RN
  • Theresa Allan RN, ET

Genetics

  • Alex La Berge, BSc
  • Abby Watts-Dickens, BSc, MSc, CGC
  • Andrea Shugar, MS, CGC, CCGC
  • Ayeshah Chaudhry, MBBS
  • Cheryl Cytrynbaum, MS, CGC
  • David Chitayat, MD, FABMG, FACMG, FCCMG, FRCPC
  • Elaine Goh, MD
  • Grace Yoon, MD, FRCPC
  • Joanne Sutherland, MSc
  • Laura Zahavich, MSc, CGC
  • Lucie Dupuis, MSc, MS, CGC
  • Natalie Gyenes
  • Olivia Moran, MSc, MSc, CGC
  • Riyana Babul-Hirji, MSc, CGC
  • Roberto Mendoza-Londono, MD, MS, FACMG, FCCMG
  • Rosanna Weksberg, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCCMG, FACMG​
  • Sarah Bowdin, MD, MRCPCH(UK), MSc
  • Sierra Scodellaro, MHSc
  • Stacy Hewson, MSc, CCGC, CGC
  • Stephen Meyn, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACMG
  • Tina Martins
  • Whiwon Lee, MS, CGC
  • Yi Wen Wang, RN, M.Ed

Groups

  • 5A Nursing Staff
  • 5B Practice Council -- The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
  • Drugs & Therapeutics Committee Haematology/Oncology Quality Utilization & Patient Care Committee
  • Families as Partners in Patient Safety (FPPS) Committee
  • Orthopedic Clinic Nursing Staff
  • Otolaryngology Clinic
  • SickKids Constipation Working Group
  • SickKids Home Dialysis Program
  • SickKids ITP Working Group
  • The Breastfeeding Program, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • The Ontario Poison Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Transfusion Advisory Group

Gynecology and Obstetrics

  • Anjali Aggarwal, MD FRCS(C) MHSc
  • Joley Johnstone, RN, BScN
  • Lisa Allen, MD, FRCSC
  • Melanie Ornstein, BSc, MD, MEd, FRCSC
  • Nicolette Caccia, MEd, MD, FRCSC
  • Rory Windrim, MB, MSc, FRCSC
  • Valerie Bloomfield, MD, FRCSC

Haematology

  • Ann Marie Stain, BA, RN
  • Ashley Warias, BHSc(c)
  • Celeste Lumia, BKin
  • Dan Ignas, BEng
  • Darlene Castle, RN
  • George-Etinee Rivard, MD, FRCPC, FAAP
  • Jennifer Vincelli, RN (EC), BScN, MN
  • Jillian Baker, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Jodie Odame, BMSc(c)
  • Julie Bennett, MD, FRCPC
  • Kathleen McShane, ART
  • Kim Mellor, RN, BScN
  • ​​Leonardo Brandão, MD, MSc.
  • Madeline Montoya, BA
  • Manuel Carcao, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, MSc
  • Maria Laura Avila, MD, PhD
  • Melanie Kirby-Allen, MD, FRCPC
  • Melina Cheong, RN (EC), BScN, MN
  • Michaela Cada MD, MPH, FRCPC
  • Mirette Hanna, MD, PhD, FRCPC
  • Sheila Butchart, RN, BScN
  • Suzan Williams, MD
  • Thalia Rahif
  • Vanessa Bouskill, MN, RN(EC), NP
  • Vicky Breaky, BSc, MD, FRCPC
  • Victor Blanchette, MD, FRCPC
  • Wendy Lau, MD, FRCPC

Infectious Diseases

  • Anne Matlow, MD, FRCPC
  • Ari Bitnun, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Debra Louch, RN
  • Emily Reuvers, BScN, RN, MScN
  • Georgina MacDougall, RN
  • Jonathan Gubbay, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC
  • Laurie Streitenberger, RN, BSc, CIC
  • Leigh Anne Martin, BScN, MN
  • Michelle Bridge, MD
  • Michelle Science, MD, MSc
  • Shaun Morris, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FAAP, DTM&H​​
  • Stanley Read, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAAP
  • Upton Allen, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP

