MediResource™ Medical Review Faculty

The MediResource Clinical Team includes a dedicated staff of in-house health care professionals, editors, and medical writers, along with a team of medical advisors and freelance medical writers. All have extensive experience in their medical specialty and in producing medical information for the public that is relevant, timely and accurate. We take pride in our team of medical experts and the high-quality medical information they produce for the public.

All MediResource health content is clinically reviewed by a health care professional. Authors of health content are always qualified medical writers. Clinical reviewers are health care professionals selected for their experience and expertise in the topic. All articles are edited by two medical editors experienced in the production of medical information for the public.

Medical editors

Nicolette Blase
Marg Gilks
James Harbeck, PhD
Joanne Lee, BSc
Angela L. McOrmond
Patsy Price, BA
Brent Wilson BA(Hons), BSc (Hons)
Alex Moore

Healthcare professional consultants

Adverse Drug Reactions, Allergies
Sandra Knowles, BScPhm, RPh

Anticoagulation
Cynthia Brocklebank, BScPhm., PharmD
Bill Semchuk, MSc, PharmD, FCSHP

Atopic Dermatitis
Penny Miller, BScPhm, MA(Ed)

Business/HR
Derek Desrosiers, BScPhm

Cardiovascular Health
Benita Chan, BScPhm, RPh
Joseph Chin, BScPhm, RPh
Cynthia Jackevicius, BScPhm., M.Sc., FCSHP
Chantal Pharand, PharmD, BCPS

Child Psychiatry and ADHD
Adil Virani, BSc(Phm), PharmD

Community Pharmacy
Ruth Ackerman, BScPhm, RPh, MBA
Lynne Anderson, BScPhm
Michael Boivin, BScPhm
Andrea Hudson, BA Psych, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
Rosemary Killeen, RPh, BScPhm
Daniel Kim, Hon. BSc (Tox), BScPhm, RPh
Byron Sarson, BScPhm
Rauvan Sidhu, BScPhm
Nancy Simonot, BScPhm
Kathy Tam, BScPhm, RPh
Rita Winn, BScPhm
Jennifer Ahn, BScPhm, RPh
Cathy Nguyen, BScPhm, RPh
Roxanne Hook, BScPhm, RPh
Zubair Saji, BScPhm, RPh

Critical Care Pharmacy
Lisa Burry, BScPhm, PharmD, FCCP
Anne-Julie Frenette, BScPhm

Customer Service
Neil MacKinnon, BScPhm, MSc, PhD

Diabetes
Jean Chen, BScPhm CDE
Bill Cornish, BScPhm
Randy Howden, BScPhm, CDE
Jen Iwanicki, BScPhm, CDE
Andrea Main, BScPhm CDE
Tino Montopoli, BScPhm CDE

Drug Diversion
Christine Landry, BScPhm, MSc

Drug Information
Susan Halasi, MScPhm.

Drug Safety
Brent Ruddock, BScPhm

Finance/Business
B.E.(Bev) Allen, BSP
Michael (Mike) Sullivan, BSP, MBA

Geriatrics
Barb Farrell, PharmD
Ruby Grymonpre, PharmD
Samantha Moe, BSc Phm, ACPR, PharmD
Rosemarie Patodia, BScPhm, CGP
Cheryl Sadowski, BScPhm, PharmD
Cheryl Wiens, BScPhm, PharmD

Herbal Medicine
Hanna Habdank, MPhm
Mario de Lemos, PharmD, MSc (Oncol)
Scott Walker, MSc, F.C.S.H.P.

Hospital and Community Pharmacy
Isabelle Boulanger, MSc.Phm
Chantal Pharand, PharmD, BCPS
Trish Rawn, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
Mariline Tardif, BScPhm, MSc.
Daniel Thirion, MSc, PharmD, BCPS
David Williamson, BScPhm, MSc, BCPS
Margaret Wong, BScPhm.

Gastroenterology
Chris Fan-Lun, BScPhm
Shallen Letwin, BScPhm, PharmD
Peter Thomson, PharmD
Ioanna Tzianetas

Hypertension
John Hawboldt, PharmD

Infectious Diseases
Tim T.Y. Lau, BScPhm, PharmD
Kathryn Slayter, BScPhm, PharmD

Internal Medicine
Shallen Letwin, BScPhm, PharmD

Men's Health
Randy McFadyen, BSc, BScPhm
Phil Rantucci, BScPhm

Natural Health Products
Carole Bevridge, BScPhm, RNCP, DHPh, DWH Hom
Lynda Eccott, B.Sc., MSc Phm
Magued (Mike) Hannalah, BScPhm, RPh, FACA
Melaine Johnson, BScPhm, PharmD
Matthew Gowan, BSc, ND
Paul Richard Saunders, MSc, PhD, ND, DHANP, CCH

