Leadership
LifeLabs is a Canadian-owned company that has been serving
the healthcare needs of Canadians for more than 50 years.
the healthcare needs of Canadians for more than 50 years.
Chair of the Board
Jon Hantho
Appointed in April 2019, Jon is President and CEO of CBI Health Group, Canada’s largest integrated community-based healthcare services network. He also serves as Board Chair of LifeLabs, Canada’s ...
President and CEO
Charles Brown
In his current role as President and CEO of LifeLabs Medical Laboratory, Charles is committed to the optimization of service delivery to provide better outcomes for customers, patients, medical profes...
Jenine Krause
Most recently, Jenine was CEO of Enercare Inc, one of North America’s largest home and commercial service and energy solutions companies. In her role as CEO Jenine transitioned the organization from...
Bruce Burrows
Bruce Burrows is an accomplished Senior Executive and Consultant with more than 35 years of success in the higher education, telecom, transportation, and retail industries. Bruce is a strategic leader...
Rowena Rizzotti
Rowena Rizzotti is a highly successful healthcare leader with more than 35 years’ experience in management and executive-level leadership roles across multi-site, complex health and business env...
Natalie Dakers
Natalie Dakers is a leading figure in the Canadian health sciences sector. Natalie has been the founding CEO of several high impact and first-of-its kind national organizations including Accel-Rx Heal...
Dr. Brendan Byrne
Brendan’s deep passion is to use the latest science to help people change their behaviors and optimize their health. He believes that each of us need our own wellness practice; something that’s fu...
Brenda Eaton
Brenda Eaton is an experienced corporate director. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, Brenda serves on the boards for a number of private, public, and not-for-profit boards. She currently is Chair o...
John Knowlton
John is currently Senior Managing Director & Business Manager with OMERS Infrastructure. In this role, he is responsible for leading a number of strategic initiatives that will advance the global ...
Matthew Mendell
Matthew is a Managing Director with OMERS Infrastructure’s team in Toronto, where he is responsible for the origination, execution and management of infrastructure investments. Matthew’s current r...
President and CEO
Charles Brown
In his current role as President and CEO of LifeLabs Medical Laboratory, Charles is committed to the optimization of service delivery to provide better outcomes for customers, patients, medical profes...
Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Cudlipp
As Chief Operating Officer (COO), Jennifer oversees every aspect of our operations, assuring seamless and effective performance across the board.
While serving as COO, Jennifer previously also held th...
Chief Financial Officer
Steve Cavan
Steve Cavan is the Chief Financial Officer for LifeLabs.
As Chief Financial Officer, Steve oversees all matters related to finance, working closely with LifeLabs’ Board of Directors, audit committee...
Senior Vice President, People
Nicole Desloges
Nicole Desloges is Senior Vice President, People for LifeLabs. She has a passion for building high performance, high integrity teams, cultures and organizations. An inspirational leader, Nicole sets a...
Vice President, Medical and Quality Affairs
Dr. Catherine Ross, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Catherine Ross is the Vice President, Medical and Quality Affairs for LifeLabs.
As Vice President of Medical and Quality Affairs, Dr. Ross oversees LifeLabs’ Med-Sci and Quality teams na...
Senior Vice President, Business & Consumer Markets
Lawrence Mahan
As Senior Vice President, Business & Consumer Markets, Lawrence is responsible for driving revenue and profitability within LifeLabs’ B2B and B2C portfolio, managing the consumer product life cy...
General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Secretary
Alwin Kong
As General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Secretary, Alwin is accountable for the delivery of effective legal and privacy services to support the growth of next-generation healthcare pro...
Chief Information Officer
Michael Cole
Michael Cole is an accomplished and insightful technology executive with over 30 years’ experience in providing leadership to large, globally distributed technology and operations teams.
As th...
Senior Vice President, Government Markets
Erica Zarkovich
As Senior Vice President, Government Markets, Erica is responsible for LifeLabs’ core business, renewing and building relationships with government partners and expanding community lab access. In th...
National Medical Director
Dr. Romina Reyes, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Romina Reyes is the National Medical Director for LifeLabs
In this role, Dr. Reyes leads the day-to-day medical operations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, helps to guide LifeLabs...
BC Clinical Director, Microbiology
Dr. Miguel Imperial, MD, MHSc, D(ABMM), FRCPC
Dr. Imperial is a consultant in Medical Microbiology for Lifelabs. He provides medical oversight for the laboratory workup of microbiological samples, consults on best practices for infection control ...
BC Lab Director, CCB
Dr. Diana Whellams, MPH, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Whellams joined LifeLabs in the summer of 2017. She previously completed a Master’s degree in Public Health at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in 2009 before pursuing her undergraduate medi...
