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ContributorsContributorsContributorsCEnglishNANANANANACommunity healthcare providersNA2018-01-03T05:00:00ZFlat ContentSite Page<p>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</p><div><div id="AboutKidsHealth"><h2>AboutKidsHealth</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alexandra Theodorakidis</li><li>Alisha Papineau</li><li>Beth Gamulka</li><li>Cathryn Schmidt</li><li>Doris Leung</li><li>Erika Schippel</li><li>Grace Chang</li><li>James Lee</li><li>John Paul Rosendall</li><li>Marissa Decina</li><li>Nancilyn Selvanayagam</li><li>Sean Schurr</li><li>Susan Ball</li></ul></div><div><div id="Adolescent Medicine"><h2>Adolescent Medicine</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alene Toulany, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Ashley Vandermorris, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Catherine Maser, NP-Paediatrics, MN</li><li>Debra Katzman, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Karen Leslie, MD, MEd, FRCPC</li><li>Miriam Kaufman, BSN, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Njeri Karianjahi, MD</li><li>Rahul Saxena, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP</li><li>Tamara Gamboa Salcedo, MD, MHPE</li></ul></div><div><div id="Allergy"><h2>Allergy</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Anna Kasprzak, RN</li><li>Brenda Reid, RN, MN</li><li>Julia Upton, MD, MPH, FRCPC</li><li>Vivian Cornelius, RD</li><li>Vy​ Kim, MD, FRCPC</li></ul></div><div><div id="Camps and outdoor education"><h2>Camps and outdoor education</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Bev Unger, RN</li><li>Lianne Dulsrud, NP</li><li>Michelle Colomvakos, RN</li><li>Nancy Vandenbergh, RN(EC), MN, PHC</li></ul></div><div><div id="Cardiology"><h2>Cardiology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Aamir Jeewa, MD, FAAP, FRCP(C)</li><li>Andrew N. Redington, MD, FRCP (UK), FRCPC</li><li>Anne Dipchand, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Bindy Sweett, CCLS</li><li>Carrie Heffernan, RN, BScN, MN</li><li>Carrie Morgan, RN, BScN, MN</li><li>Christine Chiu-Man, MSc</li><li>Christopher Caldarone, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Cindy Wasyliw, BNSc, RN</li><li>David Edgell, BA, MHSc, CCP, CPC</li><li>Elizabeth Stephenson, MD, MSc, CCDS, FHRS</li><li>Fraser Golding, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Gareth Smith, MSc</li><li>Grace Nugent, RN, MN</li><li>Jackie Hubbert, RN, BScN</li><li>Jane Best, RN</li><li>Jennifer Kilburn, BScN, MN</li><li>Jennifer Russell, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Joel Kirsh, BASc, MSc, MD, MHCM, FRCPC, CEPS</li><li>Judith Wilson, RN, BScN, MN</li><li>Laura Fenwick, BSc</li><li>Laurie Cender, RN, MSN</li><li>Lee Benson, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FSCAI</li><li>Linda Fazari, CNS-NP</li><li>Louise Bannister, RD</li><li>Mandy Johnson, RN<br></li><li>Maria Green, MRT(N)</li><li>Mary Spencer, RN, MSN</li><li>Michael Cheung, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Norma Becker, RN, BN</li><li>Rachel Vanderlaan, MD</li><li>Robert Hamilton, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Ross Hetherington, PhD, C.Psych</li><li>Sarah Farmer, RD, CNSD</li><li>Stephanie Miske, BA, BScPT</li><li>Susan Johnston, RN, BScN</li><li>Susan McQuattie, MRT(N)</li><li>Tilman Humpl, MD, PhD</li><li>Vanessa Pellow, BSc, MScPT</li></ul></div><div><div id="Child Life/Hospital"><h2>Child Life</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alexis Shinewald, CCLS, BA, ECE</li><li>Alix Gould MA, CCLS</li><li>Amanda English, BA, CCLS</li><li>Jane Darch, BABEd, CCLS</li><li>Natalie Wilson, MA, CCLS</li></ul></div><div><div id="The Children's Orthotics Clinic"><h2>The Children's Orthotics Clinic</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Erin Brennan, Clinical Manager, CO(c)</li><li>Jonathan Blunt, Certified Orthotist, CO(c)</li></ul></div><div><div id="Critical Care"><h2>Critical Care</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>​Anne-Marie Guerguerian, MD, FAAP, FRCPC</li><li>Wendy Padilla, RN</li></ul></div><div><div id="Dentistry"><h2>Dentistry</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Bryan Tompson, DDS, D. Orth., D. Paed., FRCD(C)</li><li>Michael J. Casas, DDS, MSc, FRCD(C)</li></ul></div><div><div id="Dermatology"><h2>Dermatology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Blanca