Treatment centres – Nova Scotia

The hemophilia treatment centres for patients living in Prince Edward Island are located in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Clinic directors
Dr. Sean Dolan
Dr. Elizabeth Zed
Dr. Sarah Gander

Nurse coordinator
Shauna Gray
Inherited Bleeding Disorder Clinic
Saint John Regional Hospital
400 University Avenue, PO Box 2100
Saint John, New Brunswick  E2L 4L2
Tel.: 506-648-7286
Fax: 506-648-7379

Physiotherapist
Alison Robichaud
Physiotherapy Department
Saint John Regional Hospital
400 University Avenue, PO Box 2100
Saint John, New Brunswick  E2L 4L2
Tel.: 506-648-6912
Fax: 506-648-6913

The hemophilia treatment centres for patients living in Prince Edward Island are located in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Clinic directors
Dr. Ismail A Sharif
Dr. Nizar Abdel-Samad

Nurse coordinator
Dorine Belliveau
Hemophilia Clinic
RHA-B, The Moncton Hospital
135 MacBeath Avenue
Moncton, New Brunswick  E1C 6Z8
Tel.: 506-857-5465 (nurses’ station)
Tel.: 506-857-5467 (Dorine’s line)
Emergencies: 1-888-475-9922
Pager: 506-558-7158
Fax: 506-857-5464

Physiotherapist
Tammy Betts
Physiotherapy Department
Tel.: 506-857-5326
Fax: 506-857-5477

Social worker
Melanie Doiron
Room 6503
Tel.: 506-860-2341
Fax: 506-857-5775

The hemophilia treatment centres for patients living in Prince Edward Island are located in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 

Clinic directors
Dr. Sue Robinson
Dr. Mary-Margaret Keating

Nurse coordinator
Sue Van Oosten
Hereditary Bleeding Disorders Program
Queen Elizabeth ll Health Sciences Centre
Victoria Building, Room 4020
1276 South Park Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3H 2Y9
Tel.: 902-473-5612
Pager: 902-473-2220 # 2226
Fax: 902-473-7596

Physiotherapist
Gail Bellussi
Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
3rd Floor – Physiotherapy
1340 Summer Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3H 2E1
Tel: 902-473-1288
Fax: 902-473-3398

Social worker 
Janice Spencer
Social Work Department
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
VG Site
1276 South Park Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3H 2Y9
Tel.: 902-473-4072
Pager: 902-458-6106
Fax: 902-473-4429

Factor Product Utilization Assistant
Brittany Hoeg
Tel: 902-411-0045 (Both IWK and QEII)
Fax: 902-473-6260

The hemophilia treatment centres for patients living in Prince Edward Island are located in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 

Clinic directors
Dr. Victoria Price
Dr. Ketan P. Kulkarni

Nurse coordinator
Sue Ann Hawes
Pediatric Bleeding Disorder Clinic
IWK Health Centre
6th Floor Ambulatory Children’s Site
5850/5980 University Avenue
PO Box 9700
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3K 6R8
Tel.: 902-470-8752
Toll-free: 1-888-470-5888
Pager: 902-470-8888 #1982 (Sue Ann)
Pager: 902-470-8888 #1981 (Lynn)
Fax: 902-470-7208

Physiotherapist
Allison Reid
Physiotherapy Department
Tel.: 902-470-8025
Tel.: 902-470-7316
Fax: 902 470-8178

Social Worker 
Doug Campbell
Pediatric Social Work Office
2nd Floor Children’s Building
Tel.: 902-470-8167
Fax: 902-470-7211

Inherited Bleeding Disorder Clinic
Saint John Regional Hospital
400 University Avenue, PO Box 2100
Saint John, New Brunswick  E2L 4L2

Clinic directors
Dr. Sean Dolan
Dr. Elizabeth Zed
Dr. Sarah Gander

Nurse coordinator
Shauna Gray
Tel.: 506-648-7286
Pager: 506-646-3757
Fax: 506-648-7379

