MediResource™ Medical Review Faculty

The MediResource Medical Review Faculty includes a dedicated staff of in-house health care professionals, editors and medical writers, along with a team of medical advisors and freelance medical writers. All have extensive experience in their medical specialty and in producing medical information for the public that is relevant, timely and accurate. We take pride in our medical experts and the high-quality medical information they produce for the public.

All MediResource health content is clinically reviewed by a health care professional. Authors of health content are always qualified medical writers. Clinical reviewers are health care professionals selected for their experience and topic expertise. All articles are edited by medical editors experienced in the production of medical information for the public.

Medical advisors

• Adverse Drug Reactions, Allergies
  • Sandra Knowles, BScPhm, RPh
• Allergy, Immunology
  • Harold Kim, MD
• Anticoagulation
  • Cynthia Brocklebank, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Bill Semchuk, MSc, PharmD, FCSHP
• Atopic Dermatitis
  • Penny Miller, BScPhm, MA(Ed)
• Business/HR
  • Derek Desrosiers, BScPhm
• Cardiology
  • Richard Choi, MD
  • Cuong R. Mao, MD
  • Martin Myers, MD
• Cardiovascular Health
  • Benita Chan, BScPhm, RPh
  • Joseph Chin, BScPhm, RPh
  • Cynthia Jackevicius, BScPhm, MSc, FCSHP
  • Chantal Pharand, PharmD, BCPS
• Child Psychiatry and ADHD
  • Adil Virani, BSc(Phm), PharmD
• Community Pharmacy
  • Ruth Ackerman, BScPhm, RPh, MBA
  • Lynne Anderson, BScPhm
  • Michael Boivin, BScPhm
  • Andrea Hudson, BA Psych, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
  • Rosemary Killeen, BScPhm, RPh
  • Daniel Kim, Hon. BSc (Tox), BScPhm, RPh
  • Byron Sarson, BScPhm
  • Rauvan Sidhu, BScPhm
  • Nancy Simonot, BScPhm
  • Kathy Tam, BScPhm, RPh
  • Rita Winn, BScPhm
  • Jennifer Ahn, BScPhm, RPh
  • Cathy Nguyen, BScPhm, RPh
  • Roxanne Hook, BScPhm, RPh
  • Zubair Saji, BScPhm, RPh
• Critical Care Pharmacy
  • Lisa Burry, BScPhm, PharmD, FCCP
  • Anne-Julie Frenette, BScPhm
• Customer Service
  • Neil MacKinnon, BScPhm, MSc, PhD
• Dermatology
  • Charles Lynde, MD, FRCPC
• Diabetes/Endocrinology
  • Jean Chen, BScPhm CDE
  • Bill Cornish, BScPhm
  • Randy Howden, BScPhm, CDE
  • Jen Iwanicki, BScPhm, CDE
  • Andrea Main, BScPhm, CDE
  • Tino Montopoli, BScPhm, CDE
  • Amish Parikh MD, FRCPC
• Dietetics
  • Theresa Glanville, PhD, PDt
• Drug Diversion
  • Christine Landry, BScPhm, MSc
• Drug Information
  • Susan Halasi, MScPhm
• Drug Safety
  • Brent Ruddock, BScPhm
• Eating Disorders
  • C. Laird Birmingham, MD
• Emergency medicine
  • Ernie Murakami, MD
• Family Medicine
  • Jane Hadley, MD
• Finance/Business
  • B.E.(Bev) Allen, BSP
  • Michael (Mike) Sullivan, BSP, MBA
• Gastroenterology
  • Mary Anne Cooper, MD
  • Chris Fan-Lun, BScPhm
  • Shallen Letwin, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Paul Moayyedi, MB, ChB, PhD, MPH, FRCP (London), FRCPC
  • Peter Thomson, PharmD
  • Ioanna Tzianetas, BScPhm
• Geriatrics
  • Barb Farrell, PharmD
  • Ruby Grymonpre, PharmD
  • Barbara Liu, MD
  • Samantha Moe, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD
  • Rosemarie Patodia, BScPhm, CGP
  • Cheryl Sadowski, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Cheryl Wiens, BScPhm, PharmD
• Gynecological Cancer
  • Joan Murphy, MD
  • Amit Oza, MD
• Hematology
  • Darrell J. White, MD, MSc, FRCPC
• Herbal Medicine
  • Hanna Habdank, MPhm
  • Scott Walker, MSc, FCSHP
• Hospital and Community Pharmacy
  • Isabelle Boulanger, MScPhm
  • Chantal Pharand, PharmD, BCPS
  • Trish Rawn, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
  • Mariline Tardif, BScPhm, MSc
  • Daniel Thirion, MSc, PharmD, BCPS
  • David Williamson, BScPhm, MSc, BCPS
  • Margaret Wong, BScPhm
• Hypertension
  • John Hawboldt, PharmD
• Immunology, Genetics
  • Katherine A. Siminovitch, MD, FRCPC
• Infectious Diseases
  • Lorne A. Babiuk, OC, SOM, PhD, DSc, FRSC
  • Jay Keystone, MD
  • Tim T.Y. Lau, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Rob Reynolds, MD
  • Kathryn Slayter, BScPhm, PharmD
