About Our Office

Front desk staff

Front desk staff

Charing Cross Medical™ is a patient-centred family practice in Brantford, Ontario providing comprehensive and personalized care to our rostered patients. We are affiliated with McMaster University and Grand Erie Six Nations Family Medicine Residency Program at Brantford General Hospital.

Charing Cross Medical is part of Brantford Family Health Organization (FHO) and as such provides patients with access to After-Hours Clinic 7 days a week.

 

Meet our staff:

Dr. Ivan Shcherbatykh received his M.D. degree and specialty of a General Surgeon outside of Canada. He obtained a Master of Public Health degree from the State University of New York at Albany (US), and Ph.D. candidate status from McMaster University, ON (Canada). He completed a residency in Family Medicine at McMaster University in 2010 with a special distinction for professionalism. After his residency, Dr. Ivan started practicing in Brantford as a family and part-time ER physician. He worked for a number of years at the Brantford General Hospital ER and Willet Urgent Care.

Dr. Ivan is an active member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and holds an independent license to practice issued by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.  He is currently the Lead Physician for the Brantford Family Health Organization which is the largest FHO in Brantford (2023).
Clinical interests: sports medicine, arthritis and chronic pain management, minor procedures, joint injections with cortisone, viscosupplementation and platelet-rich plasma (PRP), chronic disease and diabetes management, medical teaching.
Life interests: running, triathlon racing, skiing, travel and spending time with his family.

Dr. Julia Shcherbatykh received her M.D. degree and specialty of Obstetrician and Gynecologist outside of Canada. She completed a residency in Family medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Dr. Julia is an active member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and holds an independent license to practice issued by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). She is a head of the Women’s Health Clinic at Charing Cross Medical and enjoys teaching medical students and residents in all aspects of Women’s Health.
Dr. Julia Shcherbatykh is a certified provider of cosmetic and therapeutic Botox injections and dermal fillers.
Clinical interests: Women’s Health, cosmetic treatments, chronic disease management, and patient education.
Life interests: spending time with her family and friends, listening and playing music, dancing, cooking.

Rhonda 

Rhonda is our Clinic’s Manager & Clinical Assistant who brings extensive medical office work experience, professionalism & efficiency to Charing Cross Medical.
Rhonda was born and raised in Brantford, she continues to live in Brantford with her fiancé and their 4 children.
She has been working in the medical field for over 12 years and really enjoys it.

 

Emma 

Nurse Emma was born in Burlington and worked with special needs children for 10 years prior to graduating from Mohawk College in 2010. She has worked as an RPN in Family Practice in Brantford since 2011, with a special interest in Mental Health. She loves nothing more than spending time with her family and her Golden Retriever, Lucy. In her spare time she loves to play piano, hike and swim.

 

 

Shavanda (currently on maternity leave)

Shavanda is a Medical Receptionist at Charing Cross Medical with 10 years of experience working in the medical field. She enjoys hiking, biking, making people smile 🙂 and spending time with her family and friends.

 

Medical Receptionists:

~ Melissa

~ Crystal