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Committee membership
Paediatric Death Review Committee (PDRC)
Dr. Dirk Huyer – Chair
Chief Coroner for Ontario
Ms. Kathy Kerr
Coordinator (Medical)
Executive Lead, Committee Management
Office of the Chief Coroner
Ms. Jessica Diamond
Coordinator (Child Welfare)
Executive Lead, Child Welfare
Office of the Chief Coroner
Dr. Desmond Bohn
Provincial Medical Director-CritiCall Ontario
Mr. Brad Bain
Ms. Zel Fellegi
Ms. Donna Zan
Ms. Corrie Tuyl
Child Welfare Consultants
Dr. Alan Hudak
Paediatrician, Orillia
Ms. Mary Ballantyne
Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies
Ms. Theresa Stevens
Executive Director, Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services
Association of Native Child and Family Service Agencies of Ontario
Dr. Ram Singh
Director, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Children’s Hospital
London Health Sciences Centre
Det. Avi Fagu
Det. Jakub Ostaszewski
Coroners Police Investigators
Dr. David Chiasson
Pathologist, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Det. Sgt. Jim Kilby
York Regional Police
Dr. John Watts
Professor Emeritus, Department of Paediatrics
McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton
Det. Susan Gomes
Homicide Squad, Toronto Police Service
Dr. Ian Wilson
Paediatrician, Kitchener
Dr. Burke Baird
Paediatrician, McMaster University Medical Centre
Det. Sgt. Larry Wilson
Homicide Bureau, York Regional Police
Dr. Alejandro Floh
Critical Care, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Det. Sgt. Lynne Buehler
Investigative Services
Peterborough Lakefield Police
Ms. Yasmin Nowsherwanji
Administrative Coordinator,
Office of the Chief Coroner
Deaths Under Five Committee (DU5C)
Dr. Dirk Huyer – Chair
Chief Coroner for Ontario
Ms. Kathy Kerr
Executive Lead, Committee Management
Office of the Chief Coroner
Ms. Jessica Diamond
Executive Lead, Child Welfare
Office of the Chief Coroner
Det. Susan Gomes
Homicide Squad, Toronto Police Service
Dr. David Chiasson
Forensic Pathologist
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Dr. Charis Kepron
Forensic Pathologist
Eastern Ontario Regional Forensic Pathology Unit, Ottawa
Det. Sgt. J. J. Allan
Homicide Unit, Durham Regional Police
Det. Sgt Mitch Martin
Homicide Unit, Durham Regional Police
Dr. Mike Shkrum
Head, Regional Forensic Pathology Unit, Southwestern Ontario
London, Ontario
Dr. Michelle Shouldice
Paediatrician
Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect Program
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Det. Insp. Paul McCrickard
Ontario Provincial Police
Criminal Investigations Bureau
Dr. Jayantha Herath
Forensic Pathologist
Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit, Toronto
Det. Marc-Andre Guy
Ottawa Police Service
Ms. Yasmin Nowsherwanji
Administrative Coordinator
Office of the Chief Coroner
Staff Sgt. Todd LaMarre
Windsor Police Service
Det. Cst. Brian Welsh
Guelph Police Services
Det. Peter Thom
Hamilton Police Service
Staff Sgt. Vicki MacDonald
Waterloo Police Service
Det. Sgt. Peter Trimble
Toronto Police Service – Homicide
Det. Sgt. John Braybrook
York Regional Police
Staff Sgt. Rhonda Corsi
York Regional Police
Ms. Brenda Marsillo
Product Safety Officer
Consumer Product Safety, Health Canada
Ms. Mary Ellen Hurman
Crown Attorney
Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto