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This year we launched People of Sinai Health a series that provides an opportunity to get to know our colleagues who work in many different roles across all areas of the organization. The profiles are a little window into everyday work routines and the paths that have led people to their current roles. We also ask our colleagues about their hobbies outside of work and for their insights on work-life balance.

If you have a suggestion for someone you’d like to see profiled in People of Sinai Health, get in touch! You can contact us with your ideas for the series at [email protected]

Dr. Mark LachmannMeet Dr. Mark Lachmann, the Medical Lead of Sinai Health’s Bridgepoint campus. Mark is a geriatric psychiatrist working with patients in acute, rehabilitation, long-term care, and community settings. Mark is a geriatric psychiatrist working with patients in acute, rehabilitation, long-term care, and community settings. He started his career as a family physician in  Moose Factory on James Bay in Northern Ontario. Read more

 

 

 

 

Patricia VavaroutsosYou could say that Patricia Vavaroutsos, Admitting Clerk was born to work at Mount Sinai Hospital. After making her entrance into the world on Mount Sinai’s labour and delivery ward, she came back to the hospital when it was time to begin a career. Patricia started out at Mount Sinai over 17 years ago working in the old Michelle Baguette Café, and since those early days, has strived to move herself and her career forward.
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James WongFor James Wong, working in infection prevention and control is a little bit like being a detective. This has been a theme since he started his healthcare career. Before his current role as Program Lead, Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) at Sinai Health System, James studied laboratory sciences in school and then launched his career as a microbiology laboratory technologist, solving mysteries with a microscope. Read more 

 

 

 

 

Crystal WhitredCrystal Whitred says her family was shocked when she decided to pursue a career in nursing. As a child, Crystal was squeamish about needles, pills and going to the doctor. When it came time to apply to university, nursing wasn’t on her radar–at first. Read more

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlotte KovenMeet Charlotte Koven, Hospice Case Manager at Circle of Care. When people ask Charlotte about her work, most of them assume her job is depressing. Charlotte is quick to clarify that is not the case. “There’s a lot of humour, story telling and shared confidences at this time in a person’s life,” she says. “People appreciate when you treat them like a human being, and not just as a sick person.” Read more

 

 

 

 

Carmen El-KhazenCarmen El-Khazen is a Registered Dietitian who works with Bridgepoint’s Family Health Team in the Diabetes Education Program, helping patients manage their health. Carmen says her interest in nutrition sciences began at home —her parents have careers in medicine and science. She also enjoyed spending time with her family in the kitchen. “My mother got my sister and I involved in cooking from a young age and it’s something I really love. It’s another reason I think I gravitated towards nutrition science.” Read more 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Daniel DruckerDr. Daniel Drucker, Senior Investigator with the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute is no stranger to going with the flow.  He’ll be the first one to tell you that he started out as a “thyroid guy,” and worked as a physician, one-on-one with patients experiencing thyroid disease. But he’s gone on to become a renowned diabetes researcher, focusing on gut hormones, which didn’t stop him from developing a class of drugs to treat short bowel syndrome. Read more