Our Team
Administration
Executive Director | Medical Director |
| Megan Wright The Executive Director is responsible for leading all aspects of the operations of Roger Neilson House.  | Dr. Bill Splinter The Medical Director leads the physician team and collaborates in implementing programs with other clinical staff members.  |
Manager | Senior Administrative Assistant |
| Helen Yoxon The Manager works with the multidisciplinary team to develop, create, and monitor various programs.  | Sonja Marshall The Senior Administrative Assistant provides clerical and administrative support at Roger Neilson House.  |
Palliative Care Program Physicians
The physicians are part of the CHEO Palliative Care Outreach program providing 24/7 on-call and in-house consultation for families and medical teams, and acting as a clinical resource to the CHEO Palliative Care Program, and symptom management specialists.
| Dr. William Splinter Medical Director Dr. Stephanie Van Zanten  | Dr. Megan Doherty Palliative Care Team Physician  | Dr. Christina Vadeboncoeur Palliative Care Physician  |
Palliative Care Program Nurses
Nurse Practitioner | Quality Coordinator |
Lynn Grandmaison Dumond | Nancy Graham |
Palliative Care Program On-call Nurses
Registered Nurse | Registered Nurse | Registered Nurse |
Nahal Stoppels Megan Sloan | Anne Jones Lesley Sabourin | Ann Hicks |
Roger Neilson House Nurses
Social Workers
Our social workers provide education and support to health professionals, children and youth, and families experiencing life-threatening illnesses and end of life issues. They provide counselling, grief and bereavement support, act as a liaison with social service organisations, and provide assistance to access community resources.
| Carol Chevalier Social Worker  | Madelena Arnone Social Worker  |
| Barb Juett Social Worker  | Sarah Allan-Wiseman Social Worker |
Personal Support Workers
Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, the personal support workers perform a variety of environmental and household activities to ensure a clean and safe environment for guests, families, staff and volunteers. They assist nurses with some aspects of guest care.
| Carinne Moreau Personal Support Worker  Sam Day Personal Support  Worker | Joann Zimmerling Personal Support Worker  Charles Medeiros Personal Support Worker  | Buhle Ncube Personal Support Worker  |
Recreation Therapists
The ultimate goal of Therapeutic Recreation is to improve the quality of life and well-being in our children in an inclusive, non-judgmental environment. The Recreation Therapist provides therapeutic activities that are social or individual in nature to encourage self-expression, socialization, dream fulfillment, meaning making and fun! There are so many adventures that take place at Roger Neilson House and we allow our children to have a blast being a kid!
| Katt Brooks & Danielle Scarlett Recreation Therapists  |
Volunteer Services
Volunteer Serivices staff are responsible for volunteers’ involvement in day-to-day activities and guest interactions at Roger Neilson House. Their roles include recruitment, screening, training, support to, and evaluation of Roger Neilson House volunteers. They liaise between staff, volunteers, guests and families to optimize volunteer services.
| Bruno Perrier Manager of Community Engagement and Volunteer Relations  | Alex Dumond Administrative Assistant  |
Consultants
Spiritual Support | Bioethicist | Pharmacist |
| Spiritual support services can be consulted to promote spiritual and emotional well-being for guests, families, staff and volunteers. Spiritual support is available to all families of every religion and culture. | Michelle Mullen The bioethicist on the Palliative Care team responds to situations of ethical distress arising in palliative care access and, identifies ethical issues and tools to help support decision-making. | Régis Vaillancourt A symptom management resource for health professionals at CHEO, Roger Neilson House and in the community, the pharmacist educates children, youth, families, staff, and community partners.  |