Program Committee
Basic Biomedical Working Group
Health Systems Stream Working Group
Prevention and Acute Treatment Stream Working Group
Rehabilitation Stream and Rehab Stroke Course Working Group
Nursing Course Working Group
National Stroke Course Working Group (Canadian Stroke Consortium Education Committee)
Mark Bayley
Medical Director, Neuro Rehabilitation Program
Toronto Rehab
Co-chair
Robert Côté
Professor, Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medicine
McGill University Health Centre
Co-chair
Michael Hill (Past Co-Chair)
Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Calgary
Ashfaq Shuaib
Chair, Canadian Stroke Consortium Education Committee
Professor, Department of Medicine and Director of Neurology
University of Alberta
Jeffrey Minuk
Co-Chair, Canadian Stroke Consortium Education Committee
Associate Professor , Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
Alan Bell
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto
Dylan Blacquiere
Neurologist
Saint John Regional Hospital, Horizon Health Network
Leanne Casaubon
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurology
University of Toronto
Dale Corbett
Scientific Director and CEO
HSF Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
Paul Ellis
Emergency Physician
Toronto General Hospital
David Fitchett
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Toronto
Gordon Gubitz
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Neurology)
Dalhousie University
Antoine Hakim
Director of Neuroscience, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Devin Harris
Stroke TIA Clinical Lead, B.C. Patient Safety and Quality Council
Medical Advisor, Stroke Services BC
Linda Kelloway
Best Practices Leader
Ontario Stroke Network
Michael Kelly
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Katie Lafferty
Executive Director
Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
Cheemun Lum
Head – Interventional Neuroradiology
The Ottawa Hospital
Christina O’Callaghan
Executive Director
Ontario Stroke Network
Adam Steacie
Family Physician
Brockville Family Medical Centre
Rick Swartz
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Neurology
University of Toronto
Robert Teasell
Professor, Schulich School of Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,
Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London Western University
Dawn Tymianski
Nurse Practitioner
Cerebrovascular Surgery
University Health Network
Katie White
Manager, Stroke Services BC and Heart Failure
Cardiac Services BC
Working Groups
Basic Biomedical Stream Working Group
Dale Corbett
(Chair) Scientific Director & CEO
HSF Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
Numa Dancause
Professeur sous octroi agrégé
Département de neurosciences
Université de Montréal
Antoine Hakim
Director of Neuroscience, OHRI
Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Tim Murphy
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Basic Neurosciences
University of British Columbia
Marc Poulin
Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics and Clinical Neurosciences
University of Calgary
Kelly Tennant
Trainee Rep
HSF Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
Health Systems Stream Working Group
Katie White
(Chair) Manager
Stroke Services BC and Heart Failure
Cardiac Services BC
Paul Ellis
Emergency Physician
Toronto General Hospital
Beverley Griffiths
Director, Acute Health Services and Emergency Management
Department of Health and Community Services
Government of Newfoundland
Chris O’Callaghan
Executive Director
Ontario Stroke Network
Beth Linkewich
Director
Regional Stroke Centre and NEGTA Stroke Network
Carolyn MacPhail
Manager, Chronic Disease Prevention & Management
Health PEI-Community Health
Prevention and Acute Treatment Stream Working Group
Michael Hill (Chair)
Professor, Neurology
Department of Clinical Neurosciences & Hotchkiss Brain Institute
University of Calgary
Alan Bell
Assistant Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
University of Toronto
Oscar Benavente
Professor of Neurology
University of British Columbia
Dylan Blacquiere
Neurologist
Saint John Regional Hospital
Horizon Health Network
Leanne Casaubon
Assistant Professor
Division of Neurology
University of Toronto
David Fitchett
Associate Professor, Medicine
University of Toronto
David Gladstone
Assistant Professor, Medicine
University of Toronto
Gord Gubitz
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Neurology)
Dalhousie University
Devin Harris
Stroke TIA Clinical Lead
B.C. Patient Safety and Quality Council and Medical Advisor
Stroke Services BC
Michael Kelly
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Neurosurgery
College of Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Cheemun Lum
Neuroradiologist
Diagnostic Imaging-Interventional Neuroradiology
Ottawa Hospital
Jeffrey Minuk
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
Cian O’Kelly
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Division of Neurosurgery
University of Alberta
Rick Swartz
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
Adam Steacie
Family Physician
Brockville Family Medical Centre
Jeanne Teitelbaum
Vice-President – Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation
Theodore Wein
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
Rehabilitation Stream Working Group
Robert Teasell (Chair)
Professor, Schulich School of Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London Western University
Jocelyn Harris
Assistant Professor
School of Rehabilitation
McMaster University
Aura Kagan
Executive Director
Director of Education and Applied Research
Aphasia Institute
Katie Lafferty
Executive Director
Centre for Stroke Recovery
Bill McIlroy
Professor
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
Annie Rochette
professeur agrégée
Université de Montréal
Marcos Rodrigues
Trainee Rep
HSF Partnership for Stroke Recovery
Nancy Salbach
Associate Professor and CIHR Investigator
University of Toronto
Dawn Tymianski
(Chair) Nurse Practitioner
University Health Network
Susan Alcock
RN
Manitoba Stroke Strategy & Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Linda Kelloway
Best Practice Leader
Ontario Stroke Network
Patrice Lindsay
Director, Best Practices and Performance
Stroke – Heart and Stroke Foundation
Dana McNamara
Nurse Practitioner
Annapolis Valley Health, Nova Scotia
Colleen Taralson
Stroke Services Coordinator
Alberta Health Services
Stroke Program Edmonton Zone
National Stroke Course Working Group (Canadian Stroke Consortium Education Committee)
Ashfaq Shuaib
Chair, Canadian Stroke Consortium Education Committee
Professor, Department of Medicine and Director of Neurology
University of Alberta
Jeffrey Minuk
Co-Chair, Canadian Stroke Consortium Education Committee
Associate Professor , Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
