Physician Chiefs
Charmaine van Schaik, MD
Chief of Staff
Dr. Charmaine van Schaik 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 in 2004, Charmaine has acted as a Physician Leader at Southlake in multiple capacities, as well as the previous Chief of Paediatrics and Medical Director of the Paediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) Satellite Clinic when it launched at Southlake in 2009. More recently, Charmaine served on the 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 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
David Srour, MD
Chief of Complex Medical Rehabilitation
Philip Buckler, MD
Chief of Diagnostic Imaging
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
Anne Fortier, MD
Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Anne Fortier has practiced at Southlake 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 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 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
Physician Leaders
David Makary, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs
David Makary, MD joined Southlake 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, 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
Ian Mak, MD
Physician Leader, Emergency Medicine Program
Dr. Ian Mak is a full time emergency physician and is currently 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.