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Hasan Merali, MD, MPH, is an associate professor in the
Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University and a
pediatric emergency medicine physician at McMaster
Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. He received his
medical degree from Harvard Medical School and Master of
Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. His
research focuses on child injury prevention in low- and
middle-income countries. He has published more than
twenty-five peer-reviewed journal articles, and his work has
been featured in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, Science,
Medium, The Boston Globe, NBC, CBC, HuffPost, and
Popular Science.

Dr. Hasan Merali

• Dr. Ripudaman Singh Minhas is a Developmental
  Paediatrician and Director of Pediatric Research at St.
  Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, and an Assistant
  Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. His
  research interests are in the development, behaviour,
  disability, and rehabilitation of children in urban settings and
  in newcomer immigrant and refugee families. He is currently
  working to develop interventions to support the
  developmental potential of children in the unique context of
  their social determinants of health and inequity. His team
  uses Community-Based Participatory Research principles to
  guide the co-creation and implementation of family-based
  interventions and the evolution of health systems.

Dr. Jane Healey brings a wealth of experience and expertise
to her new role as Chair. Joining the Pediatrics Section as
Member at Large, Dr. Healey has demonstrated exceptional
leadership qualities in her participation in the Section’s
Negotiations and Tariff Committees. Dr. Healey has
continued to serve as the Section's representative and
delegate on the OMA’s Priority and Leadership Group.
Additionally, she has been an integral member of both the
OMA’s Compensation Panel and the Education and
Prevention Committee (EPC), a bilateral committee of the
Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ontario Medical
Association (OMA).

In her professional capacity, Dr. Healey is a highly respected
hospital-based pediatrician at Trillium Health Partners in
Mississauga. She is best known for co-founding the Physician
Financial Independence online community with her husband,
Dr. Paul Healey. This platform serves as a neutral and non-
biased source of financial information for Canadian
physicians, reflecting Dr. Healey's commitment to promoting
financial literacy and reducing burnout in medicine.

Dr. Danby completed her undergraduate degree at the University
of Windsor, followed by an MD degree at the University of Western
Ontario. She completed her residency in Paediatrics at Western
University. She currently is part of the Community Paediatric
Department at LHSC, and owns a community clinic in London
called MD Pediatrics. She also does consults via Ontario eConsult
Service and with My Pediatric NP. She is a part of the
Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum Committee at
Western as co-chair of the Foundations of Medicine course. She is
also on several committees to help with transition planning for
pediatric patients transitioning to adult care, and is specifically an
advocate for patients with neurodevelopmental disabilities. She is
an active preceptor in the community for medical students,
residents, and nurse practitioner students. In her spare time, she
enjoys traveling, camping, interior decorating, and fitness with the
Canadian Women Physicians Fitness Community.