Alberta Contacts and PHEN Membership Listing

The following is a listing of members of the Provincial Health Ethics Network who have provided their consent to be listed here. It is also intended to serve as a directory of individuals in the province who have an interest in, or are involved in, health ethics in Alberta. To become a PHEN member and add your name to this list, or to modify your entry, click here.

Daniel Aceytuno
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: End-of-life care, Pediatrics, Bioethics

Betty Joan Alberstat
Calgary
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Robert B Bell
Associate Clinical Professor
University of Calgary, Calgary
Areas of Interest: neuroethics, bioethics and medical education, vegetative state

Carey Beninger
Coordinator S. Alberta Organ Donation Program
Alberta Health Services, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Informed Consent, Allocation of Limited Resources, End of Life Care

Miles Berry
RN
Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Seniors care , Organizational and occupational health, Resource allocation

Twyla Burgoyne
Case Manager
Interior Health, Penticton
Areas of Interest: resource allocation, moral distress, education

Shauna Burkholder
Pediatric Intensivist
Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Pediatric ethics , End of life care

Helen Chan
Clinical Chaplain Specialist
University of Alberta Hospital / Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Spiritual Care, Cardiology, Intercultural Dialogue

Jane Christensen
Spiritual Care Provider
Covenant Health, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Geriatrics, Mental Health, End of Life

Gerrit Clements
Barrister and Solicitor
Victoria
Areas of Interest: consent, end of life decision making, mental health & mental disability issues

Laura Coleman
Registered Dietitian
Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Douglas Cooney
Senior Chaplain
Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatoon
Areas of Interest: End of Life Issues, Cross Cultural Issues in Medical Ethics, Spirituality and Medical Ethics

Maureen Crandle
Mental Health Clinician/Social Worker
Calgary Health Region - Community Geriatric Mental Health, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Geritarics, Mental Health, Consent

Iris Davies
Board Member
MS Society of Canada - Lloydminster Chapter, Dewberry
Areas of Interest: research ethics, institutional care, end of life

John Dossetor
Ottawa
Areas of Interest: Relational Ethics, Transplant Ethics

Sharon Downs
President
Western Health Planning Associates Ltd., Devon
Areas of Interest: Resource Allocation, Informed Consent, Organizational Ethics

Andem Effiong
Scholar-in-Residence/Visiting Researcher
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Areas of Interest: Medical Futility, Palliative Medicine, Chronic Illness

Chris Emmerling
Policy Advisor
Alberta Health and Wellness, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Garry Engler
Chaplain
Sturgeon Community Hospital Ethics Committee, Capital Region Coord'g Counci, St. Albert
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Stephanie Ens
Social Worker
NorWest Co-op Community Health, Winnipeg
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Huzaifa Faisal
MPH Student
UofA, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Renita Falkenstern
Manager of Mission Effectiveness
The Good Samaritan Society, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: end-of-life, care of vulnerable people (elderly/disabled), organizational ethics

CHERYL FANNING
Health Services Manager
The Redwoods Retirement Residence, RED DEER
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Sherrie Ferguson
Public Health Nurse
Alberta health services, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Public Health Nursing Ethics, , Population Ethics

Johnna Fisher
Continuing Sessional Instructor
Philosophy Department, Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver
Areas of Interest: End-of-Life Decisions, Competence & Consent, Education

Donna Gamble
Psychologist - Manitoba Developmental Centre
Family Services and Consumer Affairs, Brandon
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Madeleine Girard
Staff Development Coordinator
Whitehorse General Hospital, Whitehorse
Areas of Interest: pain management, life support, quality of life

Kim Giroux
Social Worker
Brockville Mental Health Centre, Brockville
Areas of Interest: Mental Health , Advanced Directives, Resource Allocation

Jennifer Gourlay Hennig
Primary Care Nurse
NorWest Co-op Community Health, Winnipeg
Areas of Interest: None indicated

David Guerrero
University of Regina, Regina
Areas of Interest: bioethics, end of life issues, concepts of health and disease

Ruth Guse
RN
Alberta Health Services, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Oceanna Hall
Coordinator of Spiritual Care and Counseling
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: End of Life Choice, Treatment Access, Treatment Consent

Marguerite Hampton
Director, CRM and Data Access
Alberta Health and Wellness, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Privacy of Information, Accountability, End of Life Decisions

Debra Harris
Calgary
Areas of Interest: pediatrics, consent, resource allocation

kathleen Hempstock
educator/infection control designate
allen gray continuing care centre, edmonton
Areas of Interest: seniors, resource allocation, death and dying

Dawn Hill
Former Chair
S.Okanagan Clinical Ethics Committee, Victoria
Areas of Interest: palliative care, cultural safety & care, consent

G. Anne Hughes
Regional Professional Practice Leader, Nursing
British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria
Areas of Interest: Care Ethics, Professional Duty and Responsibility, Human Diversity

Noela Inions
Ethics & Compliance Officer
Alberta Health Services, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Access and Privacy, Organizational Ethics, Conflict of Interest

Mary Jardine
Chair, Ethics Committee
Bethany Care Society, Calgary
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Sharon Jones
Administrator
Salem Manor (Managed by Extendicare), Leduc
Areas of Interest: palliative care and end of life issues, informed consents, medical interventions for continuing care residents

Kathryn Kane-Upton
Primary Care RN
Big Country Primary Care Network , Rumsey
Areas of Interest: patient responsibilities & rights, resource allocation, organizational expressions of respect for employees and for patients

Margaret Kennedy
Calgary
Areas of Interest: PALLIATIVE CARE, RESOURCES, DIFFICULT HEALTH CARE DECISIONS

Helen Kenyon
Executive Director
Big Country Primary Care Network, Trochu
Areas of Interest: resource allocation, patient/provider reponsibilities

Shirley Kerr
Education Manager
Extendicare Parkside, Regina
Areas of Interest: consent/palliative care, sexuality, long term care/seniors

Janet Kluthe
Interim Operational Support Lead, Comm'ty Oncology
Cancer Care, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Health policy, Health system, Resource allocation

Christine Knight
Psychologist
Alberta Health Services - Geriatric Mental Health, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Capacity, Geriatrics, Mental Health

Bonnie Koch
PHEN, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Staff

Teri Langlois
Calgary
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Pauline Lea
Care Manager, Home Care
Alberta Health Services - Aspen Region, Westlock
Areas of Interest: Care of Elderly - Equitable, Resource Allocation

Michael LEISINGER
Regional Director-Board & Administration Services
Northern Health, Prince George
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Gary Lepine
Concord Professional Development, Calgary
Areas of Interest: End of Life Care, Public Education

Martin Letendre
Director of Ethics and Legal Affairs
Veritas IRB Inc., Montreal
Areas of Interest: Research ethics, Research Integrity, Governance

Elizabeth Ley
Calgary
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Karen Longlade
Principal
CONCEPT Management Consulting, Sudbury
Areas of Interest: Organizational Development, Training, Ethics Frameworks

Audrey Lowe
Coordinator Continuing Competence Program
Physiotherapy Alberta--College + Association, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: professional codes & values

Colleen Lycar
Regional Director
Extendicare Canada Inc., Edmonton
Areas of Interest: end of life care issues

Dawn MacDonald
Coordinator Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg
Areas of Interest: moral residue, mindfulness, building ethical communities of practice in healthcare

Ralph Magnus
Chaplain
Covenant Health - Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

connie mahoney
ethics consultant
Alberta health Services, Calgary
Areas of Interest: mental health , community health, public health

Nabeel Mangadan-Konath
Toronto
Areas of Interest: Public Health and Global Health Ethics, Organizational Ethics, Research Ethics

Jane Matheson
CEO
Wood's Homes, Calgary
Areas of Interest: organizational ethics, ethics and children and families

Michael McCarthy
Social Worker
Shepherd's Care Foundation, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: consent , geriatices, education

Heather McElroy
Advisor, Employee Wellness
Alberta Health Services, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: organizational ethics , pandemic planning, clinical ethics committees

Tami Mcgregor
homemaker
LTD, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Neurological Disease

Mary McIntyre
Manager, Public Health SCHC and Rural South
Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone, Calgary
Areas of Interest: public health ethics, resource allocation

C. Meghan McMurtry
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Guelph, Guelph
Areas of Interest: pediatrics, psychology, mental health

Amy Middleton
Programming Director
PHEN, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Pamela Miller
Government of Alberta, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Shirley Mills
Physiotherapist
DTHR, Innisfail
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Rama Mishra
Psychologist,
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, Medicine Hat
Areas of Interest: Informed Consent, Competency to make healthcare decisions, Forced treatment

Stan Mitchell
Pharmacist
Claresholm
Areas of Interest: Psychiatry, Resource Allocation, End of Life

Joanne Morcom
Social Worker
Extendicare, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Long Term Care

Chris Murray
Unit Manager, General Neurology
Alberta Health Services, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Informed consent, resource allocation, end of life care

Nathalie Nadon
Nurse practitioner in cardiolgy
CHUM, Montréal
Areas of Interest: end-of-life issues, delivering bad news, "difficult" patient

Leanne Nadwidny
RN
Alberta Health Services, Sherwood Park
Areas of Interest: End-of-life care, Biotechnology, Resource allocation

Al-Noor Nenshi Nathoo
Executive Director
PHEN, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Global Resource Allocation, Virtue Ethics, Poverty and Health

Hilda Nauenburg
Chaplain
Alberta Health Services - Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Mental Health, Spiritual Care, Women's Health

Lauraine Newton
Care Manager
Alberta Health Services, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Resource allocation, Seniors , Living at risk

Yohana Ng,wandu
Nurse Tutor
Sumve School of Nursing , Mwanza,
Areas of Interest: Paedriatric, Resource allocation, Consent

Gloria O'Donnell
Social Worker
Vernon
Areas of Interest: Seniors, Capacity Issues, Right to Die

Taiwo Odumosu
Lecturer
Faculty of Law, Olabisi Onabanjo University,, Ijebu Ode
Areas of Interest: Bioethics, Informed Consent, , Resource Allocation