Physiotherapist
Alison Robichaud
Physiotherapy Department
Tel.: 506-648-6912
Fax: 506-648-6913

Hemophilia Clinic
Horizon Health Network, Zone 1, Moncton
135 MacBeath Avenue
Moncton, New Brunswick  E1C 6Z8

Clinic director
Dr. Ismail A Sharif
Dr. Nizar Abdel-Samad

Nurse coordinator
Stephanie Daigle
Tel.: 506-857-5465 
Tel.: 506-857-5467 
Tel.: 1-888-475-9922 (emergency)
Fax: 506-857-5464

Physiotherapist
Tammy Betts
Physiotherapy Department
Tel.: 506-857-5326
Fax: 506-857-5477

Social worker
Melanie Doiron
Tel.: 506-860-2341
Fax: 506-857-5775

Clinique d’hémophilie
CHUS Hôpital Fleurimont
3001 12^e Avenue Nord,
Sherbrooke, Quebec  J1H 5N4

Hemophilia Clinic

Clinic directors
Dr. Jean-Francois Castilloux, hematologist
Dr. Josée Brossard, pediatric-hematologist

Nurse coordinator
Marie-Hélène Thompson
Tel. : 819-346-1110 ext. 14561
Pager: 819-346-1110, dial 0, # 3771
Fax : 819-348-3855
Fax: 819-564-5434 (hematology)

Physiotherapist
Mihret Karahasanovic
Tel.: 819-346-1110, 13537
Pager: 819-346-1110, dial 0,  # 2183

Centre de l’hémophilie de l’est du Québec
CHA Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus
1401 18^e Rue , Room J-S067, Door D
Quebec, Quebec  G1J 1Z4

Clinic directors
Dr. Christine Demers
Dr. Stéphanie Cloutier

Nurse coordinator
Hélène Néron
Tel.: 418-649-5624
Fax: 418-649-5996
Pager: 418-641-3479

Physiotherapists
Catherine van Neste
Julie Dionne
Olivier Leblanc
Tel.: 418-649-5751
Fax: 418-649-5879

Service d’hémostase congénitale
Montreal Children’s Hospital
1001 Décarie Blvd
Room B RC 2238
Montreal, Quebec  H4A 3J1
Tel.: 514-412-4420
Fax: 514-412-4424

Clinic directors
Dr. Margaret Warner
Dr. Catherine Vezina
Dr. Christine A. Sabapathy

Nurse coordinator
Tania Lafleche

Physiotherapist
Marion Hahn

Social worker
Camila Gundel
Tel.: 514-412-4400 ext 22089

Centre d’hémostase, 1^st Floor, Ward 12
Pavillon Lucie et André Chagnon du Centre de cancérologie Charles-Bruneau
CHU Sainte-Justine
3175 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montreal, Quebec  H3T 1C5

Clinic directors
Dr. Georges-Étienne Rivard
Dr. Jean St-Louis
Dr. Rochelle Winikoff

Nurse coordinators
Claudine Amesse
Catherine Thibeault
Elisabeth Fauvel-Benoit
Tel.: 514-345-4931 ext. 6031 (Claudine) / ext. 2704 (Catherine) / 6480 (Elisabeth)
Pager: 514-415-5573 (Claudine)
Emergency: 514-345-2360
Fax: 514-345-7749

Claude Meilleur
Quebec Reference Centre for the Treatment of Patients with Inhibitors
Pavillon Lucie et André Chagnon du Centre de cancérologie Charles-Bruneau
CHU Sainte-Justine
3175 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montreal, Quebec  H3T 1C5
Tel: 514-345-4931 ext. 5760
Tel: 514-345-2360 (pager)
Fax: 514-345-7749

Physiotherapists
Nichan (Nick) Zourikian
Physiotherapy Department
Tel.: 514-345-4607
Fax: 514-345-4746

