The members of CANet’s Board of Directors, Committees and Operations Centre come from across Canada and bring a diverse range of professional, health and leadership expertise.
Mr. François Labonté (Chair)
Senior Finance Executive, Consultant
Richard Alvarez
CEO, Richard Alvarez & Associates
Dr. Shurjeel Choudhri
Senior Vice President & Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs, Bayer Inc.
Krista Connell
CEO, Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
Vincent Dumez
Co-directeur, Centre d’Excellence sur le Partenariat avec les Patients et le Public, Université de Montréal
Neil Fraser
President, Medtronic Canada
Denis Godin (Observer)
Program Deputy Director at Networks of Centres of Excellence
Andrew Hyrmak
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at Western University
Shannon Kelly (Observer)
Ph.D Student, University of Ottawa
Pam Ramsay
Provincial Director, Stroke Services BC
Dr. Anthony Tang
Scientific Director and CEO, CANet
Dr. Bryce Pickard (Observer)
Managing Director and COO, CANet
Dr. George Wells (Observer)
Associate Scientific Director, CANet
Dr. Ratika Parkash
Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. L. Brent Mitchell
Sudden Cardiac Death
Dr. Robert Sheldon
Syncope
Dr. Anthony Tang (Chair)
Scientific Director and CEO, CANet
Dr. Katherine Allan
Research Associate (Cardiology), St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Martin Gardner
Professor, Dalhousie University
Dr. Rafik Goubran
Vice President Research & International, Carleton University
Shannon Kelly
Ph.D Student, University of Ottawa
Dr. L. Brent Mitchell
Track Captain (Sudden Cardiac Death ), CANet
Dr. Bryce Pickard
Managing Director and COO, CANet
Dr. Robert Sheldon
Track Captain (Syncope), CANet
Dr. Allan Skanes
Track Captain (Atrial Fibrillation), CANet
Dr. William Stevenson
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Mario Talajic
Cardiologist, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
Dr. George Wells
Associate Scientific Director, CANet
Hugh Winsor (Patient Partner)
Dr. George Wyse
Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary
Mary Runte (Chair)
Associate Professor, University of Lethbridge
Darrin Bauer (Patient Partner)
Sylvain Bédard
Patient Coordinator, Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public
Stephen Blais (Patient Partner)
Ottawa City Councillor
Guillaume Dumais-Levesque (Patient Partner)
Vincent Dumez
Co-directeur, Centre d’Excellence sur le Partenariat avec les Patients et le Public, Université de Montréal
Michael Gilbert (Patient Partner)
President, Synergiq Solutions
Alison Headland (Patient Partner)
Dr. Bryce Pickard
Managing Director and COO, CANet
Dr. Natalie Szudy
Director of Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilization
Hugh Winsor (Patient Partner)
Caroline Wong
Executive Manager, Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public
Shannon Kelly (Lead)
PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
William McIntyre (Lead)
Clinical and Research Fellow, McMaster University
Chris Cheung
Resident, University of British Columbia
Derek Chew
Cardiology Fellow, University of Calgary
Daniel Gelman
PhD Candidate, Western University
Karen Giddens
Project Manager, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Kai Homer
Medical Student, University of Alberta
Muhammad Mukarram
Research Associate, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Soo-Min Kim
MHA Student, University of Ottawa
Zardasht Oqab
Cardiology Fellow, University of Calgary
Dr. Katherine Allan (Chair)
Research Associate (Cardiology), St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Martin Gardner (Chair)
Professor, Dalhousie University
Mary Greene
Director Field Clinical Affairs Canada, St. Jude Medical
Heather Jackson
Provincial Clinical Director, Cardiac Services BC
Dr. William McIntyre
Cardiologist, McMaster University
Dr. Kevin O’Neil
Director of Research and Training, CANet
Pam Ramsay
Provincial Directo, Stroke Services BC
Patricia Theoret-Patrick
Project Manager, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Dr. Anthony Tang
Scientific Director and CEO
Dr. George Wells
Associate Scientific Director
Dr. Bryce Pickard
Managing Director and COO
Dr. Kevin O’Neil
Director of Research and Training
Fabian A. Folias
Director of Digital Marketing and Communications
Dr. Natalie Szudy
Director of Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilization
David Brazier
Director of Finance
Dr. Dimitri Popolov
Research Data and Systems Manager
Courtney Gingrich
Project Coordinator
Sabrina Wall
Executive Assistant
Lori Sutherland
Privacy Officer