• Internal Medicine
  • Shallen Letwin, BScPhm, PharmD
  • R. Reynolds, MD
• Lyme Disease
  • Ernie Murakami, MD
• Men's Health
  • Randy McFadyen, BSc, BScPhm
  • Phil Rantucci, BScPhm
• Mental Health
  • Amanda Beaman, PhD, CPsych
  • Isabelle Bauer, PhD
• Natural Health Products
  • Carole Bevridge, BScPhm, RNCP, DHPh, DWH Hom
  • Lynda Eccott, BSc, MScPhm
  • Magued (Mike) Hannalah, BScPhm, RPh, FACA
  • Melaine Johnson, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Matthew Gowan, BSc, ND
  • Paul Richard Saunders, MSc, PhD, ND, DHANP, CCH
• Nephrology
  • Mary Vo, BScPhm, RPh
  • Louise Vitou, MD
• Neurology
  • David Gladstone, MD
  • Jack Schneiderman, MD, FRCPC
• Nutrition
  • Joan Bobyn, BSP, PhD
• Obesity
  • Cathy Biggs, BScPhm
• Oncology
  • Daniella Gallo, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Kathy Vu, BScPhm, PharmD
• Ophthalmology
  • Christine Erlich, MD
• Orthopedic Surgery
  • Baxter Willis, MD
• Otolaryngology
  • Robert Irvine, MD
• Pain Management
  • Cathy Biggs, BScPhm
  • Vivian Bykerk, MD
  • Brian E. Cairns, BSc, BSc(Pharm), PhD, RPh
  • Jin-Hyeun Huh BScPhm, RPh, ACPR
  • Alan Kaplan, MD
  • Loren Regier BSP, BA
• Patient Education
  • Jeff Taylor, BSP, MSc, PhD
• Pediatrics
  • Allison Dekker, BSP
  • Jeremy Friedman, MB ChB, FRCPC
  • Patricia Gerber, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Sanjay Mehta, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FAAP, FACEP
  • Dennis Scolnik, MSc, MB, ChB, DCH, FRCP
• Pharmaceutical Therapy
  • Ruth Ackerman, BScPhm, RPh, MBA
  • Jennifer Ahn, BScPhm, RPh
  • Zubin Austin, BScPhm, MBA, MIS, PhD
  • Bill Bartle, BScPhm, PharmD, FCSHP
  • Mike Boivin, BScPhm, RPh
  • Lisa Burry, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Ivy Chow, BScPhm, RPh
  • Jennifer Chung For Yuen, BScPhm, RPh
  • Risa Desa, BScPhm, RPh
  • Silvia Duong, BScPhm, RPh
  • Saadia Fazil, BScPhm, RPh
  • Daniella Gallo, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Reem Haj, BScPhm, RPh
  • Andrea Hudson, BA Psych, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
  • Daniel Kim, Hon. BSc (Tox), BScPhm, RPh
  • Ruth Law, BScPhm, RPh
  • Minh-Hien Le, BScPhm, RPh
  • Alan Low, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh, ACPR, FCSHP
  • Jonathan Lu, BScPhm, RPh
  • Janice Meisner, PharmD
  • Allan Mills, BScPhm, PharmD, CGP
  • Michelle Mo, BScPhm, RPh
  • Samantha Moe, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD
  • Andrea Narducci, BScPhm, RPh
  • Cathy Nguyen, BScPhm, RPh
  • Sandy Pong, BScPhm, RPh
  • Trish Rawn, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
  • Renée St-Jean, BScPhm, RPh
  • Zubair Saji, BScPhm, RPh
  • Tom Smiley, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Melanie Sung, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Kathy Tam, BScPhm, RPh
  • Jason Thomas, BScPhm, RPh
  • Greg Ujiye, BScPhm, RPh
  • Elisa Weatherby, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Joyce Zhang, BScPhm, RPh
• Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Ema Ferreira, BScPhm, MSc, PharmD
• Psychiatry
  • Amy Cheung MD, FRCPC
  • Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC
  • Sonia Sen-Roy, BScPhm, RPh
  • Wende Wood, BA, BSP
• Radiology
  • Daniel Mott, MD
• Respirology
  • Alan Kaplan, MD
  • Meyer Balter MD, FRCPC
• Rheumatology
  • Katherine Siminovitch, MD
• Sports medicine
  • E. Laura Cruz, MSc, MD, CCFP, Dip Sport Med
• Surgery
  • P. Dauphinee, MD, FRCSC
• Technology
  • George Edwards
  • Sean McKelvey, BScPhm
  • Allan Rajesky
• Travel Medicine
  • Jay Keystone, MD
• Women's Health
  • Elaine Beltijar, BScPhm
  • Janet Cooper, BScPhm
  • Shallen Letwin, BScPhm, PharmD
  • Faye Weisberg, MD
  • Jodi Wilkie, BScPhm

Medical editors

• Nicolette Blase, Hon. BA
• Alana Chalmers, Hon. BA, MA
• James Harbeck, BFA, MA, PhD
• Joanne Lee, BSc
• Angela L. McOrmond
• Patsy Price, BA
• Brent Wilson, Hon. BA, Hon. BSc

Medical writers

• Kurt Almquist, Hon. BSc
• Sharon Aschaiek, Hon. BA
• Lisa Bendall, Hon. BSc
• Gisèle Kane, BSc
• Jaclyn Law, Hon. BA
• Marijke Vroomen-Durning, RN
• Brennan Robertson, Hon. BSc
• Amy Toffelmire, BA
• Janice Quirt, Hon. BSc, MSc