Governance

See Unity Health Toronto’s governance structure for April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026.

Board of Directors

Nora Aufreiter Chair

Kate Stevenson Vice-chair

Helen Angus

Dany Assaf

Wayne Barwise

Ehren Cory

Derek Chum

Hazel Claxton

Kamala Jean Gopie

Doug Guzman

Sal Iacono

Elio Luongo

Christine Morris

Robert Sedran

Ben Vaughan

Michael Zerbs

Non-elected directors will also sit on the board as ex-officio members, including:

Altaf Stationwala, president and CEO
Catherine Pawluch, designate of the Archbishop of Toronto
Dr. Lisa Robinson from the University of Toronto
Dr. Filomena Meffe and Dr. Joan Cheng, representatives of the Medical Advisory Committee
Dr. Kamran Ahmad and Dr. Anna Ly, representatives of the Medical Staff Association
Sonya Canzian, Chief Nursing & Health Professions Officer
Diane Kazarian, chair of the St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation Board of Directors
Melissa Martin, chair of the St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation Board of Directors

Executive Team

Altaf Stationwala President and CEO

Dr. Najma Ahmed VP, Chief Medical Officer

Beverly Bulmer VP of Education

Sonya Canzian Executive VP of Clinical Programs, People and Chief Nursing and Health Professions Officer

Christopher De Bono Executive Director of Mission, Values and Spiritual Care

Melanie de Wit Chief Legal Officer

Dr. Irfan Dhalla VP of Clinical Programs, Mental Health and Addictions, Quality and Equity

Sabrina Divell VP of Stakeholder Relations and Chief Communications Officer

Brian Edmonds Chief Financial Officer (Interim)

Jonathan Fetros VP Clinical Programs

Damian Jankowicz Executive VP, Chief Information and Artificial Intelligence Officer

Michael Keen VP of Facilities and Planning

Manson Locke VP of People, Mission, Culture & Chief Human Resources Officer

Dr. Filomena Meffe Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee

Dr. Ori D. Rotstein VP of Research and Innovation

Trixie Williams VP, Clinical Programs

Medical Advisory Council Membership 2025-26

CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR

Dr. Filomena Meffe, Chair
Dr. Joan Cheng, Vice-Chair

MEDICAL AFFAIRS

Dr. Sharon Straus (Sept.-Oct.)
Dr. Najma Ahmed (Nov.-June)
Dr. Ashley Verduyn

VOTING MEMBERS

Dr. Mary-Anne Aarts
Dr. Mariam Abdurrahman
Dr. Najma Ahmed
Dr. Andrew Baker
Dr. Tony Barozzino
Dr. Anita Chae
Dr. Yvonne Chan
Dr. Joan Cheng
Dr. Robert Cirone
Dr. Paul Davies
Dr. Curtis Handford
Dr. Anish Kirpalani
Dr. Karen Lee
Dr. Steve Lin
Dr. Nick Lo
Dr. Andrea Rigamonti
Dr. Karen Shin
Dr. Cathy Streutker

VOTING MEMBERS (continued)

Dr. Ashley Verduyn
Dr. Karen Weyman
Dr. Daphne Williams
Dr. Tara Williams
Dr. David Wong
Dr. Natalie Wong
Dr. Anne Wormsbecker
Dr. Urszula Zurawska-Fortin

VOTING UNITY HEALTH MSA MEMBERS

Dr. Anna Ly, MSA President
Dr. Kamran Ahmad, MSA Vice-President
Dr. Karen Arcot, MSA secretary

NON-VOTING UNITY HEALTH MSA MEMBERS

Dr. Syed Yaser Habeeb, SJHC MSA Vice-President

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

Altaf Stationwala
Sonya Canzian
Melanie de Wit
Beverly Bulmer
Dr. Irfan Dhalla
Dr. Thomas Dashwood
Dr. Trevor Jamieson
Dr. Domenic Lehnert
Dr. Matthew Muller

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Last updated September 08, 2026