POGO - Key Persons


Abbas Ali

Job Titles:
  • Analyst ( Epidemiologist )

Alaisha Ratanshi

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant, Education & Engagement

Alex Barnes

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate

Alexandra Airhart

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Oncology Analyst & Project Lead

Andrew White

Job Titles:
  • Database Developer

Barb Williams

Job Titles:
  • Manager, POGO School and Work Transitions Program

Big Red Oak - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner

Brennah Holley

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Nurse Educator, Hematology / Oncology / Nephrology, Children 's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Bruce Power

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chair

Bruna DiMonte

Job Titles:
  • Senior Database Administrator
  • Privacy Officer

Carla Bennett

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  • Senior Clinical Program Manager

Cheryl Jorritsma

Job Titles:
  • Development Officer, Community Development

Chitra Kulkarni

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  • Human Resources Partner

Colleen Fox

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  • Director Person - Centred Care ( Interim ), Cancer Care Ontario

Denise Mills

Job Titles:
  • Provincial Clinical Lead, Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Dr. Adam Rapoport

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  • Member of the Provincial Pediatric Palliative Care Steering Committee
  • Medical Director, Paediatric Advanced Care Team, the Hospital for Sick Children and Medical Director, Emily 's House

Dr. Alexandra Zorzi

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  • Division Head, Pediatric Hematology / Oncology / Children 's Hospital

Dr. Anthony K.C. Chan

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  • Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Carol Portwine

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  • Division Head, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology / Oncology / McMaster University

Dr. Charmaine van Schaik

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff / Southlake Regional

Dr. David Hodgson

Job Titles:
  • Medical Director & POGO Chair in Childhood Cancer Control

Dr. Donna Johnston

Job Titles:
  • Chief, Division of Hematology / Oncology

Dr. Hodgson Reappointed

Job Titles:
  • Medical Director and Chair in Childhood Cancer Control
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario is delighted to announce the reappointment of Dr. David Hodgson as POGO Medical Director and the POGO Chair in Childhood Cancer Control at the University of Toronto. He began his second five-year term in November 2021 after a very productive first term (2016-2021). Dr. Hodgson's stellar accomplishments, expertise and experience in the care of children with malignant disease and pediatric cancer control have strengthened POGO's many efforts to champion childhood cancer control and POGO's mandate to advance pediatric cancer care and control in Ontario and internationally. Dr. Hodgson is an internationally-recognized pediatric radiation oncologist who has made significant clinical and research contributions through his role at SickKids and his work at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre where he is the Site Group Lead for Pediatrics in the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Director of POGO's Adult Pediatric AfterCare Clinic. He is a Professor in the Departments of Radiation Oncology, and Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. In addition to practicing radiation oncology in the lymphoma and pediatric site groups at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Dr. Hodgson serves on the Hodgkin Lymphoma Steering Committee of the Children's Oncology Group and as a member of the Childhood Cancer Survivorship (CCSS) External Advisory Board. He is the author of over 100 manuscripts in the field of lymphoma and long-term survivorship, and his work has been cited in publications in five languages, including the NIH President's Cancer Panel Report, and the Strategic Plans of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the UK National Health Service.

Dr. Jim Whitlock

Job Titles:
  • Chief, Division of Hematology / Oncology / the Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Laura Wheaton

Job Titles:
  • Head, Division of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Mark Greenberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Provincial Pediatric Palliative Care Steering Committee
  • Senior Clinical Lead, Strategic Initiatives

Dr. Paul Gibson - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Medical Director
  • Chairman

Dr. Sumit Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Staff Oncologist, Division of Hematology / Oncology / the Hospital for Sick Children

Felicia Leung

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst ( Epidemiologist )

Grace Yuen

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  • Manager, POGO Financial Assistance Program

Helen Antoniades

Job Titles:
  • Counsellor - Toronto

Ian Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance & Administration

Jamie Irvine

Job Titles:
  • Office Support and POGO School and Work Transitions Program Communications Assistant

Jill Ross - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Provincial Psychosocial Services Committee

Kelly Zorzi

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Lynn Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Chief Development Officer

Mandy Sala

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pediatric Oncology Nursing Committee
  • Program Coordinator, Information Technology, Data, Analytics and Privacy

Maria Chiu

Job Titles:
  • Senior Scientist

Melanie Grayson

Job Titles:
  • Development Officer

Michelle Hoang

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator
  • Executive

Mohammad Agha

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Scientist

Mr. Adam Harun

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  • Associate, Tenant Representation / Jones Lang LaSalle

Mr. David Belletrutti

Job Titles:
  • Key Account Manager / PepsiCo

Mr. James Scongack

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Bruce B

Mr. Jon Pezim

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  • Executive Vice President, Tenant Representation / Jones Lang LaSalle

Mr. Lee de Lang

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  • Staff Member

Mr. Philippe Tardif

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  • Partner, Securities & Capital Markets Group / Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Mr. Rick Westhead

Job Titles:
  • Senior Correspondent

Mr. Steve McAllister

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  • Co - Founder & Vice President / Parleh Media Group

Ms. Carita Sheehy

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  • Staff Member

Ms. Cindy Milne-Wren

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  • Social Worker, Pediatric Hematology / Oncology / Children 's Hospital

Ms. Heather Connelly

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Ms. Jennifer La Rosa

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  • Senior Clinical Manager, Blood and Marrow Transplant / Cellular Therapy Program / the Hospital for Sick Children

Ms. Jennifer Lomax

Job Titles:
  • Founder and Principal Consultant / Lomax & Co.

Ms. Joan Green

Job Titles:
  • Consulting Group ( LBCG )

Ms. Linda Stevenson

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  • Staff Member

Ms. Michelle Johnston - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Ms. Pearl Schusheim - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer
  • Advisory Professional Corporation

Ms. Sue MacDonald

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  • Staff Member

Ms. Teri Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Oncology

Muhammad Butt

Job Titles:
  • Administrator, Finance and Payroll

Oleg Chayat

Job Titles:
  • System & Network Analyst

Olena Shatokhina

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  • Data Quality Analyst

Paula Lacsena

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator, Communications

Paula Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Guideline Methodologist & Program Manager

Priya Patel

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Rabin Samaroo

Job Titles:
  • Director, Information Technology, Data and Analytics

Sandra Cabral

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Sandy Nuttall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Provincial Psychosocial Services Committee
  • Director, Strategic Projects

Sibel Yardimoglu

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Database Administrator
  • Programmer

Tina Hamalainen

Job Titles:
  • Interlink Team Leader

Usama Memon

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant, Clinical and Data Programs