Department of Physical Therapy Exceptional Achievement

Recognition Awards 2020-21 Recipients

Thursday June 3rd, 2021

Exceptional Achievement Award Recipients are individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the Physical Therapy profession.

Dean Lising – Professional Development

Lakshmi Matmari – Professional Development

Leslie Soever – Practitioner

Sunita Mathur – Research

Tricia Twogood – Education

Dean Lising – Professional Development Dean Lising has led Professional Development (PD) with PTs/teams in roles such as Team-Based Practice/Education Lead, Director, BOOST! Team-Based Care (Centre for Interprofes-sional Education (CIPE), University of Toronto (UT)), IPE Scholar-in-Residence (Centennial College), Manager Academ-ic Affairs (St. Michael’s Hospital), Professional Practice Lead-er, Centre Coordinator of Clinical Education and practicing PT (William Osler Health System). He is also faculty in PD pro-grams: PT Practice within the Canadian Health Care Context Course (UT), VITAL Virtual Teaching (CIPE), Quality Improve-ment Foundations (IDEAS Ontario), and Teaching and Learn-ing for Collaboration (Centre for Faculty Development) and holds a status lecturer appointment at the Department of Physical Therapy. He has produced publications in QI, team dynamics, team resilience and covid-19 innovations.

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Lakshmi Matmari – Professional Development

Lakshmi Matmari is an internationally educated Physio-therapist and Clinical Education leader at UHN and Faculty in the OIEPB Program. As a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, Lakshmi is passionate about Quality Improvement and enjoys finding ways to improve care. Over the last decade, she has taken on a variety of leader-ship roles that have shaped practice and education. This has included exciting projects such as program-level im-plementation of length of stay targets and creating a new physiotherapy role in the Interventional Pain Clinic. Laksh-mi is currently exploring writing about the impact of cul-ture and relationships on lateral leadership roles.

Leslie Soever – Practitioner Leslie Soever received her physiotherapy degree from the University of Toronto in 1984, and MSc from The Institute of Medical Science and Collaborative Program in Bioethics, at the University of Toronto in 2002. In 2008, Leslie completed the Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care (ACPAC) Program and in 2018-19 was the inaugural fellow at Toronto Western Hospital Interprofessional Arthritis Care Fellowship. Leslie is a Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto. She has worked in vari-ous roles including clinical, professional leadership, manage-ment, and research. Combining extended scope clinical and research skills is her passion, which she does currently at To-ronto Western Hospital as a physiotherapist practitioner, in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery. Leslie is also Associate Director of the ACPAC Program.

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Sunita Mathur – Research

Sunita Mathur is physiotherapist and an Associate Profes-sor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the Universi-ty of Toronto. She directs the Muscle Function and Perfor-mance Lab, and conducts research on skeletal muscle dys-function and sarcopenia in people with chronic disease. The main clinical populations include chronic lung disease (COPD, interstitial lung disease and cystic fibrosis), people undergoing lung transplantation, and people post-critical illness. She is also the co-founder and co-Chair of CAN-RESTORE, a national network dedicated to improving health of solid organ transplant recipients through exer-cise and physical activity.

Tricia Twogood – Education Tricia Twogood holds a BScKin from the University of Calgary (2006), a MScPT from U of T (2009) and a MClSc from West-ern (2014). Most of her clinical career has been focused on orthopaedics and she is a fellow of the Canadian academy of manipulative physical therapists (FCAMPT). In 2013, she opened her own private practice where she continues to work today (MOVE Pain Care). Since 2016, Tricia has been an instructor in the MScPT program at U of T and is currently the academic lead for Unit 2 and the co-lead for Unit 1. She is also an instructor in the Advanced Integrated Musculoskele-tal Physiotherapy program offered by the Orthopaedic Divi-sion of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.

