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 01 April 2021
| Name | Expertise | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. David Mazer, Chair | Anesthesia (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Michael Szego, Vice Chair | Clinical Ethics, Privacy (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Melanie Tsang, Vice Chair | General Surgery (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Zoe Von Aesch, Vice Chair | Family and Community Medicine (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Kamran Ahmad | Cardiology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Paul Angaran | Cardiology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Amit Atrey | Orthopedic Surgery (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| * | Dr. Jane Batt | Respirology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto |
| **** | Ms. Susan Beswick | Nursing (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto |
| ** | 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) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| 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) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. John Graham | Cardiology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| *** | Mr. Michel Hélie | Community Lawyer (Non-Scientific) | Non-Affiliated |
| Dr. Stephen Hwang | Internal Medicine (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| **** | Dr. Jennifer Innis | Neuro Surgery/Trauma – Nursing (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. Charles Kassardjian | Neurology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Jim Kitchens | Internal Medicine (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Michael Kutryk | Cardiology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. David Langlois | Clinical Ethics, Privacy (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Elizabeth Leung | Clinical Pharmacy (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| * | Dr. Richard Leung | Respirology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto |
| Dr. John Marshall | Critical Care Medicine (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Ms. Michele McCall | Community Registered Dietitian (Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Dr. Leslie Melamed | Community Scientist (Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Dr. Gordon Moe | Cardiology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Melinda Musgrave | Plastic Surgery (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Dominic Ng | Endocrinology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Arnold Pinter | Cardiology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Ramesh Prasad | Nephrology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Brian Steinhart | Emergency Medicine (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. William Tucker | Community Neurosurgeon (Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Dr. Andrew Yan | Cardiology (Scientific) | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Dr. Arthur Zalev | Community Radiologist (Scientific) | Non-Affiliated | |
| Non-Voting Members | |||
| Ms. Sharon Freitag | Senior Director, Research Ethics Office | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Ms. Dharmista Patel | Administrative Assistant | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Ms. Andrea Chiu | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Ms. Amanda (Mandy) Hindle | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Ms. Andrea Laarakkers | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Ms. Jenny Lazarevski | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Ms. Arlene Lobrin | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Mr. Jason McGuire | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Ms. Desta Ramlackhansingh | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto | |
| Mr. Tajinder (Pal) Sall | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
Note: Chair and the Vice-Chair have the signing authority
* / ** / *** / ****} Alternating Members
