Land-Based Healing | Nature for Healing

Our Clinical Team

Dr. Patricia Hall, BA BSc MD FRCPC
Associate Professor,
Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Chair, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University; Interim Physician Department Executive, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Dr. Jill Glasglow, PhD C. Psych
Child Clinical Psychologist, Inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Dr. Luis Altimirano Diaz, MD
Associate Scientist, Division of Children's Health & Therapeutics, Children's Health Research Institute; Associate Professor, Paediatrics (Cardiology), Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University

Kyna Patterson, MSc CCLS
Operational Manager Children's Hospital, LHSC

Candace Carreiro, RN BScN
Clinical Manager, Paediatric Inpatients B6-100 & Children's Specialty Service Nursing Resource Team, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Anne Marie Sparks
Operational Specialist, Paediatric Family Resource Centre, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Levv Shatil
Youth Resource Facilitator, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Nicole Turner
Manager, Office of Inclusion & Social Accountability, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Dr. Andrea Ens, MD MEd FRCPC
Paediatric Endocrinologist, Children's Hospital, LHSC; Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University

Maggie Perquin
Patient Partner/Volunteer, LHSC

Dr. Doris Yuen, MD PhD FRCPC
Neonatologist, Children's Hospital, LHSC; Associate Professor, Schulich School of Medicine and Densitry, Western University

Dr. Julie Strychowsky, MD
Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Sepideh Taheri, MB ChB FRCPCH (UK)
Academic General Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, LHSC; Associate Professor, Paediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University

Dr. Kawmadi Abeytunge, MD
Paediatrics Resident, Western University

Chris Kinchlea
LHSC Patient Partner

Heather Talbot
Indigenous Transition Facilitator, Renal Care Program, LHSC

Bailey Felkar, MSc CCLS
Child Life Specialist, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Deborah Dewbury
Child Life Specialist, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Elizabeth Wong, BScH BScPharm PharmD RPh
Clinical Pharmacist, Paediatric Medicine, Children's Hospital, LHSC

Jordan Buck
Horticultural/Nature-Based Therapist
Our Research Team

Olivia D'Andrea Brooks
Research Assistant
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (2021), Western University; Bachelor of Health Sciences, Honors Specialization (2024), Western University; Research Assistant at Children's Environmental Health Clinic Ontario

Dr. Lesley Gittings
Scientific Director
Assistant Professor, School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University;
Scientist, Child Health Research Institute, Lawson Research Institute;
Research Associate, Adolescent Accelerators Hub, University of Cape Town

Rachael Grove
Research Assistant
Master of Public Health, Queen's University; Research Assistant at Children's Environmental Health Clinic Ontario

Sophie Paquet
Student Researcher
Bachelor of Health Sciences, Honors Specialization Candidate, Western University

Lauren Mascarenhas
Student Researcher
Medical Student, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University