Our Team
Meet our Team
Over the years, evidence has shown the best way to treat concussion, chronic pain and neurological injury is through a multidisciplinary evidence-based approach. That’s why we’ve assembled a nationally recognized group of neuro-focused specialists and practitioners who can provide timely and injury-specific interventions for those who may take longer to recover or for those with complex/chronic conditions. When these occur, our team can assist recovery in all facets. Our patients can see a multitude of practitioners who have acquired their degrees, residencies & fellowships from prestigious university such as McMaster University, University of Toronto, Stanford University, and University of British Colombia. In addition to obtaining distinct experience in a broad range of areas related to brain trauma, pain & injury, many members of our team are also active professors in universities across North America and have co-authored and contributed to multiple textbooks and research articles and have been recognized for various academic excellence awards relating to medical education & neurology. They are experts in their field, love what they do and invite you to come work with them.
iScope Doctors

Dr. Manu Mehdiratta
Neurologist & Founder & Medical Director ON
Dr. Manu Mehdiratta completed medical school at McMaster University in 2001 and Neurology Residency at the University of British Columbia in 2006. He then completed fellowship training in stroke and cerebrovascular diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts and following fellowship served on the faculty in the Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, BIDMC and Harvard Medical School. He is currently a practicing on-call neurologist and sub-specialist at Trillium Health Partners and co-founded the Trillium Brain and Spine Clinic as well as iScope Concussion and Pain Clinics to better diagnose and treat stroke and traumatic brain injuries.
Dr. Mehdiratta is on faculty as a Part-Time Assistant Professor in the Division of Neurology, University of Toronto. He is actively involved in teaching of medical students as well as stroke and concussion related clinical trials and research. His clinical interests include traumatic brain injury, headache and cerebrovascular diseases. He has published numerous articles, papers and book chapters in the area of neurology.

Dr. Nav Chaudhary
Neurosurgeon & Medical Director BC
Dr. Navjot Chaudhary, MD, FRCSC, received her medical degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She then completed her Neurosurgery Residency at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario followed by Fellowships in Spine Surgery and CyberKnife Radiosurgery at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Following Fellowship, Dr. Chaudhary joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University as a Clinical Assistant Professor from 2015-2019. Upon moving back to Canada, she joined the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of British Columbia in 2019.
Dr. Chaudhary is a member of Women in Neurosurgery (WINS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation (CNSF), and the Canadian Spine Society (CSS). Her clinical interests include traumatic brain injury (with a focus on concussion and headache management), spine trauma, degenerative spine disease, and neuro-oncology. She has co-authored dozens of textbook chapters and research articles.

Dr. Neda Ansari
Neurologist

Dr. Gurleen Athwal
Neurologist
Dr. Athwal is a general neurologist passionate in the areas of concussion, seizure, headache, secondary stroke prevention, movement disorders, and dementia/MCI. She started her medical journey by first completing her degree and practicing as an Occupational Therapist at VGH. It is at VGH where her journey for love of medicine started.
She pursued her medical degree at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and recently completed her residency training in Neurology at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario before returning to her home town of Vancouver where she now practices and spends time with her family.
She enjoys being outdoors and travelling as well as helping out with the family’s Certified Organic Blueberry farm.

Dr. Iyswarya Mani Bhaskar
Neurologist
Dr. Mani Bhaskar is a general Neurologist with an interest in epilepsy, headache, stroke prevention, movement disorders and cognitive neurosciences. She finished her medical degree at University of Alberta, Edmonton before completing Neurology residency training at Queen’s University, Kingston. She holds certification from Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN) for electroencephalography (EEG) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) for Adult Neurology.
She is a member of CSCN, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation (CNSF) and American Academy of Neurology (AAN). She is currently an Associate Staff as a Consultant Neurologist at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington.

