Dr. Sherif Emil is the Mirella and Lino Saputo Foundation Chair in Pediatric Surgical Education and Patient and Family-Centered Care at McGill University, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Surgery and Pediatrics, and Director of the Harvey E. Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery at The Montreal Children’s Hospital. He also directs Canada’s first multidisciplinary Chest Wall Anomalies Clinic at Shriners Hospital for Children and serves as Pediatric Surgery Specialty Consultant for Mercy Ships International. Dr. Emil has published more than 140 peer-reviewed manuscripts and several book chapters, and is Founding Chair of the Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS). He is the author of Clinical Pediatric Surgery: A Case-Based Interactive Approach, which has received two major publisher awards. Passionate about medical education, he created #CBCLIPS, an internationally followed social media program providing case-based learning in pediatric surgery, and his educational interests include case-based surgical education, learner identity formation, and global medical education.

Dr. Evangeliou is an academic general pediatrician with additional training in pediatric infectious diseases and management. After completing pediatric residency at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, she went on to the CHU Sainte-Justine for a fellowship in pediatric Infectious Diseases and to HEC Montréal for a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA). She then worked at CHU Sainte-Justine for several years, then re-joined the Montreal Children’s Hospital in 2020 where she is an attending on the wards, the Medical Day Hospital as well as in the outpatient setting (Multicultural Clinic and Infectious Diseases). Currently, she is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Medical Day Hospital (MDH) where her focus is on building partnerships within and beyond the division of General Pediatrics in order to optimize the service offer of the MDH. Finally, she has been involved in initiatives aimed at improving patient flow and processes throughout the hospital and has a particular interest for antibiotic stewardship in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Dr. Phi did his medical school training at Dalhousie University and completed his residency in General Pediatrics at McGill University. Currently, he divides his clinical responsibilities between acting as a liaison consultant pediatrician to the Cree Territory of James Bay and as a community practitioner in the West Island. He holds a position as assistant professor at McGill. This year, he takes on new roles as Director of the Northern and Indigenous Child Health Program at the Montreal Children’s Hospital as well as Co-Chair of this year’s edition of Practical Problems in Pediatrics.

Dr. Rothstein graduated from McGill Medicine and completed his Family Medicine training at St. Mary’s Hospital in Montréal. He currently holds an associate teaching position with McGill University’s Department of Family Medicine, and acts as the Médecin Responsable at Elna Pediatrics Club TinyTots Decarie.

Terry Sigman completed her Pediatric residency and Pediatric Gastroenterology fellowship at McGill University. She is presently the Director of the Division of Gastroenterology at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, where she cares for patients with intestinal and liver disease both in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Her particular clinical interests are in children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Celiac Disease and polyposis syndromes. She is also the Director of Continuing Professional Development for the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Physician Apprenticeship Course, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University.

Dr. Yaremko obtained his medical degree from McGill University in 1980 and completed his training in pediatrics at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University. He has worked in the emergency department and on the clinical wards at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and he continues to be involved in CME events at the Children’s and at McGill University. He is co-director of the annual Practical Problems in Pediatrics conference at McGill University and he also organizes annual conferences on GI and Nutrition, ADHD and Immunization and Prevention. He is also assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University.