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 |
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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 |
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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. Roderick MacDonald |
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 |
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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 |