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Meet The Team

Founder/President

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Founder & President

Sonia Whyte-Croasdaile

Sonia Whyte-Croasdaile RPN, RSW is a wife, mother, nurse, Registered Social Worker, a trained Relaxation/Life Coach, and the Founder and President of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Canada. She is experienced in ...

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Board of Directors

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Co-Chair

Sanjay Kumar

Sanjay Kumar is a Sariel Entpreneure. His expertise includes Digital Marketing, IT Consulting Services, and Managing cross-functional teams. Sanjay helps enterprises ...

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Board Member | Medical Advisor

Dr. Bruce Carleton

Dr. Bruce Carleton has over 30 years of experience in clinical pharmacology and investigating the safety and effectiveness of drugs used in both children and adults. He is the founder and CEO...

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Board Member

Sonia Bromfield-Cornish

TBA

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Member at Large/Secretary

Coleen Lambert

Coleen Lambert is a licenced Financial Broker and Coach. Prior to building her own Financial Services and Financial Coaching company in 2020, Coleen worked as a Legal Professional for more than 16 years in various areas...

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Board Member

Phatay Waraich

Phatay is a Vendor Manager with TD Bank within the technology team. He has had various roles within the financial industry from procurement and third party risk management to...

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Patient Representative

Jeremy Falk

My name is Jeremy Falk and I live in Los Angeles. In 2005 I had a bacteria staph infection.  After taking two weeks of a 21-day supply of Bactrim (a Sulfa-based antibiotic), my eyes and throat started to feel inflamed and irritated. I went to ...

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Board Member

Dr. Michele Ramien

Dr. Ramien is a hospital-based academic dermatologist at the Alberta Children’s Hospital
who is board-certified in both Canada and the United States. A first-generation...

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Medical Advisors

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Dr. Bruce Carleton
PharmD, FCP, FISPE

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Dr. Bruce Carleton has over 30 years of experience in clinical pharmacology and investigating the safety and effectiveness of drugs used in both children and adults. He is the founder and CEO...​

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Professor and Chair

Division of Translational Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics

Faculty of Medicine

University of British Columbia

Director

Pharmaceutical Outcomes Programme

BC Children’s Hospital

Senior Clinician Scientist

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Vancouver

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Dr. Seema Mane-Kndvilkar

TBA

TBA

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Dr. Elizabeth J. Phillips

MD, FRCPC, FRACP, FIDSA, FAAAAI

Dr. Elizabeth Phillips is a physician-scientist clinically trained in infectious diseases, immunology, and clinical pharmacology who has established new clinical and research programs in drug hypersensitivity...

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Professor of Medicine, Dermatology, Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

John A. Oates Chair in Clinical Research

Director, Center for Drug Safety and Immunology

Director, Personalized Immunology, John A. Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Professor of Pharmacology

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Coordinators

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Francene Francis

Administrative Assistant to the President

Francene has served in this capacity since 2022. She has a personal stake in the organization as a close family member has persevered and survived the onslaught of the illnesses and still continues to live with the aftereffects.

 

Alongside the President, Francene is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the organization and ensuring that the President's visions for SJS Canada are carried out to the best of our volunteer capacity. 

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Felipe Cayres

Felipe Cayres

Web Developer and Team Lead

​Manage web development at SJS Canada. Lead a team, ensure compliance, and improve user experience. Using technology for better health outcomes.

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Kevin Kim

Patient Support Coordinator

​Since March 2023, he has been organizing monthly support group meetings for SJS/TEN survivors and loved ones affected. He also organizes expert guest speakers who present on, and answer questions about, the long-term challenges faced by the patient support group members. He has also spearheaded writing and producing a SJS/TEN Patient Handbook with input from SJS survivor and experts in the field.

 

He hopes to continue expanding the role of Patient Support Coordinator. Outside of SJS Canada, Kevin is a MD/PhD student at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario aspiring to be a physician-scientist caring for those affected by complex dermatologic conditions and improving their care.

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Aria Momand

Fundraising Coordinator

TBA

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Farzan Rezayati Ajibisheh

Marketing and Communications Coordinator 

TBA

 

Advisory Committee

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Karen Worthy

PhD, MPH, RN, CNE

Dr. Karen Worthy is an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina College of

Nursing. Dr. Worthy has a 26-year history in professional nursing and has been a nurse educator

for 17 years. She received...

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Vincent Cornish

Vincent Cornish, FICB. Vincent is a “Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers”. He obtained his FICB designation through extensive studies at: York University, TMU (Toronto Metropolitan University – formally Ryerson University)...

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Lorna Baker

Lorna has been a Registered Nurse since 1996 and served as a Community  Health Nurse from 1997 to 2010. Following this, she held the position of  Certified Diabetes Educator at Unison Health and Community Services  from...

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