PEAS Committee Members

Current Members:

* denotes Executive Sponsors & Co-Chairs

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Director, Clinical Analytics, Analytics

Dr. Allan Ryan

Provincial

Manager, Communication Disorders

Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

Amber Michaud

Edmonton

Senior Practice Lead - Occupational Therapy

Health Professions Strategy & Practice

Carmen Lazorek

Provincial

Infant and Early Childhood Psychiatrist, ElmTree Clinic

Dr. Carole Anne Hapchyn

Edmonton

Acting Senior Operating Officer, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

Catherine Hill*

Edmonton

Pediatrician, Alberta Children’s Hospital

Dr. Catherine Macneil

Calgary

Executive Director, North Zone, Allied Health

Dalique van der Nest

North

Pediatric Gastroenterologist,  Alberta Children’s Hospital

Dr. Dana Boctor

Calgary

Manager Therapeutic Services, Stollery Hospital

Darnell Frostad

Edmonton

Director, Allied Health Calgary Zone

Darren Ness

Calgary

Family Advisor

Dee-Ann Carol

Edmonton

Senior Manager, Disability Services – Edmonton Region (FSCD), Community and Social Services

Grant Smith

Government of Alberta

Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Head & Neck Surgeon

Dr. Hamdy El Hakim

Edmonton

Community Pediatrics – private practice

Dr. Heather Leonard

Edmonton

Family Advisor

Jamie Canonaco

Edmonton

Senior Practice Lead, Speech-Language Pathology, Allied Health Professional Practice & Education

Julie Evans*

Provincial

Provincial Practice Lead, Nutrition Services

Julie Isaacs

Provincial

Associate Professor, University of Alberta

Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition

Lead, Pediatric Home Nutrition Support Program

Dr. Justine Turner*

(Co-Primary Investigator)

Edmonton

Area Manager, Pediatric Home Care, Children’s Hospice, Palliative Care Services

Karen Butel

Calgary

Program Manager, EZ Home Living - Children's Home Care

Katie Mahon

Edmonton

Child Health Strategy Director, Nutrition Services

TBD

Provincial

Patient Care Manager

Alberta Children’s Hospital

Kerry Hart

Calgary

Executive Director, Ambulatory Care

Alberta Children’s Hospital

Natasha Tiemstra*

Calgary

Provincial Practice Lead, Child and Maternal Health, Provincial Strategy, Standards & Practice, Nutrition Services

Melissa Lachapelle

Provincial

CIS Program Director, Ambulatory IT

Marcus Norman (adhoc)

Provincial

Unit Manager, Vi Riddell Children’s Pain & Rehabilitation Centre, Rehab Stream, ACH

Melanie Matiisen-Dewar

 

Calgary

Family Advisor

Michelle Stone

Calgary

Family Advisor

Pam Kai

Calgary

Pediatric General Surgeon, ACH

Dr. Paul Beaudry*

Calgary

Family Advisor

Rachel Martens

Edmonton

Patient Care Manager, Units 3 & 4, NST, MDTU, ID Clinic, Pediatric Follow Up Clinic - ACH

Rachelle Van Vliet

Calgary

Executive Director Ambulatory and Inpatient Care

Stollery Hospital

Shawn Hillhouse*

Edmonton

Regional Collaborative Service Delivery

Low Incidence Coordinator, School and

Community Supports Branch

Roy McConnell

Government of Alberta

Lead, Pediatric Home Enteral Nutrition Program

Physician Lead for Safety and Chair of the Alberta Children's Hospital Quality Assurance Committee

Dr. Sharron Spicer*

(Co-Primary Investigator)

Calgary

Clinical Associate Professor, University of Calgary

Pediatrician

Dr. Stephen Wainer

Calgary

Senior Manager, Integrated Disability Services

Community and Social Services

TBD

Government of Alberta

Past Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Associate Chief Allied Health Officer, AHPPE, Health Professions Strategy and Practice

Elaine Finseth*

Provincial

Senior Operating Officer - Peter Lougheed CenterFormer Executive Director, Ambulatory CareAlberta Children’s Hospital

Lois Ward*

Calgary

Senior Manager, Integrated Disability Services
Community and Social Services (FSCD)

Uma Thakor

Government of Alberta

Current Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Speech-Language Pathologist
ENT Clinic, Alberta Children’s Hospital

Allison MacDonald

Calgary

Speech-Language Pathologist, Stollery Children's Hospital

Amanda Adsett

Edmonton

Clinical Telehealth Facilitator, Virtual Health

Barbara McPherson

Edmonton

Occupational Therapist, Pediatric Home Care
Alberta Health Services – Calgary Zone

Brigitte Roy

Calgary

Practice Director, Provincial Occupational Therapy, Health Professions Strategy & Practice

