Infectious Diseases

Unity Health’s Infectious Diseases program helps patients living with infections caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi, in both outpatient and inpatient settings at St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital.

Infectious Diseases at St. Joseph's Health Centre

Clinics & Services

This clinic is staffed by physicians specializing in infectious diseases who treat a variety of patients through virtual and in person visits for conditions such as tuberculosis, bone and joint infections, skin and soft tissue infections, wound infections, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), sexually transmitted infections, tropical and travel related illnesses, parasitic infections, and fungal infections.

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Physicians

Mary-Anne Aarts Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-461-8363 416-461-8466

Syed Ali Akbar Abbass Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Mariam Abdurrahman Department: Psychiatry, Language: English,

Selwyn Abel Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-239-1968

Robert Adam Department: Ophthalmology, Languages: English, Hebrew, 416-530-6565

Iram Ahmed Department: Psychiatry, Language: English, 416-530-6486 ext. 4748

Hani Akoury Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Languages: Arabic, English, French, 416-530-6373 416-530-6377

Brenda Alves Department: Emergency Medicine,

Sarah (Kate) Amiel Department: Pediatrics, Languages: English, French,

Reham Amin Department: Medicine,

Howard An Department: Medicine,

Amit Anand Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-530-6563 647-670-2255

Anjali Anselm Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-766-1162 416-766-0463

Donna Arab-O’-Brien Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6466

Tim Ararat Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Karen Arcot Department: Medicine,

Mina Atia Department: Medicine,

Ryan Austin Department: Surgery, Language: English, 905-278-7077 866-874-4279

Sanja Avdic Department: Paediatrics, Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, English, Serbian, 416-530-6625 416-530-6294

Zared Aziz Department: Laboratory Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6285

Adrienne Bacher Department: Medicine,

Wei (Johnny) Bai Department: Anesthesia,

Shawn Bailey Department: Diagnostic Imaging,

Peter Ballyk Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 6010

Clarissa Bambao Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-537-5289 416-537-3698

Anna Banerji Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6625 416-530-6294

Oksana Batejko Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6602

Michael Baxter Department: Anesthesia,

Adriana Berbece Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6239 437-317-9761

Kearston Bergeron Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Graham Berlyne Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6158 416-532-4448

Alexandra Bite Department: Anesthesia,

John Blondal Department: Medicine, Language: English,

Matthew Bocock Department: Anesthesia,

Ian Bookman Department: Medicine, Languages: English, Spanish, 416-226-2777 416-226-2771

Mel Borins Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-533-6488

Laura Bosco Department: Anesthesia,

Harold P. Braden Department: Surgery, Language: English,

Sheila Brazel Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-760-8777 416-760-0748

Jennifer Brewer Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Anita Bright Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Rebecca Brown Department: Emergency Medicine,

Marie Buitendyk Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Ziad Butty Department: Ophthalmology, Languages: Arabic, English, French, 416-760-8763 647-689-2276

Melanie Caetano Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-231-7878 416-231-7801

Mario Capitano Department: Laboratory Medicine,

Caitlin Carew Department: Pediatrics,

Travis Carpenter Department: Medicine,

Erin Carter Department: Psychiatry, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4685 416-530-6105

David Casey Department: Medicine,

Anita Chae Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 3867

Ashis Chawla Department: Surgery, Languages: English, French, Hindi, Punjabi, 647-435-8831 416-767-0992

Morie Chen Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Languages: English, Mandarin, 416-530-6010, 416-530-3872 416-530-6025

Yan Chen Department: Laboratory Medicine,

Joan Cheng Department: Emergency Medicine,

Nicole Cherry Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-239-1909 416-236-4591

Victoria Cheung Department: Surgery,

Brian Chisamore Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-516-4111

Richard Choi Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-766-1162 416-766-0463

Robert Cirone Department: Anesthesia, Languages: English, Italian, 416-530-6085

Jennifer Clement Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-760-8367 416-760-7212

Ira Cohen Departments: Family and Community Medicine, Psychiatry, Language: English, 416-533-6000 ext. 3067

Justine Cohen-Silver Department: Pediatrics,

Mara Cole Department: Pediatrics,

Jovian Collins Department: Pediatrics,

Natascha Crispino Department: Family and Community Medicine, Languages: English, German, Italian, 416-530-6860 416-530-6160

