Physician Chiefs
Charmaine van Schaik, MD
Chief of Staff
Charmaine van Schaik, MD trained in Paediatrics at McMaster University, after completing a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology and Master’s of Science in Kinesiology. Since joining Southlake Health in 2004, Charmaine has acted as a Physician Leader at Southlake Health in multiple capacities, as well as the previous Chief of Paediatrics and Medical Director of the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) Satellite Clinic when it launched at Southlake in 2009. More recently, Charmaine served on Southlake’s COVID-19 Clinical Advisory Panel (CCAP) and is the Co-Medical Lead for Southlake’s COVID-19 Vaccination Committee, where she was instrumental in promoting community awareness through regular appearances in local media.
Charmaine advises Ontario’s Ministry of Health on pediatric cancer care as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at POGO and is a Lecturer with the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto.
Charmaine is also a very proud mother of five children.
Terence Ip, MD
Chief of Anesthesiology
Dr. Terence Ip received his MD from McMaster University and completed his residency in both Anesthesia and Critical Care from the University of Toronto. He joined Southlake Health as an anaesthesiologist and intensivist in October 2011. He has also been the Lead Physician for the Trillium Gift of Life Network since 2008, working in a multidisciplinary team to facilitate organ donation practices at Southlake. Special clinical areas of interests include perioperative care for high-risk/complex cardiac procedures, and optimizing the provision of anesthesia resources. Most recently, he is working in a multidisciplinary group in assisting with the transformation of our Surgical Step Down Unit into an Advanced Level 2 Unit.
Christopher Overgaard, MD
Chief of Cardiac Health
Leading cardiologist, Dr. Overgaard, joined Southlake Health in 2019 and held various leadership positions before being named as the organization’s first Chief of Cardiac Health in 2024. His practice focuses on complex coronary interventional cardiology, a medical speciality that uses small tubes known as catheters to provide life-saving care without open-heart surgery. As a leader in his field, Dr. Overgaard is known for being the first physician in Canada to perform several procedures, some of which were done at Southlake. In 2017, Dr. Overgaard became the first doctor in Canada to successfully transplant a TandemHeart cardiac-assist device in a high-risk heart failure patient.
Dr. Overgaard studied at Queens University before training in internal medicine and cardiology at the University of Toronto.
David Srour, MD
Chief of Complex Medical Rehabilitation
Philip Buckler, MD
Chief of Diagnostic Imaging
Dr. Philip Buckler joined Southlake Health in 2009 following his M.D. and residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Toronto, and Fellowship in Body Imaging and MRI at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and a Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology. Philip also holds staff appointments at Mackenzie Richmond Hill and Cortellucci Vaughan Hospitals and is a partner in X-ray Associates Clinics.
Gaurav Puri, MD
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Mina Moussa, MD
Chief of Family & Community Medicine
Syed Kazimi, MD
Chief of Laboratory Medicine
Shahzad Qureshi, MD
Chief of Medicine
Dr. Qureshi credits the patient population of Newmarket and Northern York Region as his reason for practicing Internal Medicine at Southlake Health since 2008. He began his education at Saint George’s School of Medicine in Grenada, before completing his Internal Medicine Residency and Nephrology Fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. Passionate about his specialty, he is always learning and being challenged by patients with complex medical cases and shares his knowledge with future physicians as an Adjunct Lecturer for the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
As an avid sports enthusiast, Dr. Qureshi volunteers his time as a coach for his son’s rep basketball team.
Anne Fortier, MD
Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Anne Fortier has practiced at Southlake Health since 2009, first joining us as Locum staff. She trained in medicine at the University of Western Ontario, graduating in 2003, and then completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University in 2008. Dr. Fortier completed the Southlake Rotman Leadership Academy through the Rotman School of Management in 2024 and also holds a Master of Science from Queen’s University. Academic appointments include Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster University and a part-time Clinical appointment with the University of Toronto.
Navneet Binepal, MD
Chief of Paediatrics
Dr. Navneet Binepal was recruited to Southlake Health in 2019. This was following her term as Locum staff from 2016-2019. She is not new to leadership having been the Medical Director of Paediatric In-patients, Paediatric ICU Surge Lead and Interim Medical Director of NICU Education at Southlake Health over the past few years. Dr. Binepal completed her medical degree at the University of Toronto and paediatric residency through the University of Ottawa at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. She specializes in the care of medically complex children, pediatric asthma and newborns including those requiring Neonatal Intensive Care.
