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Evidence to Improve Care

Chronic Pain

Care for Adults, Adolescents and Children



Health Quality Ontario thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard:


Tania Di Renna (co-chair)
Medical Director, Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute


Karen St. Jacques (co-chair)
Registered Physiotherapist, Team Lead
Chronic Pain Management Program, St. Joseph’s Care Group


Jonathan Bertram
Addiction Medicine Service, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health


Julie Besse
Registered Dietitian, St Joseph’s Care Group


Heather Boynton
Manager of Mental Health Outpatients, St. Joseph’s Care Group


D. Norman Buckley
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University


Fiona Campbell
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Associate Professor, University of Toronto


Henrique Candelaria
Practice Lead, Lower Back Pain Rapid Access Clinic, Trillium Health Partners


Hance Clarke
Director, Pain Services/Transitional Pain Program, University Health Network; Centenary Pain Clinic


Lynn Cooper
Lived Experience Advisor


Mary-Ellen Hogan
Canadian Institute for Health Information; University of Toronto


Howard Jacobs
Pain Physician, Jacobs Pain Centre


Aska Patel
Consultant Pharmacist, Central West Local Health Integration Network


Lutz Plotzke
Lived Experience Advisor


Patricia Poulin
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute


Arun Radhakrishnan
Family Health Team Consultant, The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic


Janet Rodriguez
Lived Experience Advisor


Monakshi Sawhney
Assistant Professor, Queen’s University, School of Nursing; Chronic Pain Clinic, Hotel Dieu Hospital


Sarah Sheffe
Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute, Women’s College Hospital


Sulabh Singh
N’Mninoeyaa Aboriginal Health Access Centre


Jennifer Tyrrell
Adjunct Lecturer, Lawrence Bloomberg School of Nursing, University of Toronto; Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children


Kari Van Camp
Nurse Practitioner, Transitional Pain Service, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital


For more information, contact QualityStandards@HQOntario.ca.

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