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
