Administrative Team

Dr. Elizabeth Donner is the Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at the Hospital for Sick Children and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Donner’s practice involves the care of children with complex epilepsy, including medical, surgical, and dietary treatments for seizures. She is also co-founder of SUDEP Aware, an organization which promotes knowledge and understanding of SUDEP through education, research, and support.

Dr. Burneo is co-director of the Epilepsy Program at Western University and the London Health Sciences Center. He is a professor of neurology and epidemiology at the Schulich School of Medicine at Western, and the Head of the Neuro-Epidemiology Research Unit at Western University. He is the Jack Cowin Chair in Epilepsy Research. His research interests include the epidemiology of epilepsy and neuroimaging assessment of epileptic malformations of cortical development.

Dr. Lomax is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University jointly appointed to the Division of Neurology and the Division of Respirology and the Director of the EEG Lab at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. She completed her MD and MSc degrees at the University of Calgary, and Neurology residency at Queen’s University. As she participates in the Stroke as well as Neurology inpatient services, her budding research interest includes sleep disordered breathing in acute stroke.

Kirk received his PhD from the University of Toronto, Department of Pharmacology where he currently holds an adjunct appointment. Kirk currently serves as the Vice President of Integrated Discovery and Informatics at the Ontario Brain Institute. In this role he leads the Institute's research, informatics, and knowledge translation activities. He serves on numerous committees, including the Ontario SPOR Support Unit and the Rick Hansen Institute Evaluation Working Group.

Annie Jiwan oversees the program implementation, delivery and quality improvement of the program. Annie completed her Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Human Biology and Master of Management Innovation at the University of Toronto. Annie has always been intrigued by Canadian healthcare a chose her educational route to combine healthcare and management to parallel the country’s ambitious mission to provide universal care through public funding.

Linda Nguyen is the Interprofessional Education Specialist (IES) for Paediatric Project ECHO and Project ECHO: Epilepsy Across the Lifespan. She has over 11 years of acute care experience, including experience in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit and the Operating Room at SickKids. She lead a quality improvement project that developed and explored the efficacy of virtual reality as an education tool. Linda is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto.

Deiren is a post-graduate in Interactive Design (The Media Lab, Canadian Film Centre). A web designer, writer and videographer/editor/ documentary filmmaker - he joins ECHO from 8 years with Sinai Health as Digital Specialist in Corporate Communications and Digital Health Specialist in Geriatric Psychiatry at the Reitman Centre / Enhancing Care for Dementia Care Partners Program. He brings passion in advocacy for the developmentally disabled as an Associate Member of the international L’Arche communities.

Shakeera Baker is passionate about encouraging others to live to their fullest potential, and has extensive experience working with individuals living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and mental health disorders. She has 10+ years of experience working with diverse organizations in the areas of healthcare, social services, education, and rehabilitation. She completed an Advanced Diploma in Behavioural Science from George Brown College, and a B.A. (Honors) in Sociology from the University of Toronto