1. Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Hemoglobinopathies Program
401 Smyth Road
Ottawa, Ontario KIH 8L1
Phone: (613) 737-2470
Appointment Booking
Medical Day Unit ward clerk
Phone: (613) 737-2470
Fax: 613 738-4828
Admin Support
Melissa Morrison
Phone: (613) 737-2393 #2210
Medical Directors
Dr. Robert Klaassen and Dr. Ewurabena Simpson
Phone: (613) 737-2393 #2210
Fax: (613) 738-4828
Nurse Coordinator
Christien Chretien
Phone: (613) 737-2470
Fax: (613) 738-4828
Social Work
Krisann Denis
Phone: (613) 737-2470
Fax: (613) 738-4828
2. Toronto General Hospital
Red Blood Cell Disorders Program
200 Elizabeth Street
Toronto ON M5G 2C4
Clinic manager
Ina Cherepaha-Kantorovich
416-340-4800 ext 8618
Email: ina.cherepaha-kantorovich@uhn.on.ca
Name of Clinic Director
Dr. Richard Ward
416-340-5233
Fax: 416-370-3799
Email: Richard.ward@uhn.ca
Other Medical Professor
Dr. Jacob Pendergrast
416-340-5391
Email: jacob.pendergrast@uhn.ca
Nurse Coordinator
N/A
Nurse practitioners:
Colleen Johnson
416-340-4650
email: colleen.johnson@uhn.ca
Hasumie HOSOGOE – Nurse Practitioner
416-340-4025
Email: Hasumie.hosogoe@uhn.ca
Social worker
Sinthu Srikanthan
416-340-4800 ext 3866
Email:Sinthu.Srikanthan@uhn.ca
3. McMaster University Medical Centre/McMaster Children’s Hospital
McMaster Hemoglobinopathy Clinic
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5
Clinic Manager
N/A
Clinic patients call: 905-521-2100, ext. 73887 to book follow-up appointments
Fax: 905-308-8188
Clinic Directors
Dr. Uma Athale (Pediatric)
905-521-2100
Fax 905-308-8188
Dr. Madeleine Verhovsek (Adult)
905-521-6024
Fax: 905-540-6568
Nurse Coordinator
Jennifer Wolfenden
905-521-2100, ext. 76851
Fax: 905-308-8188
wolfenj@hhsc.ca
Social Worker
Linda Waterhouse
905-521-2100 Ext 76161
Fax: 905 521-2654
waterhouse@hhsc.ca
4. Sick Kids Hospital
Hematology
555 University Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario
Clinic manager
Averill Clarke
Manager, Clinical Programs, 8D Day
Outside HSC dial: (416) 813-7208
Fax: 416-813-5574
E-mail:
Name of clinic director/s
a. Dr. Melanie Kirby Allen
Outside HSC dial: (416) 813-7606
Fax: 416-813-5327
melanie.kirby-allen@sickkids.ca
b. Dr.Isaac Odame
Outside HSC dial: (416) 813-7606
Fax: 416-813-5327
isaac.odame@sickkids.ca
Nurse coordinators
a. Melina Cheong
Outside HSC dial: (416) 813-7606
Fax: 416-813-5574
melina.cheong@sickkids.ca
b. Marcia Palmer
Outside HSC dial: (416) 813-6443 ext 1
Fax: 416-813-5574
marcia.palmer@sickkids.ca
C. Karen Charpentier
Outside HSC
dial: (416) 813-6443 ext 2
Fax: 416-813-5574
karen.charpentier@sickkids.ca
Social worker
Carly Nishimura
Outside HSC
dial: (416) 813-7654 ext. 228839
Fax: 206746
carly.nishimura@sickkids.ca