Sunnybrook Education Conference: Friday, November 21, 2025

Fahad Alam, MD
Dr. Fahad Alam is an Assistant Professor, Anesthesiologist, and medical education researcher at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto. During his residency training, he completed a fellowship at the Wilson Centre for Research in Medical Education and completed the Clinician Investigator Program at the University of Toronto. He has a Masters in Health Sciences looking at enhancing medical education and knowledge translation.

Dr. Alam is the current Medical & Research Director at the Sunnybrook Canadian Simulation Centre, Chair of both the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS) Simulation & Education Section and Continuing Professional Development Committee. Dr. Alam also co-created CHISIL (a virtual & augmented reality lab) and leads its satellite VR/AR learning and clinical application mobile lab at Sunnybrook Health Sciences.

Amanda Binns, PhD

Amanda Binns is a clinician, researcher and educator in the field of speech-language pathology. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto, an education scientist at UHN and is Clinical Education Development Lead at the Centre for Faculty Development (CFD). Drawing from her interprofessional clinical experiences working with neurodivergent individuals, her program of research aims to create more compassionate, individualized and evidence-informed care experiences for neurodivergent clients and their families. She hones a partnership-focused, co-creation approach to her work and incorporates a combination of practice-based research and implementation science methodologies.

Samantha Chang

Samantha Chang (she/her) is an art historian by day, a classical musician by night, and an educator always. She is an educational developer for Teaching, Learning and Technology at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation and a Course Instructor at the Department of Art History, University of Toronto. Samantha's teaching practice integrates inclusive pedagogies, accessible design and the Universal Design for Learning Framework. She is a recipient of the Course Instructor Teaching Excellence Award (2021) and the Arts & Science Superior Teaching Award (2024), and a nominee of the Anne Meyer UDL Design Award (2025).

Christy Costanian completed her doctoral studies in Epidemiology from York University, Toronto and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Ottawa. She was an assistant professor at the LAU School of Medicine in Lebanon for over two years where she worked on her research program in chronic disease risk factors while training and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Christy has held positions across research-based health institutes and hospitals in Ontario. Christy is currently interim program manager of Practice-Based Research and Innovation (PBRI) at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, where she supports allied health professionals’ quality improvement and research projects.

Tarsila da Cruz is the Manager of the Sunnybrook Canadian Simulation Centre and Library Services. She brings more than nine years of experience in adult education, with a focus on simulation and immersive learning. Tarsila holds a Bachelor of Nursing and a post-graduate certificate in Occupational Health & Safety Management. Her work centers on faculty development, building high-performing teams through simulation, advancing patient safety, quality improvement and fostering innovation in education. Her professional interests include knowledge acquisition and translation, health literacy, risk management, analytics, and systems development

Susan DeSousa, BSc, RRT

Susan DeSousa is a simulation educator at the Sunnybrook Canadian Simulation Centre with experience spanning over 24 years in health care simulation and 11 years as a registered respiratory therapist. Her clinical background includes experience in critical care, research, burn care and the operating room, enabling a comprehensive understanding of health-care delivery at its most complex levels. Susan’s work focuses on empowering health-care teams through simulation to build high-performing teams, simulation for systems design and process improvement and supporting faculty development.

Adam Dubrowski is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Simulation at Ontario Tech University, where he founded the maxSIMhealth Living Lab. He currently leads a pioneering training program for simulation technicians that prepares health science students for leadership roles in simulation-based health care education Dr. Dubrowski’s research spans simulation-based skill acquisition, assessment, and retention, with growing focus on disruptive technologies like 3D printing and virtual learning environments. 

Sandalia Genus, PhD

Sandalia Genus has a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Edinburgh, and is a Research Associate at Sunnybrook and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. She has conducted numerous qualitative and mixed-methods studies about medical education, health partnerships and integrated care in Tanzania, Europe and Canada.

Bill Kapralos is an associate professor within Game Development and Interactive Media program and the maxSIMhealth Laboratory at Ontario Tech University. His current research interests include immersive technologies, serious gaming, multi-modal virtual environments/simulation/reality, and spatial sound generation. 

Michal Kasprzak (he/him) has over 20 years of experience in higher education working as an educational developer, instructional designer and teacher. Currently, he is Assistant Director at the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation for the Teaching Assistants' Training Program. He works closely with graduate students and faculty exploring a range of teaching-related issues such as teaching presence in online learning, the intersection of UDL and decolonization, leadership in educational development, students as partners and accessibility.

Victoria May

Victoria May joined the Sunnybrook Canadian Simulation Centre in 2021 and is the Simulation Project Lead. She brings over 10 years of experience managing complex initiatives across health care and other sectors, with expertise in audio engineering, media and event production, and virtual reality. Victoria combines technical knowledge with strategic leadership to oversee project delivery, build collaborative partnerships, and drive growth initiatives focused on measurable outcomes. Passionate about integrating systems and advancing innovative approaches, she is dedicated to enhancing simulation and education to improve health-care training and outcomes.

Yun Chen (Brad) Pang

Brad is a second-year Masters student in the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. His thesis project focuses on investigating if virtual reality technology can be an effective tool in teaching both patients and medical professionals about electroconvulsive therapy.

Cecilia Zabroky is an organizational development associate at Sunnybrook with experience in community and health care settings. She holds a Bachelor’s in psychology, a post-graduate diploma in recreation therapy, and a Master’s in adult education and workplace learning. Cecilia has led quality improvement and interprofessional education initiatives, and more recently has facilitated workshops on inclusion, diversity and equity. Her work includes exploring neurodiversity and inclusive practices, with a focus on supporting different learning experiences.