Meet Our Team!
QBTP Program Leads

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


Heather Grant
QBTP 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
QBTP Patient Advisor
Registered Nurse, KHSC
Dr. Donatella Tampieri
Diagnostic & Interventional Neuroradiologist, KHSC


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

QBTP 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

QBTP Translational Science Research Team

Kaytlin Andrews
TMED PhD Candidate
BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Aryaman Sharma
TMED MSc Candidate


Kana Ogawa
TMED MSc Candidate
BScH in Life Sciences
Ahmad Chahin
Neuroscience MSc Candidate
BScH in Life Sciences


Sabra Salim
MD year 3 - Entering Clerkship