Dr. Hanna Lysak

Dr. Lysak is a registered psychologist who has been practicing neuropsychology in Vancouver since 1990, in private medical-legal, hospital and rehabilitation settings. Dr. Lysak graduated with a Ph.D. in Psychology from Simon Fraser University scientist-practitioner program accredited by the American Psychological Association. Her doctoral studies were funded by a prestigious Government of Canada Research Council Doctoral Fellowship awarded for academic excellence. She completed internships at Worker’s Compensation Board Rehabilitation Clinic and at the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission. In the last 20+ years she worked at University of BC Hospital, Vancouver General Hospital Rehabilitation Medicine Ward, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre Neuro-Muscular-Skeletal Ward, and Lifemark Health Head Injury Assessment and Treatment Program. She was an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia. She is currently involved in the Simon Fraser University Psychology Graduate Studies as a Clinical Supervisor. Over the last 20+ years, Dr. Lysak was retained in hundreds of personal injury litigation cases by various parties, including the Department of Justice Government of Canada, Attorney General of BC, ICBC, and defence and plaintiff’s lawyers. Her written and/or oral expert witness evidence has been accepted in British Columbia by the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Provincial Court, Worker’s Compensation Appeal Tribunal, Underinsured Motorist Protection (UMP) Arbitrators, and by the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat. In the last 10 years she has devoted her clinical time to the brain injury program at the Lifemark Health.