Mahdi Memarpour, MD
Chief of Psychiatry
Sara Temple, MD
Chief of Surgery
Dr. Temple joined Southlake Health in 2017 as a Surgical Oncologist before being named Chief of Surgery in 2021. Enticed by the hospital’s strong surgery department and rapidly growing population, Dr. Temple has spent everyday at Southlake Health curing cancer. Her passion for her patients and Southlake Health’s communities expands far beyond the walls of the operating room. In addition to her roles at Southlake, she serves as the Chair of the Physician’s Council for the Southlake Foundation and proudly coaches her children’s sports teams.
Dr. Temple earned her Honors Bachelor of Science from the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She received her MD from studied at the University of Toronto, where she also completed her General Surgery Residency and General Surgical Oncology Fellowship.
Physician Leaders
David Makary, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs
David Makary, MD joined Southlake Health in 2012 as an Associate Staff Physician and has served in several Southlake departments, including: Emergency, Paediatric and General Internal Medicine.
During his time at Southlake Health, David has served as Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Primary Care Lead and Co-Chair of the Executive Steering Committee for the Northern York South Simcoe Ontario Health Team (OHT). He also has experience in quality improvement through his work establishing and growing the Southlake Academic Family Health Team’s Quality Improvement Plan. David is also a Lecturer for the University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine.
Peter Anglin, MD
Physician Leader, Regional Cancer Program
Dr. Anglin obtained his medical degree from Queen’s University, before completing clinical fellowships in internal medicine, clinical hematology, and oncology at the University of Toronto.
In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Anglin also has an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. During his time in the program, he developed an interest in health systems delivery, process redesign in the ambulatory setting, and optimizing drug access for oncology patients.
Dr. Anglin joined Southlake Health in 2009 and was appointed as the Physician Leader for the Regional Cancer Program in 2017. As the Physician Leader, he has dedicated his practice to providing cancer care to patients from the Northern York Region up to Muskoka. His clinical focus is hematologic and lymphoid malignancies.
Ian Mak, MD
Physician Leader, Emergency Medicine Program
Dr. Ian Mak is a full time emergency physician and was previously the Deputy Chief of Emergency Medicine at Southlake. He has been part of the medical staff since June 2013. Dr. Mak earned his medical degree at the University of Western Ontario and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Toronto – Mount Sinai site. Dr. Mak held the title of Education Lead in the Emergency Department from 2019-2023. In this role he reshaped the postgraduate education program within the ER department, implementing simulation days, hands on point of care ultrasound teaching, and even career advice. He remains passionate about teaching, but is excited to embrace his new leadership role.
David Srour, MD
Physician Leader, Medicine Programs
Peter Watt, MD
Physician Leader, Maternal Child Program
Dr. Watt has been a constant at Southlake Health for over 30 years, having joined the organization in 1992 as an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Throughout his time at Southlake, Dr. Watt has been instrumental in building a successful and well-rounded Women’s Health Program. His interest in reproductive medicine stems from the ability to combine medical and surgical specialties that make a difference for families.
Dr. Watt originally studied pharmacy and was a Licensed Pharmacist from 1984 to 2015. He earned his MD at the University of Toronto and then trained as a Fellow of Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada and a Fellow of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Beyond his work at Southlake, Dr. Watt is a lecturer at the University of Toronto and an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University. He has been an active in the Ontario Medical Association and was honoured by his local MP as Community Volunteer of the Year in 2013.
John Randle, MD
Physician Leader, Surgical Program
Dr. Randle, an innovator and pioneer in shoulder repair and reconstruction, joined Southlake Health in 2001. Since then, he has held various leadership roles at Southlake, including Division Head of Orthopaedics, Vice-President of Medical Staff, President of Medical Staff, and Physician Leader of Quality. Currently, he serves as the Physician Leader for Surgery.
Dr. Randle focuses on improving patient outcomes through surgical innovation and physician mentoring. As part of this mission, he has designed surgical arthroscopy tools and has taught his techniques to orthopaedic surgeons in more than 70 countries.