The Deceased Donation Advisory Committee (DDAC) provides expert advice on issues relating to the donation of organs from deceased donors, towards the further advancement of deceased donation in Canada.
Dr. Saneef (Sonny) Dhanani | Chair | Pediatric Intensivist, Pediatric Critical Care, Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Transport, Trauma Team Leader, Emergency Department, SPOT Team Physician, Rapid Response Team, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Medical Lead, Research, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Ottawa, Ontario
Vice Chair | Vacant
Dr. George Isac, Anesthesiologist, VCH/PHCA - Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Sean Keenan, Intensivist, Fraser Health Authority - Royal Columbian Hospital, Medical Director, Donation, BC Transplant, New Westminster, British Columbia
Dr. Andreas Kramer, Medical Director, Southern Alberta Organ & Tissue Donation Program, Intensivist, Intensive Critical Care Services and Clinical Neurosciences, Alberta Health Services - Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta
Dr. Dennis Djogovic, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. Alastair Wall, Assistant Professor General Internal Medicine, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Dr. Jennifer Baird, Physician–Critical Care Medicine, Regina General Hospital & Pasqua Hospital, Donation Physician & Co-Medical Director, Provincial Organ Donation Program, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Regina General Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan
Dr. Owen Mooney, Medical Director, Transplant Manitoba- Gift of Life, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Andrew Healey, Emergency Physician, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario
Karen Dryden-Palmer, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Health Network - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Sam D. Shemie, Medical Advisor, Donation, Canadian Blood Services | Division of Critical Care, Montreal Children’s Hospital | Medical Director, Extracorporeal Life Support Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Matthew Weiss, Pediatric Intensivist, CHU de Québec - Centre Mère-Enfant Soleil, Medical Director, Donation, Transplant Québec, Quebec, Quebec
Dr. Robert Adams, Department of Neurosurgery, South East Regional Health Authority - The Moncton Hospital, Dalhousie University, Moncton, New Brunswick
Dr. Stephen Beed, Site Chief, Nova Scotia Health Authority, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. Jennifer Hancock, Critical Care Physician, Nova Scotia Health Authority QEII Health Sciences Centre, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. Gwynedd Pickett, Neurosurgical Critical Care Specialist, Nova Scotia Health Authority - QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. Sharon Peters, Professor of Medicine, Eastern Health, St. John’s, Newfoundland
CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES REPRESENTATION
Catherine Butler, Director, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation
Peggy John, Associate Director, Program Operations, OTDT, Canadian Blood Services, Vancouver, British Columbia
Everad Tilokee, Project Manager–System Development, OTDT, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario
Last updated August 2023