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Evidence to Improve Care

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Care for Adults and Adolescents of Reproductive Age


Ontario Health thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard (credentials at the time of initial development in 2017):


Adrian Brown (co-chair)
Associate Professor,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
University of Toronto,
Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Medical
Program Director,
Maternal Newborn Program,
North York General Hospital

Catherine Caron (co-chair)
Family Practice Physician and Assistant Professor,
Women’s Health Clinic at the Bruyère Family Medicine Centre,
University of Ottawa

Jeannie Callum
Director of Transfusion Medicine,
Clinical Pathology,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Elizabeth David
Vascular Interventional Radiologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sheila Dunn
Research Director and Associate Professor,
Department of Family & Community Medicine,
Women’s College Hospital,
University of Toronto

Mary Johnston
Emergency Physician,
Assistant Professor,
Queensway Carlton Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario,
University of Ottawa

Frances Kilbertus
Associate Professor,
Family Medicine,
Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Lisa McCarthy
Pharmacy Scientist,
Pharmacist,
Women’s College Hospital and Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy,
University of Toronto

Christine Miller
Nurse Practitioner,
Lakehead Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic

Ally Murji
Obstetrician and Gynecologist,
Assistant Professor,
Mount Sinai Hospital,
University of Toronto

Diana Poulsen
Lived Experience Advisor,
Professor of Art History,
Fanshawe College,
and Systems Integrator, S&E Manufacturing

Rebecca Rich
Resident Physician,
Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Clinical Epidemiology,
University of Toronto

Jacqueline Rivier
Program Coordinator,
Bruyère Continuing Care

Magdalena Turlejski
Lived Experience Advisor,
Healthcare Improvement Program,
Accreditation Canada

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