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TORONTO – North York General Hospital (NYGH), has announced the appointment of Karyn Popovich (pictured) as president and CEO. Since October 2020, Karyn has been serving as interim president and CEO, and has had a range of clinical leadership and executive positions during her tenure at NYGH. Read More

TORONTO – The Board of Directors of VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) has named Dr. Kathryn Nichol (pictured) as its new president & CEO, effective March 1, 2021. Dr. Nichol joined the organization in 2016 as vice president, Quality, Best Practice, Research and Education and Chief Nursing Executive. Read More

VANCOUVER – The board of directors at the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) determined that new leadership was required and announced that CEO Benoit Morin has left the organization. The board said that Dr. David Byres (pictured) has been appointed as interim CEO, effective immediately. Read More

VANCOUVER – Equicare Health, Inc. has announced the appointment of Christopher Hanna (pictured), Ph.D. to the Board of Directors.  He rejoins long time colleagues, Greg Peet and Len Grenier, as the fifth member of the Equicare Board. “I am pleased to welcome Chris to Equicare Health’s Board of Directors. He brings a wealth of experience in healthcare IT and cancer care to Equicare’s Board as we work to broaden our product scope by leveraging our core strengths,” said Len Grenier, CEO, Equicare Health, Inc. Read More

OTTAWA – Four prominent physicians have received one of Canada’s highest civilian honours. Drs. Susan George, Michael Jewett and Heather Ross (pictured) – who all work at the University Health Network in Toronto – were among 61 new appointments to the Order of Canada by the Governor General earlier this month. As well, Dr. Vivek Goel, a public health expert and professor at the University of Toronto was named to the list. Read More

TORONTO – In January, the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Chancellor of the Order of Ontario, announced 22 new appointments to the 2019 Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour. The appointees include Dr. Geoff Fernie (pictured on left), an expert in rehab medicine, and Dr. Allan Fox (pictured on right), a leading neuroradiologist and innovator. Read More

TORONTO – Young Lee (pictured) will join North York General Hospital as Vice President, Corporate Performance and Digital Health Innovation, Chief Financial Officer on February 1, 2021. Young has had a 25+ year career working across several hospitals and private corporations. He joins NYGH from his role as Vice President, Planning, Innovation and Transformation at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener, Ont. Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – HealthPRO’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Renato Discenza (pictured) as its new President and CEO effective January 1, 2021. Mr. Discenza replaces Cynthia Valaitis who announced her retirement in September 2020 after 24 years with the organization. Read More

HAMILTON, Ont. – Filomena (Fil) Canci (pictured), a 25-year Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) employee, was recently appointed to be the hospital’s first Chief Nursing Information Officer. Canci takes on the new role, becoming a key part of the much anticipated project to modernize HHS’ hospital information system (HIS). Read More

TORONTO – Digital Health Canada has announced the names of those chosen as Women Leaders in Digital Health 2020. The Women Leaders in Digital Health Award was created to annually celebrate 10 female visionaries harnessing the power of IT to transform health and healthcare in Canada. The award is inclusive of all women of influence in health information technology, no matter what their specialty, and is open to all women in the digital health community in Canada. Read More