Professors Emeriti
Lee, Herbert K., DC, DH (Hons)
Faculty
Injeyan, Stephen, BSc, MSc, PhD, DC – Professor
Kazemi, Mohsen, RN, DC, FCCSS(C), DACRB, FCCRS(C) – Associate Professor
Kim, Jessica, BSc, DC – Tutor
Kim, Peter, BSc, DC, FCCS(C) – Associate Professor
Kinsinger, Stuart, BSc, DC, FCCRS(C) – Associate Professor
Kopansky-Giles, Deborah, BPHE, DC, FCCS(C), FCCRS(C) – Associate Professor
Kumka, Myroslava, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor
Labelle, Natalie, BA, DC, FICS – Tutor
Lawson, Gordon, DC, DACBN, FCCSS(C), MSc, ND – Assistant Professor
Lee, David, BSc, RT, DC – Instructor
Lee, Ming, MD – Assistant Professor
Linaker, Kathleen, BSc, DC, DACBR – Director of Imaging
Lishchyna, Natalia, BSc(Hons), DC, FCCS(C) – Assistant Professor
Liu, Dennis, BSc, MSc, DC – Instructor
Locke, Melanie, BSc, RN, DC – Tutor
Lucaciu, Octavian Calin, PhD, MD – Associate Professor
Graduate Students
Jim, Janey, BSc, MSc, DC, Cinical Sciences Year II
Kissel, Peter, BA, DC, Sports Sciences Year I
Lee, Alexander, BSc, DC, Sports Sciences Year II
Stephen Injeyan, M.Sc. PhD. DC.
Chair, Department of Pathology and Microbiology Resource Clinician, Campus Clinic Professor
Dr. Injeyan earned a BSc in Biology and MSc in Tropical Health from the American University of Beirut, and a PhD from the Institute of Parasitology, McGill University. He received his chiropractic training at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, graduating in 1984. He has been in private practice since graduation, as well as serving in various academic and administrative capacities for the institution.
As Professor and Chair, for the Department of Pathology and Microbiology, he has teaching responsibilities in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases as well as in Clinical Education.
Dr. Injeyan’s diverse research interests include microbiology, cell biology and clinical topics relevant to chiropractic. He has been published in numerous peer reviewed journals.
His current research focus is on the study of the effects of spinal manipulation on the immune response and exploration of possible mechanisms involved in such effects. Other research interests include:
- An exploration of the biological/immunological implications of alternative manipulation strategies, including the role of joint cavitation.
- The study of the effects of other interventions/modalities used in chiropractic practice on immune markers.
- Clinical application of knowledge acquired during formal education, by students as well as field practitioners.
- Infection control in chiropractic practice.
Dr. Injeyan is currently a member of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, The Ontario Chiropractic Association, the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the Canadian Public Health Association, the Ontario Public Health Association and the International Association of Medical Science Educators. At CMCC, he is currently a member of the Chairs’ Committee, and has previously served on several committees including the Appointments and Promotions Committee, the Curriculum Committee, and the Academic Affairs Committee.
Dr. Injeyan is a recipient of several research grants both internal and external to the institution, and has published widely in several peer-reviewed journals.
Natalie Labelle, DC
Tutor, Applied Chiropractics
Dr. Natalie Labelle is a Tutor in the Division of Foundational and Professional Education at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. She was previously an Ergonomist Consultant for Cummins OER and currently she is a Clinical Associate at the Active Health Centre in Markham. After earning a undergraduate degree in Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario, she graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2000. In 2005, she became a Certified Kinesiologist by the Ontario Kinesiology Association and in 2007, she completed her International Chiropractic Sports Science Diploma from the Federation Internationale de Chiropractique du Sport (FICS) in Lausanne Switzerland.
Dr. Labelle’s research focuses on spinal cords procedures and treatments. She has contributed articles to the Canadian Spinal Cord Research Association Journal and other academic journals. She has served as a Team Doctor for the Toronto FCOF Soccar Team providing medical service to masters soccar athletes competing at the International Masters Football Championships in Christchurch Barbados in 2007 and 2008. She provided volunteer medical service to the 2008 Athletic Injury Tent’s Legacy 5Km Run and to the 2007 Athletic Injury Tent’s Angus Glen Half Marathon. Dr. Lebelle teaches AC 2204 Chiropractic Skills.
James Laithwaite, DC
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Microbiology
Dr. Laithwaite is an Assistant Professor in Pathology and Microbiology for the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. He was previously a Sessional Instructor in Mammalian Physiology for the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Guelph and was later a Course Development coordinator in Veterinary Medical Genetics for the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Guelph. After earning a undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of Guelph and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences also from the University of Guelph, he completed a Doctor of Chiropractic from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.