Josie Pilon  (back up)
Tel.: 514-345-4931 ext. 7055

Social worker
Lorraine Muise
Specialized pediatrics
Tel: 514-345-4931 ext. 5445
Fax: 514-345-7774
Pager: 514-415-7963

MDU Hematology Clinic
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
401 Smyth Road, 2nd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario  K1H 8L1

Clinic directors
Dr. Robert Klaassen
Dr. Ali Amid

Nurse coordinator
Heather Perkins
Tel.: 613-737-7600 ext. 2368 or ext. 2470
Pager: 613-239-5698
Fax: 613-738-4846

Physiotherapist
Brenda Elliott 
Tel.: 613-737-7600, ext. 2859
Fax: 613-738-4839

Social workers
Camelia Lariccia
Krisann Dennis
Tel.: 613-737-7600, ext. 2364
Fax: 613-738-4839

Ottawa Regional Adult Bleeding Disorders Program
The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus
501 Smyth Road, Box 248
Ottawa, Ontario  K1H 8L6

Clinic directors
Dr. Alan Tinmouth
Dr. Elianna Saidenberg (Assistant)

Nurse coordinator
Crystal Huntly-Ball
Lucie Lacasse
Tel.: 613-737-8252
Fax: 613-737-8157

Physiotherapist
Simon Bougie
Physiotherapy
The Ottawa Hospital, Riverside Campus
1967 Riverside Drive, Box 28
Ottawa, Ontario  K1H 7W9
Tel.: 613-738-8208
Fax: 613 738-8431

South Eastern Ontario Regional Inherited Bleeding Disorders Program
Douglas 3, Room 8-312
Kingston General Hospital
76 Stuart Street
Kingston, Ontario  K7L 2V7

Clinic directors
Dr. Paula James
Dr. David Lillicrap
Dr. Mariana Silva

Nurse coordinators
Lisa Thibeault
Stacey Shannon
Tel.: 613-549-6666 ext. 6999
Pager : 613-536-7570
Fax: 613-548-2435

Physiotherapist
Cathy Walker
Tel.: 613-549-6666 ext. 3147

Social worker
Heidi Schmidt, MSW, RSW
Victory 1-3-224A
Tel.: 613-549-6666 ext. 4969
Fax: 613-548-2409

Comprehensive Care Hemophilia Program
Hematology/Oncology Clinic
Hospital for Sick Children 
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario   M5G 1X8

Clinic directors
Dr. Victor Blanchette
Dr. Manuel Carcao
Dr. Walter Kahr
Dr. Leonardo Brandao

Nurse coordinators
Emily Clarke
Cindy Wakefield
Tel.: 416-813-5871
Pager: 416-377-9716
Fax: 416-813-7701

Physiotherapists
Deirdre Tetzlaff 
Department of Rehabilitation Services, Room S229
Tel.: 416-813-6755, ext. 71
Fax: 416-813-8557

Social worker
Diana Cottingham
Sears Cancer Clinic
Tel.: 416-813-6798
Fax: 416-813-6746

Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Centre
Room 4-169 Cardinal Carter North
St. Michael’s Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, Ontario  M5B 1W8

Clinic Directors
Dr. Michelle Sholzberg
Dr. Jerome Teitel

Nurse coordinators
Georgina Floros
Grazyna Wozniak
Tel.: 416-864-5129
Pager: 416-685-9404
Fax: 416-864-5310

Physiotherapists
Laurence Boma-Fischer
Tel.: 416-864-6060, ext. 2182
Fax: 416-864-5310

David Hadley
Haemotology/Oncology and Infectious Diseases
2 Donnelley
Tel.: 416-864-6060

Caroline Jones
Outpatient Mobility Program
B1023 Queen Street Lobby
Tel.: 416-864-5180

Social worker
Jordan Lewis
Specialized Complex Care
Tel.: 416-864-6060 ext. 2741
Fax: 416-864-5310

