Dr. Khashayar (Khashy) Rafatzand
Dr. Khashayar (Khashy) Rafatzand completed his specialty training in Diagnostic Radiology at McGill University, followed by subspecialty training in MRI at Harvard university.
Dr. Khashy has served as the director of body MRI at University of Massachusetts from 2014-2020, where he was promoted to Associate Professor of Radiology based on clinical excellence and education. He has been serving as the director of MRI value and quality at McGill University Health Center (MUHC) since January 2021, and as the chief of the radiology department at Lakeshore General Hospital (LGH) in Montreal’s West Island since 2019.
Dr. Khashy has completed Harvard Law School’s programs in “Negotiation and leadership”, “Mediation and Conflict Management”, and is a bicentennial graduate of International Masters in Healthcare Management & Leadership (IMHL) at McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management.
Dr. Khashy’s vision for a state-of-the-art medical institution is the product of 1) more than 10 years of community and academic medical practice experience across multiple healthcare system, 2) formal training in healthcare leadership, and 3) the unprecedented healthcare challenges of the pandemic.
Dr. Khashy is the founder of ISMI.
Yosef (Yossi) Levy
Director of Operations
ISMI Nurses
Adina Madrea
Tatiana Koulikovskaia
Expert Technologists
Gloria Milagro Llocas
Medical Secretaries
Elena Guerrero
Kayla Parr
Kairi-Alyssa Guerrero
(…aka ISMI Angels)
Jennifer Sidel, M.Ed
Psychotherapist
One of two DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinicians™ in Quebec.
Jennifer Sidel is a licensed psychotherapist with the Order of Psychologists of Quebec (OPQ) and certified member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), with over 14 years of experience working with adults and teens in both individual and group settings. She has advanced training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and trauma-informed psychotherapy, and is proud to be one of two DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinicians™ in Quebec.
Jennifer offers an integrated, person-centered approach to therapy, drawing on evidence-based techniques to meet each client’s unique needs. At the heart of her work is a deep belief in the healing power of an authentic therapeutic relationship.
She is also joined in sessions by Nugget, her sweet and intuitive therapy bulldog, who offers a little extra comfort and calm.