Clinical Microbiologist
Dr. Robert Liao, PhD, D(ABMM)
Dr. Liao joined the Microbiology team at LifeLabs in 2017 as a Microbiologist. Focused on providing consultative services for Microbiology and Molecular Microbiology in British Columbia, he also has a...
Medical Microbiologist
Dr. Michael Kelly, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Dr. Kelly had been in the role of Medical Director and Medical Lead at LifeLabs from 1998 – August 2020. He had been responsible for all medical operations across B.C., overseeing eight laboratori...
BC Clinical Director, Chemistry
Dr. William Schreiber, MD
Dr. Schreiber is the Clinical Director for Chemistry, B.C. In this role, he provides medical oversight for all chemistry testing in British Columbia. Prior to joining LifeLabs, he worked in the Divisi...
Clinical BioChemist
Dr. Cheryl Tomalty, PhD, FCACB
Based at the LifeLabs Burnaby Reference Laboratory, Dr. Tomalty joined LifeLabs in 2007 as a Clinical Biochemist. Her work is focused on the high-volume biochemistry laboratory, and she also has clini...
Clinical Biochemist
Dr. Joanna Jung, PhD
Dr. Jung received her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Alberta and completed Clinical Chemistry fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She will be overseeing high volume b...
BC Clinical Director, Hematology
Dr. Graham Segal, MD, ABP, CCFP
Dr. Segal comes to LifeLabs from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He is board certified in both Clinical Pathology and Family Medicine. At UT Houston, Dr. Segal cared for pa...
Deputy BC Medical Director
Dr. Ayesha Vawda, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Vawda joined the Hematology Department at LifeLabs in August 2014 in the role of Hematopathology Consultant. She is the Deputy BC Medical Director and Lab Director of the Burnaby and Victoria Refe...
Hematopathologist
Dr. Peter Van-Den Elzen, MD, FASCP
Dr. van den Elzen is a consultant hematopathologist at LifeLabs. After completing a BSc in biochemistry and an MD at the University of Calgary, he did postdoctoral research in immunology at the La Jol...
Vice President, Medical and Quality Affairs
Dr. Catherine Ross, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Catherine Ross is the Vice President, Medical and Quality Affairs for LifeLabs.
As Vice President of Medical and Quality Affairs, Dr. Ross oversees LifeLabs’ Med-Sci and Quality teams na...
National Medical Director
Dr. Romina Reyes, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Romina Reyes is the National Medical Director for LifeLabs
In this role, Dr. Reyes leads the day-to-day medical operations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, helps to guide LifeLabs...
Clinical Biochemist, LifeLabs
Dr. Mohamed Abouelhassan, PhD, FCACB
Dr. Abouelhassan joined the LifeLabs Chemistry Medical Scientific Team in 2018. His responsibilities are primarily General Clinical Chemistry testing and include protein electrophoresis and immunoassa...
Deputy Ontario Medical Director, LifeLabs
Dr. Huda Almohri, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Almohri joined LifeLabs as a Medical Microbiologist in 2008 and became the Discipline Head for Microbiology in 2011, Ontario Deputy Medical Director in 2014 and Laboratory Director for 100 Interna...
Medical Microbiology Consultant, LifeLabs
Dr. Abdel Belhaj, MD, FRCPC, FCCM
Dr. Belhaj has been a Medical Microbiology Consultant at LifeLabs since 2010. As a medical microbiologist, he specializes in infection prevention and control, hospital-acquired infections, tuberculosi...
Director, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, LifeLabs
Dr. Ronald Carter, PhD, FCCMG (Molecular, Cytogenetics)
Dr. Carter joined LifeLabs in 2014 as the Director of the Genetics Laboratory. Playing a pivotal role in driving LifeLabs’ leadership role in genetic testing, Dr. Carter works with academic, industr...
Discipline Head of Histopathology, LifeLabs
Dr. Terence (Terry) Colgan, MD, FRCPC, FCAP, MIAC
For over 25 years, Dr. Colgan has worked with LifeLabs as a diagnostic pathologist and most recently in the capacity as the Discipline Head of Histopathology. Dr. Colgan is a surgical and cyto-patholo...
Consultant Hematopathologist, LifeLabs
Dr. Afaf Erfaei, MD, FRCPC
In September 2013, Dr. Efaei joined the LifeLabs’ Medical Scientific Division as a Consultant Hematopathologist. Over the past five years, in conjunction with our Quality and Regulatory Affairs ...
General Pathologist, LifeLabs
Dr. Tim Feltis, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Feltis is the Ontario Medical Director at LifeLabs and is responsible for the supervision and provision of Medical Scientific services in Ontario and supporting the overall Quality Management Syst...