Sudbury and North-Eastern Ontario Hemophilia Program
Health Sciences North
Sudbury Outpatient Centre
865 Regent Street S., 4th floor
Sudbury, Ontario  P3E 3Y9

Clinic director
Dr. Kulwant Gill

Nurse coordinator
Elizabeth (Betty Ann) Paradis
Tammy Bourque
Tel.: 705-523-7148
Fax: 705-523-7077

Physiotherapists
Nicole Graham
Mary Sabo, (backup)
Renee Wilson
Children’s Treatment Centre
41 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario  P3E 5J1
Tel.: 705-523-7337 ext. 1461
Fax: 705-560-4273

Social worker
Linda Mansfield Smith
Tel.: 705-523-7148
Fax: 705-523-7077

Hemophilia Program
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
3rd Floor Regional Cancer Care
980 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario  P7B 6V4

Clinic director
Dr. Nicole Laferriere
Dr. Joel Warkentin

Nurse coordinators
Lori Hygaard
Susie Ostrowski
Helen Pedri
Tel.: 807-684-7251
Tel.: 807-684-7200
Fax: 807-684-5807

Bleeding Disorders Program
London Health Sciences Centre 
Victoria Hospital, Room B1-301
800 Commissioners Road East
London, Ontario  N6A 5W9

Clinic directors
Dr. Ian Chin-Yee
Dr. Lawrence Jardine

Secretary
Jenifer McCallum

Nurse coordinator
Lori Laudenbach
Tel.: 519-685-8500 ext. 53582
Pager: 519-685-8500 ext. 15358
Fax: 519-685-8543

Physiotherapist
Mary Jane Steele
Janet Cormier
Southwestern Ontario Bleeding Disorders Program
Thames Valley Children’s Centre
779 Base Line Road East
London, Ontario  N6C 5Y6
Tel: 519-685-8700 ext. 50145 (Mary Jane) / ext 52864 (Janet)
Fax: 519-685-8699

Social workers
Cindy Milne Wren
Children’s Hospital
London Health Sciences Centre
800 Commissioners Road East
P.O. Box 5010
London, Ontario  N6A 5W9
Tel.: 519-685-8500 ext. 52072
Pager: 519-685-8500 # 14664
Fax: 519-685-8817

Stefan Branov
Children’s Hospital
London Health Sciences Centre
800 Commissioners Road East
P.O. Box 5010
London, Ontario  N6A 5W9
Tel.: 519-685-8500 ext. 75392
Pager: 519-685-8500 # 15392
Fax: 519-685-8424

Hemophilia / Pediatric Thrombosis Program
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
McMaster Division, 3F Clinic

Clinic directors
Dr. A.K. Chan
Dr. Irwin Walker
Dr. Alfonso Iorio

Nurse coordinators
Kay Decker
Rebecca Goldsmith
Tel.: 905-521-2100 ext. 75978 (Kay) / ext. 75970 (Rebecca)
Pager: 905-521-5030 page 4444 (Kay)  /  page 4445 (Rebecca)
Toll-free: 1-866-903-4642
Fax: 905-577-8478

Physiotherapists 
Karen Strike
Lisa Scott, (backup)

Bleeding Disorders Program
Health Sciences Centre

Clinic directors
Dr. Jayson Stoffman
Dr. Donald Houston
Dr. Sara Israels
Dr. Emily Rimmer
Dr. Leonard Minuk

Nurse coordinators
Tracy Voth
Dawn Zawadski
Tel.: 204-787-2465
Pager: 204-787-2071 # 3346
Fax: 204-787-1743

Physiotherapists
Matthew Thiessen
Natalie Ruest
Physiotherapy-Child Health
CH246 – 840 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3A 1S1
Tel.: 204-787-2641
Fax: 204-787-1965

Greig Blamey
Blake Richison, (backup)
800 Sherbrook Street, Room RR140E
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3A 1R9
Tel.: 204-787-2922 (Greig)
Tel: 204-787-1965 (Blake)
Fax: 204-787-4960

