Meet Our Team

Darcy Andres RRT

Darcy joined RANA in May 2005, as the VP of Clinical Programs and Services for RANA’s Calgary offices. Darcy’s therapy background combined with his management experience and training makes him an excellent leader in respiratory care for RANA patients.

Darcy was originally trained as Respiratory Therapist, graduating from SAIT in 1982. After graduation, Darcy worked as a general duty Registered Respiratory Therapist, initially in Calgary, then in Winnipeg and Thompson, MB. In 1988, Darcy moved back to Calgary as the Critical Care Supervisor at the Foothills Medical Centre. He eventually moved into management as the Respiratory Therapy Department Manager at the Foothills Medical Centre. After regionalization of Alberta’s health care system, Darcy served as Respiratory Therapy Department Site Coordinator at both the Foothills Medical Centre and Peter Lougheed Centre. He also evaluated regional respiratory services through a special project secondment for the Calgary Health Region.

Outside of his employment experience, Darcy has served as co-chair of the COPD Accreditation team for the Calgary Health Region. Darcy is currently enhancing his management skills by completing an MBA from Edinburgh School of Business.

Dr. William Whitelaw

Dr. Bill Whitelaw joined RANA in June 2006 as the Medical Director of RANA’s Pulmonary Function Lab. Together with Dr. Jeffrey Mellor, Dr. Whitelaw also provides interpretation services for all pulmonary function and arterial blood gas tests performed in RANA’s lab.

Dr. Whitelaw initially trained in physics (BSc, 1964), but quickly moved into medicine (MD, McGill, 1968), and respiratory physiology (PhD, McGill, 1979). With qualifications in internal medicine and respiratory medicine, Dr. Whitelaw joined the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary in 1976. During his time at the University of Calgary, Dr. Whitelaw acted as Director of the Foothills Hospital pulmonary function laboratory and taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in respiratory physiology, respiratory medicine, and the history of medicine. He retired from the Faculty at the University of Calgary in 2007.

Dr. Whitelaw’s active research interests include control of breathing, respiratory muscle function, sleep apnea, health care delivery, and hiccoughs.

Dr. Jeffrey Mellor

Dr. Jeffrey Mellor joined RANA in 2003 as the Medical Director of RANA’s Sleep Apnea Clinic. Dr. Mellor interprets all of RANA’s in-house sleep studies, provides consultation for our patients and provides direction and clinical support to our staff. Dr. Mellor also assists Dr. Whitelaw with pulmonary function and arterial blood gas interpretations for RANA’s Pulmonary Function Lab.

After qualifying in medicine at UBC in 1970, he moved to Calgary for an internship at the Foothills Medical Centre. Dr. Mellor spent three years in general practice before undertaking training to specialize in internal medicine and intensive care in 1978. Although Dr. Mellor’s career in medicine included a variety of specialties, the bulk of his practice was spent in clinical respiratory medicine at the Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary. Dr. Mellor began consulting part-time for RANA’s sleep apnea program in 2003. Although Dr. Mellor maintains his own small pulmonary practice, RANA is fortunate to have had Dr. Mellor consulting for us full-time in 2008.