Del Pozzo-Magana, MD</li><li>Carmen Liy Wong, MD</li><li>Elena Pope, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Gillian Taylor</li><li>Irene Lara-Corrales, MSc, MD​​</li><li>Jackie Su, RN</li><li>Kaitlyn Lopushinsky, MD</li><li>Maria Teresa Garcia Romero, MD</li><li>Michael Bishara, BSc, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Michelle Lee, RN</li><li>Nimrita Aujla, MSW, RSW</li><li>Rebecca Levy, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Shanna Spring, MD, FRCPC, FAAD</li><li>Tawa Mohammad, MD</li></ul></div><div><div id="Development"><h2>Development</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alissa Levy, PhD, Cpsych</li><li>Cynthia Goldfarb, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Jennifer Butterly, MA</li><li>​​Jennifer Das, MD</li><li>Joanne Cummings, PhD, CPsych</li><li>Kimberly O'Leary, MEd</li><li>Kristina Tocek, BA, MScOT</li><li>Lee Ford-Jones, MD, FRCP(C)</li><li>Lee Steel</li><li>Lori Burton, OT</li><li>Lorna Bartholomew, RN, BScN</li><li>Margaret Linton, RN</li><li>Radha MacCulloch, MSW</li><li>Sheri Madigan, PhD, C.Psych</li><li>Susan Goldberg, PhD</li><li>Virginia Frisk, Ph.D., C. Psych</li><li>Wendy Roberts MD, FRCPC</li></ul></div><div><div id="Diagnostic Imaging"><h2>Diagnostic Imaging<br></h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Dalia Bozic, MN, RN(EC), NP-PHC</li><li>Dawn-Ann Lebarron, MRT(R)</li><li>Deborah Kerrigan, RPN</li><li>George Chiramel, MD</li><li>Guila BenDavid, MRTR​</li><li>Joao Amaral, MD</li><li>Martin Charron, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Michelle Cote RN, BScN</li><li>Prakash Muthusami, MD</li></ul></div><div><div id="Emergency Medicine"><h2>Emergency Medicine</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alisha Jamal, MD</li><li>Beth Gamulka, MDCM, FRCPC</li><li>Charlotte Grandjean-Blanchet, MD</li><li>Daryl Graham, MD</li><li>Deborah Schonfeld MD, FRCPC</li><li>Emma Wyatt, MBBS, FRACP</li><li>Elana Hochstadter, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Kathy Boutis, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Laura Umbrello, MD, FAAP</li><li>Mark Oliver Tessaro, MD</li><li>Maya Harel-Sterling​, MD</li><li>Mike Wong, MD</li><li>Sara Schnyder, MD</li><li>Srijana Gautam, BSc, MBBS, MRCPCH, DTM&H</li><li>Stephen Porter MD, FAAP</li><li>Tania Principi, MD, FRCPC, MSc</li><li>Trent Mizzi, BSc, MD, FRCPC</li></ul></div><div><div id="Endocrinology"><h2>Endocrinology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Allison Lougheed, BS</li><li>Andrea Ens MD, FRCPC</li><li>Catherine Pastor, RN, MN, HonBSc</li><li>Danielle van der Kaay, MD, PhD​​​​</li><li>Denis Daneman, MB, BCh, FRCPC</li><li>Diane K. Wherrett, MD, FRCPC​​​</li><li>Jennifer Galle MD, FRCPC​</li><li>Jennifer Harrington MBBS, PhD</li><li>Julia Sorbara, MD</li><li>Leah Abitbol, MD</li><li>Marcia Frank, RN, MHSc, CDE</li><li>​​Ruth Slater Ph.D., C. Psych​</li><li>​​Sanjukta Basak MSc, MD, CM, FRCPC</li><li>Vanita Pais, RD, CDE</li></ul></div><div><div id="Exercise Medicine"><h2>Exercise Medicine</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Barbara Cifra, MD</li><li>Madeleine Garneau</li><li>Robin Deliva, PT</li><li>Sadaru Yoshihara</li></ul></div><div><div id="Gastroenterology"><h2>Gastroenterology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alison Stewart RN, BScN</li><li>Amanda Lovell, RN</li><li>Andrea Lall, RN</li><li>Anne Griffiths, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Binita M. Kamath, MBBChir</li><li>Catharine Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, FAAP, FRCPC</li><li>Constance O'Connor, RN(EC), NP</li><li>Cristina Cicco, RD</li><li>Inez Martincevic, MSc, RD</li><li>Julia Kelly, RN</li><li>Julie Zettel, RN, IGT</li><li>Karen Breen-Reid, RN, MN, ANP (Educator)</li><li>Karen Frost, BScN, RN, MN, NP-Peds</li><li>Katharine Williams, RN (EC), NP</li><li>Margaret A. Marcon, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Mary Barron, MSc, RD</li><li>Meaghan Wright, BA</li><li>Sarah Ferguson, RN</li><li>Simon Ling, MD</li><li>Stanley Zlotkin, MD PhD</li><li>Vikki Scaini, BA, RN</li></ul></div><div><div id="General Paediatrics"><h2>General Paediatrics</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alvin Loh, MD</li><li>Beth Gamulka, MDCM, FRCPC</li><li>Carolyn Beck, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Christopher Sulowski, MD</li><li>Daniel