Committee 2023

Thank you to everyone involved in helping to plan this conference!

Beverly Guttman MSW RSW
Program Manager
Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health

Christine Kouri BScN MHA
Director
National Newcomer Navigation Network

Christopher Chipman BA BEd
Business Development Officer, Continuing Professional Development
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dianne Fierheller MSW RSW PhD (she/her)
Assistant Scientist & Co-lead Family & Child Health Initiative
Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners

Eleanor Erickson
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Family and Community Wellness Centre, Jordan’s Principle Initiative

Elizabeth Young MD FRCPC Pediatrics (she/her)
Developmental Pediatrician, St. Michaels Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
Assistant Professor, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, University of Toronto

Gurpreet (Preety) Salh MD FRCPC (she/her)
Developmental Pediatrician; Medical Director – Complex Developmental Behavioural Conditions (CDBC) Program
Sunny Hill Health Centre at BC Children’s Hospital

Kavya Anchuri MD MHS (she/her)
PGY-1 Resident in Family Medicine and Public Health/Preventative Medicine
University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine & St. Michael’s Hospital

Lauri Green MD CCFP-EM (she/her) (Co-Chair)
Family Physician
St. Michael’s Hospital, Academic Family Health Team

Lucy Diaz
Advocate

Megan Primeau MSc (she/her) (Co-Chair)
Academic Program Director, Continuing Professional Development
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Nikhita Singhal MD (she/her)
Psychiatry Resident
University of Toronto

Raisa Ladha BPH MSc PhD Student (she/her)
Program Coordinator
Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health

Rémi Castonguay MLIS MA
Information Resource Manager
ACT – Autism Community Training

Ripudaman Singh Minhas MD MPH FRCPC FAAP (he/him) (Co-Chair, Conference Director)
Director of Pediatrics Research, Developmental Pediatrician
St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Rislaine Benkelfat MD MBA (she/her)
Pediatrician, Montreal Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, McGill University

Sanjukta Basak MD CM FRCPC MSc CH HPTE (she/her)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
BC Children’s Hospital

Sarah Gander MD FRCPC MEd (she/her)
Social Pediatrician, New Brunswick Social Pediatrics
Horizon Health Network/Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick

Sloane Freeman MSc MD FRCPC
Pediatrician
St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Thalia Bueno
Youth Advisory Council Member
Children First Canada

Thivia Jegathesan MPH PhD (she/her) (Co-Chair, Conference Director)
Research Manager, Pediatric Research
St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Trevor Cuddy BCom BA MEd DBA(c)
Director, Continuing Professional Development Portfolio
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

We are currently recruiting for our 2024 committee – if you are interested in joining, please contact Megan Primeau at megan.primeau@utoronto.ca