The Unity Health Toronto Ethics Board (REB) is appointed on behalf of Unity Health Toronto, with whom it maintains an arms-length relationship. The Terms of Reference for the REB define this relationship. Unity Health Toronto mandates the REB to independently approve, reject, propose modifications to, or terminate any proposed or ongoing research involving human participants or human materials conducted within or by members of Unity Health.
For more information, view the REB Terms of Reference.
Updated 31 May 2023
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| Name | Role (Expertise) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. David Mazer | Chair, Scientific (Anaethesia) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Michael Szego | Vice Chair, Scientific (Clinical Ethics, Genetics, Privacy) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Melanie Tsang | Vice Chair, Scientific (General Surgery) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Zoe Von Aesch | Vice Chair, Scientific (Family Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Kamran Ahmad | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Paul Angaran | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Mr. Frank Au | Community Representative - Legal (Legal) | Non-Affiliated |
| Ms. Grace Choi | Community Representative - Legal (Legal) | Non-Affiliated |
| Mr. Aaron Dantowitz | Community Representative - Legal (Legal) | Non-Affiliated |
| Mr. Christopher Dewdney | Community Representative - Non-Scientific | Non-Affiliated |
| Mr. Harry Enchin | Community Representative - Non-Scientific | Non-Affiliated |
| Ms Rosalyn Espiritu | Scientific (Nursing) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Mr. Malcolm Eylott | Community Representative - Non-Scientific | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Ralph George | Scientific (Surgery, Oncology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. John Graham | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Billie-Jo Hardy | Scientific (Qualitative Research) | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Stephen Hwang | Scientific (Internal Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Jennifer Innis | Scientific (Trauma Neurosurgery, Nursing) | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Charles Kassardjian | Scientific (Neurology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Jim Kitchens | Scientific (Internal Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Michael Kutryk | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. David Langlois | Scientific (Clinical Ethics, Privacy) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Elizabeth Leung | Scientific (Clinical Pharmacy) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Richard Leung | Scientific (Respirology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. John Marshall | Scientific (Critical Care Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Michele McCall | Community Representative - Scientific (Nutrition, Natural Health Products) | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Leslie Melamed | Community Representative - Scientific (Biostatistics) | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Gordon Moe | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Melinda Musgrave | Scientific (Plastic Surgery) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Dominic Ng | Scientific (Endocrinology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Arnold Pinter | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Ramesh Prasad | Scientific (Nephrology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Mohammad Qadura | Scientific (Surgery) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Fahad Razak | Scientific (Internal Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Dalia Rotstein | Scientific (Neurology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Gustavo Saposnik | Scientific (Neurology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Brian Steinhart | Scientific (Emergency Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. William Tucker | Community Representative - Scientific (Neurosurgery) | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Amol Verma | Scientific (Internal Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Andrew Yan | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Atif Zafar | Scientific (Neurology) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Arthur Zalev | Community Representative - Scientific (Radiology) | Non-Affiliated |
| Ms. Sharon Freitag | Senior Director, Research Ethics Office | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Dharmista Patel | Administrative Assistant | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Desta Ramlackhansingh | Operations Lead, Research Ethics | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Andrea Chiu | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Amanda (Mandy) Hindle | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Andrea Laarakkers | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Jenny Lazarevski | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Arlene Lobrin | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
| Mr. Jason McGuire | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
| Mr. Tajinder (Pal) Sall | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ms. Vanessa Wong | Research Projects Assistant | Unity Health Toronto |
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