Dr. Anand Doobay - Critical Care Lead
Dr. Doobay is an intensivist at Markham Stouffville Hospital who has recently completed terms as Chief of Medicine and Chief Medical Information Officer.  He is looking for new challenges in his career and has become more and more interested in green initiatives in health care.  He is in the process of rejuvenating the Greening Committee at Markham Stouffville Hospital and is excited to join the Green is Health team.

Dr. Kate Hanneman - Radiology Lead
Dr. Kate Hanneman MD MPH, is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and a Clinician Scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. She is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers and leads an active research program focused on sustainability and improving health outcomes for patients using cardiac imaging. She is Co-Chair of the Canadian Association of Radiologists Sustainability Working Group and Deputy Lead for Sustainability and University Medical Imaging Toronto at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Tenille Ragoonanan- Anesthesiology Lead
Dr. Tenille Ragoonanan is an Anesthesiologist and the sustainability lead for the perioperative environment at Michael Garron Hospital. She is a member of the Environmental Sustainability Working Group (ESWG), a volunteer group as part of the Ontario Anesthesiologists Society. She has been successful in removing Desflurane at MGH, an anesthetic gas with a significant carbon footprint. She is also involved in other green projects including an initiative to encourage patients to bring their own reusable bags when coming for elective surgery and endoscopic procedures.

Dr. Stephanie Tom - Rheumatology Lead
Dr. Tom is a rheumatologist practicing in Mississauga, Ontario and is the current rheumatology division head at Trillium Health Partners. She is also chairing the Ontario Rheumatology Association adhoc planetary health committee with projects to tackle the logistical realities of greening healthcare spaces particularly in the ambulatory care context.

Dr. Anna Gunz - Pediatric and Pediatric Intensivist Lead
Dr. Gunz is a paediatric intensive care doctor at Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Center (CH LSHC), Clinical Lead for Planetary Health & Sustainability at CH LHSC, Founding Medical Director of the Children’s Environmental Health Clinic Ontario, Policy & Clinical lead for Climate Change & Health Collaborative, President of the Child Environmental Health section of the Canadian Paediatric Society and Associate Professor at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Prior to medicine, her degree focused on the ecological, social, economic, and political aspects of climate change. Currently, she is working on various advocacy and research endeavors in the field of Planetary Health, including health monitoring of climate change and increasing community and healthcare facilities' understanding of the urgent need for mitigation & adaptation measures, including the holistic benefit of nature-based solutions.  

Dr. Nate Charach - Psychiatry Lead
Dr. Nate Charach is a psychiatrist working in Toronto. Over the last year he has started the psychiatree group – a branch of mental health treatment to foster claimant empowerment. After his residency, he studied at the Earthship Academy in 2016 and later completed a Permaculture Design Certificate in 2018. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors for Bunchberry Connections, a non-profit whose focus is to grow mental health through nature-connected communities. He is actively involved in CAPE and has an edible forest garden in his backyard, experiencing first-hand the empowerment derived from growing healthy food within urban landscape.

Dr. Teela Johnson - Hospitalist Medicine Lead
Dr. Johnson is a hospitalist and emergency room physician with a keen interest in the intersection of health, nutrition, and the climate.  Through her work as a board director of climate think tank Canadians for Responsible Food Policy, and a member of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment Agri-Food Working Group, she brings to bear the extensive scientific evidence on how a transition to a plant based food system can prevent and treat chronic disease, and simultaneously curtail the most detrimental greenhouse gas emissions that are propelling the climate crisis.

Dr. Henry Swoboda - Emergency and Addiction Medicine Lead
Dr. Swoboda is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Addictions Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario with clinical work at Kingston Health Sciences Center (KHSC) and as a toxicologist for Ontario Poison Centre. He is also a member of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, the Canadian Coalition for Green Healthcare, 350 Kingston, and the KHSC Green Committee.

Dr. Tyler Rouse - Pathology Lead
Dr. Rouse is a pathologist with the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance. He has been a long-standing member of CAPE and has been involved with the OMA Green is Health committee. He is interested in the intersection of human health and climate change and is actively working within the Alliance to reduce their impact on the environment.

Dr. Mili Roy - Opthamology Lead
Dr. Roy is an ophthalmologist and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She serves as Ontario Regional Co-Chair for CAPE (the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment). She is interested in a wide variety of planetary health related advocacy activities ranging from education, organizing and media, to policy engagement and the role of democracy.

Dr. Myles Sergeant - Hospital Green Teams Lead
Dr. Sergeant is a family physician who has worked with vulnerable populations, including people experiencing homelessness and/or addictions, and the elderly, over the past 25 years.Recognizing the intersection between environmental issues and health, he is dedicated to addressing climate change issues and has co- founded Partnerships for Environmental Action by Clinicians and Communities for Health care facilities. These include PEACH -  Partnerships for Environmental Action by Clinicians and Communities for Healthcare Facilities, the charity Trees for Hamilton in 2012, and the not-for-profit Shelter Health Network in 2005. Myles is the Postgrad Medical education lead for Sustainable Healthcare at McMaster University and the Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Green Healthcare (CCGHC).

Dr. Sandy Williams - Personal Decarbonization Lead
Dr. Sandy Williams is an anesthesiologist who is currently practicing at Quinte Health in Belleville, Ontario. Through his travels from the Arctic to Antarctic Circle and around the globe, Dr. Williams has witnessed the devastation of climate change first-hand. A few years ago, he and his family embarked on a path toward personal decarbonization. His household essentially runs on electricity including his car and lawn equipment. About ⅔ of this electricity is generated by his rooftop solar panels. Dr. Williams will be posting his experiences and things he learned along the way on the Green is Health OMA Connect. All who are interested in removing or minimizing fossil fuels in their personal life are invited to join the discussion.

Dr. Zahra Kassam - Plant Based Diet and Radiation Oncology Lead
Dr. Kassam is a radiation oncologist at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre in Newmarket, Ontario, and assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Zahra is certified in Lifestyle Medicine through the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, and co-chairs the Canadian Lifestyle Medicine Advocacy Group.  In 2019, Zahra co-founded the non for profit Plant-Based Canada, to promote plant-based nutrition for individual and planetary health. Zahra is co-author of Eating Plant-Based, Scientific Answers to your Nutrition Questions (2022) and co-editor of the academic textbook Plant-Based Nutrition in Clinical Practice (2022).

Dr. Nivedita (Nivi) Patel - Plant Based Diet Lead
Dr. Patel practices hospital medicine at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. She completed medical school and residency training in Family Medicine from McMaster University. She also currently holds an Assistant Clinical Professor role at McMaster University and is actively involved in clinical residency education.
In addition to hospital medicine, she is passionate about preventing and better treating disease through lifestyle medicine and in particular, whole food, plant-based dietary patterns. She has completed fellowship training in Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine and is American Board Certified in Integrative Medicine. Dr. Patel strongly believes that our health is intricately connected to the health of our planet and a whole-food, plant based diet is a great way to enhance human and planetary health. She hopes to work closely with Green is Health to continue to raise awareness around plant-based eating, lifestyle medicine and planetary health.

Max Silverman - Medical Student Lead
Max is currently a medical student at McMaster University with a strong passion for environmental advocacy. In addition to his role on the Green Is Health executive team, he is excited to engage with other medical students as the medical student section lead. Recognizing the importance of the young voice within medicine, particularly when it comes to climate, he hopes to connect the various existing medical student groups interested in climate advocacy. If you are a medical student who is passionate about these topics and would like to collaborate or share ideas, please reach out at max.silverman@medportal.ca.