Our Board

  • Dr. Corinne Rogers

    Chair

  • Halima Jama

    Secretary

  • Yenny Gonzalez

    Vice Chair / Treasurer

  • Eoin Murray

  • Stephanie Montesanti

  • Matthew Hundert

  • Karin Linschoten

  • Razia Saramad

  • Astrid Velasquez

    NCHC Executive Director

  • Molly Whalen-Browne

    NCHC Medical Director

Our Team

We are a comprehensive, multidisciplinary team of experienced family medicine physicians and specialists with expertise in refugee health, working side-by-side with nurses, mental health therapists, and settlement counsellors, aided by community support workers, cultural brokers, social workers, and cultural/language interpreters, to support healthy and productive new Canadians contributing to the social, cultural, and economic well-being of their communities.

Our Staff

  • Astrid Velasquez

    Executive Director

  • Nada Shakkour

    Operations Manager

  • Vandana Sharma

    Capacity Building Coordinator

  • Angela Agudelo

    Health Navigator

  • Nsreen Aldarwish

    Health Navigator

  • Jessica Haight

    Research & Evaluation Coordinator

  • Idil Jama

    Lead Medical Office Assistant

  • Kamar Maghamez

    Health Support Worker

  • Danielle Tarabishi

    Health Support Worker

Family Physicians

  • Dr. Molly Whalen-Browne

    MD, MSc, DTM&H, CCFP

  • Dr. Deborah Evans

    MD, CCFP

  • Dr. Anneliese Kohler

    MD, CCFP

  • Dr. Vickie Siu

    MD, CCFP

  • Dr. Jennifer Zhang

    MD, CCFP

Nurse Practitioners

  • NP. Sania Amiri-Ishani

    MN, NP

    Nurse Practitioner

  • NP. Kerry Schnell

    MN, NP

    Nurse Practitioner

Specialists

  • Dr. Brian J. Wirzba

    MD, FRCPC, FACP

    Internal Medicine

  • Dr. Qaasim Mian

    MD, MBA, MPH, FRCPC

    Pediatrician

  • Dr. Bonnieca Islam

    MD, FRCP(C)

    Pediatrician

  • Dr. Tehseen Ladha

    MD, MPH, FRCPC

    Pediatrician

  • Dr. Ryan Cooper

    MD, FRCP(C), MPH

    Infectious Diseases

  • Consulting Psychiatrist

Allied Health Professionals

  • Ashley Kumar

    LPN

  • Chioma Alonge

    RN, BScN, MScN

    Behaviour Health Consultant

  • Emma Renz

    RN

Affiliated Allied Health Professionals

  • Tom Rapacki

    MC, R. Psych.

    Psychologist, Cultured Psychology Services

  • Consulting Physiotherapist