Our Board 2019

Bill Gibb
President

Bill graduated from the Michener Institute Clinical Perfusion program, having prior experience as a respiratory therapist and anaesthesia tech at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton.
He holds a Bachelor of Science and a MBA from the University of Alberta.   Resulting from a new venture project, Bill incorporated Chinook Perfusion as a locum perfusion provider.
He has held positions at University of Alberta Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, Royal University Hospital, and is currently at St. Boniface Hospital.

Paul Hunter
Vice President 

Paul completed his BSCH at Queen's University in Life Sciences and thereafter entered Respiratory Therapy for a fifteen-year career both at the University Health Network and the Hospital for Sick Children, which included practice as an ECMO specialist as well as involvement in various research initiatives.
Paul graduated from the Michener Institute for Cardiovascular Perfusion in 2015 and started his career at Hamilton Health Sciences.  He has gained valuable experience at one of the busiest cardiac centers in Canada and has enjoyed the role of Clinical Coordinator for Perfusion Students, research participation and leading the development and implementation of an ECLS program as well as blood conservation strategies.  Paul has recently transitioned into the role of Charge Perfusionist at Hamilton and is excited to lead a great team of dynamic perfusionists that embody a progressive perfusion practice and evidence based patient care.

Paul has joined the CSCP Board of Directors in January 2020.

Sunny Dhillon
Executive Secretary/Registrar & Western Region Director

(Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia)

Sunny studied at Simon Fraser University. He obtained a Bachelor’s of Science in 2009 with a concentration in Physiology and Pathophysiology. Following his convocation, Sunny spent a year working in the Molecular Cardiology Laboratory and further studied the pharmacology and biophysics of particular cardiac ion channels. He was accepted to the inaugural Perfusion class at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in 2011 where he obtained the Advanced Specialty Certificate in Cardiovascular Perfusion in 2013 and has been working as a Perfusionist at St. Paul’s Hospital ever since.  

Sunny joined the Board of Directors in January 2019.

Ron Rodden
Treasurer

Ron has a background as a EMT and then a Respiratory Therapist he did his training in Calgary at SAIT. He graduated from the Michener Institute Clinical Perfusion program in 1995.  He started out in Perfusion in Saskatoon for 2 years doing pediatrics and adult perfusion.  He then moved back to the Maritimes in 1997 to work at the New Brunswick Heart Center and is a staff perfusionist there now. Ron has done a number of Locums across the country and enjoys working and learning at different heart centers.  Ron was on the Board of Directors of the CSCP in 2002-2004 and was the Treasurer. He is glad to be back on the board to serve as the treasurer again.

Yannick Pinard
Director at Large, Eastern Region 

(Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador)

Yannick has been practicing as a Clinical Perfusionist at the Quebec's Heart and Lung Institute since 2016.  He previously completed a Bachelor of Nursing degree and worked as a Registered Nurse in Quebec City where he left to complete his Master’s degree and a D.E.S.S. in Extracorporeal Perfusion at the University of Montreal. 

Since graduating, Yannick has been involved in the Educational Committee and is a Clinical Lecturer for the perfusion program at The University of Montreal. He also participates in continuing education for the different healthcare professionals involved in the cardiac surgery field. His main interests are education, research and clinical evidence-based practice. 

Yannick joined the CSCP Board of Directors in October 2018.

Maggie Savelberg
Director at Large, Central Region 

(Ontario)

Maggie completed her Honors degree in Biochemistry at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, giving her a solid foundation from which to graduate from the Cardiovascular Perfusion program at The Michener Institute, Toronto, ON in 2009. Maggie began her career as a perfusionist in 2009 at London Health Sciences Centre. Expectations of team collaboration, professional commitment and most importantly best patient care, were taken from LHSC to Kingston Health Sciences in 2010, where she became the Perfusion Team Lead in 2018.  Maggie passionately and actively supports the growth of the KHSC Cardiac program, as it expands into minimally invasive mitral and aortic valve surgery, as well as cardiac robotics. She is the chair of the KHSC Cardiac Surgical Team, as well as a member of the Transfusion Medicine Committee. Since 2015, Maggie has resided as the president of the Ontario Society of Clinical Perfusion, both refreshing and invigorating the Society. Exploring self-regulation and alternate regulatory options for Perfusionists throughout Ontario are a primary interest of the Society and building its presence in the clinical and larger professional community. It is Maggie’s pleasure to serve on the CSCP Board to again give back to the community and profession.