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Total Joint Network
Toronto Western Hospital
East Wing 1 – 427
399 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON
M5T 2S8

Project Executive Committee :

Project Lead - Dr. Nizar N. Mahomed, MD, ScD
Project Lead - Inpatient Rehab - Dr. John Flannery, MD, FRCPC
Project Manager - Janet Legge McMullan, RN, BScN, MN
Project Quality Improvement Lead - Rhona McGlasson BSc. PT., MBA
Project Lead Community - Heather Brien, BSc PT, MBA
Project Educator- Maryanne Brown, RN, BScN, MSc
Project Advisor - Dr. Aileen Davis, BScPT, MSc, PhD

Biographies

Dr. Nizar N. Mahomed, MD, ScD
Project Lead

Dr. Nizar Mahomed is the Director of the Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Program at University Health Network. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate medical training at the University of Toronto. Dr. Mahomed has a Doctor of Science in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery and the inaugural Smith and Nephew Chair of Orthopaedic Research at the University of Toronto. His clinical interest is in the area of complex primary and revision joint arthroplasty. Dr. Mahomed chairs the Research Committee for the Ontario Joint Replacement Registry, and the MSK Best Practices Committee for the GTA Rehab Network. He is a Scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute, Arthritis Community Research Evaluation Unit (ACREU), and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES). His research focuses on evaluating outcomes of interventions for lower extremity arthritis. He is the principal investigator of a number of peer-reviewed grants, and had been selected as an ABC Travelling Fellow by the Canadian Orthopaedic Association.
Nizar.Mahomed@UHN.on.ca

Dr. John Flannery, MD, FRCPC
Project Lead Inpatient Rehab

Dr. John Flannery is the inpatient rehabilitation lead for the Total Joint Network. His focus has been to develop the model of care for inpatient rehabilitation through a pilot project conducted at the Toronto Rehab, Hillcrest site.

Dr. Flannery is a Physiatry graduate from Queen’s University (1996); Medical School graduate Queen’s (1989) completed his internship at the Lion’s Gate Hospital, Vancouver (1990), general Locum Tenens 1990-1992. He was a co-director of the ABI and SCI program at the University of Calgary 1996-99, Foothills Hospital. From 1999 – 2002, he was the Director of Physiatry at St. John’s Rehabilitation Hospital, and Burn Physiatrist 2000-2005.

In 2003, Dr. Flannery became the Medical Director of the MSK Program at the Toronto Rehab – Hillcrest Centre. He is also the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine (DOM) Division of Physiatry Residency Program Director since 2002. He completed the Master Teacher Program through U of T DOM in 2005. His wide range of expertise focuses mainly on complex rehabilitation (Amputee, SCI, ABI, Burn, Polytrauma and peripheral nerve injury) with particular focus in complex musculoskeletal disease during the past 4 years.
Flannery.John@TorontoRehab.on.ca

Janet Legge McMullan, RN, BScN, MN
Project Manager

Janet Legge McMullan is an Advanced Practice Nurse and has been the Project Manager responsible for the implementation of the Hip Fracture Project for the Total Joint Network. She has held several senior manager roles and has experience working in both acute and tertiary care settings. Areas of expertise focus on mental health, care of the frail elderly including those with cognitive impairment, and nursing professional practice. Recently, she has been the content expert for a Toronto Central CCAC initiative focused on improving transitions from hospital to long term care for patients with the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. With the completion of this project, she will be moving to the Ontario Expert Panel for Orthopaedics and will coordinate a provincial initiative to improve care for hip fracture patients. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1982 and her Master in Nursing in 2005, both from the University of Toronto.
Janet.McMullan@sunnybrook.ca

