Tanya Collins
Physiotherapist
I have been a Physiotherapist since 2002 and started my career in a large hospital in Mississauga, with a focus on acute neurology and neuro rehab. I joined the KDH team in 2012. I am continually proud of our small Physiotherapy Department that does big things! In addition to the consistent care that we provide to our inpatients, we have developed opportunities and partnerships as well as evolved practices to be leaders in important programming within our KDH walls (our total joint replacement surgical program) and in our community (Parkinson’s program, GLA:D Canada, and Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehab).
A large focus of my role in recent years has been our total joint replacement program. I currently do pre-operative education with all patients coming to KDH for a joint replacement, and work with them while they are in hospital after the surgery.
A highlight of my role at KDH has been developing programming for our weekly Parkinson’s Exercise and Movement class, which, pre-COVID, we offered at the site of a community partner, The Workshop Dance Studio. I have also had the opportunity to run the GLA:D Canada Program (an evidence-based education and exercise program for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis) here at KDH; this has been exciting and rewarding.
What I find most satisfying about my work is the opportunity to make a difference to someone – hopefully in many cases, a long-term difference in their quality of life – and also the opportunity to be kind and attentive to people’s day to day needs in the hopes of making them feel cared for, even in small ways.
Physiotherapy wasn’t a long-time ambition, but rather a path that evolved as I worked hard at each opportunity that presented itself. I believe that I ended up right where I was supposed to be! Coming to KDH was an easy choice – it feels like home.
Board of Directors
Ms. Helen ZipesDr. Yves PelletierMr. Jeff PanciukMr. Shawn MincoffMr. André CarrièreMs. Erin BonokoskiMs. Ginette BebeungMs. Amy E. YeeMr. Andrew VignuzziMs. Doreen UlrichsenMr. Jeff NolanMs. Elizabeth MacPhersonMs. Margaret HarrisonMr. Paul-Emile CloutierMs. Carolyn ChisholmMs. Bryonie BaxterMr. Stephen SasloveMr. Peter CurrieMr. Robert MoraisEx-Officio Board Members
Dr. Loan LuongMr. André RancourtMs. Margret NorenbergMs. Jennifer EllisDr. Colin SentongoMrs. Doreen O'SullivanMr. Bob HaleMs. Brenda SteacyDr. Zahra SalehMr. Frank Vassallo$13 Million
raised by the KDH Foundation
since its inception in 1979