Inuit Health Matters

  • Amanda Sheppard, PhD, Applied Scientist,AboutKidsHealth, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Annie Buchan, Clerk/Interpreter, Cambridge Bay
  • Geraldine Osborne, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Department of Health and Social Sciences, Government of Nunavut
  • Pallulaaq Ford, Clinical Nurse Educator, Kivalliq
  • Sheila Pokiak, Director of Qulliit (Nunavut Status of Women Council) In Nunavut

Metabolics

  • Andreas Schulze MD, FRCPC
  • Elizabeth Kerr, PhD, Cpsych
  • Julian Raiman MB BS MSc MRCP(UK)
  • Komudi Siriwardena MBChB, FRACP (NZ)
  • Laura Burr, MSc, RD
  • Sara Elliott, RN, MN
  • Sara Goldberg, RN, MN

Neonatology

  • Aideen Moore, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
  • Andrew James, BSc, MBChB, FRACP, FRCPC
  • Chris Tomlinson, MBChB, BSc
  • Douglas Campbell, MD, FRCPC
  • Hazel Pleasants, RN, MN
  • Hailey Barootes, MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons)
  • Hilary Whyte, MSc, MB, BCh, BAO, MRCPI, FRCPC
  • Jonathan Hellmann, MBBCh, MHSc, FCP(SA), FRCPC
  • Kim Dionne, RN, MN, NNP
  • Mehmet N. Çizmeci, MD, PhD
  • Nicole De Silva, RN, BScN, MSc
  • Patrick McNamara, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC
  • The Reverend Michael Marshall, M. Div.

Nephrology

  • Ashley McNaughton, RN, BScN
  • Donna Secker, RD
  • Elizabeth Harvey, MD, FRCPC
  • Elizabeth Piva, RN
  • Josefina Brooke, RN, BScN, CNeph(C)
  • Keturah Tomlin, RN
  • Maria Di Mola, RN
  • Rose Nemec, RN
  • Sandy Lin, BScN, RN
  • Seetha Radhakrishnan, MDCM, FRCPC, MScCH
  • Susan Ackerman, RN
  • Valerie Langlois, MD, FRCP(C)

Neurology

  • ​Elysa Widjaja, MD, MPH
  • Berge Minassian, MD, FRCPC
  • Carolina Gorodetsky, MD
  • Elizabeth J. Donner, MD, FRCPC
  • Elizabeth Pang, PhD
  • Gabrielle deVeber, MD, FRCPC
  • Hernan Dario Gonorazky, MD
  • Irene Elliott, RN, MHSc, ACNP
  • Ivanna Yau, RN, MN, ACNP
  • Janice Mulligan MSW, RSW
  • Jennifer Boyd, RN, MHSc, CNN(C)
  • Jiri Vajsar, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Rohit (Roy) Sharma, RET, REPT
  • Shelly K. Weiss, MD, FRCPC
  • Teesta Soman, FAAP, DABPN, MBA
  • Joley Johnstone, RN, NP

Neurosurgery

  • Abhaya V Kulkarni, MD, PhD, FRCSC
  • James Drake, BSE, MB, BCh, MSc, FRCSC
  • Mary Douglas, RN, KRN, BScN, MN, TNCC
  • Patricia Rowe, RN, BScN, MN, NP Peds
  • Sheila Rowed, RN, BScN, CNN(C)
  • Shobhan Vachhrajani, MD

