Mission and Team

MISSION STATEMENT

To provide a state-of-the art, evidence-based online education system that promotes effective and efficient skill development in the diagnosis of medical images.

GOALS

Blending clinical, academic and philanthropic values, ImageSim aims to:

  1. Emphasize course content that addresses known knowledge gaps for practicing health care professionals.
  2. Increase health care professionals’ accuracy in the interpretation of visually diagnosed tests with the goals of reducing medical error and improving health outcomes.
  3. Support global access to this education system for health care professional learners, with subsidized access to the developing world.
THE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

ImageSim simulates the presentation of medical images just like you would get them in clinical practice. It also emphasizes deliberate practice such that the learning system provides hundreds of case examples and as you practice interpreting images you get immediate feedback after each case. While acquiring mastery for these images would take years to acquire via clinical practice alone, this learning system can potentially help achieve this in just a few hours.

ImageSim has been uniquely designed for people with busy schedules – access 24 hours/day, 7 days a week.


Lead Development Team

 Dr. Kathy Boutis, ImageSim Lead Development Team MemberKathy Boutis, MD MSc         
Pediatric Emergency Physician, Hospital for Sick Children                                                            Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto

Dr. Martin Pusic, ImageSim Lead Development Team MemberMartin Pusic, MD PhD
Education Scientist, Pediatric Emergency Physician
Associate Professor, Harvard University

Dr. Martin Pecaric, ImageSim Lead Development Team MemberMartin Pecaric, PhD
Lead IT and Analytics Consultant
Contrail Consulting Services

Collaborator Content Experts

PEDIATRIC RADIOGRAPHS

Dr. Jennifer Stimec, ImageSim Pediatric Radiographs Team MemberJennifer Stimec, MD
Paediatric Radiologist, Hospital for Sick Children
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. Manuela Perez, ImageSim Pediatric Radiographs Team MemberManuela Perez, MD
Radiology Resident,
University of Toronto
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND

Dr. Charisse Kwan, ImageSim Point of Care Ultrasound Team MemberCharisse Kwan, MD
Paediatric Emergency Physician, London Health Sciences Center
Associate Professor, Western University

Dr. Kirstin Weerdenburg, ImageSim Point of Care Ultrasound Team MemberKirstin Weerdenburg, MD
Pediatric Emergency Physician, IWK Health Centre
Associate Professor, Dalhousie University

ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS

Dr. Yousef Etoom, ImageSim ECG Team MemberYousef Etoom, MD
Paediatric Emergency Physician, Hospital for Sick Children
Paediatric Cardiologist, St. Joseph’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. Shilpa Patel, ImageSim ECG Team MemberShilpa Patel, MD MPH
Paediatric Emergency Physician, Children’s National Health System
Assistant Professor, The George Washington University School of Medicine

Dr. Elizabeth Stephenson, ImageSim ECG Team Member Elizabeth Stephenson, MD MSc
Paediatric Cardiology (Electrophysiology), Hospital for Sick Children
Professor, University of Toronto

CHILD ABUSE

Michelle Shouldice, MD MSc
Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Physician, Hospital for Sick Children
Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. Adrienne Davis, ImageSim Child Abuse Team MemberAdrienne Davis, MD MSc
Paediatric Emergency Physician, Hospital for Sick Children
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Tanya Smith, RN ACNPMs. Tanya Smith, ImageSim Child Abuse Team Member
Director Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Program, Hospital for Sick Children
Lecturer, University of Toronto

Dr. Melissa Lorenzo, ImageSim Child Abuse Team MemberMelissa Lorenzo, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Romy Cho, ImageSim Child Abuse Team MemberRomy Cho, MD
Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Physician, Hospital for Sick Children
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. Emma Cory, ImageSim Child Abuse Team MemberEmma Cory, MD
Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Physician, Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor, University of Toronto

DENTAL

Dr. Michael Casas, ImageSim Dental Team MemberMichael Casas, DDS MSc
Dentist-in-Chief, Department of Dentistry, Hospital For Sick Children
Associate Professor, University of Toronto

 

Dr. Edward Barret, ImageSim Dental Team MemberEdward Barrett, BSc, DDS, MSc
Pediatric Dentist, Department of Dentistry, Hospital For Sick Children
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

 

 

Dr. Erin Goertzen, ImageSim Dental Team Member
Pediatric Dentistry (PGY3) Candidate 2022

The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto

 

 

Susanne Perschbacher

Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto

 

DERMATOLOGY
Dr. Mariam Weinstein, ImageSim Dermatology Team Member

Miriam Weinstein, BSc BScN MD
Pediatric Dermatologist, Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor, University of Toronto

 

 

Dr. Cathryn Sibbald, ImageSim Dermatology Team Member

Cathryn Sibbald, BScPhm MD MSc
Pediatric Dermatologist, Hospital for Sick Children
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

 

 

Dr. Joel Gupta, ImageSim Dermatology Team Member

Joel Gupta, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children

 

 

FAMILY MEDICINE
Dr. Carol Geller, ImageSim Family Medicine Team Member

Carol Geller, MD
Family Physician, Centretown Community Health Centre
Director of Academic Support and Remediation
Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa