Our Residents

Dr. Stanley Onyegbule is originally from Nigeria and obtained his medical degree from the University of Port Harcourt. He also completed a master’s in business administration at the University of South Wales. He practiced as a General Practitioner in Nigeria for seven years, working in clinical and public health roles, before relocating to Canada. He led various projects related to implementation of clinical management of HIV and Tuberculosis, program evaluation, and cervical cancer screening. His interests include infectious diseases, health equity research, and global health leadership. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer, tennis, and traveling.

Dr. Emmanuel Egberuare is a physician with over a decade of experience across clinical practice, research, public health, and health tech. He earned his MBBS from the University of Lagos and completed his internship at Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Licensed in both Nigeria and Canada, he brings a global perspective to healthcare delivery.

Emmanuel’s clinical journey spans rural and urban settings in Nigeria, where he served as a primary care physician and pioneered telemedicine to reach underserved communities. In Canada, he continues to build his clinical expertise and previously served as a clinical research project manager at the Calgary Prostate Cancer Centre. There, he led clinical trials focused on improving mental wellness and prehabilitation for oncology patients.

A passionate health innovator, Emmanuel co-founded PrecisionNote, an AI-powered clinical documentation platform designed to ease physician burnout, administrative burden and enhance provider accuracy. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Health at the University of Suffolk, with a focus on leveraging clinical data to drive efficiency.

His interests include global health leadership, health equity, infectious diseases, and maternal health. Outside of work, he enjoys music, playing soccer, traveling, and community service. Emmanuel strives to elevate healthcare systems through innovation and leadership.

Dr. Phinehas Omondi is originally from Kenya. He obtained his medical degree from Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. He practiced as a General Practitioner in rural Kenya for six years, working in clinical and public health roles, before relocating to Northern Ontario to pursue a master’s degree in Public Health/Epidemiology at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. The myriad of health challenges facing rural communities ignited his desire to explore solutions for rural health, which led him to the NOSM U PHPM program. His interests include infectious diseases, addressing inequalities in the distribution of social determinants of health, and access to healthcare in rural communities. He aspires to gain critical and transferable public health skills to not only positively impact the local community, but global rural communities as well. Beyond medicine, he enjoys playing tennis, traveling, and safari expeditions.

Dr. Zeinab Moinfar completed her MD, MPH, and Community Medicine specialty training at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Throughout her academic and work journey as a family physician and public health director in communities with diverse rural and urban populations, she has led various projects related to implementation of clinical practice guidelines, program evaluation and disease surveillance namely diabetes, cancer and mental health. She is particularly interested in the role of data, biostatistics and IT in developing evidenced-based proposals in public health that aim to improve the quality of healthcare. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and biking.

Dr. Kasunka Kankanam Gamage is originally from Sri Lanka, where she obtained her medical degree from the University of Ruhuna and worked as a primary care physician in both urban and rural settings. After immigrating to Canada, she completed a Master’s in Community Health at the University of Toronto and contributed to addictions research at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Her upbringing in a rural village and her diverse clinical experiences have shaped her commitment to addressing the social determinants of health and advancing health equity. Her areas of interest include mental health and addictions, rural public health, health policy and medical education. Outside of medicine, she enjoys baking, cooking, hiking, and traveling.

Dr. Oscar Pico Espinosa was born and raised in Santander, Colombia, where he obtained his medical degree from Universidad Industrial de Santander. He completed Master’s and doctoral studies in Public Health and Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. He moved to Canada to complete a postdoctoral research fellowship in HIV prevention at St. Michael’s Hospital and at the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN). Other clinical and research interests include 2SLGBTQIA+ health, migrant health, communicable diseases, program evaluation and Epidemiology. In his free time, he loves dancing salsa, cooking, hiking and swimming.

Dr. Chidubem Okechukwu obtained her medical degree from the University of Nigeria and practiced as a general practitioner in both rural and urban settings before moving to Canada. She earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of British Columbia as a recipient of the prestigious Mastercard Foundation Scholarship. Driven by her passion for community capacity development and advancing population health, she is now pursuing a residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at NOSM University. Her professional interests include occupational medicine, infectious disease management, and rural health.

Dr. Lyall Pacey completed medical school at the University of Saskatchewan.  He grew up in Yorkton, Saskatchewan and worked for several years as a pediatric speech-language pathologist in rural and regional settings.  His experiences affirmed the importance of community-based care and influencing others at a population level, and drove his interest in PHPM at NOSM U.  Outside of medicine, Lyall spends time at the gym, running, or on a bike.

Dr. Christina Hao is originally from Montreal and completed medical school at Université de Montréal. She has always been inspired by the vast fields of communicable disease, health prevention and promotion, health inequities, and mental health.  Christina looks forward to developing skills as a medical officer of health, and making a positive difference in communities and society.  So far, she has found that NOSM University provides great experience in training, diversified practice, great support and working environment.