Dr. Laithwaite’s research focuses on macrophage cells and resistance. He has contributed articles to the Journal of Comp Pathology, Toxicon, Infectious Immunology, Journal of Toxicological Pathology and several other academic journals. He has served on Biomedical Sciences Graduate Committee, the Senate, the Board of Graduate Studies, and the Committee on Admissions and Progress at the University of Guelph. He has been a recipient of the Dr. Gerband Wiestse Bredero Memorial Scholarship, the Dr. Ingram Graduate Travel Fellowship and the Cystic Fibrosis Studentship.
Dr. David Lee, DC
Lecturer
Clinician, South Riverdale
Dr. Lee is a Lecturer in the Division of Clinical Education at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. He was previously a Cytotechnologist at Mt . Sinai Hospital and was later a Chiropractor at the cabbagetown Chiropractic Health Centre in Toronto. After earning a undergraduate degree in Physiology and Microbiology at the University of Toronto and getting his Registered Technologist certification from the Michener Institute of Medical Technology, he completed a Doctor of Chiropractic from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.
Kathleen Linaker, DC
Director of Imaging, Division of Clinical Education
Dr. Linaker is the Director of Imaging at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. She was previously an Assistant Professor and Clinical Radiologist at the National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois and was later Director of Clinical Radiology and Assistant Professor of Life University in Marietta, Georgia. After earning a undergraduate degree in Science from the University of Alberta and a DACBR from the American Board of Chiropractic Radiology at National University of Health Sciences, she decided to pursue a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Loyola University in Chicago and is expected to graduate Fall 2009.
Dr. Linaker’s research focuses on radiology and radiology education. She has contributed articles to the British Journal of Chiropractic and the ACA Council on Diagnostic Imaging and several other academic journals. She is currently serving as Chair of the Academic Committee for the American College of Chiropractic Radiologists and was previously the Co-Chair of the Professional Programs Committee, the Academic Master Plan Steering Committee and the Institutional Review Board’s Committee at Life University.
Natalia Lishchyna, BSc (Hon), DC, FCCS(C)
Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical Education
Clinician, CMCC-Bronte Harbour Chiropractic Clinic
Dr. Lishchyna is an Assistant Professor for the Division of Clinical Education at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and is also in private practice in Oakville and Mississauga. After earning an honours baccalaureate degree in Science at McMaster University in Hamilton in 1994, she completed her Doctor of Chiropractic at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1998. She then went on to complete a post-graduate residency program in Chiropractic Clinical Sciences and obtained her Fellowship in 2005. Dr. Lishchyna received the Drs. Bella, Edgar and J.O. Houle Award Residency Graduation Award. Currently, Dr. Lishchyna is enrolled in a MSc program at Bournemouth University. At CMCC, she serves as Vice Chair of the Awards Committee and as a member of the Admissions Committee.
Dr. Lishchyna actively participates in chiropractic research and has published her work in the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and other academic journals. She received the 2005 Australian Spinal Research Foundation Research Poster Award at the World Federation of Chiropractic Biennual Congress in Sydney, Australia. Most recently, Dr. Lishchyna presented her research at the 2007 World Federation of Chiropractic Biennual Congress in Vilamoura, Portugal.
Dr. Lishchyna has been a Director with the Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA) since 2002. Currently, she holds the position of Secretary-Treasurer. Prior to being elected to the OCA Board, she also held a Ministry of Health and Long Term Care appointment and served as an inspector for Chiropractic Review Committee with the College of Chiropractors of Ontario.
Dr. Lishchyna is an active community volunteer. She was a member of the Board of Directors for the Peel Children’s Aid Society and a Steering Committee Member of the Mississauga Halton Local Health Intergration Network (LHIN). Currently, Dr. Lishchyna is member of the Steering Committee for the Mississauga Halton Infection Control Network and a member of the Primary Care Detailed Planning and Action Team of the Mississauga-Halton LHIN.
Dennis Liu, DC
Lecturer, Physiology and Biochemistry
Dr. Liu is a Lecturer in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. He was previously a Laboratory Demonstrator in Physiology at the University of Toronto and later a Teaching Assistant at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. After earning a undergraduate degree in neuroscience at the University of Toronto and a Masters degree in Physiology also from the University of Toronto, he completed his Doctor of Chiropractic from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.