Erin Dahlke Department: Medicine, 416-530-6000 ext. 6607

Dustin Dalgorf Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-586-8533 416-762-0709

Thomas Dashwood Department: Medicine,

Paul Davies Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Larissa Derzko-Dzulynsky Department: Ophthalmology, Languages: English, Ukrainian, (416) 760-8763

Anthony Di Pierdomenico Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Languages: English, French, Italian, 416-766-4518 416-766-2407

Anthony Di Pierdomenico Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Dimitrios Dimitrakoudis Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-604-9500

Mahnaz Donyadideh-Torei Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Mark Downing Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6000 x 4179 416-530-6796

Luke Drzymala Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-233-4242 416-233-4249

Virginia Duff Department: Psychiatry, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 3101 416-530-6363

Michelle Edwards Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6000 416-352-6013

Ari Eisen Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6010 416-530-6025

Sam Elfassy Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-766-3401

Rayanne Elias Department: Psychiatry,

Amr Elmaraghy Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-530-0400 416-530-0692

Reem Elsobky Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-469-6580

Rana Esmaeilizand Department: Pediatrics,

Yousef Etoom Department: Paediatrics, Language: English,

Michael Falcioni Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6004

David Fam Department: Medicine,

Mark Feldman Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6625

Heather Fieghen Department: Medicine, Language: English,

Mark Fisher Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-233-4242 416-233-4233

Janine Flanagan Department: Pediatrics,

Rick Fox Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-767-3171 416-766-6896

Mark Fruitman Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6010

Joyce Fu Department: Surgery, Languages: Cantonese, English, 416-530-6563 647-670-2255

D’Arcy Gagnon Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6587

Andres Gantous Department: Otolaryngology, Languages: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, 416-530-6659 416-530-6742

Elize Gershater Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6010

Amena Ghumman Department: Medicine,

Courtney Graham Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Smrita Grewal Department: Psychiatry,

Beata Grygowski Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-232-1687 416-530-6827

Vikram Gurtu Department: Medicine,

Kanmani (Kay) Guruswami Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Ed Gutman Department: Medicine,

Matthew Haaland Department: Psychiatry, Language: English,

Yvonne Haas Departments: Family and Community Medicine, Medicine, Language: English, 416-761-0133 416-761-1915

Syed Yaser Habeeb Department: Medicine, Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu, 416-530-6770 416-530-6386

Yemisrach Hailemeskel Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-537-2438 416-537-9056

A. Bevin Hamlet Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-656-8777

Athanasios Harmantas Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-530-6694

Sepideh Hashemitari Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Stephen Hawrylyshyn Department: Emergency Medicine,

Matthew Heffer Department: Medicine, Language: English,

Michael Hickey Department: Medicine,

Abir Hoblos Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Nicola Hoffman Department: Surgery,

David Holt Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Andrew Howlett Department: Psychiatry, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4518 416-530-6393

Josef Hrdina Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Megumi Iizuka Department: Ophthalmology, Language: English, 416-239-1968

Yasemin Ikizler Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-761-0133

Shawna Irons Department: Family and Community Medicine,

Maria Ivankovic Department: Emergency Medicine,

Umesh Jain Department: Surgery, Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, 416-767-0995 416-767-0992

Lauren Jain Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Peter Jaksa Department: Medicine, Language: English,

Difat Jakubovicz Department: Family and Community Medicine, Languages: English, French, Hebrew, 416-530-6860 416-530-6160

Shiva Jayaraman Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-530-6653

Keith Johnstone Department: Family and Community Medicine,

Sybil Judah Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-237-1455 416-530-6828

Amrit Kang Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6227 437-317-9777

Neil Kanhai Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6587

Ajay Kapur Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6084

Stavros Karanicolas Department: Medicine, Language: Greek, 416-530-6239 437-317-9761

Leila Kasrai Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-236-5559

Akshaan Kaul Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English,

Lillian Kebaya Department: Pediatrics,

Chris Keefer Department: Emergency Medicine,

Olya Keenan Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 647-345-3048 647-345-3058

Fatemeh Keivan-far Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Priya Kesarwani Department: Otolaryngology, Language: English, 416-449-9983 416-449-4578

Shagufta Khan Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6814

Sofia Khan Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860

Wondu Kidanewold Department: Laboratory Medicine, 416-530-6846 ext 3344

Christie Kim Department: Medicine, Language: English,

Richard Kim Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6004

Joon-Han Kim Department: Emergency Medicine,

Jinnie Kim Department: Emergency Medicine,

Sarah Kim Department: Family and Community Medicine,

Yolanda Kirkham Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Languages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin, 416-901-7756 647-350-3770