Roth, MD, PhD</li><li>Deena Savlov, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Elizabeth Berger, BA, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, MHPE</li><li>Eyal Cohen, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)</li><li>Gabriel Tse, MB ChB</li><li>Hosanna Au, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Janeen Moddejonge, MSW, RSW</li><li>Janine Flanagan, HBArtsSc., MD, FRCPC</li><li>Judy Waldman, RN</li><li>Karla Wentzel, RN, MN, ACNP</li><li>Katherine Nash, RN</li><li>Katrina Newton, RN</li><li>Lukas Kieswetter, BMBS</li><li>Mark Feldman, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Michael Weinstein, MD, FRCP (C), FAAP</li><li>Michelle Shouldice, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Mollie McConnell, NP (Ped)</li><li>Nirit Bernhard, MSc, MD, FRCP(C)</li><li>Patricia Parkin, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Peggy Kirkpatrick, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Priya Sayal, MD, BHSc</li><li>Sarah Lord, MD</li><li>Shawna Silver, MD, FRCPC, PEng</li><li>Sheila Jacobson, MBBCh, FRCPC</li><li>Stephanie Chu, RN, BSCN, MN</li><li>Tanya Smith, RN, BNSc, MN, ACNP</li><li>Trey Coffey, MD, FAAP, FRCPC</li></ul></div><div><div id="General Surgery"><h2>General Surgery</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Ashley Graham, OT</li><li>Aubrey Sozer, RN, BScN, BA</li><li>Beth Haliburton, RD</li><li>Candice Rosenberg, RN, BScN, MScN</li><li>Dorothy McDowall, RN, BScN, CNN(C)</li><li>Jacob C. Langer, MD</li><li>Karen A. Lang, RN, MN, ACNP, APN</li><li>Kimberly Colapinto, RN, BScN, MN</li><li>Monping Chiang, RN, BScN, MS, NP</li><li>Paul Wales, MD</li><li>Sharifa Himidan, MD​</li><li>Stewart Harris, RN</li><li>Theresa Allan RN, ET</li></ul></div><div><div id="Genetics"><h2>Genetics</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alex La Berge, BSc</li><li>Abby Watts-Dickens, BSc, MSc, CGC</li><li>Andrea Shugar, MS, CGC, CCGC</li><li>Ayeshah Chaudhry, MBBS</li><li>Cheryl Cytrynbaum, MS, CGC</li><li>David Chitayat, MD, FABMG, FACMG, FCCMG, FRCPC</li><li>Elaine Goh, MD</li><li>Grace Yoon, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Joanne Sutherland, MSc</li><li>Laura Zahavich, MSc, CGC</li><li>Lucie Dupuis, MSc, MS, CGC</li><li>Natalie Gyenes</li><li>Olivia Moran, MSc, MSc, CGC</li><li>Riyana Babul-Hirji, MSc, CGC</li><li>Roberto Mendoza-Londono, MD, MS, FACMG, FCCMG</li><li>Rosanna Weksberg, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCCMG, FACMG​</li><li>Sarah Bowdin, MD, MRCPCH(UK), MSc</li><li>Sierra Scodellaro, MHSc</li><li>Stacy Hewson, MSc, CCGC, CGC</li><li>Stephen Meyn, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACMG</li><li>Tina Martins</li><li>Whiwon Lee, MS, CGC</li><li>Yi Wen Wang, RN, M.Ed</li></ul></div><div><div id="Groups"><h2>Groups</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>5A Nursing Staff</li><li>5B Practice Council -- The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)</li><li>Drugs & Therapeutics Committee Haematology/Oncology Quality Utilization & Patient Care Committee</li><li>Families as Partners in Patient Safety (FPPS) Committee</li><li>Orthopedic Clinic Nursing Staff</li><li>Otolaryngology Clinic</li><li>SickKids Constipation Working Group</li><li>SickKids Home Dialysis Program</li><li>SickKids ITP Working Group</li><li>The Breastfeeding Program, The Hospital for Sick Children</li><li>The Ontario Poison Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children</li><li>Transfusion Advisory Group</li></ul></div><div><div id="Gynecology"><h2>Gynecology and Obstetrics</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Anjali Aggarwal, MD FRCS(C) MHSc</li><li>Joley Johnstone, RN, BScN</li><li>Lisa Allen, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Melanie Ornstein, BSc, MD, MEd, FRCSC</li><li>Nicolette Caccia, MEd, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Rory Windrim, MB, MSc, FRCSC</li><li>Valerie Bloomfield, MD, FRCSC</li></ul></div><div><div id="Haematology"><h2>Haematology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Ann Marie Stain, BA, RN</li><li>Ashley Warias, BHSc(c)</li><li>Celeste Lumia, BKin</li><li>Dan Ignas, BEng</li><li>Darlene Castle, RN</li><li>George-Etinee Rivard, MD, FRCPC, FAAP</li><li>Jennifer Vincelli, RN (EC), BScN, MN</li><li>Jillian Baker, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Jodie Odame, BMSc(c)</li><li>Julie Bennett, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Kathleen McShane, ART</li><li>Kim Mellor, RN, BScN</li><li>​​Leonardo Brandão, MD, MSc.