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Recognition Award Recipients

Recognition Award Recipients are individuals or teams who have provided an extraordinary educational experience and positively impacted physical therapy students while in the academic or clinical environment. The recipients were nominated by students, clinicians and/or faculty. Administrative Staff Shane Brandon Chanh Diep Mae Kwan Rob Page Clinical Instructors/CCCE’s Susan Abe Sharon Armstrong Chris Ashdown Megan Au Anne Ayling Campos Cristina Badlis Deanna Baker Gary Beauchamp Maggie Bergeron Sarah Brown Bonnie Cai-Duarte Janet Campbell Erica Caron Rosalie Chan Sylvia Chan Debbie Childerhose Felicia Chow Marissa Constand Nicole Cooper Rachel Cumming Kelly D’Autremont Robyn Davies Stephanie Dos Santos Ali (Allison) Drynan Mandy Duncombe Deanna Feltracco Sharon Gabison Andrea Galli Kim Garland Harikrishnan Gopalakrishnan Nair Rosemarie Gowland Samantha Grimes Sherry Harburn Aileen Ho Peter Ho Bonnie Hodgins Megan Hudson Ryan Ireland Iriny Jacoub Chris Jagoe Gillian Johnston Aly Kassam Mae Kotsios Shannon Krug Heather Kwok Pauline Lai Gina Lam Jamil Lati Tracy Lee Vincent Lo Trischa Lowe Elli Luy Laura Mark Kiera McDuff Sima Mehrabanypoor Giulia Mesaroli Stephanie Middleton Harold Moniz Kathy Murphy

Clinical Instructors (Continued) Anne Murray Kristin Musselman Laarni Muya Audrey Ng Kaveh Nikmard Vanessa Ong Pauline Palmer Joanna Parkes Ildiko Parniczky John Pendlebury Louella Pereira Jenny Quach Julian Roach Celia Rojas Tulio Romanelli Charlyn Roncesvalles Kyle Ruttan Mariam Salama Ingrid Schon Jennifer Shaffer Nirtal Shah Christina Simion Prashna Singh Olivia So Paolina Spremulli Catherine Sullivan Leslie Taylor Sonia Tomei Liz Udler Jennifer Uyeno Marco Visconti Belinda Wagner Liz Weidmark Ryan Wells Caroline Woodward Stephen Wu Adriane Yarmo Dorothy Zammit Martaus Faculty Lisa Caldana Stephanie Lurch Erin Miller Brenda Mori Martine Quesnel Sharon Switzer-McIntyre Euson Yeung Lecturers/Lab Demonstrators Alison Anthony Janet Campbell Nathalie Cote Colleen Dunphy Sarah Gregor Anna Michalski Ana Oliviera Debbie Park Joanna Parkes Laura Passalent Natalie Pusateri Martine Quesnel Prashna Singh Sharon Switzer-McIntyre Euson Yeung

Mentors Cristina Badlis Lisa Caldana Stephanie Lurch Susan Marzolini Erin Miller Joanna Parkes Alana Tintse Research Advisors Susan Marzolini Small Group Facilitators Thomas Abbass Ismail Abdelkader Jesse Awenus Laurie Bickerton James Braithwaite Jamie Camp Julia Cetnar Oscar Chan Zach Chan Mark Cheung James Chung Michael Denton Victoria DiSabatino Ali (Allison) Drynan Mujeeb Duranai Sarah Eby Dinah Hampson Caroline Jones Joelle Karam Leslie Kleiner Matt Laing Carrie Lau Michelle Legasto Ali Mazaheri Sajel Mistry Joanna Parkes Peter Poon Natalie Pusateri Helen Schelfhaut Saba Sedaghatkish Parag Shah Shabdit Shah Nicole Sullivan Devonna Truong Stephanie Tsotsos Raj Vase Marco Visconti Krisztina Weinacht Carson Wong Owen Wong Queenie Wu Alla Yakerson Teaching Assistants Roxanne (Roxy) Azoory Mujeeb Duranai Victoria Lavinskas Michelle Legasto Eric Robitaille Stephanie Scodras Janelle Unger Kenneth Wu

