The Unity Health Toronto Ethics Board (REB) is appointed on behalf of Unity Health Toronto, with whom it maintains an arms-length relationship. The Terms of Reference for the REB define this relationship. Unity Health Toronto mandates the REB to independently approve, reject, propose modifications to, or terminate any proposed or ongoing research involving human participants or human materials conducted within or by members of Unity Health.
For more information, view the REB Terms of Reference.
Open current membership list – revised 15 January 2020
| Name | Expertise | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. David Mazer, Chair | Anesthesia (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Philip Berger, Vice Chair | Family Medicine (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Michael Szego, Vice Chair | Clinical Ethics (Scientific) | St. Joseph’s Health Centre | |
| Dr. Zoe Von Aesch, Vice Chair | Family and Community Medicine (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Kamran Ahmad | Cardiology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Paul Angaran | Cardiology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Amit Atrey | Orthopedic Surgery (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| * | Dr. Jane Batt | Respirology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital |
| Ms. Susan Beswick | Nursing (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| ** | Mr. W A Bogart | Community Representative (Non-Scientific) | Non-Affiliated |
| *** | Ms. Grace Choi | Community Lawyer (Non-Scientific) | Non-Affiliated |
| ** | Mr. Christopher Dewdney | Community Representative (Non-Scientific) | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Dale Dotten | Haematology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Mr. Harry Enchin | Community Representative (Non-Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| *** | Mr. Michael Engelberg | Community Lawyer (Non-Scientific) | Non-Affiliated |
| Mr. Malcolm Eylott | Community Representative (Non-Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Dr. Ralph George | Oncology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. John Graham | Cardiology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| *** | Mr. Michel Hélie | Community Lawyer (Non-Scientific) | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Stephen Hwang | Internal Medicine (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Jennifer Innis | Neuro Surgery/Trauma – Nursing (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Charles Kassardjian | Neurology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Jim Kitchens | Internal Medicine (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Michael Kutryk | Cardiology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. David Langlois | Clinical Ethics (Scientific) | Providence Healthcare | |
| Dr. Elizabeth Leung | Clinical Pharmacy (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| * | Dr. Richard Leung | Respirology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital |
| Dr. John Marshall | Critical Care Medicine (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Ms. Michele McCall | Community Registered Dietitian (Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Dr. Leslie Melamed | Community Scientist (Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Dr. Gordon Moe | Cardiology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Melinda Musgrave | Plastic Surgery (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| **** | Dr. Dominic Ng | Endocrinology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital |
| Dr. Arnold Pinter | Cardiology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Ramesh Prasad | Nephrology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Brian Steinhart | Emergency Medicine (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Melanie Tsang | General Surgery (Scientific) | St. Joseph’s Health Centre | |
| Dr. William Tucker | Community Neurosurgeon (Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Dr. Andrew Yan | Cardiology (Scientific) | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Dr. Arthur Zalev | Community Radiologist (Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Non-Voting Members | |||
| Ms. Sharon Freitag | Senior Director, Research Ethics Office | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Ms. Dharmista Patel | Administrative Assistant | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Ms. Andrea Chiu | Research Ethics Coordinator | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Ms. Amanda (Mandy) Hindle | Research Ethics Coordinator | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Ms. Andrea Laarakkers | Research Ethics Coordinator | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Ms. Arlene Lobrin | Research Ethics Coordinator | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Ms. Jenny Lazarevski | Research Ethics Coordinator | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Mr. Jason McGuire | Research Ethics Coordinator | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Ms. Desta Ramlackhansingh | Research Ethics Coordinator | St. Michael’s Hospital | |
| Mr. Tajinder (Pal) Sall | Research Ethics Coordinator | St. Michael’s Hospital |
Note: Chair and the Vice-Chair have the signing authority
* / ** / *** / ****} Alternating Members
