Our Team
The Board of Directors have come together from across the region to incorporate the East Toronto Family Practice Network (EasT-FPN) as a non-profit corporation, as of September 2019.
The Chair of the Board of Directors
Sharleen Ahmed - Board Chair
Sr. Clinical Program Director, Unity Health
EasT-FPN Governance Committee Co-Lead
Board of Directors
We’ve sought to come together as a diverse group that captures, as best we can, the diversity of family practice in East Toronto. Here’s who we are:
Dr. Catherine Yu - Family Physician, Chief of Family Medicine, MGH
Deb Keen - Consultant, Cancer Prevention and Care
Dr. Edward Kucharski - Family Physician, Casey House, EasT-FPN Governance Committee Co-Lead
Dr. Karen Chu - Family Physician, Bridgepoint FHO/FHT, EasT-FPN President
Dr. Katherine Gibson - Family Physician, Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services
Dr. Kyle Vojdani - Chief and Medical Director of Emergency Department, MGH
Dr. Marco Lo - Family Physician, Magenta Health FHO, Secretariat & EasT-FPN Vice Chair
Dr. Mary Jane Podnieks - Family Physician, Albany Medical Clinic
Dr. Michael Chu - Family Physician, Scarborough FHO/Scarborough Academic Family Health Team
Sarah Downey - President and CEO, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Dr. Shameela Karmali-Rawji - Family Physician, Victoria Medical Group
Tim Hill - Litigator, Aird and Berlis LLP
Wanda Morvay - CPA, CA,
EasT-FPN Treasurer
Updated: May, 2026