Meet Our Team
Gregorio Zuniga-Villanueva
MD, MSc
Gregorio is an Associate Professor at McMaster University in Canada, a Department Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey in México and a Faculty member at the Institute of Palliative Medicine in India. Clinically, he serves as the Head of Service for the QoLA Care program at McMaster Children's Hospital. His research focuses on perinatal palliative care, the concept of suffering, and the development of pediatric palliative care in Latin America.
Dave Lysecki
MD, FRCPC
Dave is an Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Pediatric Palliative Medicine at McMaster University in Canada. He is the Medical Director of Canada's Pediatric Palliative Care Alliance and of Keaton's House - Paul Palletta's Children's Hospice and the founder of the QoLA Care program at McMaster Children's Hospital. His research focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of pediatric palliative care programs, as well as patient- and family-reported outcome measures.
Joanna Humphreys
MD, FRCPC
Joanna is an Assistant Professor at McMaster University in Canada. She is the director of the Pediatric Palliative Medicine fellowship program and the educational lead for the QoLA Care program at McMaster Children's Hospital. Her research focuses on pediatric palliative care education, advanced care planning, childhood grief and physician wellness.
Christine Bentley-Wang
MD, FRCPC
Christine is an Assistant Professor at McMaster University in Canada. Clinically she is a Staff Physician in the QoLA Care Program at McMaster Children's Hospital, and a consultant pediatrician with Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin (Jordan’s Principle). Her research focuses on advancing child health equity by centring culturally grounded narratives and trauma-informed decision-making to support communities historically mistreated by the medical system in navigating complex grief, hope and death.
Steven Smith
MD, FAAP, FAAHPM
Steven is an Associate Professor at McMaster University in Canada. Clinically he staffs the QoLA Care Program at McMaster Children's Hospital in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Their research focuses on the delivery of palliative care in the home setting, barriers to effective community and home-based palliative care and funding models for pediatric palliative care.
Collaborators
We are honoured to collaborate alongside international experts.
Kimberley Widger
RN, PhD, CHPCN(C), FAAN, FCAN
Professor and Canada Research Chair - Pediatric Palliative Care
Associate Dean, Academic
Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
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Jose Luis Ramirez García-Luna
MD, PhD
Medtech Consultant (The Wound Scientist)
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Jorge Ramos-Guerrero
MD, MSc
Adjunct Professor of Palliative and Pain Medicine, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Founding Member and Vice President of the Mexican College of Palliative Care and Support
@COMECUPS
Kristen Thomasen
JD, PhD
Associate Professor and Senior Chair in Law, Robotics, and Society, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law.
Ceilidh Eaton Russell
CCLS, PhD
Lecturer, Child Life & Pediatric Psychosocial Care , McMaster University, Canada
Child Life Lead, Canadian Virtual Hospice
Miguel Bayona
MD, MSc
Adjunct Professor Universidad Surcolombiana de Neiva, Colombia
Pediatric Palliative Care Physician, Hospital La Misericordia, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Miroslava Soto
Mexico
Ali Moinuddin
USA | Canada
Ricardo Martinez
Mexico | Canada
Zulema García
Mexico
Muhammed Mukadam
UK | Canada
Fernanda Flores
Mexico
Jarshini Nanthakumar
Canada
Andrea Gutierrez
Mexico
Andrea Flores
Mexico
Zaynab Malik
Canada
Carolina Calvillo
Mexico
Daniel Ortiz
Mexico
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