</li><li>Madeline Montoya, BA</li><li>Manuel Carcao, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, MSc</li><li>Maria Laura Avila, MD, PhD</li><li>Melanie Kirby-Allen, MD, FRCPC<br></li><li>Melina Cheong, RN (EC), BScN, MN</li><li>Michaela Cada MD, MPH, FRCPC</li><li>Mirette Hanna, MD, PhD, FRCPC</li><li>Sheila Butchart, RN, BScN</li><li>Suzan Williams, MD</li><li>Thalia Rahif</li><li>Vanessa Bouskill, MN, RN(EC), NP</li><li>Vicky Breaky, BSc, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Victor Blanchette, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Wendy Lau, MD, FRCPC</li></ul></div><div><div id="Infectious Diseases"><h2>Infectious Diseases</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Anne Matlow, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Ari Bitnun, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Debra Louch, RN</li><li>Georgina MacDougall, RN</li><li>Jonathan Gubbay, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Laurie Streitenberger, RN, BSc, CIC</li><li>Michelle Bridge, MD</li><li>Michelle Science, MD, MSc</li><li>Shaun Morris, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FAAP, DTM&H​​</li><li>Stanley Read, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAAP</li><li>Upton Allen, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP</li></ul></div><div><div id="Inuit Health Matters"><h2>Inuit Health Matters</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Amanda Sheppard, PhD, Applied Scientist,AboutKidsHealth, The Hospital for Sick Children</li><li>Annie Buchan, Clerk/Interpreter, Cambridge Bay</li><li>Geraldine Osborne, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Department of Health and Social Sciences, Government of Nunavut</li><li>Pallulaaq Ford, Clinical Nurse Educator, Kivalliq</li><li>Sheila Pokiak, Director of Qulliit (Nunavut Status of Women Council) In Nunavut </li></ul></div><div><div id="Metabolics"><h2>Metabolics</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Andreas Schulze MD, FRCPC</li><li>Elizabeth Kerr, PhD, Cpsych</li><li>Julian Raiman MB BS MSc MRCP(UK)</li><li>Komudi Siriwardena MBChB, FRACP (NZ)</li><li>Laura Burr, MSc, RD</li><li>Sara Elliott, RN, MN</li><li>Sara Goldberg, RN, MN</li></ul></div><div><div id="Neonatology"><h2>Neonatology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Aideen Moore, MD, MHSc, FRCPC</li><li>Andrew James, BSc, MBChB, FRACP, FRCPC</li><li>Chris Tomlinson, MBChB, BSc</li><li>Douglas Campbell, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Hazel Pleasants, RN, MN</li><li>Hailey Barootes, MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons)</li><li>Hilary Whyte, MSc, MB, BCh, BAO, MRCPI, FRCPC</li><li>Jonathan Hellmann, MBBCh, MHSc, FCP(SA), FRCPC</li><li>Kim Dionne, RN, MN, NNP</li><li>Nicole De Silva, RN, BScN, MSc</li><li>Patrick McNamara, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC</li><li>The Reverend Michael Marshall, M. Div.</li></ul></div><div><div id="Nephrology"><h2>Nephrology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Ashley McNaughton, RN, BScN</li><li>Donna Secker, RD</li><li>Elizabeth Harvey, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Elizabeth Piva, RN</li><li>Josefina Brooke, RN, BScN, CNeph(C)</li><li>Keturah Tomlin, RN</li><li>Maria Di Mola, RN</li><li>Rose Nemec, RN</li><li>Seetha Radhakrishnan, MDCM, FRCPC, MScCH</li><li>Susan Ackerman, RN</li><li>Valerie Langlois, MD, FRCP(C)</li></ul></div><div><div id="Neurology"><h2>Neurology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>​Elysa Widjaja, MD, MPH</li><li>Berge Minassian, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Carolina Gorodetsky, MD</li><li>Elizabeth J. Donner, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Elizabeth Pang, PhD</li><li>Gabrielle deVeber, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Hernan Dario Gonorazky, MD</li><li>Irene Elliott, RN, MHSc, ACNP</li><li>Ivanna Yau, RN, MN, ACNP</li><li>Janice Mulligan MSW, RSW</li><li>Jennifer Boyd, RN, MHSc, CNN(C)</li><li>Jiri Vajsar, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Rohit (Roy) Sharma, RET, REPT</li><li>Shelly K. Weiss, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Teesta Soman, FAAP, DABPN, MBA</li><li>Joley Johnstone, RN, NP</li></ul></div><div><div