Dr. Elliott Bogusz
Neurologist

Dr. Stephen Brown
Anesthesiologist & Chronic Pain Specialist

Dr. Phil Cohen
Nuclear Medicine
Dr Philip Cohen is Division Head, Nuclear Medicine, Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, and Section Head, Nuclear Medicine, Doctors of BC. He is a pioneer in Nuclear Medicine in Canada and in the usage of 3-D imaging techniques to improve diagnosis of bone disease and injury in collaboration with the Medical Imaging Research Group at University of British Columbia.
Dr. Cohen has been involved in clinical research trials of new radiopharmaceuticals. To that effect, Cohen was the first recipient of a research grant from the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, one of several peer-reviewed awards that would follow.

Dr. Emily Crookshank
Neurologist

Dr. Amer Ghavanini
Neurologist

Dr. Indy Ghosh
Emergency Medicine

Dr. James Kung
Emergency Medicine
Dr. Kung is a B.C. based Emergency Physician. His interests include trauma and clinical informatics. Of course, as a Vancouver native, he is an avid, skier and mountain biker. He is no stranger to concussions and the other associated injuries one can get when tumbling down a mountain!

Dr. Behzad Mansouri
Neurologist & Neuro-Ophthalmologist

Dr. Mini Randhawa
Neuro-Optometrist
Dr. Randhawa is a developmental optometrist and a member of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. She has undertaken a residency in vision therapy and advanced training in vision therapy and developmental vision. As a developmental optometrist, she is qualified to to diagnose and treat developmental vision problems such as amblyopia, strabismus, binocular vision dysfunctions, convergence insufficiency, depth perception problems, visual information processing deficits. She also conducts rehabilitation for vision problems resulting from head and brain injuries.

Dr. Philippe Rizek
Neurologist

Dr. Dominic Rosso
Neuroradiologist & Chronic Pain Specialist

Dr. Ryan Punambolam
Neurologist
Dr Punambolam is an experienced neurologist and medical director of the Enhanced District Stroke Center, Windsor Essex. Formerly chief of medicine, Abbotsford Regional Hospital and faculty of Physician Quality Improvement Program at Fraser Health.
He has lectured extensively on quality improvement science, migraine, traumatic brain injury and stroke prevention. He is particularly interested on the impact of meditation and exercise on optimizing brain function. He is an Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Windsor.

Dr. Akil Siva
Physiatrist
Dr. Siva is a Physiatrist that specializes in interventional spine and joint medicine and peripheral nerve neurostimulation therapy for pain management.

Dr. Rob Tarzwell
Psychiatry and Nuclear Medicine
Dr. Robert Tarzwell is a dual-certified specialist in psychiatry and nuclear medicine. His main area of clinical and research interest is functional brain imaging in psychiatric disorders, particularly the use of brain perfusion SPECT and FDG PET in traumatic brain injury with unresolved psychiatric symptoms. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, with a cross-appointment in the Department of Radiology.
He is co-author of the Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine Guidelines on the use of brain perfusion SPECT, published in July 2021 and accepted into the CMA INFOBASE in February 2022.
Dr. Tarzwell holds an MD (Manitoba, 2001), and FRCPC certification in both Psychiatry (Dalhousie, 2006) and Nuclear Medicine (UBC, 2012).

Dr. Zohar Waisman
Neuropsychiatry
Dr. Zohar Waisman is a physician and psychiatrist with extensive experience treating a range of mental and emotional disorders including post traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, mood disorders, and brain injuries. Dr. Waisman holds a Specialty Certificate in Psychiatry and is currently the only psychiatrist with two Royal College, Subspecialty Certifications in Forensic Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry. He completed his medical degree at McMaster University and his residency training and fellowship at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Waisman has over twenty years of education and professional experience. He has held a number of positions including Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist for courts and organizations around the regions of Peel and York, including the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto; Psychiatric Non-Economic Loss Assessor for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB); Panel Member for various boards including the Ontario Review Board and the Consent and Capacity Board. His background in objective claimant evaluation for personal injury litigation has distinguished him as an expert in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry at Ontario and Superior Court levels. Dr. Waisman also currently holds a faculty position as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry for the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and is a staff Psychiatrist at the University Health Network.

