About us

Main investigators

Dr. Cathy Craven

Co-Lead, Project Oversight , Stakeholder Engagement, KT Subgroup

    • Clinician Scientist in the Neural Engineering and Therapeutics Team
    • Medical Lead of the Spinal Cord Rehab Program at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
    • Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto

Dr. Mark Bayley

Co-Lead, Project Oversight , Health Policy Linkages, KT Subgroup

    • Adjunct Scientist in the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences at the University of Toronto
    • Medical Director, Brain and Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
    • Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto

Dr. Sander Hitzig

Co-Investigator and Researcher

    • Scientist in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, St. John's Rehab Research Program at the Sunnybrook Research Institute
    • Assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto

Heather Flett

Co-Investigator

    • Advanced Practice Leader in Spinal Cord Rehabilitation at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Farnoosh Farahani

Project Manager

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Maryam Omidvar

Research analyst

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Dr. Mohammad Alavinia

Knowledge Translation Officer (Scientific Associate II)

    •  Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto

Dr. Matheus Joner Wiest

Post-doctoral fellow

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

External Advisory team

Stephanie Carpenter

John Shepherd

rehabilitation site representatives

Andrea Lee (Director of Rehabilitation)

Regional SCI Rehabilitation Program, Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph’s Healthcare London

London

Anna Marie Daamen-Hawkes (Adult Team Manager)

New Brunswick Provincial SCI Program, Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation

Fredericton

Caroline Joly (Manager of SCI Rehabilitation Programs)

Programme lésions médullaires, Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal (IRGLM)

Montréal

Joanne Zee (Senior Clinical Director)

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network

Toronto

Julie Beaulieu (Manager of the SCI program)

Programme des myélopathies, Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (IRDPQ)

Québec City

Dr. Karen Ethans (Service Chief Spinal Cord Injury Rehab)

Spinal Cord Injury Program, Health Sciences Centres Winnipeg, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Winnipeg

Magda Mouneimne (Quality lead)

Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services

Calgary

Marla Fieber (Manager of Interprofessional Practice)

Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon Health Region and University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon

Michelle Wallace (Patient Care Manager)

Spinal Cord Injury Program, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Alberta Health Services

Edmonton

Rebecca Fleck (Manager, Outpatient Rehab Program & SCI Rehab Unit)

Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Regional Rehabilitation Centre

Hamilton

Dr. Rhonda Willms (Medical Manager, Spinal Cord Injury Program)

Spinal Cord Injury Program, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver

Dr. Sonja A. McVeigh (Physiatrist)

Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Capital Health

Halifax

Sussan Askari (Medical director of SCI rehab ‎services)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program, St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital, Providence Care

Kingston

Sylvia Brachvogel (Program Director)

Trillium Kingsway Financial Spine Centre

Toronto

Dr. Vidya Sreenivasan (Medical director neurospinal program Ottawa hospital)

Neuromuscular Care Stream, The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre

Ottawa

T.B.D.

Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Unit, Leonard A. Miller Centre, Eastern Health

St. John’s

T.B.D.

Rehabilitation Services, Inuvik Regional Hospital

Northwest Territory