Since March 2022, 44 members of Island Health’s medical staff have been hired as IHealth Specialty Leads. They are part of a collaborative team that provides change leadership throughout the order set harmonization process and the VGH / RJH Tertiary Activation project.
Specialty Leads:
- Actively coordinate and facilitate workflow review sessions and skill sharpeners
- Provide in-person support leading up to and during go-live
- Serve as a liaison for issues/resolution between their area, operations and the IHealth team
- Provide ongoing support post activation as we move to other sites
IHealth Specialty Department Leads
| Department | Specialty Lead |
|---|---|
| Anesthesia, Pain, & Perioperative Medicine | Dr. Pooya Kazemi |
| Critical Care | Dr. Tom Kuca |
| Emergency | Dr. Drew Digney |
| Imaging Medicine | Dr. Jeffrey Hu |
| Laboratory Medicine | Dr. Michael Chen |
| Specialist Obstetrics | Dr. Regina Renner |
| Primary Care Perinatal | Brandi Wasyluk (RM) |
| Medicine | TBD |
| Pediatrics | Dr. Peter MacDougall and Dr. Gaby Yang |
| Primary Care | Dr. Kevin Garneau-Begin |
| Psychiatry | Dr. Lonn Myronuk |
| Surgery | Dr. Kellie Whitehill |
| Medical Genetics | Dr. Katherine Blood |
| Trauma | Dr. Mark Vu |
IHealth Specialty Leads - Divisions of Medicine
| Department | Specialty Lead |
|---|---|
| General Internal Medicine | Dr. Benjamin Sugars |
| Hospitalist South Island | Dr. Karen McIntyre |
| Hospitalist South Island | Dr. Chloe Lemire-Elmore |
| Hospitalist NRGH | Dr. Andre De Wit |
| Cardiology | Dr. Lauren Dewart and Dr. Peter Gladstone |
| Specialist Obstetrics | Dr. Lauren Dewart |
| Endocrine & Metabolism | Dr. Galina Smushkin |
| Gastroenterology | Dr. Dustin Loomes |
| Nephrology | Dr. Naomi Glick |
| Neurology | Dr. Keiran Tuck |
| Palliative Medicine | Dr. Katelyn Mueller |
| Respirology | Dr. Kewan Aboulhosn |
| Geriatric Medicine | Dr. Alyson Osborne |
| Hematology/Oncology/Oncologic Radiology | Dr. Lisa Earle and Dr. Uma Belgaumkar |
| Infectious Disease | Dr. Ryan LeBlanc |
| Rehabilitation Medicine | Dr. Jesse Ennis |
| Addictions Medicine | Dr. Ramm Hering |
| Dermatology | TBD |
| Rheumatology | TBD |
IHealth Specialty Leads - Divisions of Surgery
| Department | Specialty Lead |
|---|---|
| General Surgery | Dr. Sohrab Khorasani |
| Gynecology | Dr. Emily Sandwith |
| Ophthalmology | Dr. Rusty Ritenour |
| Orthopedics | Dr. Stephen Burnett |
| Urology | Dr. Linda C. Lee |
| Cardiac Surgery | Dr. Michael Perchinsky |
| Neurosurgery | Dr. Evan Frangou |
| Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Dr. Anthony Rea |
| Otolaryngology | Dr. Roy Cheung |
| Pediatric Surgery | Dr. Brent Weatherhead |
| Plastic Surgery | Dr. Jorga Zabojova |
| Thoracic Surgery | Dr. Shaun Coughlin |
| Vascular Surgery | Dr. Matthew J. Robinson |
| Dentistry | Dr. Antony J. Nadolski |
| Podiatry | TBD |
