Our Team

CLINIC STAFF 

Lauren joined the Health Zone NPLC team in 2023. Her educational background is in human rights, community driven development and healthcare management. Lauren has spent her career working with not-for-profit organizations in the community, education, and health sectors, supporting individuals to access services and design programs which contribute to positive outcomes for their overall health and the health of their communities. Outside of work Lauren enjoys reading, listening too and playing...

Robyn joined Health Zone as a Nurse Practitioner in August 2019. Prior to this she worked at the Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic in Peterborough. She graduated in August of 2017 from the Masters of Nursing & Nurse Practitioner program at Athabasca University. She previously worked as an RN for 12 years, and Clinical Nurse Specialist for 1 year in Obstetrics at LHSC. Robyn has an interest in health promotion, as well as women’s health and pediatrics. Robyn enjoys spending time being ...

Melani joined the HealthZone team in July 2023. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology and Bachelor of Science in Nursing. As a RN, she worked on General Surgery for 1 year and Obstetrical care for 3 years at LHSC. She graduated from the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program at Western University in July 2023. Melani’s interest includes women and children’s health, sexual health, and health promotion. Outside of work, Melani enjoys trying new restau...

Shelby recently completed her Masters of Nursing and Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner certificate at Western University. In 2015, Shelby completed her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at Nipissing University and has spent most of her nursing career at Victoria hospital here in London, initially in the inpatient adult mental health unit then the orthopedics/trauma floor. Shelby has a passion for healthy living and physical activity. She loves spending time outdoors and with her anim...

Victoria joined Health Zone as Nurse Practitioner in November 2022. She graduated from the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program at Western University in July 2022. Prior to that, she attained her Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Ottawa in 2018. She has worked as a Registered Nurse in several areas including family medicine, psychiatry, addiction medicine, geriatrics, and pediatrics. She has also worked as a nurse educator and research assistant. Her interests are...

Natalie graduated from the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at Western University in 2017. Natalie has been with the clinic since 2018, in office she is available to complete phlebotomy, cryotherapy treatments, minor office procedures, immunizations and chronic disease follow up in coordination with the Nurse Practitioners. Additionally Natalie is available to clients who are interested in enrolling in the STOP program for smoking cessation.

Joy graduated from the Practical Nursing Program at St. Clair College in 2014. Joy has worked in the community as an RPN specializing in Palliative Care. She has a background in wound care and assisting patients in navigating the home and community care resources. In her spare time, Joy likes to do a variety of art and spend time with family and friends.

Heather obtained her Bachelors of Social Work from Kings University College UWO in 2004 and holds her Masters Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2007. Heather has an extensive background in the field of Mental Health and specializes in the area of Trauma and Complex PTSD. Heather has obtained numerous certifications including Eye Movement De- Sensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma informed yoga.

Scott completed his Master of Social Work degree from Lakehead University in 2014 and has a background working in community mental health. Scott’s focus is to help create a collaborative process when working with people towards their mental health recovery. Scott works from a strengths-based perspective to assist individuals to overcome adversity and life challenges. In his free time, Scott enjoys running, hiking and practicing meditation.

Kim comes to Health Zone with experience in the legal, corporate and medical administration fields. She takes pride in completed tasks and customer/patient service.  Always willing to lend a helping hand when needed. In her free time, you will find her finding ways to keep busy through activity.  Whether its playing basketball in a city league or as an OVA referee or finding other ways to enjoy the outdoors. Other interests include, a good historical novel, scuba diving, ...

Amanda completed her Medical Office Assistant diploma at Medix College in 2005. She has worked at the London Regional Cancer Program, Pediatric Oncology, Sleep Medicine and was also the Program Administrator for Respirology. She also has certificates in Health Records Management, Hospital Ward Clerk and Computer Application Support. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys, reading, camping and playing volleyball and baseball in her spare time.

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BOARD MEMBERS

Margo is a Nurse Practitioner/NP Consultant at  the London Health Sciences Centre  and Adjunct Research Professor with Western University who joined  our Board in 2020.   She has extensive experience in  health care and health systems and has been a nurse for over 35 years. She holds  both a Bachelor  and Master of Science in Nursing and post Master’s NP certification and practices in Paediatric Neurology. She has served as t...

Todd has been a member of our board since June 2019 and current serves as the Treasurer.  He has extensive background in the delivery of virtual health care services through publicly funded health coaching and tele-nursing programs in several provinces and territories across Canada.  At his core, he believes that the health care system is best served by the creation of an environment that helps patients efficiently navigate to the most appropriate care, minimize barriers to re...

Rhonda has worked as a Registered Nurse for over 33 years in acute care, community care and long- term care in front line and management positions. She has enjoyed all these different areas of nursing, but holds a special place for long term care, having worked as a nurse’s aide while obtaining her diploma in nursing from Niagara College Mack School of Nursing.  She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Certificate in Leadership in Nursing from Ryerson University i...

Laura completed her undergraduate degree in Sociology at London’s Western University as well as Dalhousie University in Halifax. She completed her law degree in England at the University of York, and after returning to Canada in June of 2017, Laura completed her Canadian Equivalency exams and Bar exams. Laura was called to the bar in June of 2019 and has been practicing as a criminal defence lawyer in London since then. Laura joined our board of directors in October of 2021.