Nephrology
Mary Vo, BScPhm, RPh

Nutrition
Joan Bobyn, BSP, PhD

Obesity
Cathy Biggs, BScPhm

Oncology
Daniella Gallo, BScPhm, PharmD
Kathy Vu, BScPhm, PharmD

Paediatrics
Allison Dekker, BSP
Patricia Gerber, BScPhm, PharmD

Pain Management
Cathy Biggs, BScPhm
Brian E. Cairns
Jin-Hyeun Huh BScPhm, RPh, ACPR
Loren Regier BSP, BA

Patient Education
Jeff Taylor, B.S.P., MSc(Sask.), PhD(Auburn)

Pharmaceutical Consultants
Alan Low, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh., ACPR, FCSHP
Janice Meisner, Pharm D
Renée St-Jean, BScPhm, RPh

Pharmacist consultants
Ruth Ackerman, BScPhm, RPh, MBA
Jennifer Ahn, BScPhm, RPh
Zubin Austin, B.Sc.Phm., M.B.A., M.I.S., Ph.D.
Bill Bartle, BScPhm, PharmD, FCSHP
Daniella Gallo, BScPhm, PharmD
Andrea Hudson, BA Psych, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
Daniel Kim, Hon. BSc (Tox), BScPhm, RPh
Allan Mills, BScPhm, PharmD, CGP
Samantha Moe, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD
Cathy Nguyen, BScPhm, RPh
Trish Rawn, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
Tom Smiley, BScPhm, PharmD
Kathy Tam, BScPhm, RPh
Jason Thomas, BScPhm, RPh
Greg Ujiye, BScPhm, RPh

Pregnancy and Lactation
Ema Ferreira, BScPhm, MSc, PharmD

Psychiatry
Sonia Sen-Roy, BScPhm, RPh
Wende Wood, B.A., B.S.P.

Technology
George Edwards
Sean McKelvey, BScPhm
Allan Rajesky

Women's Health
Elaine Beltijar, BScPhm
Janet Cooper, BScPhm
Shallen Letwin, BScPhm, PharmD
Jodi Wilkie, BScPhm

Medical writers

Kurt Almquist
Sharon Aschaiek, Hon. BA
Lisa Bendall, Hon. BSc (Psychology)
Gisele Kane, BSc
Jaclyn Law, Hon. BA (English)
Brennan Robertson, Hon. B.Sc.(Nutrition)
Janice Quirt
Nora Smith
Amy Toffelmire
Marijke Vroomen-Durning, RN
Lesley Young

Medical advisors

Allergy, Immunology
Harold Kim, MD

Cardiology
Richard Choi, MD
Cuong R. Mao, MD
Martin Myers, MD

Dermatology
Charles Lynde, MD FRCPC

Eating Disorders
C. Laird Birmingham, MD

Emergency medicine
Ernie Murakami, MD

Endocrinology
Amish Parikh MD, FRCPC

Family Medicine
Jane Hadley, MD

Gastroenterology
Mary Anne Cooper, MD
Paul Moayyedi, MB, ChB, PhD, MPH, FRCP (London) FRCPC

Geriatrics
Barbara Liu, MD

Gynecological Cancer
Joan Murphy, MD
Amit Oza, MD

Hematology
Darrell J. White, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Immunology, Genetics
Katherine A Siminovitch, FRCPC, MD

Infectious diseases
Lorne A. Babiuk, OC, SOM, PhD, DSc, FRSC
Jay Keystone, MD
Rob Reynolds, MD

Internal medicine
R. Reynolds, MD

Lyme Disease
Ernie Murakami, MD

Mental Health
Amanda Beaman, Ph.D., C.Psych
Isabelle Bauer, Ph.D.

Nephrology
Louise Vitou, MD

Neurology
David Gladstone, MD
Jack Schneiderman, MD, FRCPC

Ophthalmologist
Christine Erlich, MD

Orthopedic Surgery
Baxter Willis

Otolaryngology
Robert Irvine, MD

Paediatrics
Jeremy Friedman, MB ChB, FRCPC
Sanjay Mehta, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FAAP, FACEP
Dennis Scolnik, MSc, MB, ChB, DCH, FRCP

Pain Management
Vivian Bykerk, MD
Alan Kaplan, MD

Psychiatry
Ronald A Remick, MD, FRCPC
Amy Cheung MD, FRCPC

Radiology
Daniel Mott, MD

Respirology
Alan Kaplan, MD
Meyer Balter MD, FRCPC

Rheumatology
Katherine Siminovitch, MD

Sports medicine
E. Laura Cruz, MSc, MD, CCFP, Dip Sport Med

Surgery
P. Dauphinee, MD, FRCSC

Travel Medicine
Jay Keystone, MD

Women's Health
Faye Weisberg, OB/GYN

Dietician

Theresa Glanville, PhD, PDt