Care for People of All Ages
Ontario Health thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard:
Isaac Odame (co-chair)
Hematologist and Hematology Section Head, The Hospital for Sick Children
Serena Thompson (co-chair)
Lived Experience Advisor
Madeleine Verhovsek (co-chair)
Hematologist, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences
Sharla Adams
Vice-President and Director of Administrative Affairs, Sickle Cell Association of Ontario
Lived Experience Advisor
Ola Ajisafe
Primary Care Physician, Olaniyi Ajisafe Medicine Professional Corporation
Uma Athale
Codirector, Pediatric and Adult (Joint) Hemoglobinopathy Clinic, McMaster Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
Oyedeji Ayonrinde
Clinical Director, Community Psychiatry Programs, Providence Care
Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Queen’s University
Gabriel Badejo
Lived Experience Advisor
Jennifer Bryan
Emergency Physician, University Health Network
Ken Farion
Vice-President, Quality, Strategy & Family Partnership and Pediatric Emergency Physician, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Karen Fleming
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Red Blood Cell Disorders Program, University Health Network
Judy Grandison
President, Camp Jumoke
Lived Experience Advisor
Cameisha Hemmings
Lived Experience Advisor
Mohammad Jarrar
Pediatrician and Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist, Windsor Regional Hospital
Brenda Martelli
Nurse Practitioner, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Kirk Myrie
Lived Experience Advisor
Sandra Newton
Counsellor, Psychometrist, and Clinician, Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario
Jacob Pendergrast
Medical Director, Blood Transfusion Service, University Health Network
Cheryl Prescod
Executive Director, Black Creek Community Health Centre
Ziad Solh
Hematologist, London Health Sciences Centre
Sinthu Srikanthan
Social Worker, University Health Network
Qutaiba Tawfic
Anesthesiologist, London Health Sciences Centre
Lanre Tunji-Ajayi
President and CEO, Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario
Lived Experience Advisor
Joel Warkentin
Chief of Pediatrics, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Linda Waterhouse
Social Worker, Hamilton Health Sciences
Alexandre Wong
Pharmacist, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
For more information, contact QualityStandards@OntarioHealth.ca.