Nutrition

  • Alyssa Ramuscak, RD
  • Ashley Murphy, RD
  • Daina Kalnins, MSc, RD​​
  • Debbie Stone, RN, IBCLC, RLC
  • Erika Gibson, MSc, RD
  • Erin Krusky, RD
  • Esther Assor​, RD
  • Francy Pillo-Blocka RD, FDC
  • Iola Panetta, BScN, RN, IBCLC, RLC
  • Irene Ushycky, DSP
  • Jennifer Buccino, MEd, RD, CDE
  • Joan Brennan-Donnan, BASc, RD
  • Joann Herridge MSc, RD
  • Jordan Beaulieu, RD
  • Joyce Touw, BScN, PNC(C), RN, IBCLC, RLC
  • Karen Chapman, RN, PhD(c)
  • Kellie Welch, RD
  • Laura Coxson, RD
  • Lorrie Hagen, RD
  • Mahsa Esmaeili, RD, MHSc.
  • Mary Barron MSc, RD
  • Samantha Sullivan RN, IBCLC
  • Samantha Thiessen, RD, MHSc.
  • Sarah Herd, RD
  • Sherna Marcus, BScOT, O.T.Reg. (Ont.)
  • Stacey Segal, BScA, MSc, RD
  • Stephanie Gladman, RD, MHSc.
  • Suzanne Breton, BScOT, O.T.Reg. (Ont.)
  • Theresa Couto, RD

Oncology

  • Ahmed Naqvi MBBS, MRCP
  • Anita Villani, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Ann Chang RN, MN, CPON
  • Annie Huang, MD, PhD, FRCPC
  • Avram Denburg, MSc, MD, FRCPC
  • Carly Hong, RN (EC), NP-Paediatrics
  • Christine Armstrong, RN, MScN, NP Peds
  • Denise Mills, RN, BScN
  • Eric Bouffet, MD, FRCPC
  • Furqan Shaikh, MD, M.Sc, FRCPC​
  • Heather Jones, RN, MN, ACNP
  • James Whitlock, MD
  • John Doyle, MD, FRCPC, FAAP
  • Lee Depuis, PhD, ACPR, FCSHP, RPh​
  • Lee-Anne Pires, RN, MSN, CPHON
  • Lillian Sung, MD, PhD, FRCPC​
  • Lisa Honeyford, RN, MN, CPON
  • Paul Nathan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
  • Reena Pabari, MD, MSc, HBSc
  • Rivanna Stuhler, RD
  • Saima Alvi, MD
  • Sandra Doyle, RN, MScN
  • Sarah Alexander, MD, FRCPC
  • Sheila Weitzman, MB ChB, FRCPC
  • Sumit Gupta, MD, PhD, FRCPC
  • Ute Bartels, MD

Cancer Learning Hub

  • Abha Gupta, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Amy Lee Chong, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Andrea Regina, BSc, MA
  • Anne Marie Maloney, NP
  • Briana Empringham, MD, FRCPC
  • Bruce Dick, MD
  • Carol Portwine, MD, FRCPC, PhD
  • Catherine Maser, NP-Paediatrics
  • Chana Korenblum, MD, FRCPC
  • Christina Baggott, BsN, MSN, PhD
  • Christine Armstrong, NP
  • Claire De Souza, BSc, MD, FRCPC
  • Danielle Weidman, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
  • Deirdre Tetzlaff, PT
  • Denise Mills, RN, BScN
  • Elizabeth Dettmer, PhD, CPsych
  • Janine Piscione, BA, BSc PT, MSc
  • Jennifer Crysdale, RN, MScN
  • Jennifer Drynan-Arsenault, BSc, RPh, ACPR
  • Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP
  • Jennifer Tyrrell, RN, MN, CNeph(c)
  • Joel Tourigny, PhD, CPsych
  • Karen Fung, MSW
  • Leila Amin, BSc, MSc OT, MSc
  • Lillian Sung, MD, PhD, FRCPC​
  • Lindsay Jibb, RN, MSc
  • Maria Zakova, RPh
  • Maru Barrera, PhD
  • Miriam Kaufman, BSN, MD, FRCPC
  • Oussama Abla, MD
  • Paul Nathan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
  • Raveena Ramphal, MBChB, FRACP
  • Rivanna Stuhler, RD
  • Sharon Guger, PhD
  • Sue Zupenec, NP
  • Vicky Breaky, MD, FRCPC
  • Wendy Pelletier, MSW