Eli Kisilevsky Department: Surgery,

Hannah Klein Department: Psychiatry, Languages: English, French, 416-530-6000 416-530-6393

Michael Ko Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-530-6653 416-530-6114

Jack Kolenda Department: Surgery, Languages: English, Polish, 905-849-7560 289-295-0113

Sigmund Krajden Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6000

Matthew Kuszewski Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-531-1909 416-531-7002

Zamin Ladha Department: Pediatrics,

Cindy Lam Department: Surgery, Languages: Cantonese, English, 416-239-1968 416-233-4763

Nadine Laraya Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-760-8367

Eddy Lau Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6625 416-530-6294

Christine Le Department: Medicine,

Katherine Lee Languages: English, Korean, 416-233-3289 416-233-5980

Stephen Lee Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Dominic Lehnert Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6573

Ronald Levine Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-236-2581

Michael Li Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English,

Suzanne Lilker Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Navika Limaye Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860

David Lindsay Departments: Paediatrics, Surgery, Language: English, 416-530-6180 416-530-6181

Rania Lingas Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6235

Brian Liu Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology,

Dorothy Lo Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6235

Jodi Lofchy Department: Psychiatry,

Giri Logsetty Department: Medicine, Language: English, 647-352-7447

Carlos Lopez Department: Surgery, Language: English, 647-748-9444 647-748-9344

Andrew Lui Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6004

Terri Luvisotto Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-460-6580 ext. 6588

Bohdan Lychacz Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6010

Bernard Ma Department: Anesthesia,

Jessica Malach Department: Pediatrics,

Janet Malowany Department: Laboratory Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6846 ext 6283

Howard Mandel Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-532-1939

Ronnen Maze Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-766-1162 416-766-0463

Vicky McCarthy Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Roisin McElroy Department: Emergency Medicine,

Anthony McLean Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-767-8506

Dilip Mehta Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6759

Maria Melchior Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-207-1998 416-207-9501

Peter Menikefs Department: Anesthesia, Languages: English, Greek, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Katie Mennie Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6625 416-530-6294

Fiona Menzies Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6770 416-530-6362

Paul Mercereau Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

L. Joanne Meyer Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6085

Andrea Miller Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4319

Charlotte Miller Department: Paediatrics, Languages: English, French, 647-346-7766 647-346-7785

Peter Mitoff Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-766-1162 416-766-0463

Wendy Moore Department: Psychiatry, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 3041

Davina Morris Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6455 416-530-6709

Sharon Naymark Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6611

Colman Nefsky Department: Psychiatry, Language: English,

Michael Neszt Department: Psychiatry, Languages: English, French, 416-530-6000 ext.4759 416-530-6076

Dana Newman Department: Family and Community Medicine,

Nima Noordeh Department: Ophthalmology, Languages: English, Farsi,

Petar Novakovic Department: Emergency Medicine,

Alexandru Opris Department: Family and Community Medicine, Languages: English, French, Portugese, Romanian, 416-927-0533

Alice Ordean Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860

Aaron Orkin Department: Emergency Medicine,

Pia Pace-Asciak Department: Surgery,

Wesla Packer Pfeifer Ferrarezi Department: Surgery,

David Parente Department: Surgery, Languages: English, Italian, 416-530-6530 416-530-6529

Esther Park Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-532-7612 416-532-6577

Sara Pickersgill Department: Emergency Medicine,

Crystal Pinto Department: Psychiatry,

Rachel Ptashny Department: Psychiatry,

Myurathy Rao Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6227 437-317-9777

Steven Rhee Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 3230

Kunuk Rhee Department: Medicine,

Jeremy Riva-Cambrin Department: Psychiatry,

Charles Robichaud Department: Emergency Medicine,

Ted Rogovein Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6103 416-530-6073

Martin Roscoe Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-239-8401 416-239-8402

Benyamin Rotberg Department: Psychiatry,

Erin Sadler Department: Surgery,

Aparna Sarangapani Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, 416-539-0965 416-279-0965

Joanna Sasal Department: Medicine, Languages: English, Polish, 416-530-6227 437-317-9777