Dr. Liu’s research focuses on neuroscience in chiropractic medicine. He has contributed articles to Neuroscience Letters and other academic journals. He also is a member of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, the Ontario chiropractic Association and the College of the Chiropractors of Ontario.
Melanie Locke, DC
Tutor, Clinical Diagnosis
Dr. Locke is a Tutor for the Division of Chiropractic Clinical Sciences at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, a Consultant Assessor for the Canadian Rehabilitation Institute, and an Independent Examiner at the North York Rehabilitation Centre. After earning a undergraduate degree in Nursing from the University of Western Ontario and getting her Registered Nurse certification from the College of Nurses of Ontario, she compelted her Doctor of Chiropractic from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.
Dr. Locke’s has written for the Sigma ThetaTau International Honor Society of Nursing. She also is a member of the Colleg of Chiropractors of Ontario, the Ontario Chiropractic Association, the Canadian Chiropractic Association, the Canadian Chiropractic Protective Association, CMCC’s Governors Club and the College of Nurses of Ontario.
Calin Lucaciu, MD, PhD.
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy
Dr. Calin Lucaciu is an M.D. graduate (1991) of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes" from Timisoara (Romania) and a Ph.D. graduate (2003, Dissertation in Anatomy) of the University of Oradea (Romania) and former Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of University of Oradea (Romania).
He is an encyclopedic, medical personality who brings to the college the experience of more than 13 years of teaching medical, dental, physical and kinetic therapist students in Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Histology, and Embryology and more than 8 years of medical practice as an intern, general practitioner and resident in emergency medicine. Starting 2004 he began teaching chiropractic students.
He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy with teaching responsibilities in Gross Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Histology, and Embryology. He has contributed articles to Experimental Biology, Medical Student Journal and other academic journals and books. He also served on the board of editors for the Xth Congress of the Romanian Society of Anatomists and the IIIrd Congress of the Balcanic Medical Union in Oradea Romania. He is currently a member of the American Association of Anatomists.
His current research interests are summarized below:
- Entrapment of Peripheral Nerves: One of the most critical clinical issues faced by chiropractors is nerve impingement. Much work has focused on the manifestation of symptoms related to this condition, especially linked to topics such as the compression of spinal nerves in the intervertebral foramina or median nerve entrapment in the carpal tunnel. Less attention has been focused in other anatomical sites of nerve compression that might be helped by chiropractic treatment. This is a cohort anatomical project that when accomplished will provide a highly detailed map of the critical sites of nerve entrapment throughout the body.
- Ultrasound imaging of the peripheral nerves: This topic started to gain clinical application as a diagnostic tool relatively recently with the introduction of high-frequency linear array transducers in the 1990s. Indications include a large collection of pathologies such as nerve compression, nerve lesions, perineural fibrosis, nerve tumors, and hereditary neuropathies. Although often clinically applied, just a few studies have been published on the ultrasound imaging of the peripheral nerves that are supported by the visual argument of the anatomical dissection. So said, the research potential of this method is huge and closely connected to clinical practice.
- Extensibility of Nerve Tissue: As nerves travel through anatomical sites, moving through osseous canals and soft tissue channels, they must have the ability to stretch and move to at least some reasonable degree. This ability is of particular interest when it is related to clinical conditions that may compromise such movement, as in carpal tunnel syndrome, tarsal tunnel and intervertebral foraminal compromise. I am interested in the potential use of ultrasound as a tool to evaluate the extensibility of nerve tissue, both in vivo and in vitro.
- Referral pain patterns: This is one of the most confusing topics in a daily medical or chiropractic practice. I am interested in organizing this topic based on the anatomical and clinical data, as well as based on literature collections and reviews, in order to provide a detailed dermatomal chart of how pain is referred in the skin and which specific anatomical sources of pain are associated with each dermatome.
- Lamellar versus Nuclear Organization of the Grey Matter: Controversy exists in the literature regarding the lamellar versus nuclear organization of the grey matter of the spinal cord and of the brainstem. Documentation of this controversy and evaluation of the current state (quality and quantity) of related research is necessary in order for this area of research to move forward in a judicious manner. I am interested in the accumulation and evaluation of the knowledge base related to this topic.
- Anatomical Variability: Although basic anatomy tells us that the ratio of structures in the human body are quite stable relative to their conformation and anatomical landmarks, the same basic anatomy tells us that minor variations abound. I am interested in how anatomical variation may impact patient prognosis in a variety of clinical circumstances. A convergent methodological approach, using dissection and ultrasonography, would add valuable data to the topic of structural variation from a basic morphological and clinical practice perspective.