Leadership Team
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Executive Team
Editor-in-Chief
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Ahmed Taher
MD MPH FRCPC
Dr. Taher is the Quality Lead of of the Mackenzie Health Emergency Department.
Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Shawn Mondoux
MD MSc FRCPC
Dr. Mondoux is the Quality and Safety Lead of the Emergency Department at St. Joesph's Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH). He is also the Physician Innovation Lead for SJHH.
Chief Strategy Officer
Dr. Lucas Chartier
MDCM MPH FRCPC
Dr. Chartier is an emergency physician and the VP, Quality and Safety at University Health Network.
Chief Operating Officer,
HiQuiPs Blog
Matthew Hacker Teper
MSc
Matthew is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Toronto. He holds a master's degree in Family Medicine (focus on implementation science and quality improvement) from McGill University.
Advisors
Dr. Darius Bägli
MDCM, FRCSC, FAAP, FACS
Dr. Bägli is the Associate Head of Urology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) as well as a world expert in interdisciplinary paediatric urology and translational science. He has intersecting interests and experience in health informatics, innovation, and leading transformational organizational change.
Dr. Sachin Trivedi
MD, MScHQ, FRCPC
Sachin works as an Emergency Physician, Trauma Team Leader and ED QI lead in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He has completed the Master of Science in Healthcare Quality from Queen's University.
HiQuiPs Blog
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Content Leads
Health Informatics Lead
Vinyas Harish
BCompH PhD
Vinyas is a sixth-year MD/PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. Prior to medical school, he completed his undergraduate studies in computer science at Queen’s University. His interests are in health informatics with a focus on artificial intelligence.
Quality Improvement Lead
Victoria Tran
BHSc MSc
Victoria is a second-year medical student at the University of Toronto. Prior to medical school, she completed a Master’s in Health Science Education at McMaster University. Her interests include quality improvement, paediatric health, and medical education.
Communications Lead
Kelly Ge
Bsc MPH
Kelly is a Policy Analyst at the Public Health Agency of Canada
Junior Editors
Paria Rastegar BSc(c)
Paria is an undergraduate student at York Unviversity
Karen Lui
BScN
Karen is an emergency department nurse.
Inna Uschatz MSc MD(c)
Inna is a second-year medical student at the University of Toronto. She completed a master’s of medical science at McMaster University investigating the effects of exercise on immune mediators in children and adolescents. Her interests include quality improvement and medical education.
Benson Law MSc MD(c)
Benson is a medical student at the Schulich School of Medicine. He joined as a junior editor and his interests include critical care and emergency medicine. Outside of his academics, he serves as a reserve military officer with the Canadian Forces.