Who We Are

Our team of healthcare professionals, researchers, trainees, students, current and former patients, and members of the general public are a committed group of individuals dedicated to advancing women's health. You can read a little more about the people who make up our team by clicking on the sections below.

Do you have questions about the OROS Project? Contact us at dsouza.research.msh@sinaihealthsystem.ca.

Lead Investigator

Dr. Rohan D'Souza

Dr. D'Souza is a specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, Clinician-Scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto. His clinical focus is on medical disorders in pregnancy, particularly heart disease, and his research interests include the conduct of experimental and observational studies aimed at reducing postpartum haemorrhage, increasing the success of labour induction and improving pregnancy outcomes in women with heart disease. More recently, he has been focussing on the elicitation and incorporation of patient-preferences into obstetric decision-making and the development of core-outcome sets for studies on high-risk pregnancies. His recent achievements include a Canadian Operating Grant to address knowledge gaps for the use of tranexamic acid in obstetrics, the International Lee-Lusted Award for his work on patient-preferences and an elevation to the fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists UK, for his contribution to women’s health.

Project Involvement: All COS projects | Publications: Click here for publications

Co-Investigators

The following are in alphabetical order

Dr. Jon Barrett Affiliation: Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)
Dr. Natasha Donnolley Affiliation: Perinatal Researcher, National Perinatal Epidemiology & Statistics Unit, University of NSW, Sydney Australia; Vice President, International Vasa Previa Foundation Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)
Nasrin Javid Affiliation: Doctoral candidate and Midwifery Researcher at the Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)
Dr. Clara Juando-Prats Affiliation: Clinical Research Specialist at Applied Health Research Centre St. Michael's Hospital Project Involvement: Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS)
Dr. John Kingdom Affiliation: Chair of the University of Toronto's Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician at Mount Sinai Hospital Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP), Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE), Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)
Mike Krznaric Affiliation: President, International Vasa Previa Foundation Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)
Dr. Stephen Lapinsky Affiliation: Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto; Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto; co-editor-in-chief for the journal of Obstetric Medicine Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Critically ill Obstetric patients (COSCO)
Dr. Ann Kinga Malinowski Affiliation: Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto; Clinician-Investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute; Co-Director of the Hematology in Pregnancy Program Project Involvement: Core outcome set for studies on Iron Deficiency Anemia in pregnancy (IDeA), Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE), Core Outcome set for Perinatal Sickle cell disease (COPSickle), Core Outcome Set for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (COSIThroP)
Dr. Cynthia Maxwell Affiliation: Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician and Division Head at Mount Sinai Hospital Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)
Dr. Janet Parsons Affiliation: Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute; Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto; Associate, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP), Core Outcome Set for studies on Invasive Placentation (COSIP), Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS)
Dr. Mathew Sermer Affiliation: Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physican at Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Lead of the Women's & Infants' Centre of Excellence Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)
Dr. Candice Silversides Affiliation: Cardiology at Toronto General Hospital, Health of Obstetric Medicine Division at Mount Sinai Hospital and Research Director and the Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)
Dr. Samuel Siu Affiliation: Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at Schulic School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western Univeristy Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)
Dr. Julien Viau-Lapointe Affiliation: Internist-Intensivist, Department of Medicine, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Critically ill Obstetric patients (COSCO)
Dr. James Webbe Affiliation: Clinical Research Fellow, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, UK Project Involvement: Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS), Core Outcomes In Neonatology (COIN)
Dr. Rory Windrim Affiliation: Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Mount Sinai Hospital Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Graduate Students

The following are in alphabetical order

Rachel Dadouch

Affiliation: MSc. (PhD direct transfer 2019) Institute of Medical Science (Collaborative Specialization in Women's Health), University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Salman Hashim

Affiliation: MSc Student, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Dylan Herman

Affiliation: First year of MSc. at the Institute of Medical Science (Collaborative Specialization in Women's Health), University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS)

Alexandria King

Affiliation: First year of MSc. at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto with a collaborative specialization in Women’s Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE)

Susan O'Rinn

Affiliation: University of Toronto, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; Sunnybrook Research Institute, Department of Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Women and Babies Program
Title: Senior Research Project Manager
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Invasive Placentation (COSIP)

Collaborators

The following are in alphabetical order:

Dr. Rizwana Ashraf

Affiliation: Research Assistant, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Susan Dong

Affiliation: First Year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Ariana Fathi

Affiliation: Third Year Biomedical Science Student, York University
Project Involvement: Core outcome set for studies on Iron Deficiency Anemia in pregnancy (IDeA)

Chelsea Hall

Affiliation: Second Year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Tommy Hana

Affiliation: Second Year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Methodologic issues in COS development

Justin Lim

Affiliation: First year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Methodologic Issues in COS Development

Kar Yee Lor

Affiliation: Final year, Medicine, University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry (Scotland)
Project Involvement: Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS), Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE)

Ankita Pal

Affiliation: First year, Master's Translational Research, Univeristy of Toronto Institute of Medical Science
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Yenah Seo

Affiliation: First year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Methodologic Issues in COS Development

Dr. Meron Seyoum

Affiliation: University of Toronto, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE)

Anna Shishkina

Affiliation: First Year Medical Resident, Obstetrics and Gynaecology with the University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Linda Villani

Affiliation: Second Year, Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine
Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)

Who We Are

Lead Investigator

Dr. Rohan D'Souza

Co-Investigators

Dr. Jon Barrett

Dr. Natasha Donnolley

Nasrin Javid

Dr. Clara Juando-Prats

Dr. John Kingdom

Mike Krznaric

Dr. Stephen Lapinsky

Dr. Ann Kinga Malinowski

Dr. Cynthia Maxwell

Dr. Janet Parsons

Dr. Mathew Sermer

Dr. Candice Silversides

Dr. Samuel Siu

Dr. Julien Viau-Lapointe

Dr. James Webbe

Dr. Rory Windrim