id="Neurosurgery"><h2>Neurosurgery</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Abhaya V Kulkarni, MD, PhD, FRCSC</li><li>James Drake, BSE, MB, BCh, MSc, FRCSC</li><li>Mary Douglas, RN, KRN, BScN, MN, TNCC</li><li>Patricia Rowe, RN, BScN, MN, NP Peds</li><li>Sheila Rowed, RN, BScN, CNN(C)</li><li>Shobhan Vachhrajani, MD</li></ul></div><div><div id="Nutrition"><h2>Nutrition</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Ashley Murphy, RD</li><li>Daina Kalnins, MSc, RD​​</li><li>Debbie Stone, RN, IBCLC, RLC</li><li>Erika Gibson, MSc, RD</li><li>Erin Krusky, RD</li><li>Esther Assor​, RD</li><li>Francy Pillo-Blocka RD, FDC</li><li>Iola Panetta, BScN, RN, IBCLC, RLC</li><li>Irene Ushycky, DSP</li><li>Jennifer Buccino, MEd, RD, CDE</li><li>Joan Brennan-Donnan, BASc, RD</li><li>Joann Herridge MSc, RD</li><li>Jordan Beaulieu, RD</li><li>Joyce Touw, BScN, PNC(C), RN, IBCLC, RLC</li><li>Karen Chapman, RN, PhD(c)</li><li>Kellie Welch, RD</li><li>Laura Coxson, RD</li><li>Lorrie Hagen, RD</li><li>Mahsa Esmaeili, RD, MHSc.</li><li>Mary Barron MSc, RD</li><li>Samantha Sullivan RN, IBCLC</li><li>Samantha Thiessen, RD, MHSc.</li><li>Sarah Herd, RD</li><li>Sherna Marcus, BScOT, O.T.Reg. (Ont.)</li><li>Stacey Segal, BScA, MSc, RD</li><li>Stephanie Gladman, RD, MHSc.</li><li>Suzanne Breton, BScOT, O.T.Reg. (Ont.)</li><li>Theresa Couto, RD</li></ul></div><div><div id="Oncology"><h2>Oncology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Ahmed Naqvi MBBS, MRCP</li><li>Anita Villani, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Ann Chang RN, MN, CPON</li><li>Annie Huang, MD, PhD, FRCPC</li><li>Avram Denburg, MSc, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Carly Hong, RN (EC), NP-Paediatrics</li><li>Christine Armstrong, RN, MScN, NP Peds</li><li>Denise Mills, RN, BScN</li><li>Eric Bouffet, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Furqan Shaikh, MD, M.Sc, FRCPC​</li><li>Heather Jones, RN, MN, ACNP</li><li>James Whitlock, MD</li><li>John Doyle, MD, FRCPC, FAAP</li><li>Lee Depuis, PhD, ACPR, FCSHP, RPh​</li><li>Lee-Anne Pires, RN, MSN, CPHON</li><li>Lillian Sung, MD, PhD, FRCPC​</li><li>Lisa Honeyford, RN, MN, CPON</li><li>Paul Nathan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)</li><li>Reena Pabari, MD, MSc, HBSc</li><li>Rivanna Stuhler, RD</li><li>Saima Alvi, MD</li><li>Sandra Doyle, RN, MScN</li><li>Sarah Alexander, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Sheila Weitzman, MB ChB, FRCPC</li><li>Sumit Gupta, MD, PhD, FRCPC</li><li>Ute Bartels, MD</li></ul><h3>Cancer Learning Hub</h3><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Abha Gupta, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Amy Lee Chong, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Andrea Regina, BSc, MA </li><li>Anne Marie Maloney, NP</li><li>Briana Empringham, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Bruce Dick, MD</li><li>Carol Portwine, MD, FRCPC, PhD</li><li>Catherine Maser, NP-Paediatrics</li><li>Chana Korenblum, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Christina Baggott, BsN, MSN, PhD</li><li>Christine Armstrong, NP</li><li>Claire De Souza, BSc, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Danielle Weidman, MD, MHSc, FRCPC</li><li>Deirdre Tetzlaff, PT</li><li>Denise Mills, RN, BScN</li><li>Elizabeth Dettmer, PhD, CPsych</li><li>Janine Piscione, BA, BSc PT, MSc</li><li>Jennifer Crysdale, RN, MScN</li><li>Jennifer Drynan-Arsenault, BSc, RPh, ACPR</li><li>Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP</li><li>Jennifer Tyrrell, RN, MN, CNeph(c)</li><li>Joel Tourigny, PhD, CPsych</li><li>Karen Fung, MSW</li><li>Leila Amin, BSc, MSc OT, MSc</li><li>Lillian Sung, MD, PhD, FRCPC​</li><li>Lindsay Jibb, RN, MSc</li><li>Maria Zakova, RPh</li><li>Maru Barrera, PhD</li><li>Miriam Kaufman, BSN, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Oussama Abla, MD</li><li>Paul Nathan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)</li><li>Raveena Ramphal, MBChB, FRACP</li><li>Rivanna Stuhler, RD</li><li>Sharon Guger, PhD</li><li>Sue Zupenec, NP</li><li>Vicky Breaky, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Wendy Pelletier, MSW</li></ul></div><div><div id="Ophthalmology"><h2>Ophthalmology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Agnes Wong, MD, PhD, FRCSC</li><li>Asim Ali, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Beverley Griffiths, RN</li><li>Brenda