Our Team
Dr. Muna Al-Khaifi
Program Director
GP Oncologist; Breast Diagnostics and Cancer Survivorship Care
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine University of Toronto
Faculty & Educators
Dr. Purti Papneja
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Family Physician. Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Educator
Dr. Shelby Olesovsky
Family Medicine, IDD specialization; Postgraduate Co-Director for SMH Family Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Educator
Dr. Kimberly Lazare
Family Physician, North York General Hospital Family Medicine Teaching Unit
Postgraduate Site Director, Family Medicine Residency Program
North York General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Dept of Family & Community Medicine, U of T
Educator
Dr. Melanie Beswick
Staff Physician, St. Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team
Co-Director - Family Medicine Residency Program, St Michaels Hospital
Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Educator
Dr. Giovanna Sirianni
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Family Physician Practicing in Palliative Care. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Educator
Educator
Dr. Adi Gasner
​Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Dr. Adam Merlo
Palliative Medicine Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Educator
Dr. Melissa Weidman
Clinical Fellow, Cancer Rehabilitation. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University Health Network
Educator
Ms. Stephanie Phan
Clinical Lead, Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
Educator
Dr. Madelaine Baetz-Dougan
Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Family Physician. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Educator
Patient Teachers
Facilitators: Vinesha Ramasamy, Suzanne Horvath, and Jennifer Schultz​; Patients: Alix Lambert Vassal, Donna Pepin, Melissa Pierce, Ashley Chessell Farrell, Michelle Audoin, and Claudia Hernandez
Ms. Jashmira Bhinder
Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Program Coordinator
Ms. Malika Peera
Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Program Coordinator
Dr. Jennifer Jones
Director of the Rehabilitation and Survivorship Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
Senior Advisor
Senior Education Scientist, Academics Program & Family Practice Unit, Women’s College Hospital. Senior Education Scientist, Office of Education Scholarship, Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital. Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young
Senior Advisor
Dr. Jory S Simpson
Division Head, General Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital. Director of Surgery, MD Program; Associate Director, Postgrad Affairs; Associate Professor, Dept. Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Senior Advisor