Teams Acute Care Of Elderly (Ace) – Physiotherapy Team @ Michael Garron Hospital Ildiko Parniczky, Linda Sumiya Acute Stroke Team @ Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Health Centre Giancarla Curto-Correia, Robyn Davies, Marie Eason-Klatt, Peter Dennis Garcellano, Grace Karam, Marieve Karman, Fang Lu, Malaika Mvungi, Mitsuko Takeuchi Bridgepoint Physiotherapy Team Megan Au, Karen Bang, Brenda Elliott, Heather Kwok, Alan Le, Vanessa Pavani, Daniela Soares CV Surgery Team @ Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital Pat Gornicz, Elza Kertsman, Cathy Relf Geriatric Rehab Team (Inpatient Rehab and Falls Prevention Clinic) @ Unity Health Toronto – Providence Healthcare Nicola Bell, Julia Filinski, Derek Glazier, Jeff Kestenberg, Samantha Lombardo, Irene Nicolakis, Jackie Panagakos, Brianna Reed, Dolly Singh, Veleka Thelwell RCC Church site – Physiotherapy Department @ Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Health Centre Lilibeth Pastolero, Mayra Serpa Tarazona Physiotherapist team @ Women’s College Hospital Sonia Bibershtein, Debbie Childerhose, Chandra Farrer, Harikrishnan Gopalakrishnan Nair, Gillian Grant, Mireille Landry, Tania Obljubek, Rebecca Shantz, Sharmilla Subramanian Ontario Internationally Education Physiotherapist Bridging Program Team Jeffrey Andrion, Lindsay Beavers, Alison Bonnyman, Lisa Caldana, Elisabeth Despres, Mae Kwan, Stephanie Lurch, Lakshmi Matmari, Erin Miller, Robin Prince, Martine Quesnel, Sharon Switzer-McIntyre, Alana Tintse Inpatient Acute, Outpatient Neuro, RCC & CRT @ Trillium Health Partners Rajni Batta, Preeti Dhende, Harsharn Gill, Pat Gornicz, Cathy Hare, Elza Kertsman, Kirsten Labaj, Anne Murray, Cathy Relf, Meera Wong Team M & M (Meredith and Martine) Martine Quesnel, Meredith Smith Summer Internship Team @ Women’s College Hospital Sonia Bibershtein, Debbie Childerhose, Celeste Corkery, Harikrishnan Gopalakrishnan Nair, Tania Obljubek St. John’s Rehab Outpatient Physiotherapists Anne Cho, Esther Chung, Vera Fung, Hina Khatri, Jean Yee St. John’s Rehab Inpatient Physiotherapists Rosemarie Gowland, Henriette Grootenboer, Aileen Ho, Hannah Ho, Samantha Hu, Tiffany Hung, Jessica Huynh, Gina Lam, Christina Simion SickKids Cardioresp team Stephanie Bahn, Daniela Bremner, Monica Czosniak-Stern, Robin Deliva, Blythe Owen, Sejal Patel-Modi, Emma Schoo, Arusha Sood WSIB Specialty Programs @ Trillium Health Partners Stacey Burns-Hogan, Trinette Kaunds, Danielle Touseant, Vaiva Underys Unit 7 TA Team Kyla Alsbury-Nealy, Kainat Bashir, Shawna Cronin, Kristina Kokorelias, Michelle Legasto, Tyler Saumur, Arrani Senthinathan Unit 4 Teaching Team Kristin Musselman, Kara Patterson, Martine Quesnel Unit 4 Clinical Instructional Assistant/Teaching Assistant Team Michelle Duong, Sarah Gregor, Laura Hussey, Stephanie Lurch, Sofia Provad, Natalie Pusateri, Laura Tambosso, Queenie Wu