The ODTEAC provides expert advice on donation and transplantation system activities for ongoing advancement and implementation of national initiatives in partnership with Canadian Blood Services. ODTEAC members include the Chairs of other CBS advisory committees and representatives from national partner organizations.
Dr. Norman Kneteman | CHAIR | University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. Saneef (Sonny) Dhanani | Chair, Deceased Donation Advisory Committee | Intensivist, Critical Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Chief Medical Officer, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Ottawa, Ontario
Deanna Paulson | Chair, Donation and Transplant Administrators Advisory Committee | Director, Transplant Services University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. Brian Clarke | Chair, Heart Transplant Advisory Committee | Associate Professor, UBC Cardiology, St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Steven Paraskevas | Chair, Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee | Associate Professor of Surgery - Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec
Dr. Susan Gilmour | Chair, Liver Transplant Advisory Committee | Regional Program Clinical Director, Stollery Children's Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. Sunita Singh | Chair, Living Donation Advisory Committee | Transplant Nephrologist, Kidney Transplant Clinic Nephrologist, Post Transplant, Kidney Transplant Clinic Donor Nephrologist, Kidney Transplant Clinic UHN - Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Vacant | Chair, Lung Transplant Advisory Committee
Dr. James Lan | Co-Chair, National Human Leukocyte Antigen Advisory Committee | Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of British Columbia, Director, Immunology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kidney Transplant Program, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Robert Liwski | Co-Chair, National Human Leukocyte Antigen Advisory Committee l Head, Division of Hematopathology, Medical Director, HLA Typing Laboratory, NSHA - QEII Health Sciences Centre Halifax, Nova Scotia
Roberta Koscielny | Chair, Public Education and Awareness Committee | Communications Specialist Transplant Manitoba, Gift of Life, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Juliana Wu | Representative, Canadian Institute for Health Information | Director, Acute and Ambulatory Care Information Services, Data Strategies and Statistics, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Charu Kaushic | Representative, Canadian Institute of Health Research | Scientific Director, McMaster Immunology Research Centre and Michael G. DeGroote Institute of Infectious Disease Research, Director, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Dr. Lori West | Representative, Canadian National Transplant Research Program | Executive Director, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. Jagbir Gill | President, Canadian Organ Replacement Register, President, Canadian Organ Replacement Register, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia Division of Nephrology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Jeffrey Schiff | President, Canadian Society of Transplantation, Medical Director, Pancreas Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario
Angela Carpenter | Chair, Organ Donation & Transplantation Collaborative (Health Canada) | Provincial Organ and Tissue Donation & Transplantation Manager | Department of Health and Wellness, PEI, Charlottetown, PEI
ETHICS / LEGAL EXPERTS
Vacant
Eric Lun | Executive Director, BC Transplant, Vancouver, British Columbia
Holly Mackin | Executive Director, Women's Health, Trauma Services & Southern Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Program Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta
Lori Garchinski | Executive Director, Provincial Services – Tertiary Care, Program Lead, Saskatchewan Smart IV Pump Program, Regina General Hospital, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Krista Maxwell | (Observer), Manager Transplant Manitoba- Gift of Life, HSC Winnipeg- Shared Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Andrew Healey | Director, Emergency Targeted Sonography, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Chief Medical Officer, Donation, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Hamilton, Ontario
Dr. Darin J. Treleaven | Associate Professor of Medicine Head of Service & Medical Director of Transplantation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario
Janet MacLean | Trillium Gift of Life, Toronto, Ontario
Martine Bouchard | (Observer), Chief Executive Officer, Transplant Québec, Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Prosanto Chaudhury | Associate Director, General Surgery McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Medical Director, Transplant Québec, Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Matthew Weiss | Pediatric Intensivist Centre Mère-Enfant Soleil, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec, Medical Director, Donation, Transplant Québec, Québec, Québec
Vacant | Administrative Director, NB Organ and Tissue Program, Horizon Health Network, Moncton, New Brunswick
Dr. Nessa Gogan | Nephrologist, Saint John Regional Hospital, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, New Brunswick
Cynthia Isenor | Health Services Director, Central Zone and Policy & Planning Critical Care Program, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. Stephen Beed | Site Chief, 3A Med/Surgical ICU Nova Scotia Health Authority QEII Health Sciences Centre, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. Sharon Peters | Professor of Medicine, Eastern Health Health Science Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Amanda Whelen | QA Auditor, Organ Procurement & Exchange of Nfld & Labrador, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Catherine Butler | Director, Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services
Rosanne Dawson | Legal, Canadian Blood Services
Dr. Isra Levy | Vice-President, Medical Affairs, Canadian Blood Services
Lindy McIntyre | Director, Health Policy and Government Relations, Canadian Blood Services
Dr. Michel Pâquet | Medical Advisor, Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services
Dr. Sam Shemie | Medical Advisor, Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services
Last updated May 2024