Dr. Amara Okafor
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Okafor owns the clinical protocols behind every assessment, drawing on the Mutsekwa 2019 and Stute 2018 evidence that allied-health-led triage is safe and effective.
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Media kit
Everything a journalist needs to cover CareChain in one place: the published wait-time result, brand assets, image library, and named contacts.
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May 12, 2026
Published study: CareChain cuts spine wait-times from 27 weeks to 4 weeks
The peer-reviewed result reports a median wait-time of 4 weeks, down from 27 weeks, with 85% of referred spine patients triaged off the orthopaedic wait-list.
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Apr 28, 2026
CareChain partners with regional health systems to triage wait-lists
Three provincial health systems adopt allied-health-led triage to sort the patients who need a specialist from the 85% who do not.
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Apr 9, 2026
Allied-health network expands across three provinces
More than 40 clinics now deliver CareChain specialty assessments, with all patient data held under 100% Canadian residency.
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Mar 18, 2026
Patient app adds at-home exercise programmes with video guidance
Patients triaged to supported self-management now follow evidence-based exercise programmes with step-by-step video guidance between visits.
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Feb 26, 2026
Specialists now receive pre-screened referrals with full assessments attached
The 15% of patients who need a surgeon reach one faster, pre-screened, with a complete specialty assessment and STarT-Back and ODI scores attached.
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Leadership
Short bios you can quote when writing about CareChain. For interviews or fact-checking, reach our press team and we will reply within one business day.
Liam Tremblay
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Liam leads strategy and partnerships, having built CareChain around the finding that 85% of wait-listed spine patients never needed a specialist.
Dr. Priya Raman
VP, Clinical Pathways
Dr. Raman translates instruments such as STarT-Back and the Oswestry Disability Index into the assessments that cut median spine wait-times from 27 weeks to 4 weeks.
Marcus Chen
Head of Health-System Partnerships
Marcus works with hospital and regional leadership to deploy the pathway, which now runs across 3 provincial health systems and 2 academic centres.
Sofia Moreau
Director of Communications
Sofia is the first point of contact for media, and pairs every CareChain claim with the published evidence behind it.
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