Gallie, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Dan DeAngelis, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Dan Kingsbury, MD</li><li>Elise Heon, MD, FRCSC, RD</li><li>Georges Nassrallah, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Helen Siomos, RO</li><li>Jennifer Colaco, RN</li><li>Jyr Haur Woo, MD</li><li>Kamiar Mireskandari, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Mariana Flores, MD</li><li>Maryam Rezvani, OD</li><li>Megan Day, MSc</li><li>Michael Wan, MD</li><li>Nasrin Najm-Tehrani, MD, MB BCh, MSc, FRCS Ed (Ophthalmology)</li><li>Robert C. Pashby, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Stacey Chong, OD, MSc, FAAO</li><li>Stephen Kraft, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Wai Ching Lam, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Yasmin Shariff, RN</li></ul></div><div><div id="Orthopaedics"><h2>Orthopaedics</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alexandra Maxwell, BSc</li><li>Andrew Howard, MD, FRCSC, MSc</li><li>Anne Murphy, RN</li><li>Benjamin A. Alman, MD, FRCSC</li><li>Bruna Villella, RN</li><li>Catharine Bradley, MSc, BSc (PT)</li><li>Dorothy Kim, BHSc, MScPT</li><li>James G. Wright, MD, MPH, FRCSC</li><li>Janet Ahier, APN</li><li>Jean Hohs, RTOrthopaed</li><li>Jennifer Dermott, PT, BSc. Kin. (H), MSc. OT Reg. (Ont.)</li><li>Judith Fanaken, RN</li><li>Marcia Kromkamp, BSc, PT​​</li><li>Maria Mohareb, RN</li><li>Natasha Bath, NP</li><li>Preeti Grewal, RN, MN, APN</li><li>Reinhard Zeller, MD, ScD, FRCSC, Spine Program</li><li>Sandra Donaldson, BA</li><li>Simon P. Kelley, MBChB, FRCS (Tr and Orth)</li><li>Unni Narayanan, MB, BS, FRCSC</li><li>William Cole, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRACS, FRCSC</li></ul></div><div><div id="Otolaryngology"><h2>Otolaryngology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Adrian James, MA, BM BCh, FRCS, FRCS(ORL-HNS)</li><li>Blake Papsin, MSc, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP</li><li>Brenda Howson, RN, BScN</li><li>Carleigh Carter, RN</li><li>Charlotte Cormack-Jones, RN, BScN</li><li>Christina Burke, RN</li><li>Denise Kipling, RN, BScN</li><li>Faith Na, RN, BScN</li><li>Ida Cheung, RN</li><li>Jen Subica, RN, BSc</li><li>Kathy Eres, RN</li><li>Mary-Elizabeth Vanderpost, RN, BScN</li><li>Megan Bunch, RN, BScN</li><li>Paolo Campisi, MSc, MD, FRCSC, FAAP</li><li>Pauline Lackey, RN</li><li>Rafat Saleemi, RN, MN</li><li>Tomka George, RN</li><li>Vicky Papaioannou, MClSc, AUD(C)</li><li>Vito Forte, MD, FRCSC</li></ul></div><div><div id="Pain/Anaesthesia"><h2>Pain/Anaesthesia</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Cathy Salmon-Leith, RN</li><li>Debbie Minden, PhD, Cpsych</li><li>Donna Koller, PhD<br></li><li>Erica Patterson, RN, MN</li><li>Helen Forrest, APNE</li><li>Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP</li><li>Jennifer Tyrrell, RN, MN, CNeph(c)</li><li>Johanne Ruth, RN, PACU</li><li>Joyce Cound McCreadie, RN, PACU</li><li>Lori Palozzi, RN, MScN, ACNP</li><li>Lorraine Bird, RN, BScN, APN</li><li>Marian Wood, RN</li><li>Melanie Hill, RN, MN(c)</li><li>Nancy Rudyk, RN, BScN</li><li>Penny Andrew, RN, PACU</li><li>Sharyn Gibbins, NNP, PhD</li><li>Silvana Oppedisano, RN, MN</li><li>Theresa Bruno, RN</li></ul><h3>Pain Learning Hub</h3><p class="sme-single"> <strong>Lead, acute pain and chronic pain (infant):</strong> Rebecca Pillai Riddell, PhD, CPsych<br><strong>Lead, chronic pain (young child, older child, teen):</strong> Danielle Ruskin, PhD, CPsych</p><h4>Co-leads</h4><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Anna Taddio, BScPhm, PhD</li><li>Anne Ayling Campos, BScPT</li><li>Bonnie Stevens, RN, PhD, FAAN, FCAHS</li><li>Fiona Campbell, BSc, MD, FRCA</li><li>Jennifer Tyrrell, RN, MN, CNeph</li><li>Lisa Isaac, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Lorraine Bird, MScN, CNS</li></ul><h4>Contributors</h4><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Carl von Baeyer, PhD</li><li>Carol McNair, MN, NNP</li><li>Carrie Morgan, RN, BScN</li><li>Chitra Lalloo, BHSc, PhD</li><li>Claire De Souza, BSc, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Jacqueline Hanley, RN, MN</li><li>Kathryn Walker, PhD, CPsych</li><li>Lauren Campbell, BSc, MA, PhD (c)</li><li>Lisa Pendergast, MHA, RN</li><li>Natalie Wilson, MA, CCLS</li><li>Pam Hubley, RN, MSc</li><li>Sara Ahola Kohut, PhD, CPsych</li><li>Shaindy Alexander, BA, CCLS</li><li>Sharleen Friedman, RN, BCom</li><li>Steve