Brenda Colella is the Clinical Research Manager for the Telerehab Centre for ABI and in this role she oversees the day-to-day operations of the Centre. As a registered Psychological Associate in Ontario practicing in the area of clinical neuropsychology she also provides assessment and treatment to clients in the Centre. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Toronto and has worked at Toronto Rehab since 1999.

Catherine Wiseman-Hakes is an affiliate scientist with KITE-University Health Network, Toronto Rehab Institute, a scientist with the Hull Ellis Concussion and Research Clinic at Toronto Rehab Institute, and an assistant clinical professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University in Hamilton. She holds a PhD in Rehabilitation Science form the University of Toronto. She has conducted and published research on sleep and wakefulness following traumatic brain injury across the spectrum of recovery and severity in both children and adults.

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David J. Mikulis, MD is Full Professor and Director of the Functional Neuroimaging Research Lab in the Joint Department of Medical Imaging at the University Health Network and the University of Toronto. The primary emphasis of this work has been translational research focusing on the application of novel imaging methods into the clinical environment. He established one of the first fMRI labs in Canada in 1993 and is currently involved in developing advanced neurovascular imaging methods with major program arms including: 1) quantitative measurement and clinical application of cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) metrics leading to the development of “the brain stress test” (analogous to the cardiac stress test) that assess the effectiveness of the cerebral circulatory system in meeting the metabolic needs of the brain, 2) high resolution and functional imaging of intra and extra-cranial blood vessel walls that improves diagnostic accuracy for assessing diseases that directly affect blood vessels, and 3) discovery of a new method for measuring brain blood flow that does not require injection of contrast agents. Research in these areas has improved assessment of the structure, function, and performance of the vascular system in health and disease. These capabilities have further defined the important roles that abnormal vascular performance measures have in the pathophysiology of a number of conditions including for example Alzheimer’s and vascular dementias, and in improving diagnostic accuracy of acute concussion. Translation of these methods has been achieved locally, nationally, and internationally confirming the importance of these tools in research and clinical settings.

GARY R. WILL is the Managing Partner of WILL DAVIDSON LLP, which now has six offices in Ontario including Toronto, Oakville, Huntsville, Midland, Bowmanville and Whitby.

He has been recognized as one of Canada’s premier legal experts in the practice of personal injury litigation and is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in Civil Litigation.

Gary Will has a busy practice acting for individuals suffering serious personal injuries or for the families of individuals suffering fatal injuries. He has extensive experience in the areas of personal injury law, products liability, professional negligence, insurance, environmental, bad faith, and class action litigation. Gary has a practice built on referrals from other lawyers throughout Canada and has been recognized by his peers repeatedly for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada.

Gary received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from York University in 1979, specializing in Political Science and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1984. In 1982 Gary attended Osgood Hall Law School: LLB (1982).

From 1981-1983 Gary received Certificates in the following areas: Private International Law from Hague Academy of International Law (1983), Certificate in Civil Law, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec (1981), Certificate in Comparative Law, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia (1981). He articled at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (1982 -1983).

Gary is a Past-President of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and was the Provincial delegate to the American Association for Justice from 1996 to 2007. He currently is on the Board of Governors for AAJ. He is the recipient of the H. T. Bruce Hillyer Award presented by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association on June 1, 1996, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the cause of civil justice, having exemplified the spirit of OTLA in fearlessly advancing the cause of individual rights by the effective use of trial advocacy. He was a finalist for the 2002 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award established by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.

Gary is an active member of The Canadian Bar Association, Metropolitan Lawyers Association, Halton Law Association, Simcoe Law Association, American Association for Justice, Legal Fraternity, Phi Delta Phi.

Gary has received a series of awards over his years of practice including:

• Recipient of the H.T. Bruce Hillyer Award presented by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association on June 1, 1996 “in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the cause of civil justice, having exemplified the spirit of OTLA in fearlessly advancing the cause of individual rights by the effective use of trial advocacy”.
• Certified by the Law Society as a Specialist in Civil Litigation
• Finalist for the 2002 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award for the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Selected for inclusion in the 2006 inaugural edition of the Best Lawyers in Canada. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 24,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast almost two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honour. Corporate counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice”.
• Listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading practitioner in the Personal Injury field.
• Selected for inclusion in the Financial Post Best Lawyers: Personal Injury in 2007.
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 editions of the Best Lawyers in Canada

Dr Rutka is a professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto with a subspecialty interest in otology and neurotology. He is the co-director of the UHN Center for Advanced Hearing and Balance Testing and the Hertz Multidisciplinary Neurotology Clinic. His chief academic interests have been in areas of topical and systemic ototoxicty, canal based surgery for dizziness, the conservative management of patients with vestibular schwannomas, time trends in the surgery for chronic ear disease and the evaluation of dizziness in the head injured patient. His CV lists over 130 peer-reviewed publications and 4 text books in addition to numerous book chapters/supplements/non-peer reviewed articles.

Dr Rutka is a professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto with a subspecialty interest in otology and neurotology. He is the co-director of the UHN Center for Advanced Hearing and Balance Testing and the Hertz Multidisciplinary Neurotology Clinic. His chief academic interests have been in areas of topical and systemic ototoxicty, canal based surgery for dizziness, the conservative management of patients with vestibular schwannomas, time trends in the surgery for chronic ear disease and the evaluation of dizziness in the head injured patient. His CV lists over 130 peer-reviewed publications and 4 text books in addition to numerous book chapters/supplements/non-peer reviewed articles.

Dr. Gladstone is a Neurologist with a practice dedicated specifically to Headache Medicine and Head Injury.

Dr. Gladstone has authored more than 80 refereed publications, invited reviews, abstracts and textbook chapters. Dr. Gladstone has given more than 200 invited lectures locally, nationally and internationally. He has chaired the Headache Therapy at the American Academy of Neurology and the Headache Course at the Canadian Congress of Neurologic Sciences.

Dr. Gladstone is the Director of the Gladstone Headache Clinic in North York. He is a Consultant Neurologist in the Neurology Service and Complex Injury Outpatient Rehabilitation Programs at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Provincial WSIB Specialty Clinics for the evaluation of Workplace Head Injuries and a Multidisciplinary Program for the Evaluation and Management of Individuals with Persisting Symptoms Following Work-Related or MVA-related Head Injuries). He is Co-Director of the Headache Clinic at the Hospital for Sick Children. He is the Headache Medicine specialist at Cleveland Clinic Canada. He is the Consultant Neurologist for the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Raptors and Toronto Raptor 905s

Dr. Gladstone is the Past-President of the Canadian Headache Society and has co-authored Canadian Migraine Guidelines and contributed to the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Guidelines. Dr. Gladstone was the only Canadian physician invited by the United States Department of Defense to assist in developing treatment guidelines for managing persisting symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury in United States Military personnel.