Rhona McGlasson BSc. PT., MBA
Project Quality Improvement Lead

Rhona McGlasson is a physiotherapist with extensive management experience working in the public and private sectors where her roles have focused on the development of clinical best practice including the use of evidence based standardized models of care in both local and national organizations. After working as the Project Manager on the Hip and Knee Replacement Project for the Total Joint Network she has continued as the Quality Improvement Lead for the hip fracture project. She currently works for the TC LHIN as a Senior Integration Consultant where she is coordinating projects focusing on improved care for orthopaedic patients in Toronto. Rhona McGlasson received her B.SC. PT from the University of Greenwich, London and her M.B.A from Heriott Watt University, Edinburgh.
Rhona.McGlasson@sunnybrook.ca

Heather Brien, BSc PT, MBA
Project Lead Community

Heather Brien is the Community Care Access Centre representative on the Total Joint Network Executive Committee. Her focus in this project was to develop a model for community living that would meet the needs of the persons with fractured hips discharged home across the five GTA Community Care Access Centres. Ms. Brien led the review of role for the Convalescent Care Beds in the Long Term Care Homes in partnership with the LTC homes and the Community Care Access Centres. In the original Toronto Joint Network project to change the elective hip and knee surgery client Ms Brien led a concurrent study to evaluate the effectiveness and efficacy of community therapy in the seven GTA Community Care Access Centres. This project was done in partnership with the CCACs and their contracted therapy providers.

Ms. Brien trained as a physiotherapist and received her Masters in Business Administration from Royal Roads University. Currently, she is a Client Services Manager at the Toronto Central CCAC with a specialty in rehab. She is the organizational lead for a randomized controlled stroke study to evaluate the impact of a multi-disciplinary team on the recovery of persons post stroke living in the community. This project is a partnership between the Toronto Central CCAC, Bridgepoint Hospital and McMaster University. Ms Brien’s interest in the community living extends beyond rehab and she was a member of a research team to study Diabetes Home Nursing Care that was published in Canadian Journal of Diabetes Care. Ms Brien was the interim Executive Director for the Toronto ABI / GTA Rehab Network in 2005 / 2006. At that time she spearheaded a number of projects to create alignment between the acute care hospitals and the rehab hospitals and lead the strategic planning process for the GTA Rehab Network.
Heather.Brien@Toronto.CCAC-ont.ca

Maryanne Brown, RN, BScN, MSc
Project Educator

Maryanne Brown is an advanced practice nurse with expertise in gerontology with clinical specialty in dementia care, palliative care and interpersonal relations. Her focus in the project has been to provide education and support to health care professionals in the implementation of the model of care within various organizations from across the Greater Toronto Area. Maryanne obtained her Master’s of Science from the Faculty of Nursing at University of Toronto. Her research involves soothing interventions for persons with dementia and experiencing agitation. She has presented at numerous provincial, national and international conferences including the International Congress of Nursing. She has received many awards and she has also published in the area of Energy Therapeutics.

Maryanne is recognized for her strength in leadership, analysis and interpersonal abilities. She brings in-depth theoretical nursing knowledge, extensive clinical experience and knowledge in the development of research and its application.
Maryanne.Brown@nexicom.net

Dr. Aileen Davis, BScPT, MSc, PhD
Project Advisor

Dr. Davis’ primary research focus is in musculoskeletal disease, particularly in identifying modifiable predictors of patient outcomes. She also has extensive experience in outcome measure development and evaluation and has published and lectured extensively on various aspects of patient evaluation and outcomes in arthritis and musculoskeletal oncology. Recent work includes development and evaluation of new care pathways to improve access to services for people with total joint replacement and hip fracture.

Dr. Davis trained as a physiotherapist and clinical epidemiologist and received her doctorate from the University of Toronto. Currently, she is a Senior Scientist in the Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute and is an investigator with the Arthritis and Community Research and Evaluation Unit and the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Centre at UHN. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto in the Departments of Physical Therapy and Surgery and the Graduate Departments of Rehabilitation Science, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Institute of Medical Science. She is a member of the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Advisory Board and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of The Arthritis Society.
ADavis@UHNResearch.ca