MEET THE TEAM
COLORECTAL CANCER CANADA TEAM
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BARRY D. STEIN
President
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BUNNIE SCHWARTZ
Co-Founder
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CAROLE BROHMAN
Executive Director
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PATIL MKSYARTINIAN
Senior Program Manager
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MAGDA FIELD
Social Media Manager/Administrative Coordinator
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CARINE LEGAULT, R.N.
Manager, Patient Support
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CHELSEA BUTLER
Patient Support Specialist
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NICOLA HAKIM
Manager, Marketing and Events
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LUCRESSE FOSSOUO
Program Manager
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IRIS KARRY
Manager, Patient Education & Research
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NATASHA BASSETT-SALTARELLI
Community Outreach Manager


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Colorectal Cancer Canada is led by a volunteer Board of Directors. Our board includes colorectal cancer patients and business professionals. All members of our Board of Directors reside in Canada.
- Barry D. Stein
President & CEO
Montreal, QC - Garry Sears
Secretary
Ottawa, ON - Sarita Benchimol
Board Member
Montreal, QC - Martin Gosselin
Board Member
Montreal, QC
- Ellen Walker-Matthews
Board Member
Kelowna, BC - Melvin Mogil
Board Member
Toronto, ON - Alan Peters
Board Member
Toronto, ON - Vito Curalli
Board Member
Toronto, ON - Elaine Gallagher
Board Member
Victoria, BC


MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
CCC is kept up to date of the latest medical advances in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer by an expert Medical Advisory Board.
- Dr. Pierre Major – Medical Oncologist and Chair of CCC Medical Advisory Board,
Hamilton Regional Cancer Center, Hamilton, ON - Dr. David Armstrong – Gastroenterologist,
McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, ON - Dr. Shady Ashamalla – Surgical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Oliver Bathe – Surgical Oncologist,
Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB - Dr. Gerald Batist – Medical Oncologist,
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC - Dr. Sylvie Bourque – Medical Oncologist,
Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, Surrey, BC - Dr. Robin Boushey – Surgical Oncologist,
The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, ON - Dr. Christine Brezden-Masley – Medical Oncologist,
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Ron Bridges – Researcher,
University of Calgary,Gastrointestinal Research Group, Calgary, AB - Dr. Margot Burnel – Medical Oncologist,
Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB - Dr. Sami Chadi – Surgical Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, ON - Dr. Eric Chen – Medical Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Zane Cohen – Director of Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Bruce Colwell – Medical Oncologist,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS - Dr. Christine Cripps – Medical Oncologist,
The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, ON - Dr. Robert Dinniwell – Radiation Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Sam Elfassy – Gastroenterologist,
St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Mary Jane Esplen – Psychosocial Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Margaret Fitch – Clinical Epidemiologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. William Foulkes – Geneticist,
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC - Dr. Steven Gallinger – Surgical Oncologist,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Carman Giacomantonio – Surgical Oncologist,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS - Dr. Sharlene Gill – Medical Oncologist,
BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC - Dr. Duane Hartley – Physician,
Charleswood Medical Clinic, Winnipeg, MB - Dr. Robert Hilsden – Researcher,
Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, Calgary, AB - Dr. Paul Karanicolas – Surgical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Yoo Joung Ko – Medical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Michael Kolber – Physician,
Edmonton, AB - Dr. Monika Krzyzanowska – Medical Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Calvin Law – Surgical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Becky Lee – Naturopathic Physician,
Marsden Centre, Vaughn, ON - Dr. Sender Liberman – Surgical Oncologist,
Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC - Dr. Eric Marsden – Naturopathic Physician,
Marsden Clinic, Vaughn, ON - Ms. Celestina Martopullo – Psychosocial Oncologist,
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB - Dr. Andrea McCart – Surgical Oncologist,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. David Mulder – Thoracic Surgeon,
Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC - Ms. Fiona O’Shea – Palliative Medicine Physician,
Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, St. John’s, NL - Dr. Terry Phang – Surgical Oncologist,
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC - Dr. Geoff Porter – Surgical Oncologist,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS - Dr. Daniel Rayson – Medical Oncologist,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS - Dr. Carole Richard – Surgical Oncologist,
CHUM-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montreal, QC - Dr. Daryl Roitman – Medical Oncologist,
North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Andrew Scarfe – Medical Oncologist,
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB - Dr. Lucas Sideris – Surgical Oncologist,
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC - Dr. Andrew Smith – Surgical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Stephanie Snow – Surgical Oncologist,
QE11 Hospital, Halifax, NS - Dr. Jennifer Spratlin – Medical Oncologist,
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB - Dr. John Srigley – Pathologist,
Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON - Dr. Deborah Terespolsky – Geneticist,
Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON - Dr. Jean-Luc C. Urbain – Radiologist,
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC - Dr. Ramses Wassef – Surgeon,
CHUM-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montreal, QC - Dr. Petra Wildgoose – Family Physician,
Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Clarence Wong – Gastroenterologist,
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB - Dr. Rebecca Wong – Radiation Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Huiming Yang – Healthy Living and Medical Director, Screening,
Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB - Dr. Rami Younan – Surgical Oncologist,
Hotel Dieu, Montreal, QC
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
CCC is kept up to date of the latest medical advances in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer by an expert Medical Advisory Board.