Carol Oelke
Director of Care
Salem Manor Nursing Home, Leduc
Areas of Interest: End of life, Geriatrics, Consent

Anita Paras
Workforce Planner, Manager
Alberta Health and Wellness, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Aqsa Safdar Parwaz
Dr.
M H Medical College & Hospital, Karachi
Areas of Interest: Public Health, Patient Safety, Social Determinants of Health

Steven Patterson
Associate Professor
Department of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Wetaskiwin
Areas of Interest: Dentistry, Education of Health Professionals, Access to Care

Joanna Patterson
Registered Nurse
Alberta Health Services - LTC Elk Point, Elk Point
Areas of Interest: Informed Consent, Geriatrics

Tom Peterson
Chartered Accountant
Edmonton
Areas of Interest: The role of power in bioethics., The role of skepticim in bioethics., The role of personal responsibility in bioethics - who takes responsibility for what?

Donna Pettipas MSW
Coordinator of Residential Audits
N.S. Department of Community Services, Halifax
Areas of Interest: Disability, Consent, Person Centred Approach

Sandy Phillips
Area Manager
Alberta Health Services, Airdrie
Areas of Interest: Public Health Generalist Role, Leadership, on-going Education

Geoff Pradella
Calgary
Areas of Interest: Consent, autonomy and decision-making in vulnerable populations, Organization ethics (sustainability, resource allocation, access), Education (Undergraduate & CME)

Milli Prairie
Public Health LPN
Alberta Health Services, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Informed Consent, Cultural Diversity and communication, Public Health Ethics with Vaccination

Farhan Abdul Rauf MD MPH PhD MISDOHD MIAEng MCRPH FRHS MIMA
Public Health Researcher/Physician
M H Medical College & Hospital, Karachi
Areas of Interest: Global Health, Patient Safety, Emotional and Social Development

Mary-Karen Reid
Social Worker
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: capacity, end of life issues, resource allocation

Ken Roberts
Lead, Ethics Consultation Team
Grand River Hosptial, Kitchener
Areas of Interest: clinical decisions, organizational accountability, end of life

Carol Robertson Baker
Assistant Mental Health Patient Advocate
Alberta Mental Health Patient Advocate Office, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Mental Health, Consent, Use of Restraint

Kathleen Rogers
Physiotherapist
Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Randall W. Sargent
Medical Director
Bethany Care Society, Canmore
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Faisal Shafiq
CBR Coordinator
Alberta Community Council on HIV (ACCH), Edmonton
Areas of Interest: Informed Consent, Confidentiality , Patient Safety

Adrienne Short
RN
Alberta Health Services, Okotoks
Areas of Interest: moral distress, patients rights, resource allocation

Sylvia Simmons
Quality Consultant-Central Zone, South
Alberta Health Services, Red Deer
Areas of Interest: Patient Safety/ Quality Improvement, Ethics Consultation, Informed Consent

Christy Simpson
Head and Associate Professor
Department of Bioethics, Halifax
Areas of Interest: Organizational Ethics, Role of Hope in Health Care, Rural Health Ethics

Marcella Snell
Licensed Practical Nurse
Willow Creek Continuing Care Center, Claresholm
Areas of Interest: long term care, pharmacology, acute care

Richard Sobel
Vancouver
Areas of Interest: consent, research ethics, bioethics

Khawar Sohail
Rawalpindi
Areas of Interest: Research Ethics, Genetic Research Ethics, Human Rights

Rilla Sommerville
Hospital Chaplain
Alberta Health Services, Red Deer
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Joanne Sparks
Pastoral Care Coordinator
St. Joseph's Women's Hospital, Tampa
Areas of Interest: Neonatal Intensive Care Services, Pediatric Palliative Care, Perinatal Hospice

Sharon Specht
Manager, Thomson Centre
Yukon Continuing Care Division, Whitehorse
Areas of Interest: end-of-life care, clinical decision-making, resource allocation

Sharron Spicer
Rotary/Flames House Children's Hospice, Calgary
Areas of Interest: Pediatrics, End of Life, Advance Care Planning

Jennifer Stefura
Instructor, Respiratory Therapy
SAIT Polytechnic, Airdrie
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Janet Storch
Professor Emeritus
University of Victoria, School of Nursing, Victoria
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Sheila Toews
Director, WRHA Ethics Services; Chair, MB-PHEN
Winnipeg Health Region, Winnipeg
Areas of Interest: ethics initiatives in health regions, organizational ethics

Cheryl Verbeek
Springbrook
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Bonnie Wademan
RN, MN
Alberta Health Services, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: relational ethics, seniors

Liz Walker
Administrative & Clinical Dietitian
Macaulay Lodge, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse
Areas of Interest: nutrition/hydration, end of life

Heather Williams
Psychometrist
Covenant Health, Edmonton
Areas of Interest: None indicated

Lydia Woodard
Clinical Research Bioethicist (Student)
University of Florida, Tampa
Areas of Interest: Reproductive Ethics, Research Ethics, Clinical Bioethics

Karla Wyld
Nursing Instructor
Red Deer College, Red Deer
Areas of Interest: Moral Distress, Nephrology, Research