Ophthalmology

  • Agnes Wong, MD, PhD, FRCSC
  • Asim Ali, MD, FRCSC
  • Beverley Griffiths, RN
  • Brenda Gallie, MD, FRCSC
  • Dan DeAngelis, MD, FRCSC
  • Dan Kingsbury, MD
  • Elise Heon, MD, FRCSC, RD
  • Georges Nassrallah, MD, FRCSC
  • Helen Siomos, RO
  • Jennifer Colaco, RN
  • Jyr Haur Woo, MD
  • Kamiar Mireskandari, MD, FRCSC
  • Mariana Flores, MD
  • Maryam Rezvani, OD
  • Megan Day, MSc
  • Michael Wan, MD
  • Nasrin Najm-Tehrani, MD, MB BCh, MSc, FRCS Ed (Ophthalmology)
  • Robert C. Pashby, MD, FRCSC
  • Stacey Chong, OD, MSc, FAAO
  • Stephen Kraft, MD, FRCSC
  • Wai Ching Lam, MD, FRCSC
  • Yasmin Shariff, RN

Orthopaedics

  • Alexandra Maxwell, BSc
  • Andrew Howard, MD, FRCSC, MSc
  • Anne Murphy, RN
  • Benjamin A. Alman, MD, FRCSC
  • Bruna Villella, RN
  • Catharine Bradley, MSc, BSc (PT)
  • Dorothy Kim, BHSc, MScPT
  • James G. Wright, MD, MPH, FRCSC
  • Janet Ahier, APN
  • Jean Hohs, RTOrthopaed
  • Jennifer Dermott, PT, BSc. Kin. (H), MSc. OT Reg. (Ont.)
  • Judith Fanaken, RN
  • Kylie Maxwell, BSc (in progress)
  • Marcia Kromkamp, BSc, PT​​
  • Maria Mohareb, RN
  • Natasha Bath, NP
  • Preeti Grewal, RN, MN, APN
  • Reinhard Zeller, MD, ScD, FRCSC, Spine Program
  • Sandra Donaldson, BA
  • Simon P. Kelley, MBChB, FRCS (Tr and Orth)
  • Unni Narayanan, MB, BS, FRCSC
  • William Cole, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRACS, FRCSC
  • Yashvi Verma, MSc

Otolaryngology

  • Adrian James, MA, BM BCh, FRCS, FRCS(ORL-HNS)
  • Blake Papsin, MSc, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
  • Brenda Howson, RN, BScN
  • Carleigh Carter, RN
  • Charlotte Cormack-Jones, RN, BScN
  • Christina Burke, RN
  • Denise Kipling, RN, BScN
  • Faith Na, RN, BScN
  • Ida Cheung, RN
  • Jen Subica, RN, BSc
  • Kathy Eres, RN
  • Mary-Elizabeth Vanderpost, RN, BScN
  • Megan Bunch, RN, BScN
  • Paolo Campisi, MSc, MD, FRCSC, FAAP
  • Pauline Lackey, RN
  • Rafat Saleemi, RN, MN
  • Tomka George, RN
  • Vicky Papaioannou, MClSc, AUD(C)
  • Vito Forte, MD, FRCSC

Pain/Anaesthesia

  • Cathy Salmon-Leith, RN
  • Debbie Minden, PhD, Cpsych
  • Donna Koller, PhD
  • Erica Patterson, RN, MN
  • Helen Forrest, APNE
  • Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP
  • Jennifer Tyrrell, RN, MN, CNeph(c)
  • Johanne Ruth, RN, PACU
  • Joyce Cound McCreadie, RN, PACU
  • Lori Palozzi, RN, MScN, ACNP
  • Lorraine Bird, RN, BScN, APN
  • Marian Wood, RN
  • Melanie Hill, RN, MN(c)
  • Nancy Rudyk, RN, BScN
  • Penny Andrew, RN, PACU
  • Sharyn Gibbins, NNP, PhD
  • Silvana Oppedisano, RN, MN
  • Theresa Bruno, RN

Pain Learning Hub

Lead, acute pain and chronic pain (infant): Rebecca Pillai Riddell, PhD, CPsych
Lead, chronic pain (young child, older child, teen): Danielle Ruskin, PhD, CPsych

Co-leads

  • Anna Taddio, BScPhm, PhD
  • Anne Ayling Campos, BScPT
  • Bonnie Stevens, RN, PhD, FAAN, FCAHS
  • Fiona Campbell, BSc, MD, FRCA
  • Jennifer Tyrrell, RN, MN, CNeph
  • Lisa Isaac, MD, FRCPC
  • Lorraine Bird, MScN, CNS

Contributors

  • Carl von Baeyer, PhD
  • Carol McNair, MN, NNP
  • Carrie Morgan, RN, BScN
  • Chitra Lalloo, BHSc, PhD
  • Claire De Souza, BSc, MD, FRCPC
  • Jacqueline Hanley, RN, MN
  • Kathryn Walker, PhD, CPsych
  • Lauren Campbell, BSc, MA, PhD (c)
  • Lisa Pendergast, MHA, RN
  • Natalie Wilson, MA, CCLS
  • Pam Hubley, RN, MSc
  • Sara Ahola Kohut, PhD, CPsych
  • Shaindy Alexander, BA, CCLS
  • Sharleen Friedman, RN, BCom
  • Steve Prescott, MD, PhD

Palliative Care

  • Christine Newman, MD, FRCPC
  • Laura Beaune, RN

Patient Safety

  • Alastair Hodinott, MCAP
  • Helen Edwards, RN, BA, MN
  • Renu Roy, BSP, R
  • Tessie Gilhooly, RN, MN

Pharmacy

  • Aleksandra Bjelajac Mejia, BSPharm, PharmD, RPh
  • Amelia Mascarenhas, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh
  • Amelia Rodrigues, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh
  • Andrea Mattiusi, BSP, RPh​​​​
  • Anna Taddio, BScPhm, MSc, PhD
  • Beverley Hales, BScPhm, MHSc
  • Brenda Graydon, RN
  • Carol Chan, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh
  • Cathryn Sibbald, MD, BScPhm
  • Cecile Wong, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh
  • Celine Menezes, RN
  • Charisse De Castro - BScPhm, PharmD, ACPR
  • Cherie Wong, BScPhm, RPh, ACPR
  • Cyntra Mascarenhas - BSc (Pharm)
  • Ekaterina Blinova, RPh, ACPR, BScPhm
  • Elaine Lau, BScPhm, PharmD, MSc, RPh
  • Elyse Zelunka, BScPhm, RPh, ACPR
  • ​​Jacqueline Flank, BScPharm, MSc, RPh, ACPR
  • James Tjon, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
  • Janice Lau, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh, ACPR
  • Jas Otal, BScPhm, PharmD, ACPR, RPh
  • Jennifer Chen, RPh
  • Jennifer Drynan-Arsenault, BSc, RPh, ACPR
  • L. Lee Dupuis, R.Ph., ACPR, M.Sc.Phm., FCSHP, PhD
  • Laura Wang, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh
  • Lori Chen, BScPhm, RPh, ACPR
  • Maria Cukilo, RPh, ACPR, BScPhm
  • Marina Strzelecki, Clinical Pharmacist
  • Michael De Guzman, BScPhm, PharmD, ACPR, RPh
  • Nadya Nalli, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh
  • Priya Patel, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
  • Renee Woo, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh
  • Rita V. Kutti, BScPhm, RPh
  • Sharifa Habib, RN(EC), MN, NP-Paeds
  • Tracey Taylor BScPhm, RPh
  • Wendy Chen, PharmD, RPh