Prescott, MD, PhD</li></ul></div><div><div id="Palliative Care"><h2>Palliative Care</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Christine Newman, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Laura Beaune, RN</li></ul></div><div><div id="Patient Safety"><h2>Patient Safety</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alastair Hodinott, MCAP</li><li>Helen Edwards, RN, BA, MN</li><li>Renu Roy, BSP, R</li><li>Tessie Gilhooly, RN, MN</li></ul></div><div><div id="Pharmacy"><h2>Pharmacy</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Aleksandra Bjelajac Mejia, BSPharm, PharmD, RPh</li><li>Amelia Mascarenhas, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh</li><li>Amelia Rodrigues, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh</li><li>Andrea Mattiusi, BSP, RPh​​​​</li><li>Anna Taddio, BScPhm, MSc, PhD</li><li>Beverley Hales, BScPhm, MHSc</li><li>Brenda Graydon, RN</li><li>Carol Chan, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh</li><li>Cathryn Sibbald, MD, BScPhm</li><li>Cecile Wong, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh</li><li>Celine Menezes, RN</li><li>Charisse De Castro - BScPhm, PharmD, ACPR</li><li>Cherie Wong, BScPhm, RPh, ACPR</li><li>Cyntra Mascarenhas - BSc (Pharm)</li><li>Ekaterina Blinova, RPh, ACPR, BScPhm</li><li>Elaine Lau, BScPhm, PharmD, MSc, RPh</li><li>Elyse Zelunka, BScPhm, RPh, ACPR</li><li>​​Jacqueline Flank, BScPharm, MSc, RPh, ACPR</li><li>James Tjon, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh</li><li>Janice Lau, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh, ACPR</li><li>Jas Otal, BScPhm, PharmD, ACPR, RPh</li><li>Jennifer Chen, RPh</li><li>Jennifer Drynan-Arsenault, BSc, RPh, ACPR</li><li>L. Lee Dupuis, R.Ph., ACPR, M.Sc.Phm., FCSHP, PhD</li><li>Laura Wang, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh</li><li>Lori Chen, BScPhm, RPh, ACPR</li><li>Maria Cukilo, RPh, ACPR, BScPhm</li><li>Marina Strzelecki, Clinical Pharmacist</li><li>Michael De Guzman, BScPhm, PharmD, ACPR, RPh</li><li>Nadya Nalli, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh </li><li>Priya Patel, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh</li><li>Renee Woo, BScPhm, ACPR, RPh</li><li>Rita V. Kutti, BScPhm, RPh</li><li>Sharifa Habib, RN(EC), MN, NP-Paeds</li><li>Tracey Taylor BScPhm, RPh</li><li>Wendy Chen, PharmD, RPh</li></ul></div><div><div id="Plastics"><h2>Plastics</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alan George, RN, BA</li><li>Alison Miller, RN, BScN</li><li>Charis Kelly, RN(EC), MN</li><li>Chris Curtis, BSc, PT, MSc</li><li>Cindy Guernsey, RN, BSc</li><li>Emily S. Ho, MEd, BSc, OT Reg. (Ont.)</li><li>Emily Wallace, RDH</li><li>Howard Clarke, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FAAP</li><li>Jocelyne Copeland BA, BHSc OT, OT Reg (ON)</li><li>Joel Fish, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)</li><li>Joyce Baker, RDH</li><li>Leslie Brown, RN, CHS Manager Dentistry</li><li>Maggie Harkness, MSc(OT), OT Reg. (Ont.)</li><li>Mary Harris, RN</li><li>Sharon Samaan, MSc(OT), OT Reg. (Ont.)</li><li>Veronika Langos, RD</li></ul></div><div><div id="Prevention"><h2>Prevention</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Emily Louca, BSc, RRT​</li><li>Greg Wells, PhD</li><li>Samantha Metler, MA</li><li>Sharon Alexander, BSc, BEd, MEd</li><li>Sudha Sabanadesan, M.Sc., CPHI(C), Toronto Public Health</li></ul></div><div><div id="Psychiatry"><h2>Psychiatry and Psychology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Alice Charach, MD, MSc, FRCPC</li><li>Annamaria McAndrew, MA</li><li>Brenda S. Miles, PhD, CPsych</li><li>Claire De Souza, BSc, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Daphne Korczak MD, MSc, FRCPC (Paediatrics), FRCPC (Psychiatry)​</li><li>Debra J. Pepler, PhD, Cpsych</li><li>Diane Benoit, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Elizabeth Kerr, PhD, CPsych</li><li>Erin Eadie, Ph.D, C.Psych</li><li>Gail McVey, PhD</li><li>Heather Harrison</li><li>Irfan Mian, MD, FRCPC, DABPN​​​</li><li>Jessica Watts, RN</li><li>Johanne Roberge, MD, MSc, FRCP(c)</li><li>Kyla McDonald, MA, PhD (c)</li><li>Marijana Jovanovic, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Melissa Lieberman, PhD​​</li><li>Melissa Young, PsyD</li><li>Robyn Legge, PhD</li><li>Rose Geist, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Rosemary Tannock, PhD</li><li>Sandra L. Mendlowitz, PhD, C Psych​​</li><li>Seen​a Grewal, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)</li><li>Sharon Guger, PhD, CPsych</li><li>Suneeta Monga, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Tania Turrini, RD​</li><li>Teresa Bansen, MSW</li><li>Tricia Williams, PhD, C Psych, ABPP-CN​</li><li>Valerie Temple, PhD C. Psych</li></ul></div><div><div id="Rehabilitation Services"><h2>Rehabilitation</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Catherine Patterson, MSc, BScPT</li><li>Gillian Arseneau, PT</li><li>Kate Turner, MSc (Neurosci), MSc(OT), O.T. Reg. (Ont.)