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- Dr. Andrea McCart – Surgical Oncologist,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Andrew Scarfe – Medical Oncologist,
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB - Dr. Andrew Smith – Surgical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Bruce Colwell – Medical Oncologist,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS - Dr. Becky Lee – Naturopathic Physician,
Marsden Centre, Vaughn, ON - Dr. Christine Brezden-Masley – Medical Oncologist,
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Christine Cripps – Medical Oncologist,
The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, ON - Dr. Carman Giacomantonio – Surgical Oncologist,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS - Dr. Calvin Law – Surgical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Carole Richard – Surgical Oncologist,
CHUM-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montreal, QC - Dr. Clarence Wong – Gastroenterologist,
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB - Ms. Celestina Martopullo – Psychosocial Oncologist,
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB - Dr. David Armstrong – Gastroenterologist,
McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, ON - Dr. Duane Hartley – Physician,
Charleswood Medical Clinic, Winnipeg, MB - Dr. David Mulder – Thoracic Surgeon,
Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC - Dr. Daniel Rayson – Medical Oncologist,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS - Dr. Daryl Roitman – Medical Oncologist,
North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Deborah Terespolsky – Geneticist,
Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON
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- Dr. Eric Chen – Medical Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Eric Marsden – Naturopathic Physician,
Marsden Clinic, Vaughn, ON - Ms. Fiona O’Shea – Palliative Medicine Physician,
Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, St. John’s, NL - Dr. Gerald Batist – Medical Oncologist,
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC - Dr. Geoff Porter – Surgical Oncologist,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS - Dr. Huiming Yang – Healthy Living and Medical Director, Screening,
Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
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- Dr. Jennifer Spratlin – Medical Oncologist,
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB - Dr. John Srigley – Pathologist,
Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON - Dr. Jean-Luc C. Urbain – Radiologist,
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC - Dr. Lucas Sideris – Surgical Oncologist,
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC
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- Dr. Margot Burnel – Medical Oncologist,
Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB - Dr. Mary Jane Esplen – Psychosocial Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Margaret Fitch – Clinical Epidemiologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Monika Krzyzanowska – Medical Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Oliver Bathe – Surgical Oncologist,
Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB - Dr. Petra Wildgoose – Family Physician,
Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Pierre Major – Medical Oncologist and Chair of CCC Medical Advisory Board,
Hamilton Regional Cancer Center, Hamilton, ON - Dr. Paul Karanicolas – Surgical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON
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- Dr. Rebecca Wong – Radiation Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Robin Boushey – Surgical Oncologist,
The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, ON - Dr. Ron Bridges – Researcher,
University of Calgary,Gastrointestinal Research Group, Calgary, AB - Dr. Robert Dinniwell – Radiation Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Robert Hilsden – Researcher,
Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, Calgary, AB - Dr. Ramses Wassef – Surgeon,
CHUM-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montreal, QC - Dr. Rami Younan – Surgical Oncologist,
Hotel Dieu, Montreal, QC - Dr. Shady Ashamalla – Surgical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Sylvie Bourque – Medical Oncologist,
Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, Surrey, BC - Dr. Sam Elfassy – Gastroenterologist,
St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Steven Gallinger – Surgical Oncologist,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON - Dr. Sharlene Gill – Medical Oncologist,
BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC - Dr. Sender Liberman – Surgical Oncologist,
Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC - Dr. Terry Phang – Surgical Oncologist,
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
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- Dr. William Foulkes – Geneticist,
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC - Dr. Yoo Joung Ko – Medical Oncologist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON - Dr. Zane Cohen – Director of Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON