Family Health Care Team

Our Family Health care team works together to provide you with comprehensive care.

Academic Family Health Team — Toronto site

Our highly trained family physicians provide primary care for patients of all ages.

Before contacting us, please review our information about seeing your primary care provider and our frequently asked questions for answers to common patient questions, such as renewing your prescription or getting test results. 

Physicians

Nurse practitioners

Sheena Luck

Sankamy Ravichandran


Registered nurses

Ronit Aryan, RN, BScN

Christine Lanois, RN

Alison Meikle, RN


Dietitian

Lauren Rose, RD


Certified diabetes educators

Certified diabetes educators (CDEs) are trained nurses and dietitians who specialize in diabetes education. They offer valuable assistance in managing health and navigating life with diabetes.

CDEs assess patients and teach them and their family members about diabetes. They also provide tools to support self-management.

CDEs also support and educate residents and clerks in diabetes management.

Amy Knegt, RN, CDE

Lisa Satira, RD, CDE


Social workers

Social workers help connect patients with community resources and support patient and family well-being. Learn more about our Social Work team.

Michelle Holzapfel, MSW, RSW

Sarah Goodman, MSW, RSW

Jessica Haber, MSW, RSW

Emily Du, MSW, RSW

Catalina Ramirez, MSW, RSW


Midwives

Natalie Tregaskiss, RM, RN

Susannah Merritt, RM, RN


Pharmacist

Suzanne Singh, RPh

Our pharmacist provides medication assessments and education to ensure medications are necessary, safe and effective. Working with patients, family physicians and the health-care team, our pharmacist helps identify and address medication concerns. Learn more about Pharmacist Services.


Learners

Mount Sinai Hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. You may see medical students, residents or other medical trainees as part of your care. Learners are supervised by other members of the health-care team.


Administration

Gillian Wilde-Friel, Director

Nelia De Oliveira, Site Manager

Paula Da Rocha, Medical Education Coordinator

Medical secretaries 

Our administrative support team is your first point of contact, by phone or in person. They schedule appointments, manage referrals, relay messages and help find answers to your questions. The team also works to optimize patient access, coordinate services and uphold high standards of care.


Chart room

Sandy Daniel

Juna Sernias

Our chart room team manages the document management system. They ensure patient records are complete, accurate and readily accessible to clinic staff.


Clinic assistants

Rosalie Cabrera

Pinky Deuna

Urygen Dolma

Liudmila Manykina

Kristina Plotnikova

Our clinic assistants support clinical staff by ensuring smooth patient flow and assisting with minor clinical procedures. They help create a welcoming environment for patients and families.


Medical education assistant

Allegra Jurenas


Billing coordinator

Laigaa Pasupathirasa


Office assistant

Joana Alves

Academic Family Health Team — Vaughan site

Our highly trained family physicians provide primary care for patients of all ages.

Before contacting us, please review our information about seeing your primary care provider and our frequently asked questions for answers to common patient questions, such as renewing a prescription or getting test results.

Physicians

Visiting specialists

Dr. Rachelle Guttman

The Prenatal Education Program at Mount Sinai Hospital offers prenatal classes at our clinic. All classes are taught by experienced health-care providers. Expectant parents planning to deliver at Mount Sinai Hospital can sign up for classes here.


Nurse practitioner

Aida Dastparvardeh


Registered nurses

Cynthia Pierce, RN, BScN

Kristen Shewen, RN, BScN


Dietitian

Lisa Weinberg, RD


Social workers

Paula Lipkus, MSW, RSW

Sarah Goodman, MSW, RSW

Jessica Haber, MSW, RSW


Learners

Mount Sinai Hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. You may see nursing, social work or dietitian students, residents or other medical trainees as part of your care. Learners are supervised by other members of the health-care team.


Administration

Dr. Erin Bearss, Family Physician-in-Chief

Gillian Wilde-Friel, Director

Rita Marcal, Site Manager


Administrative team

Our administrative team is your first point of contact, by phone or in person. They schedule appointments, connect you with internal resources and help find answers to your questions.

The team also works to optimize patient access, coordinate services and uphold high standards of care. Our administrative team uses electronic medical records to process accurate and complete information in a timely manner.