Carmen Lazorek

Provincial

Case Manager, Children's Allied Health Services

Cindy Kenwood

South

Speech-Language Pathologist, Communication Disorders, GRH

Courtenay Mayowski

Edmonton

Family Advisor

Dee-Ann Carol

Edmonton

Lead, Pediatric Home Enteral Nutrition Program
Physician Lead for Safety and Chair of the Alberta Children's Hospital Quality Assurance Committee

Dr. Sharron Spicer

Calgary

Care Manager, School Speech Language Services
Pediatric Community Rehabilitation

Katherine Bennett

Calgary

OT, Team Leader, Allied Health Community, Edmonton Zone

Liz Mathew

Edmonton

Senior Project Manager, Path to Care

Manisha Patel

Edmonton

Unit Manager - Unit 2, Complex Care Program, Home Enteral Nutrition Therapy (HENT), Alberta Children’s Hospital

Mary O'Gorman

Calgary

Speech Language Pathologist and Clinical Lead Pediatrics, Communication Disorders - GRH

Naomi Beswick (Co-Chair)

Edmonton

Discipline Lead, Occupational Therapy, ACH

Patty O’Krafka (Co-Chair)

Calgary

Regional Collaborative Service Delivery (RCSD)
Low Incidence Coordinator, School and
Community Supports Branch

Roy McConnell

Government of Alberta

Children's Rehabilitation Services

Sharla Piecowye

Central

Nutrition Services Manager, Nutrition & Food Services, Calgary

Teresa Ooyevaar

Calgary

Past Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Occupational Therapist, Home Nutrition Support Program, Stollery

Alysha Vishram

Edmonton

Senior Consultant, Knowledge Management - PSE

Bob Brown

Provincial

Renfrew Educational Services
Occupational Therapist
Park Place Location

Megan Taylor

Calgary

Manager Occupational Therapy Services & Stroke Support Team, South Zone – East

Myra Gerhardt

South

Provincial Manager Virtual Health

Judy Treppel

Provincial

Stroke Support Team - South Zone – East

Uma Thakor

Government of Alberta

Current Members - Enteral Working Group

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Social Worker, Stollery Children’s Hospital

Brenden Lindsey

Edmonton

Executive Director, Strategy, Standards and Practice, Nutrition Services

Carlota Basualdo-Hammond

Provincial

Project Manager, Stollery Children’s Hospital

Heather Lissel

(Co-Chair)

Edmonton

Manager, Child Health

Jody Brudler

Edmonton

Physician Lead, Stollery Children’s Hospital

Justine Turner

(Co-Chair)

Edmonton

Registered Nurse HNSP Clinic, ACH

Karen Hill

Calgary

Dietitian, Stollery Children’s Hospital

Keri Fehler

Edmonton

Patient Care Manager, Alberta Children’s Hospital

Kerry Hart

Calgary

Registered Dietitian, Alberta Children’s Hospital

Kristina Van Nest

Calgary

Executive Director Ambulatory and Inpatient Care, Stollery

Marcia Kashani

Edmonton

Unit Manager, HNSP, Alberta Children’s Hospital

Mary O’Gorman

(Co-Chair)

Calgary

Provincial Practice Lead, Child and Maternal Health

Melissa Lachapelle

Provincial

Executive Director, Ambulatory Care & Site, ACH

Natasha Tiemstra

Calgary

Parent Advisor

Pam Kai

Calgary

Patient Care Manager, Ambulatory Care, Stollery

Sarah Kane-Poitras

Edmonton

Lead, Pediatric Home Enteral Nutrition Program, ACH

Sharron Spicer

Calgary

Quality Improvement Consultant, ACH

Shauna Langenberger

Calgary

Unit Manager, Ambulatory Care, Stollery

Tannis Busch

Edmonton

Nutrition Services Manager, Nutrition & Food Services, Alberta Children’s Hospital

Teresa Ooyevaar

Calgary

Provincial Project Manager

Vanessa Steinke

Provincial

 

Current Members - Oral Working Group

Position

Name

Zone

SLP, Glenrose

Cynthia Brown

Edmonton

OT, ACH

Donna Dressler-Mund

Calgary

Project Manager, Stollery

Heather Lissel

Edmonton

OT, Northern Lights

Kent Tsui

North

OT, ACH

Loralea Morin

Calgary

SLP, Stollery

Loredana Cuglietta

Edmonton

OT, ACH

Moonira Rampuri

Calgary

SLP, Stollery

Morgan Richards

Edmonton

SLP, Stollery

Nicole Baumback

Edmonton

OT, Glenrose

Victoria Micek

Edmonton

Past Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Project Manager, Stollery Children's Hospital

Dolapo Oladele

Edmonton

Physician, Department to Pediatric Gastroenterology ACH

Dr. Jocelyn Jeong

Calgary

Unit Manager
Inpatient Unit 2
Home Enteral Nutrition Therapy (HENT)
Complex Care Program, ACH

Lily Ragan

Calgary

Current Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Director, Clinical Analytics, Analytics

Dr. Allan Ryan

Provincial

Consultant, Data & Analytics

Janet Cohen

Provincial

Patient and Family Centred Care Project Manager

Juliana Harris

Calgary

Associate Professor, University of Alberta
Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition
Lead, Pediatric Home Nutrition Support Program

Dr. Justine Turner (Co-Chair)

Edmonton

Senior Health Economist, Health Technology Assessment and Innovation, AHS

Dr. Mahmood Zarrabi

Provincial

Manager, Audiology and Children's Allied Health

Mark Moland (Co-Chair)

South

Speech-Language Pathologist, Children's Rehabilitation Services,
Vermillion Community Health

Nancy Whelan

Central

Senior Analyst, Clinical Analytics

Dr. Olesya Barrett

Provincial

Senior Project Manager, Clinical Project Support Services

Vanessa Steinke

Provincial

Past Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Evaluation Coordinator, ACH, Child Health Admin

Evelyn Valge (Co-Chair)

Calgary

Analyst, Virtual Health

Maureen Wass

Provincial

Current Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Regional Manager, Peace Collaborative, RCSD

Cheryl Brown

RSCD - Peace Collaborative

Occupational Therapist, Pediatric Home Care Team, Alberta Children's Hospital

Cindy Leblanc

Calgary

Pediatric Home Care Manager

Jacinda Sartison

Calgary

Manager, Child Health, Nutrition Services, Stollery

Jody Brudler

Edmonton

Speech Language Pathologist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital

Julia Giesen

Edmonton

Senior Practice Consultant, HPSP Physiotherapy

Laura Benard

Provincial

Occupational Therapist, ACH

Loralea Morin

Calgary

Psychologist, Early Childhood and Perinatal Mental Health (ECAP-MH), East Calgary Health Center

Lynn Millard

Calgary

RN, Lactation Consultant ACH, NICU

Maxine Scringer-Wilkes

Calgary

Unit Manager, Vi Riddell Children’s Pain & Rehabilitation Centre, Rehab Stream
Alberta Children’s Hospital

Melanie Matiisen-Dewar (Co-Chair)

Calgary

Clinical Nurse Educator, Pediatric Home Care

Meredith Luipasco

Calgary

Speech-Language Pathologist
Pediatric Home Nutrition Support Program
2E2 Stollery Children’s Hospital

Mini Kurian

Edmonton

Occupational Therapist for
Inpatients, Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TEF), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), and support to Neonatal Follow-Up (Perinatal) and Pulmonary Clinics, Alberta Children's Hospital

Moonira Rampuri

Calgary

Occupational Therapy
Grande Prairie Public Health (Virene Bldg)

Shannon Armstrong

North

Occupational Therapist II/Team Lead, East Edmonton Health Centre, Children's Services Home Care

Shobha Magoon

Edmonton

SLP, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

Terra Ward

Edmonton

Speech-Language Pathologist, Alberta Children's Hospital

Tina Nelson

Calgary

South Zone Manager - Children’s Allied Health &
Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (includes Lethbridge area SLP adult services)
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital

Tricia Miller (Co-Chair)

South

Senior Project Manager, Provincial

Vanessa Steinke (Co-Chair)

Provincial

Care Manager, Pediatric Home Care

Winnifred Cull-Power

Calgary

OT Clinical Practice Lead, Glenrose
Co-chair of the OT Connect Care Clinical Documentation groups for feeding and swallowing

Yolan Parrott

Edmonton

Past Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Occupational Therapist, Casual NICU and Pediatric Home Care Team, Alberta Children's Hospital

Heather Moore

Calgary

Care Manager , Pediatric Community Rehabilitation Preschool Language Services      

Siju John             

Calgary

Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Service
Stollery Children's Hospital

 

Wendy Johannsen

Edmonton

Current Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Speech-Language Pathologist
ENT Clinic, Alberta Children’s Hospital

Allison MacDonald

Calgary

Children's Home Care & Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

Amanda Pack

Edmonton

Discipline Lead, Speech Language Pathology
Alberta Children’s Hospital

Dr. Beverly Collisson (Co-Chair)

Calgary

Family Advisor & SLP

Candace Larsen

Calgary

Infant and Early Childhood Psychiatrist, ElmTree Clinic

Dr. Carole Anne Hapchyn

Edmonton

Coordinator, Feeding/Swallowing Service, GRH

Christine Gotaas

Edmonton

OT, Red Deer 49th Street Community Health Centre

Christine Pizzey

Central

Clinical Lead – Speech Language Pathology, North Zone

Cynthia Pruden

North

Speech-Language Pathologist, Children's Rehabilitation Services

Daryl Williams

Central

Occupational Therapist
Oxygen Clinic, Complex Airway Clinic & NICU Consultant, Alberta Children's Hospital

Donna Dressler-Mund

Calgary

Community Pediatrics – private practice
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Heather Leonard

Edmonton

Program Manager, Pediatric Community Rehabilitation, Alberta Health Services

Joanne Kuzyk

Calgary

Speech Language Pathologist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital

Julia Giesen

Edmonton

Professor, University of Alberta, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition,
Lead, Pediatric Home Nutrition Support Program

Dr. Justine Turner

Edmonton

Outpatient RD, Neurosciences and Home Enteral Nutrition Therapy, ACH

Kristina Van Nest

Calgary

Speech Language Pathologist, ACH

Laura Oh

Calgary

OT, Team Leader, Allied Health Community - Edmonton Zone

Liz Mathew

Edmonton

SLP, Pediatric Community Rehabilitation

Lori Woods

Calgary

Provincial Rehabilitation - Senior Practice Consultant, Allied Health Professional Practice & Education

Megan Terrill

Provincial

Psychologist, Hearing Clinic, and Eating, Feeding & Swallowing Service, Alberta Children's Hospital

Dr. Melanie Loomer

Calgary

Provincial Practice Lead, Child and Maternal Health, Provincial Strategy, Standards & Practice, Nutrition Services

Melissa Lachapelle (Co-Chair)

Provincial

Speech-Language Pathologist, Pediatric Home Nutrition Support Program, 2E2 Stollery Children’s Hospital

Mini Kurian

Edmonton

Speech-Language Pathologist, Children's Rehabilitation Services

Patricia Gukert

Central

Family Advisor

Rachel Martens

Edmonton

Nurse Practitioner, ACH Complex Care Team

Rachel Williamson

Calgary

Occupational Therapist II/Team Lead, East Edmonton Health Centre, Children's Services Home Care

Shobha Magoon

Edmonton

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, NICU, Foothills Medical Centre

Stacey Dalgleish

Calgary

Registered Dietitian, EFS Service at Glenrose

Tania Vander Meulen

Edmonton

Speech-Language Pathologist, Alberta Children's Hospital

Tina Nelson

Calgary

North Zone OT Clinical Lead, Allied Health

Todd Farrell

North

Senior Project Manager, Clinical Project Support Services

Vanessa Steinke (Co-Chair)

Provincial

OT Clinical Practice Lead, Glenrose
Co-chair of the OT Connect Care Clinical Documentation groups for feeding and swallowing

Yolan Parrott

Edmonton

Registered Dietitian Working Group

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Nutrition Services Executive Director

Carlota Basualdo-Hammond

Provincial

RD Practice Lead

Chauntal Dunn

North

Inpatient RD, Outpatient Complex Care, Medicine Hat

Janine Whyte

South

Outpatient RD, Medicine Hat

Jessica Lutz

South

Manager, Child Health, Nutrition Services, Stollery

Jody Brudler

Edmonton

Outpatient RD, Home Nutrition Support Program, Stollery Children's Hospital

Keri Fehler

Edmonton

Outpatient RD, Neurosciences and Home Enteral Nutrition Therapy, ACH

Kristina Van Nest

Calgary

Provincial Practice Lead, Child and Maternal Health, Provincial Strategy, Standards & Practice, Nutrition Services

Melissa Lachapelle (Chair)

Provincial

Inpatient RD, Pediatrics

Rachel Poulton

Calgary

Outpatient RD, Eating, Feeding and Swallowing Program

Sherene Sieben

Calgary

Outpatient RD, Glenrose Feeding and Swallowing Services

Tania Vander Meulen

Edmonton

Outpatient RD, Children’s Rehabilitation Services

Tanya Zimmerman

Central

Nutrition Services Manager, Nutrition & Food Services, Calgary

Teresa Ooyevaar

Calgary

Past Members

Program / Position

Name

Zone

Occupational Therapist, North Zone

Breanne Black

North

Respiratory Therapy, Clinical Educator, ACH

Jennifer Oliverio (Co-Chair)

Calgary

Speech-Language Pathologist, Allied Health

Cleft Lip & Palate, ACH

Louise Mills

Calgary

RN, Home Nutrition Support Services, ACH

Karen Hill

Calgary

Project Manager, ACH

Rachelle Van Vliet (Co-Chair)

Calgary

Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Service
Stollery Children's Hospital

Wendy Johannsen

Edmonton