Welcome to the Toronto Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre. We provide a multi-disciplinary approach to care and our team is made up of Respirologists who have specific training in CF, sub-specialty physicians from Psychiatry, Gastroenterology, and Endocrinology, nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, social workers, pharmacists, research coordinators, and administrative staff. Based at the St Michael’s Hospital site of Unity Health Toronto, we are a fully accredited hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto and as such, we provide training for physicians and other health professionals.
Director

Dr. Elizabeth Tullis
Director, Adult CF Clinic
When Elizabeth Tullis was completing her Respirology training at the University of Toronto, she attended a few of the cystic fibrosis (CF) clinics at the Hospital for Sick Children. That experience sparked an interest in this disease and she spent 1990 at the Adult CF clinic in Melbourne, Australia doing a clinical fellowship in adult CF. The Toronto Adult CF clinic was opened in 1992, initially at Wellesley Hospital, with a move seven years later to St Michael’s Hospital. Over the ensuing 30 years, the clinic has doubled in size.
As the founding Director of the Toronto Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Dr. Tullis is responsible for the care of more than 550 adults with CF and leads a large, experienced team of CF physicians, nurses and allied health professionals. Dr. Tullis is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, the Respirology Division Head at St. Michael’s Hospital, and an Adjunct Scientist at the Keenan Research Centre of Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. Dr. Tullis has published over 170 articles and book chapters and has lectured nationally and internationally on issues related to CF in adults. She has trained more than 20 CF fellows who are now working in CF clinics around the world.
Physicians

Dr. Anne Stephenson
Respirologist

Dr. Anju Anand
Respirologist

Dr. Kieran McIntyre
Respirologist

Dr. Giovanna Riolo
Respirologist

Dr. Shazmeen Manji
Respirologist

Dr. Julie Gilmour
Endocrinologist

Dr. Kien Dang
Psychiatrist
Dr. Cecilia Chaparro
Respirologist, Transplant
Dr. Tanja Gonska
Gastroenterologist
Nurses

Sandee Westell
CF Clinic Nurse

Lee Monette
CF Clinic Nurse

Amanda Santiago
CF Clinic Nurse
Stephanie Buschke
CF Clinic Nurse
Allied Health

Ronalee Robert
Dietitian

Lisa Mannik
Dietitian

Siobhan Gallagher
Physiotherapist

Poonam Sisodia
Physiotherapist

Kenneth Wu
Physiotherapist
Farwa Malik
Physiotherapist

Ashley Bainey
Respiratory Therapist

Eva Leek
Respiratory Therapist

Brent West
Respiratory Therapist

Julie Williamson
Drug Navigator

Winsee Fung
Drug Navigator

Kevin Curley
Pharmacist

Onella Pereira
Pharmacist

Nicole Etherington
Social Worker

Annie Thomas-Diceman
Social Worker
Anne Culligan
Social Worker
Research

Samantha Baldwin
Data Analyst CF Registry

Katie Griffin
Research Coordinator

Jennifer Pike
Research Coordinator

Kamalprit Chokar
Research Coordinator

Xiayi Ma
Biostatistician

Jenna Sykes
Biostatistician
Viethushaa Mohandas
Research Coordinator
Administrators

Sandra Falcao
Admin Assistant

Stephanie Leveiller
Admin Assistant
Hospital Leadership

Barb Hooper
Clinical Lead Manager, Respirology
Desa Hobbs
Director, Heart, Lung and Vascular Program
CF Trainees
Nicky Kraus
Sana Swaleh
Ketaki Rawal
Reaching Out
Would you like to get in touch with one of our staff members? You can reach us through our General Inquiry & Clinic Bookings by telephone at 416-864-5409 or via email at cfclinicbookings@smh.ca.