Executive Council
Who is involved in the Executive Council
President
Karren Fader, BHSc, RTNM, CRPA(R)
Karren holds a Bachelor of Health Science degree in Nuclear Medicine Technology from Dalhousie University and is a graduate of the Victoria General Hospital, School of Nuclear Medicine Diploma Program. She is currently pursuing a Masters’ of Health Informatics through Dalhousie. Karren’s years of clinical practice include small rural center, as well as, large acute care facility experiences. Since 2003, she has been a faculty member in the nuclear medicine program at the QEII/Dalhousie School of Health Sciences.
At Dalhousie she is responsible for developing and teaching a variety of courses delivered across the four years of the degree program, ranging from Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine to Leadership in Professional Practice. In recent years Karren’s research has focused on the implementation of the evidence-based decision making process in teaching and learning into the nuclear medicine program. Since 2007 she has lead a peer mentorship initiative between first and fourth year nuclear medicine students.
As the School RSO, Karren is responsible for teaching Radiation Safety and Protection, implementing the radiation safety program and is a member of the Capital District Health Authority, Radiation Safety Committee. She holds RSO 1 certification from the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada and has successfully challenged the core registration exam of the Canadian Radiation Protection Association.
Karren has served on the NSAMRT Executive as Treasurer and Vice-president in past years. She looks forward to the role as President as the profession moves forward in its transformation to a new Act and College.
Vice President
Vicki Sorhaindo, B.Sc., RTR
Vicki graduated from the VG School of Radiological Technology in 1992 and began working as a general imaging technologist in 1992 at the VG, continuing on with Capital Health after amalgamation until 2003 when she began working as a Diagnostic Imaging Quality Control Technologist. She will start a position as General Imaging Manager at the QEII site at Capital Health in February 2010. She holds a Bachelor degree from Saint Mary’s University, and is currently enrolled at Dalhousie in a Health Sciences Administration program. Vicki is currently the editor of the NSAMRT newsletter and has been actively involved in our association as a member, lecturer at conferences, co-chair of NSAMRT conference, and on the NSAMRT executive as Committee Liaison Officer and now as Vice President.
Treasurer
Kelly Maloney, RTNM
Kelly graduated from the New Brunswick Nuclear Medicine program in 1989 and has been working in the field since. Ashe has worked in Saint John, N.B., St John’s, NL and is currently in Yarmouth, N.S. While in Newfoundland, she served as Recording Secretary for the NAMRT for 4 years. Recently, she has served as a clinical preceptor for the Dalhousie Nuclear Medicine program when students train in Yarmouth. After co-chairing the 2007 Provincial Conference, she was given the opportunity to become involved with the NSAMRT Executive. She has served as Committee Liaison Officer, Councilor at Large and is currently the treasurer of the association.
Registrar
Paula Hodson, RTT
Paula graduated from the Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation of Nova Scotia as a Radiation Therapist in 1986. She worked in Saint John NB briefly before heading west to Vancouver. While in BC, she studied financial management and health care management at BCIT. Paula has worked in the Mold Room, Simulation, waitlist charge therapist and as a treatment Charge Therapist. After returning to Nova Scotia, she returned to the Nova Scotia Cancer Center in 1999 and worked part time filling various rolls such as treatment therapist and preparation and wing charge. Paula is also theOperations and Financial Manager for her husband's property management business and is his partner in rental property investment. In her free time, she fulfills the duties as the President of the PC Association of Halifax Fairview.
Secretary
Melissa Morash, B.HSc, RTNM
Melissa I graduated from the Dalhousie Bachelor of Health Science program in Nuclear Medicine in 2008. Since then she has been working as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist at Capital Health. Melissa is also involved in a few research projects with the Dalhousie Radiology Research program and serves as a preceptor and lab demonstrator for the Dalhousie School of Health Sciences. Melissa has served as the NSAMRT Historian this past year, and this is her first term serving on the NSAMRT executive council. She I looking forward to this opportunity to serve our members in this role.
Committee Liasion Officer
Christina Maillett, RTR
Christina graduated in 1987 from the VG hospital in Radiography Technology. She worked a short period of time at a private clinic then took a permanent position at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital in 1988. She is employed in Yarmouth working in both general radiography and CT. She is a student preceptor for the CT program with the Dalhousie/QEII degree program. She started on the executive council as member at large and now is committee liaison.
Councillor-at-Large
Megan Brydon, BHSC, RTNM, MSc( c)
M-egan has been E-mployed at the IWK Health Centre as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist since G-raduating with her BHSc from Dalhousie University in 2007. A-lso she is pursuing her MSc in Community Health and Epidemiology from the alma mater. N-ow she is working on her thesis in the area of breast cancer screening . B-lah blah blah. Enough with the CV R-ight now she lives in Millwood, NS but hails from the beautiful Annapolis Valley! Y-ou ‘ll find her there with her main squeeze and two furbabies; English bulldogs Stella and Blanche D-on’t get her started talking shop about Disney, we’re pretty sure she’s on the payroll! O-rdinarily she divides her time between DIY renovation projects and vacations, vacations, vacations. N-ever having served on the NSAMRT executive before, she is looking forward to the experience :)
Director
Carol- Anne Davis, RTT, ACT, BSc
Carol-Anne graduated from the Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation of NS in 1987 with her diploma in Radiation Therapy Technology. She has achieved Advanced Certification in Radiation Therapy in 1997 from CAMRT and an undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Science) in 2005. Currently, she is undertaking graduate studies with a planned completion of a Masters of Science (Radiation Oncology) in 2011. She has served with the NSAMRT for many years, 4 years as president, 4 years on the executive (treasurer) and as awards chair. Carol-Anne has a love and devotion to her husband and three amazing children...when not with them she can usually be found at the gym!