Kevin Schwartz Department: Medicine, Language: English, (416) 530-6043

Rishie Seth Department: Medicine, Language: English,

Jinous Shahzamani Department: Obstetrics And Gynaecology,

Tammy Shaw Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6084 416-530-6084

Steven Singer Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6486 ext. 4315 416-530-6025

Gurtej Singh Department: Anesthesia,

Luxey Sirisegaram Department: Medicine,

Kiara Smith Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-604-0640 416-604-3365

A. Casimir Soare Department: Family and Community Medicine,

John Sollazzo Department: Emergency Medicine,

Eric Solway Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860

Priya Sood Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860 416-530-6160

Courtney Spelliscy Department: Emergency Medicine,

Jonathon Springer Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-766-4587

Anita Srivastava Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860

Richard Stall Department: Psychiatry, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 3124

Jonathan Stein Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-604-0053

Elaine Stone Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-588-5219

Kate Strasburg Department: Psychiatry, Language: English,

Sammy Sue Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6587

Andrew Sue-A-Quan Department: Emergency Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6587

Greg Sue-A-Quan Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 6084

James Sugiyama Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-964-0800

Paul Anthony Sullivan Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-530-6030 416-530-6520

David Tal Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6770 416-530-6362

Steven Tanaka Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Artin Ternamian Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-766-1144 416-767-1802

Gregory Tershakowec Department: Dentistry, Language: English, 416-762-8600

Garry Thomas Department: Medicine,

Judy Thompson Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860 416-530-6160

Wendy Thurston Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6010 416-530-6025

Preston Tran Departments: Emergency Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 905-851-3777

Emily Trenker Department: Anesthesia,

Melanie Tsang Department: Surgery, Language: English, (416) 530-6818

Andrew Tse Department: Anesthesia,

Richelle Twose Department: Psychiatry,

Mark Unger Department: Emergency Medicine,

Arthur Vanek Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6486 x3126

Marica Varga Department: Medicine, Languages: English, French, Greek, Italian, Romanian, 416-530-6000 ext. 3149

Camila Vaz Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6625 416-530-6294

Raghu Venugopal Department: Emergency Medicine,

Myriam Vigny-Pau Department: Psychiatry,

George Vincent Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-530-6773 416-530-6184

Sophocles Voineskos Department: Surgery,

Brie Volpini Department: Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6084 416-530-6107

Jaclyn Waddell Department: Anesthesia,

Kyle Wanzel Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-236-2571 416-236-4591

Linda Weber Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860

Lori Weisberg Department: Psychiatry, Language: English, 416-530-6486 ext. 3905

Victoria (Tori) Whyte Department: Obstetrics/Gynaecology,

Daphne Williams Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-530-6860

Tara Williams Department: Diagnostic Imaging, Language: English, 416-530-6010

Bryan Wise Department: Emergency Medicine,

Ian Witterick Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-586-4800 x8313 416-586-8583

Amy Wong Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-231-1111

Marcus Wong Department: Anesthesia, Language: English, 416-530-6000 ext. 4090 416-530-6093

Suzanne Wong Departments: Family and Community Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Language: English, 416-530-6790 416-530-6811

Anson Wong Department: Psychiatry,

Michael Wood Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-763-1187

Joel Woodley-Cook Department: Diagnostic Imaging,

Douglas Wooster Department: Surgery, Language: English, 416-516-4399 416-516-1704

Anne Wormsbecker Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-864-5344

Hanmu Yan Department: Surgery,

Heather Yang Department: Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6625

Marika Younker Department: Psychiatry, Language: English,

Melissa Yu Department: Family and Community Medicine,

Raymond Zabieliauskas Department: Family and Community Medicine, Language: English, 416-231-7246 416-231-9900

Jeanne Zeller Departments: Medicine, Paediatrics, Language: English, 416-530-6043

Urszula Zurawska-Fortin Department: Medicine, Languages: English, Polish, 416-530-6235 416-530-6656

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Infectious Diseases at St. Michael's Hospital

Clinics & Services

Our team also includes trainees from all disciplines who attend our clinic and interact with patients and their families, providing care under supervision.

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The Positive Care Clinic (PCC) team at St. Michael’s provides total Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) care and services to patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Our team includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, dietitians, research personnel, administrators and clerical staff who work together to provide comprehensive HIV care.

In addition to treating HIV, we offer pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis, and conduct research into the prevention and treatment of HIV. We offer HIV psychiatry services and treatment of HIV and Hepatitis C co-infection.

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