On May 2, 2023, we said goodbye to our friend, Laurie Hicks, who passed away due to complications related to Multiple System Atrophy. Laurie was a courageous and dedicated leader whose legacy at Holland Bloorview and contributions to ensuring quality health care across the province will forever be…
Shawna Perkins loves to play. The art therapist spends her days with babies and young children in Holland Bloorview’s therapeutic playroom. Her little patients may be here for rehab following a painful surgery, to recover from a traumatic brain injury, or because their parents need to learn how to…
Dr. Anne Kawamura is a developmental pediatrician at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Her clinical focus is with children who have complex medical and developmental disorders with a special interest in children with cerebral palsy and neuromotor disabilities. Dr. Kawamura is also the Head of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Amber Makino has been a staff Developmental Paediatrician at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto since 2017, after completing her Paediatric Residency and Developmental Paediatrics Fellowship at the University of Toronto. Her academic interests are in the areas of quality improvement (QI) and medical education.