Dr. Ophir Vinik
Dr. Vinik is a rheumatologist at St. Michael's Hospital and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. He has a special focus on inflammatory muscle disease and leads the Centre's myositis clinic. Much of his work is about making expert myositis care easier to reach, closer to home.
Angelo Papachristos
Angelo is an advanced-practice physiotherapist who has worked at St. Michael's since 1998, and an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto. He built the Centre's standardised assessments and rehabilitation pathways, brought nailfold capillaroscopy into its standard intake, and introduced point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) into advanced-practice clinical care. He also helped set up the hospital's rapid-access arthritis clinics. He co-founded RheumAcademy, Canada's rheumatology education platform for allied health, and Arthros, a Canadian rheumatology virtual-care platform for patients and providers.
RheumAcademy ↗ Arthros ↗
Dr. Charles Kassardjian
Dr. Kassardjian is a neurologist at St. Michael's who specialises in nerve and muscle disease and in nerve-conduction and EMG testing. He trained at the Mayo Clinic and provides the Centre's neuromuscular diagnosis through a dedicated pathway. He is an award-winning teacher and a leader in quality improvement.