BCATPR Team

Our multi-disciplinary team includes members from diverse regions who have expertise in telehealth, research methods and evaluations, patient, provider and policy outcomes, health care policy and administration. Click here to browse the member biographies, or click on a name below to jump to a specific team member.

Team Leader

• Scott Lear, PhD

• Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University;
• Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research, St. Paul's Hospital;
• Director, Community Health Solutions
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Team Members

• Pam Aikman, MSc

• Provincial Director, Stroke Services BC, Provincial Health Services Authority
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• Davina Banner-Lukaris, PhD

• Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Northern British Columbia
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• Bernice Budz, MSN, RN

• Associate Dean, Nursing, School of Health Sciences, British Columbia Institute of Technology
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• Nancy Gabor, MSc, PMP, CPHIMS-CA

• Senior Strategic Planning Analyst, Telehealth, IMITS, Provincial Health Services Authority
   

• Barbara Hennessy, RN, MN, CCN(C)

• Regional Coordinator, Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Services, Northern Health
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• Dan Horvat, MD

• Assistant Professor, Northern Medical Program, University of Northern British Columbia
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• Andrew Ignaszewski, MD, FRCP(C), FACC

• Head of Division of Cardiology, Physicians Operations Leader - Cardiology, Medical Director of Heart Failure and Healthy Heart, Cardiologist, St. Paul's Hospital;
  Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia;
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• Annemarie Kaan, MCN, RN

• Clinical Nurse Specialist, Heart Centre, St. Paul’s Hospital;
  Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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• Adeera Levin, PhD

• Executive Director, BC Provincial Renal Agency
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• Linda Li, PT, PhD

• Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia;
  Harold Robinson / Arthritis Society Chair in Arthritic Diseases
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• Margarita Loyola, ME, MBA

• Manager, Telehealth, Vancouver Island Health Authority

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• Karen Mahoney, RN, MSN

• Clinical Nurse Specialist, Renal Program, Fraser Health Authority
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• Marc Pelletier

• Senior Strategic Advisor, BC Ministry of Health
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• Brodie Sakakibara, PhD

• Postdoctoral Fellow, BC Alliance on Telehealth Policy and Research
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• Loretta Zilm, BTMgt

• Telehealth Coordinator, Interior Health Authority

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• BCATPR Staff

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  • Owen Dukay, BA, BBA

  • Administrative & Operations Manager
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  • Daman Kandola, BHSc, MSc

  • Research Coordinator, BC Alliance on Telehealth Policy & Research (Prince George)
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  • Nancy Parmar, RN

  • Chronic Disease Management Research Nurse
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  • Kaitey Vincent, BA

  • Research Coordinator, BCATPR Vancouver
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  • Ina Vukmirovich, BSc

  • Communications Officer