Plastics

  • Alan George, RN, BA
  • Alison Miller, RN, BScN
  • Charis Kelly, RN(EC), MN
  • Chris Curtis, BSc, PT, MSc
  • Cindy Guernsey, RN, BSc
  • Emily S. Ho, MEd, BSc, OT Reg. (Ont.)
  • Emily Wallace, RDH
  • Howard Clarke, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FAAP
  • Jocelyne Copeland BA, BHSc OT, OT Reg (ON)
  • Joel Fish, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)
  • Joyce Baker, RDH
  • Kristen Davidge, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)
  • Leslie Brown, RN, CHS Manager Dentistry
  • Maggie Harkness, MSc(OT), OT Reg. (Ont.)
  • Mary Harris, RN
  • Molly Jakeman, FRCS (Plast), MBChB, BSc(Hons), PGCE(Med Ed)
  • Sharon Samaan, MSc(OT), OT Reg. (Ont.)
  • Shaylynn Craig-Fitzgerald, RN
  • Veronika Langos, RD

Precision Child Health

  • David Malkin, MD, FRCP(C)
  • Eriskay Liston, MSc, CGC​
  • Francine Buchanan, MLIS, PhD
  • Katie Sullivan
  • Padmaja Subbarao, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
  • Tomasz Czarny, PhD, MBA

Prevention

  • Emily Louca, BSc, RRT​
  • Greg Wells, PhD
  • Samantha Metler, MA
  • Sharon Alexander, BSc, BEd, MEd
  • Sudha Sabanadesan, M.Sc., CPHI(C), Toronto Public Health

Psychiatry and Psychology

  • Alice Charach, MD, MSc, FRCPC
  • Annamaria McAndrew, MA
  • Brenda S. Miles, PhD, CPsych
  • Claire De Souza, BSc, MD, FRCPC
  • Daphne Korczak MD, MSc, FRCPC (Paediatrics), FRCPC (Psychiatry)​
  • Debra J. Pepler, PhD, Cpsych
  • Diane Benoit, MD, FRCPC
  • Elizabeth Kerr, PhD, CPsych
  • Erin Eadie, Ph.D, C.Psych
  • Gail McVey, PhD
  • Heather Harrison
  • Irfan Mian, MD, FRCPC, DABPN​​​
  • Jessica Watts, RN
  • Johanne Roberge, MD, MSc, FRCP(c)
  • Kyla McDonald, MA, PhD (c)
  • Marijana Jovanovic, MD, FRCPC
  • Melissa Lieberman, PhD​​
  • Melissa Young, PsyD
  • Robyn Legge, PhD
  • Rose Geist, MD, FRCPC
  • Rosemary Tannock, PhD
  • Sandra L. Mendlowitz, PhD, C Psych​​
  • Seen​a Grewal, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
  • Sharon Guger, PhD, CPsych
  • Suneeta Monga, MD, FRCPC
  • Tania Turrini, RD​
  • Teresa Bansen, MSW
  • Tricia Williams, PhD, C Psych, ABPP-CN​
  • Valerie Temple, PhD C. Psych

Rehabilitation

  • Catherine Patterson, MSc, BScPT
  • Gillian Arseneau, PT
  • Kate Turner, MSc (Neurosci), MSc(OT), O.T. Reg. (Ont.)
  • Nichan Zourikian, BSc, PT
  • Pamela Hilliard, BSC, PT
  • Stephanie Banh, MPT, HBSc
  • Stephanie Dos Santos, MScPT
  • Stephanie So, MScPT, BScPT

