Our Team

 

Dr. Melanie Lewis

Dr. Lewis (BN, MD, MMedEd, FRCPC), co-founder of PedsCases, is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Associate Dean of Learner Advocacy & Wellness at the University of Alberta. She currently divides her time between scholarly work in the area of medical education and physician health. Clinically, she is general pediatrician who manages complex patients at the Stollery Children’s Hospital and is the Medical Director of the Down syndrome medical clinic.

 

Dr. Peter Gill

Dr. Peter Gill (MD, DPhil, MSc, FRPCP), co-founder of PedsCases, is a general paediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. He completed a DPhil in Primary Health Care and MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (Alberta & Magdalen, 2009). Peter is also an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM), University of Oxford

 

Dr. Karen Forbes

Dr. Karen Forbes (BSc, MD, MEd, FRCPC) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and acting director of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the University of Alberta. She is the Pediatric Clerkship Director for the MD Program at the University of Alberta. Scholarly interests are in medical education, with a special interest in clinical reasoning.  Her clinical work is in hospital pediatrics at the Stollery Children's Hospital where she cares for a wide range of patients and provides clinical teaching to a wide range of learners.

 

Dr. Chris Novak

Dr. Chris Novak (BSc, MD) is a fellow in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital. He graduated from the University of Alberta MD program in 2016 and completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Stollery Children's Hospital in 2020. He is currently working on a Masters of Health Sciences Education through the University of Alberta. His interests include medical education, complex patient care, and the outdoors.

 

Dr. Amarjot Padda

Amarjot Padda (MD) is a pediatric resident at the University of Manitoba, and graduate of the University of Alberta MD program (Class of 2018). She is interested in Pediatrics as well as innovations in medical education.

 

Dr. Larissa Shapka

Larissa is a pediatric resident at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children, and graduate of the University of Alberta MD program. She is excited to continue her involvement with the PedsCases team and pursue her interests in creative and innovative medical education.

 

Nikki Mitchell 

Nikki is a medical student at the University of Alberta (Class of 2020). She has always had an interest in pediatrics and education, and is excited to be a part of the PedsCases team.

 

Catherine Deschênes

Catherine is a medical student at the University of Alberta (Class of 2021). She is passionate about medical education, social paediatrics, and health humanities. She is excited to build on these interests as a  member of the PedsCases team and to help develop more French-language content.

 

Jennifer Bhatla

Jenn is a medical student at the University of Alberta (Class of 2021).  She loves working with children and hopes to learn more about pediatrics and medical education.

 

Kai Fender

Kai is a medical student at the University of Alberta (Class of 2023). Having worked as an educational assistant prior to medical school, he has developed an interest in pediatrics and education. He is excited to combine and explore these interests as a member of the PedsCases team.

 

 

Alumni

Dr. Nazlin Karmali
Dr. Jeff Bennett
Dr. Nikita Kiran-Singh
Dr. Colin Siu
Dr. Samantha Lam
Dr. Aishwarya Sundaram
Dr. Laua Vogels
Dr. Alkarim Velji
Dr. Mara Tietzen
Dr. Michelle Bischoff
Dr. Amandy Cheung
Dr. Gary Galante
Dr. Jake Hayward
Dr. Christopher Gerdung
Dr. Peter MacPherson
Dr. Lauren Kitney