Foothills Medical Centre

Foothills Medical Centre

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is Canada’s first and largest integrated provincial health care system serving over four million people in Alberta and supported by more than 103,000 direct employees.

Program Description:

The Tertiary Neuro Rehabilitation Unit at Foothills Medical Centre is situated in Calgary. It offers specialized rehabilitation services to persons living in southern Alberta recovering from spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, or other neurological injuries and illnesses. Patients and their families have important roles and are at the centre of our program while we all work together to meet their needs and improve their quality of life. We work closely with our community partners and others provincially, nationally, and internationally. Our AHS Cares values are at the heart of everything we stand for – compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and safety

Implementation in Action

Consortium Team Members

Site Leads

Rebecca Charbonneau – Medical Lead

Jason Knox – Program Manager

Implementation & Evaluation Specialists

Erika Reinarz – Nurse Clinician

Data Support

Jocelyn Brady– Research Assistant

Site Implementation Team (SIT)

Magda Mouneimne –Advance Practice Lead
Tanya McFaul –Nursing Unit Manager
Ken Leung –Ward Physician
Jill Congram –Nurse Clinician
Raj Parmar –Nurse Practitioner
Ish Bains –Research Coordinator
Julie Reader –Acute Spine Unit Clinical Nurse Educator
Kasey Aiello –Patient Experience Liaison
Zahra Bhatia – SCI Alberta, Director of Programs and Services