Respirology

  • Adelina Morra, Clinical Manager
  • Allan Coates, MD, CM
  • Amy Glicksman, MD
  • Andrea Riekstins, RN, MN, APN
  • Arlene Chaves, RN, MN, APN
  • Blythe Owen, MScPT
  • Bonnie Fleming-Carroll, RN, MN, APN
  • Brenda O'Doherty, RN
  • Colleen Wilkinson, RN, MS
  • Debra L. Medin, MS, RRT, RPSGT
  • Donna Wilkes, MSc
  • Faiza Syed, BHSc, RRT
  • Felix Ratjen, MD, PhD, FRCPC
  • Gurjit Sangha, RN, MN
  • Indra Narang, BMedSci, MBBCH, MRCP, FRCPCH, MD
  • Jane Schneiderman, PhD, CSEP-CEP
  • Jennifer Agnew, BS(PT), BHK
  • Jennifer Leaist, RN, BScN
  • Jennifer Welsh, RN
  • Kate Gent, MN, NP-PHC, CDE
  • Krista Keilty-Lau, MN, APN
  • Laura Seed, MSc, RCPT(P)
  • Louise Taylor, RN(EC), MN, NP
  • Marilyn Cranis, RN
  • Merianne Castellarin, Bsc, RRT
  • Rea Magi, BA
  • Reshma Amin, MD, FRCPC, MSc
  • Rishita Peterson RN, BScN, MN
  • Sejal Patel-Modi, BSc, MPT
  • Sharon Dell, MD, BEng, FRCPC
  • Suhail Al-Saleh, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC​
  • Susan Balkovec, BSc, RRT, CAE
  • Susan Carpenter, RN
  • Theo J Moraes, MD, PhD, FRCPC
  • Tuyen Tran, RRT

Rheumatology

  • Andrea Human MD, FRCPC
  • Anne Rogers, RN
  • Christine O'Brien, BSc, OT Reg (Ont), MSc
  • Christy Sandborg, MD
  • Deborah Levy, MD, MS, FRCPC
  • Earl Silverman, MD
  • Elizabeth Stringer, MD, FRCPC
  • Erica Lawson, MD
  • Evelyn Rozenblyum MD, FRCPC
  • Holly Convery, RNEC, BScN
  • Jo-Anne M​arcuz, BSc, MSc PT
  • Karen Queffelec, RN, BScN​
  • Karyl S. Barron, MD (National Institutes of Health)​​
  • Kristin Hayward, MD
  • Kristi Whitney, MSc, BScPT
  • Laura Schanberg, MD
  • Laurie Horricks, RN, MN
  • Liane Heale, MD, BPHE
  • Lisa McGrath, RN
  • Lori Tucker, MD
  • Lynn Spiegel, MD, FRCPC
  • Manisha Sickand, MSc
  • Maria Ibarra, MD
  • Marinka Twilt, MD
  • Marisa Klein-Gitelman, MD
  • Mark Connelly, PhD
  • Melissa Alexander
  • Michelle Anderson, BScN
  • Neely Lerman, MSW, RSW
  • Rae SM Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCPC
  • Rayfel Schneider, MBBCH, FRCPC
  • Ronald M. Laxer, MD, CM, FRCPC
  • Shirley Tse, MD, FRCPC
  • Stacy Ardoin, MD
  • Susanne Benseler, MD
  • Tonya Palermo, PhD
  • Yuri Kimura, MD

Social Work

  • Anu Chahauver, MSW, RSW
  • David Brownstone, MSW, RSW
  • Dennis Villanueva, Social Worker
  • Karen Sappleton, MSEd, MSW, RSW
  • Melanie Gelfand, MSW, RSW
  • Miriam Granger, MSW, RSW

Urology

  • Abby Varghese, RN(EC) NP-PHC
  • Ali ElGhazzaoui, MD
  • Angela Buffett, RN, MN
  • Beverly Miranda, RN, MN
  • Cathy Daniels, RN, MN
  • Joana Dos Santos, MD
  • Katharine Saje, RN, BScN, APN-Intern
  • Keara N. De Cotiis, MD
  • Maria Sierralta Born, MD
  • Martin Koyle, FAAP, FACS, FRCS (Eng), FRCSC
  • Michelle Falkiner, BHSc, MRT(R), RTR
  • Nancy Gaudet, RN
  • Rodrigo Romao, MD
  • Sandra Oliver-Homewood, RN, MN
  • Victor Figueroa, MD
  • Walid Farhat, MD