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):
James P. Waddell (co-chair)
Orthopaedic Surgery
St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery,
University of Toronto
Rhona McGlasson (co-chair)
Musculoskeletal Care and Rehabilitation
Executive Director,
Bone and Joint Canada
Nancy Della Maestra
Orthopaedics and Urology
Nurse Manager,
Surgical Unit and Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic,
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Patricia G. Dickson
Occupational Therapy
Holland Musculoskeletal Program,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Kurt Droll
Orthopaedic Surgery
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery and Assistant Professor,
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Norman Ferguson
Lived Experience Advisor
Susan Jaglal
Research and Epidemiology
Vice-Chair, Research, and Professor,
Department of Physical Therapy,
University of Toronto
Ravi Jain
Director, Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy,
Osteoporosis Canada
Helen A. Johnson
Physiotherapy
ESC LHIN Rehabilitation Lead,
Chatham–Kent Health Alliance
Christopher Jyu
Primary Care Family Physician,
Scarborough and Rouge Hospital
Hans Kreder
Orthopaedic Surgery
Chief, Head Orthopaedics,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Charissa Levy
Rehabilitation Executive Director,
Rehabilitative Care Alliance
Executive Director,
GTA Rehab Network
Nick Lo
Anaesthesiology
Staff Anaesthesiologist,
St. Michael’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto
David Mackinnon
Emergency Medicine
Deputy Chief,
Emergency Department,
Trauma Team Leader,
St. Michael’s Hospital Department of Family and Community Medicine,
University of Toronto
Anne Marie MacLeod
Administration
Operations Director,
Holland Musculoskeletal Program,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Brian Vincent McGoey
Orthopaedic Surgery, Trillium Health Partners
Janet Legge McMullan
Home and Community Care Clinical Program Lead,
Client Services,
Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres
Gordon Nevils
Lived Experience Advisor
Jennifer Rowe
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy Clinical Practice Leader,
CBI Home Health
Perry Rush
Rheumatology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Internal Medicine
David Sanders
Orthopaedic Surgery
London Health Sciences Centre
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery,
Western University
Nikhil Shah
Family Medicine
Assistant Professor,
Department of Family Medicine,
Queen’s University
Lily Spanjevic
Geriatrics, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Joseph Brant Hospital
Carolan Thayer
Primary Care
Nurse Practitioner,
Lakehead Nurse Practitioner–Led Clinic
Ellen Valleau
Social Work
Social Worker in Trauma and Orthopaedics,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Sarah Ward
Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgeon,
St. Michael’s Hospital
Lecturer, Department of Surgery,
University of Toronto
Camilla Wong
Geriatric Medicine
Geriatrician,
St. Michael’s Hospital,
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto
Maria L. Zorzitto
Geriatric Medicine
Division Head of Geriatrics,
St. Michael’s Hospital