The Steering Committee provides overall scientific leadership, direction, and oversight. Its members are responsible for overseeing operations, administration, budget, and interaction with knowledge users. They are accountable for the delivery of the project milestones and the effective administration of the project.
Dr. Reshma Amin is a Pediatric Respirologist and Director of the Long-term Ventilation Program at SickKids. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and an Associate Scientist, Child Health and Evaluative Sciences at the SickKids Research Institute. She has over 75 peer-reviewed publications and has received more than $2.2 million dollars in…
Ms. Regina Pizzuti received her diploma in respiratory and anesthesia technology from Vanier College in Montreal, Quebec and a Baccalaureate of Arts degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Ms. Pizzuti is the Manager of the Ontario Ventilator Equipment Pool (VEP), a position she’s held since program inception in 1994. Ms. Pizzuti has served on…
Dr. Louise Rose, is a Professor of Nursing at King’s College London, UK. She is also an honorary professor at the Lane Fox Respiratory Unit at St Thomas’ Hospital in London and is the Research Director for the Provincial Centre of Weaning Excellence at the Michal Garron Hospital, Toronto, Canada. She is a PhD prepared…
Dr Andrea Gershon, is a Respirologist and Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, an Associate Professor at University of Toronto, and the Lung Health Lead at IC/ES, and is an adjunct scientist at SickKids. She has held over 4.5 million dollars in peer-reviewed funds as a principal investigator within the last five years and…
Ms Francine Buchanan (Principal Director-family caregiver) is the mother of a 6-year-old child dependent on long-term ventilation at home. She is a PhD candidate in Health Services Research at the University of Toronto completing her final year of graduate research focused on Shared Decision Making. She has co-authored trainings on how to include the patient…
Mr Michel Paquet (Principal Applicant-eHealth Partner) as a veteran innovator in the technology industry, has experience which ranges from engineering leadership roles at Nortel, IBM Canada, Wind River Systems, and Intel . Michel has dedicated his time, effort and financial resources over the past 4 years to develop a much needed communications and information sharing…
The site leads provide Home Mechanical Ventilation and expert oversight of the participants that are involved at each site.
Dr Jackie Chiang, is a Pediatric Respirologist, who completed her medical degree at the University of Ottawa, followed by a Paediatric residency at the University of Toronto. She subsequently completed a Paediatric Respirology fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in 2014. Dr. Chiang currently holds a joint position at the Hospital for Sick Children…
Dr Roger Goldstein, is a Head Respirologist at West Park Healthcare Centre. He is the Professor of Medicine and Physical Therapy, University of Toronto and the founding NSA Chair in Respiratory Rehabilitation Research. His research and clinical interests are focused in the management of chronic respiratory diseases.
Dr Sherri Katz, is the Division Chief of Pediatric Respirology at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and holds a cross-appointment at the School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine. She is also a Senior Scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern…
Dr David Leasa, received his medical degree (1979), and postgraduate training in Internal Medicine (1979-1982), Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (1982-84) at Western University. He was a research Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, prior to returning to London in 1985. Dr. David Leasa is a member…
Dr Audrey Lim, is a pediatrician, Medical Lead of the Complex Care program at McMaster Children’s Hospital, and Associate Professor at McMaster University. She completed her MD and Pediatric residency at McMaster University. Dr Lim received fellowship training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto and BC Children’s…
Dr Doug McKim, is happily married over 35 years, with 3 kids. He is passionate about my work, also skiing, skate skiing, cycling and curling. Dr. McKim trained in Internal Medicine in Ottawa and then Respirology in Winnipeg under Magdy Younes, doing Proportional Assist Ventilation and Exercise research. He joined the Internal Medicine staff of…
Dr Anu Tandon, completed her Internal Medicine and Respirology training at University of Toronto followed by a specialty fellowship in Sleep Medicine. She completed further training in Education by pursuing the Master-Teacher program also at the University of Toronto. Presently she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto,…
Dr. Aaron St Laurent completed his BSc (Hons) at McGill University in Montreal followed by his MD in 2011 at the University of Toronto. He did a four year residency in Paediatrics at BC Children’s Hospital before returning to McGill for a fellowship in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, which he complete in 2017. He pursued additional…
Ms. Munazzah Ambreen received her MD from Karachi, Pakistan and completed a Masters of Science in Human Genetics from McGill University. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Research Methodology in Clinical Sciences. She has a vested interest in healthcare utilization research, knowledge translation, implementation and AI.
Dr. Adam Qazi is the Research Co-ordinator at Child Health Evaluative Sciences at The Hospital of Sick Children. He has a Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelors of Surgery. Dr. Adam aims to integrate IT with Health Care to ensure ready and easy access to health care for patients.
Mark Thompson is a Respiratory therapist with over 10 years’ experience helping patients to overcome breathing difficulties and enhancing their quality of life. Mark has worked extensively in the home care environment, with experience in sleep therapy and home oxygen through all patient populations. Mark has also worked in collaboration with physicians, nurses, social workers and palliative care teams in…
Nishali Patel is a Clinical Research Coordinator at the SickKids Research Institute. She graduated with her MSc in Health Policy and Finance from the London School of Economics/London School of Hygiene in 2017, and her research interests include implementation science, systems thinking, and access to integrated people-centred health services.