Social worker
Patty Phrakonkham-Ali
810 Sherbrook Street, MS107
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3A 1R8
Tel.: 204-794-8133
Fax: 204-787-1538

Saskatchewan Bleeding Disorders Program
Royal University Hospital
Tel.: 306-655-6504 (main office)

Clinic directors
Rick Stene – program manager
Dr. Kelsey Brose –  medical director, hematologist
Dr. Caroline Hart
Dr. Oksana Prokopchuk-Gauk
Dr. David Stammers
Dr. Roona Sinha

Nurse coordinators
Nancy Hodgson
Tara Schlosser
Rachel McLeod
Tel.: 306-381-4185 (nurses’ office)
Fax: 306-655-6426

Physiotherapists
JoAnn Nilson
Janice Block (back-up)

Dr. John Akabutu Comprehensice Centre for Bleeding Disorders – Pediatric Division
Stollery Children’s Hospital

Dr. John Akabutu Comprehensive Centre for Bleeding Disorders – Adult Division
3D Medicine Clinic
Kaye Edmonton Clinic

Clinic director
Dr. Bruce Ritchie
Dr. Lauren Bolster
Dr. Linda Sun

Nurse coordinators – Bleeding
Hilary Darrington and Roxanne Seiferman-Nelson
Telephone: 780-407-6588
Fax: 780-407-2605

Nurse – Rare Blood
Maria McGrath and Sherri Fekete
Telephone: 780-407-3543
Fax: 780-407-2605 

After hours contact number
780-407-8822
Ask to page Dr. Bruce Ricthie or the adult hematologist on call

Social worker
Sania Naqvi
Telephone: 780-407-5387

Erin McCabe
Lynne Dey (backup)

Product Orders
Emily Moen
Telephone: 780-407-7637

Southern Alberta Pediatric Bleeding Disorder Program
Alberta Children’s Hospital

Clinic director
Dr. Doan Le
Dr. MacGregor Steele

Nurse coordinators
Angela Ruzycki 
Sheri Lyon
T: 403-955-7311, T: 403-955-7211 (after hours)
P: 403-212-8223 # 1910
Fax: 403-955-7393

Physiotherapist
Julia Brooks
T: 403-955-2994, Fax: 403-955-7501

Social worker
Hulda Niv
T: 403-955-2557,  Fax: 403-955-7799

Southern Alberta Rare Blood and Bleeding Disorders
Comprehensive Care Program – Adult Division
Foothills Medical Centre
Unit 57B Special Services Building

Clinic directors
Dr. Man-Chiu Poon
Dr. Dawn Goodyear
Dr. Adrienne Lee
Dr. Natalia Rydz

Nurse coordinators
Carol Spitzer, Trudy Sale and Julia Hews-Girard
T: 403-944-4057,  P: 403-212-8223 # 7015
Fax: 403-944-3220

Social worker
Lezley Ireland
T: 403-944-4483
Fax: 403-944-1446

Physiotherapists
Steve Anthony
Amanda Zahariuk
T: 403-944-4094

Clinical psychologist
Dr. Andrea Nelson
T: 403-944-5412
Fax: 403-944-2299

Hemophilia Program of British Columbia – Adult Division
Phone: 604-806-8855   Fax: 604-806-8784
Toll Free: 1-877-806-8855

Clinic directors
Dr. Shannon Jackson
Dr. Paul R. Yenson

Nurse coordinators
Deborah Gue
Karen Sims
Tel.: 604-682-2344 (after hours)

Physiotherapist
Sandra Squire
Nicole Warren
Comox Building, Room 218

Social worker
Mandeep Toor

Clinic directors
Dr. John K.M. Wu

Nurse coordinators
Erica Crilly
Celina Woo
Tel.: 604-875-2345 ext. 5334
Fax: 604-875-2533

Physiotherapist
Lawren De Marchi