</li><li>Nichan Zourikian, BSc, PT<br></li><li>Pamela Hilliard, BSC, PT</li><li>Stephanie Banh, MPT, HBSc</li><li>Stephanie Dos Santos, MScPT</li><li>Stephanie So, MScPT, BScPT</li></ul></div><div><div id="Respirology"><h2>Respirology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Adelina Morra, Clinical Manager</li><li>Allan Coates, MD, CM</li><li>Amy Glicksman, MD</li><li>Andrea Riekstins, RN, MN, APN</li><li>Arlene Chaves, RN, MN, APN</li><li>Blythe Owen, MScPT</li><li>Bonnie Fleming-Carroll, RN, MN, APN</li><li>Brenda O'Doherty, RN</li><li>Colleen Wilkinson, RN, MS</li><li>Debra L. Medin, MS, RRT, RPSGT</li><li>Donna Wilkes, MSc</li><li>Faiza Syed, BHSc, RRT</li><li>Felix Ratjen, MD, PhD, FRCPC</li><li>Gurjit Sangha, RN, MN</li><li>Indra Narang, BMedSci, MBBCH, MRCP, FRCPCH, MD</li><li>Jane Schneiderman, PhD, CSEP-CEP</li><li>Jennifer Agnew, BS(PT), BHK</li><li>Jennifer Leaist, RN, BScN</li><li>Jennifer Welsh, RN</li><li>Kate Gent, MN, NP-PHC, CDE</li><li>Krista Keilty-Lau, MN, APN</li><li>Laura Seed, MSc, RCPT(P)</li><li>Louise Taylor, RN(EC), MN, NP</li><li>Marilyn Cranis, RN</li><li>Merianne Castellarin, Bsc, RRT</li><li>Rea Magi, BA</li><li>Reshma Amin, MD, FRCPC, MSc</li><li>Rishita Peterson RN, BScN, MN</li><li>Sejal Patel-Modi, BSc, MPT</li><li>Sharon Dell, MD, BEng, FRCPC</li><li>Suhail Al-Saleh, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC​</li><li>Susan Balkovec, BSc, RRT, CAE</li><li>Susan Carpenter, RN</li><li>Theo J Moraes, MD, PhD, FRCPC</li><li>Tuyen Tran, RRT</li></ul></div><div><div id="Rheumatology"><h2>Rheumatology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Andrea Human MD, FRCPC</li><li>Anne Rogers, RN</li><li>Christine O'Brien, BSc, OT Reg (Ont), MSc</li><li>Christy Sandborg, MD</li><li>Earl Silverman, MD</li><li>Elizabeth Stringer, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Erica Lawson, MD</li><li>Evelyn Rozenblyum MD, FRCPC</li><li>Holly Convery, RNEC, BScN</li><li>Jo-Anne M​arcuz, BSc, MSc PT</li><li>Karen Queffelec, RN, BScN​</li><li>Karyl S. Barron, MD (National Institutes of Health)​​</li><li>Kristin Hayward, MD</li><li>Kristi Whitney, MSc, BScPT</li><li>Laura Schanberg, MD</li><li>Laurie Horricks, RN, MN</li><li>Liane Heale, MD, BPHE</li><li>Lisa McGrath, RN</li><li>Lori Tucker, MD</li><li>Lynn Spiegel, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Manisha Sickand, MSc</li><li>Maria Ibarra, MD</li><li>Marinka Twilt, MD</li><li>Marisa Klein-Gitelman, MD</li><li>Mark Connelly, PhD</li><li>Melissa Alexander</li><li>Michelle Anderson, BScN</li><li>Neely Lerman, MSW, RSW</li><li>Rae SM Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCPC</li><li>Rayfel Schneider, MBBCH, FRCPC</li><li>Ronald M. Laxer, MD, CM, FRCPC</li><li>Shirley Tse, MD, FRCPC</li><li>Stacy Ardoin, MD</li><li>Susanne Benseler, MD</li><li>Tonya Palermo, PhD</li><li>Yuri Kimura, MD</li></ul></div><div><div id="Social Work"><h2>Social Work</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Anu Chahauver, MSW, RSW</li><li>David Brownstone, MSW, RSW</li><li>Dennis Villanueva, Social Worker</li><li>Karen Sappleton, MSEd, MSW, RSW</li><li>Melanie Gelfand, MSW, RSW</li><li>Miriam Granger, MSW, RSW</li></ul></div><div><div id="Urology"><h2>Urology</h2></div><ul class="list-group sme-group"><li>Abby Varghese, RN(EC) NP-PHC</li><li>Ali ElGhazzaoui, MD</li><li>Angela Buffett, RN, MN</li><li>Cathy Daniels, RN, MN</li><li>Joana Dos Santos, MD</li><li>Katharine Saje, RN, BScN, APN-Intern</li><li>Keara N. De Cotiis, MD</li><li>Maria Sierralta Born, MD</li><li>Martin Koyle, FAAP, FACS, FRCS (Eng), FRCSC</li><li>Michelle Falkiner, BHSc, MRT(R), RTR</li><li>Nancy Gaudet, RN</li><li>Rodrigo Romao, MD</li><li>Sandra Oliver-Homewood, RN, MN</li><li>Victor Figueroa, MD</li><li>Walid Farhat, MD<br></li></ul></div>contributors

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