Dr. Keith Wong
Neurologist
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Mina Bechai
Founder & CEO

Abdullah Yousofzada
Physiotherapist Assistant

Agnesa Ferati
Fax Coordinator

Albion Morina
Billing Assistant

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Occupational Therapist Assistant

Andrea Booth
Physiotherapist

Andrea Furlong
Physiotherapist

Anita Morina
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Annu Sharma
Occupational Therapist

Arveen Sondh
HR Assistant

Ashaun Anand
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Audrey Robertson
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Besa Morina
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Caitlyn Swail
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Carla Roberts
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Chasity West
Clinical Receptionist

Deborah Morris
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Occupational Therapist

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Clinical Receptionist

Danielle Iakovou
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Elaine Fung
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Elliott Flockhart
Occupational Therapist

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Occupational Therapist

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Hardeep Gill
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Jason Chung
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Jason Leong
Registered Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Jessika Eppich
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Jennifer Turnbull
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Jessica Irish
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Katelyn Cawley
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Physiotherapist

Khristine Drew
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Kiranben Parmar
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Lavenya Adusumalli
Occupational Therapist

Leona Neziri
Intake Coordinator

Lira Veliu
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Physiotherapist Assistant

Melinda Calayo
Lead Kinesiologist

Minisha Thandi
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Minnie Mehta
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Minoo Shayesteh
Clinical Counsellor

Monica Mikhail
Physiotherapist

Natalie Lester
Occupational Therapist Assistant

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Occupational Therapist

Nisha Sandhu
Occupational Therapist

Paul Dhanda
Physiotherapist Assistant

Rachel Lager
Occupational Therapist

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Occupational Therapist

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Physiotherapist

Rishu Suri
Lead Clinical Counsellor

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Occupational Therapist

Sairah Mohammed
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Sara Hamilton
Kinesiologist

Sarah Dinsley
Business Development Manager

Sarah Collins
Occupational Therapist

Shaleen Nair
Clinical Receptionist

Sofia Shamkina
Physiotherapist Assistant & Diagnostics Specialist

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Director, Business Development & Marketing

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Susan Candaele
Clinical Counsellor

Sukhjeevan Kaur Brar
Clinical Counsellor
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Aarthi Poddar
Medical Administrator

Angela Vanderbeke
Botox Coordinator

Courtney Kilyk
Clinical Operations Manager

Diana Medeiros
Neurology Nurse Practitioner

Dina Mehdiratta
Consultant

Elena Goutris
Billing Assistant

Farhan Pathan
Lead Physiotherapist

Inna Hanson
Medical Billing Specialist

Kateryna Goncharenko
Billing Manager

Kavita Banwait
Rehabilitation Coordinator

Kushshbu Dudharejia
Physiotherapist

Linda Johnson
Neurology Nurse Practitioner

Maha Pasupathy
Physiotherapist

Mariah VanderMeer
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Maryam Hatam
Assessments Coordinator & Executive Assistant

Mi Hatef Shoje
EMG Technologist

Olivia Imbrogno
Kinesiologist & Physiotherapy Assistant

Paige Parker
Kinesiologist & Physiotherapy Assistant

Pamela Apilanes
Rehabilitation Coordinator

Rafay Syed
Physiotherapist

Rajni Kang
Business Development Manager & Paralegal

Rita Leung
EMG Technologist

Ritika Sharma
Scheduling & Administrative Assistant, Rehabilitation Services

Rose Ramsarran
Physician’s Assistant

Samiksha Chawda
Physiotherapist

Sarah Ram
Patient Care Coordinator

Stella Kingsley
Licensed Paralegal

Stephanie Huitema
Kinesiologist

Vanessa Osai
Medical Legal Kinesiologist
