Meet Our Team!
IBTP Program Leads

Dr. Teresa Purzner
IBTP Founder and Director
Neurosurgeon, KHSC
Dana Pople-McCord
IBTP Nurse Navigator


Heather Grant
IBTP Senior Research Associate
Dr. Douglas Cook
Neurosurgery Division Head, KHSC


Dr. Shervin Taslimi
Neurosurgeon (complex skull base), KHSC
Lead - Population Health

Dr. Katie Goldie
Professor, School of Nursing
Lead - Retrospective Research Team


Dr. James Purzner
Neurosurgeon, KHSC
Lead - Translational Research Team
KHSC Neurosurgeons
Dr. Ryan Alkins
Neurosurgeon, KHSC


Dr. Ron Levy
Neurosurgeon, KHSC
Dr. Chris Pasarikovski
Neurosurgeon, KHSC


Dr. Julius Ebinu
Neurosurgeon, KHSC
KHSC Radiation & Medical Oncologists
Dr. Timothy Owen
Radiation Oncologist


Dr. Fabio Ynoe de Moraes
Radiation Oncologist, KHSC
Dr. Melinda Mashonga
Radiation Oncologist

Dr. Sofia Genta
Medical Oncologist
Dr. Maria Kalyvas
Radiation Oncologist

Subspecialty Leads

Dr. Craig Goldie
Supportive Care Lead
Palliative Care Physician, KHSC
Dr. John Rossiter
Pathologist, KHSC


Laura Mitchell
IBTP Patient Advisor
Registered Nurse, KHSC
Dr. Donatella Tampieri
Diagnostic & Interventional Neuroradiologist, KHSC


Jessica Bonney
Social Worker, KHSC
IBTP Psychosocial Oncology Lead
Cheryl Welch
Administrative Advisor, KHSC

IBTP Retrospective Research Team

Matthew Love
Health Quality PhD (PhDHQ) Candidate
MSc in Physiology & Pathophysiology

Danny Toon
Nursing MSc (MScN) Candidate
BScN, RN
Sarah Asselin
Nursing MSc (MScN) Candidate
BScN, RN
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Prior to her BScN, Sarah also completed a BMSc with a dual major in physiology & interdisciplinary medical science