Discipline Head Cytopathology, LifeLabs
Dr. Mona Kamel, MD, BCh, FRCPC
Dr. Kamel is the Discipline Head for Cytopathology for LifeLabs in Ontario specializing in anatomical pathology. Dr. Kamel’s career with LifeLabs began in 2000 when she was a cytopathology and gynep...
Interim Director, Sudbury Lab, LifeLabs
Dr. Danijela Konforte, PhD, FCACB
Dr. Konforte joined LifeLabs as a clinical biochemist in 2012 and became the laboratory director for the Sudbury and Thunder Bay LifeLabs locations in 2014. Dr. Konforte supports provincial routine ch...
Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Disease Specialist, LifeLabs
Dr. Daniela Leto, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Leto joined LifeLabs as a consultant in Medical Microbiology in April 2012. As a member of the Medical-Scientific team, she is primarily responsible for bacteriology and parasitology at the Kenned...
Clinical Biochemist, Medical Scientific Department, LifeLabs
Dr. Tracy Morrison, PhD, FCACB
In 2016, Dr. Morrison joined LifeLabs as Clinical Biochemist and oversees serum/urine protein electrophoresis, allergens and special chemistry assays. Prior to joining LifeLabs, Dr. Morrison served as...
Medical Microbiologist/Infectious Disease Specialist, LifeLabs
Dr. Krystyna Ostrowska, MD, FRCP
Dr. Ostrowska joined LifeLabs as a medical microbiologist specializing in infectious diseases. In her role she consults on test results and clinical management, reviews lab procedures and protocols, r...
Clinical Biochemist, LifeLabs
Dr. Patrick St. Louis, PhD, DipCC
Since 2014, Dr. St. Louis has been part of the Medical Scientific Division at LifeLabs as a clinical biochemist. In his current role as Discipline Head, Chemistry, Dr. St. Louis has played a key role ...
Clinical Biochemist, LifeLabs
Dr. Dorothy Truong, PhD, FCACB
Dr. Truong joined the LifeLabs Chemistry Medical Scientific Team in 2017. Her responsibilities include specialized test interpretation and physician consultations in areas related to toxicology, bioge...
Clinical Biochemist, LifeLabs
Dr. Kika Veljkovic, PhD, FCACB
Dr. Veljkovic joined LifeLabs as a Clinical Biochemist in 2012 and is currently the Interim Laboratory Director for the LifeLabs Sudbury site. She is focused on high volume biochemistry and immunoassa...
Vice President, Medical and Quality Affairs
Dr. Catherine Ross, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Catherine Ross is the Vice President, Medical and Quality Affairs for LifeLabs.
As Vice President of Medical and Quality Affairs, Dr. Ross oversees LifeLabs’ Med-Sci and Quality teams na...
National Medical Director
Dr. Romina Reyes, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Romina Reyes is the National Medical Director for LifeLabs
In this role, Dr. Reyes leads the day-to-day medical operations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, helps to guide LifeLabs...
National Medical Director
Dr. Romina Reyes, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Romina Reyes is the National Medical Director for LifeLabs
In this role, Dr. Reyes leads the day-to-day medical operations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, helps to guide LifeLabs...
BC Lab Director, CCB
Dr. Diana Whellams, MPH, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Whellams joined LifeLabs in the summer of 2017. She previously completed a Master’s degree in Public Health at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in 2009 before pursuing her undergraduate medi...
Deputy BC Medical Director
Dr. Ayesha Vawda, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Vawda joined the Hematology Department at LifeLabs in August 2014 in the role of Hematopathology Consultant. She is the Deputy BC Medical Director and Lab Director of the Burnaby and Victoria Refe...
Deputy Ontario Medical Director, LifeLabs
Dr. Huda Almohri, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Almohri joined LifeLabs as a Medical Microbiologist in 2008 and became the Discipline Head for Microbiology in 2011, Ontario Deputy Medical Director in 2014 and Laboratory Director for 100 Interna...
Director, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, LifeLabs
Dr. Ronald Carter, PhD, FCCMG (Molecular, Cytogenetics)
Dr. Carter joined LifeLabs in 2014 as the Director of the Genetics Laboratory. Playing a pivotal role in driving LifeLabs’ leadership role in genetic testing, Dr. Carter works with academic, industr...
Interim Director, Sudbury Lab, LifeLabs
Dr. Danijela Konforte, PhD, FCACB
Dr. Konforte joined LifeLabs as a clinical biochemist in 2012 and became the laboratory director for the Sudbury and Thunder Bay LifeLabs locations in 2014. Dr. Konforte supports provincial routine ch...