Program Committee
Nursing Course Working Group
Prevention and Acute Treatment Working Group
Health Systems Working Group
Basic Biomedical Working Group
Rehabilitation Programming Working Group
2013 Program Committee
Mark Bayley,
Medical Director, Neuro Rehabilitation Program,
Toronto Rehab
Co-chair
Michael Hill,
Associate Professor, Department of
Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary
Co-chair
Robert Côté
Professor, Departmentof Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medicine
McGill University Health Centre
Chair Elect
Louise Clément
Medical Advisor, Academic Directorate,
Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux
Antoine Hakim
CEO & Scientific Director,
Canadian Stroke Network
Aura Kagan, ED
Director of Education and Applied Research,
Aphasia Institute
Linda Kelloway,
Best Practice Leader,
Ontario Stroke Network
Nicol Korner-Bitensky
Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy,
McGill University
Frank Nieboer
Consultant, Calgary, Alberta
Marc Poulin
Professor,
Departments of Physiology & Biophysics and Clinical Neurosciences,
University of Calgary
Gustavo Saposnik
Director of the Stroke Outcomes Research Unit,
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
Ashfaq Shuaib
Professor, Department of Medicine and Director, Neurology Program,
University of Alberta
2013 Working Groups
Nursing Course Working Group
Roxanne Cournoyer
National Stroke Nursing Council Rep, Quebec
Teri Green
Co-Chair,
National Stroke Nursing Council
Linda Kelloway,
Best Practice Leader,
Ontario Stroke Network
Brenda Kwiatkowski
Clinical Coordinator, Stroke Prevention Clinic,
Saskatoon
Sue Saulnier
Regional Stroke Education Coordinator,
South East Ontario Stroke Network
Rosa Sourial
National Stroke Nursing Council Rep, Quebec
Prevention and Acute Treatment Working Group
Robert Côté
Professor, Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medicine
McGill University Health Centre
Shelagh Coutts
Assistant Professor, Stroke Neurology,
University of Calgary
Gord Gubitz
Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Dalhousie University
Michael Hill,
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences,
University of Calgary
Sylvain Lanthier
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
Université de Montréal
Louise-Hélène Lebrun
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
Université de Montréal
Jeff Minuk
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery,
McGill University
Ashfaq Shuaib
Professor, Department of Medicine and Director, Neurology Program,
University of Alberta
Alexander Thiel
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery,
McGill University
Theodore Wein
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery,
McGill University
Health Systems Working Group
Michael Suddes
Manager, Calgary Stroke Program,
Alberta Health Services
Lori Beaver
Patient Experience Strategist,
Foothills Medical Centre
Louise Clement
Provincial Lead – Quebec Stroke Program,
Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux
Basic Biomedical Working Group
Eitan Anenberg
Co-Chair, CSN Trainee Association
Jodi Edwards
Co-Chair, CSN Trainee Association
Antoine Hakim
CEO & Scientific Director,
Canadian Stroke Network
Marc Poulin
Professor,
Departments of Physiology & Biophysics and Clinical Neurosciences,
University of Calgary
Rehabilitation Programming Working Group
Mark Bayley,
Medical Director, Neuro Rehabilitation Program,
Toronto Rehab
Frank Nieboer
Consultant, Calgary, Alberta
Gail Eskes
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology,
Dalhousie University
Shaun Boe
Assistant Professor, School of Physiotherapy,
Dalhousie University
Nicol Korner-Bitensky
Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy,
McGill University
Anouk Lamontage
Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy,
McGill University
Marilyn Mackay-Lyons
Dalhousie University