Faculty and Staff

Our Team

Director: Dr. Jeff Golisky
jeff.golisky@utoronto.ca

Program Director: Dr. Peter Tzakas
physician.assistant@utoronto.ca

Academic Coordinator: Aurthi Muthukumaran CCPA
physician.assistant@utoronto.ca

Scholar/Research Lead: Sharona Kanofsky PA-C, CCPA, MScCH sharona.kanofsky@utoronto.ca

Sr. Program Coordinator: Melissa Rodway paprogram.coordinator@utoronto.ca

Program Office: Charu Raveendran & Hanna Kim
physician.assistant@utoronto.ca
Larysa Stjepanovic (on leave)

BScPA Admissions:  admissions.pa@utoronto.ca

For all admissions related questions, please contact the Admissions Department.

Clinical Office:

Clinical Placement Coordinators: Teena McLaren & Linna Liu clinical.pa@nosm.ca
Responsible for administrative issues regarding clinical placements, funding, and logistics

Clinical Course Director: Britton Sprules CCPA bsprules@nosm.ca
Responsible for oversight of student progress in clinical rotations, clinical assessments, evaluating clinical curriculum, and approval of final clinical rotation schedules

Course Directors:

PAP110/120/130: Longitudinal Clinical Experience: Zlata Janicijevic, PA-C, CCPA
PAP112  Anatomy: Dr. Paulo Koeberle
PAP113  Physiology: Dr. Nohjin Kee
PAP114/134  Clinical Skills I and III: Jeff Straw, PA-C, CCPA
PAP114/124  Clinical Skills I (online) and II: Claire Suarez, CCPA
PAP119/129/139  Professional Competencies: Sharona Kanofsky, PA-C, CCPA, MScCH
PAP122  Pathology: Dr. Iram Siddiqui
PAP125/135  Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures I and II: Dee Naidu, CCPA
PAP127  Pharm: Sonja Sajic, PharmD, RPh, CCPA
PAP136/246  Medical Foundations I and II: Dr. Jordana Boro
PAP138  Behavioural Medicine: Dr. Rima Styra
PAP258  Health Promotion and Education: Patricia D'Silva, CCPA
PAP210/220/230  Clerkship I, II, and III: Britton Sprules, CCPA
PAP251  PA Scholar (EBM & QI): Drew Gould, CCPA
PAP269 Medical Ethics: Heather Sampson, CCRP

We are pleased to announce that three of our Course Directors/Faculty are CAPA Award Winners.

Jeff Straw, PA-C, CCPA, Educator of the Year, 2023
Dr. Peter Tzakas, Educator of the Year, 2020
Drew Gould, CCPA, PA of the Year, 2020