2011 POGO Multi-Disciplinary Symposium

			FACULTY/ SPEAKERS

Christine Armstrong, RN (EC), NP/Pediatrics
Nurse Practitioner
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

Scott Baker, MD, MS
Attending Physician
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
Professor and Member
University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

Mary Barron, MSc, RD
Clinical Dietitian
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

Debbie Berlin-Romalis, BSW, MSW, RSW
Clinical Social Worker
Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program
Pediatric Brain Tumour Program
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Adjunct Practice Professor
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, Toronto, ON

Marilyn Cassidy, RN, BA
Pediatric Interlink Community Nurse,
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON

Sarah Courtney, RN, MN, CPON
Clinical Nurse Specialist/APN
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

Elizabeth J. Davies, MSc
BMT Search Coordinator
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

John Doyle, MD, FRCPC, FAAP
Section Head
Section of Bone & Marrow Transplant
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto

R. Maarten Egeler, MD, PhD
Incoming Section Head
Section of Stem Cell Transplantation
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Professor
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Conrad Fernandez, MD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Bioethics
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Acting Head, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS

James Ferrara, MD, DSc
Director, Combined Adult and Pediatric Blood & Marrow Transplant Program
University of Michigan Cancer Centre, Michigan, USA

Adam Gassas, MBChB, MSc, FRCP, DCH
Division of Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplantation
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Lorrie Hagen, RD
Clinical Dietitian
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA


Jane Lowry, RN
BMT Coordinator, Division of Hematology/Oncology
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

MaryLynn Pride
Patient and Transplant Liaison Specialist
OneMatch Stem Cell & Marrow Network
Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON

Gregory H. Revera, Esq.
Lawyer
Leo & Brooks, LLC, Huntsville, AL
Parent

Tal Schechter-Finkelstein, MD
Staff Physician
Division of Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplant
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Carol Spicer, RN, BN
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS

Cindy van Halderen, BASc, MSW, RSW
Social Worker
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON

Paul Veys, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPath, FRCPH
Director BMT
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
Reader Stem Cell Transplantation
University College London, London, UK

Jantien Vrijmoet-Wiersma, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
University of Groningen, The Hague, The Netherlands

Donna Wall, MD
Manitoba Blood and Marrow Transplant Program / Cellular Therapy Laboratory
Director, Manitoba BMT Program
Health Sciences, Winnipeg, MB
Professor, Pediatrics & Child Health, Medicine and Immunology
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB