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MARKHAM, Ont. – Shirlee Sharkey (pictured) is a woman on a mission: to make people feel their best – at home. She’s been leading this mission for almost three decades. This month, Sharkey, a long-time advocate for home care was honoured with the first-ever “Women-Led Business” award at the Markham Board of Trade, Business Excellence Awards. Read More

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority announced that it has hired Vickie Kaminski (pictured) as its new president and CEO. She will replace outgoing president and CEO Réal Cloutier, who recently announced he’d be stepping down. Read More

MONTREAL – Cardiologist and patient safety advocate, Dr. Robert Amyot (pictured), is joining the MEDFAR Clinical Solutions management team as its Chief Medical Officer, at a time when the company is expanding its presence across Canada and internationally. By welcoming an experienced practitioner and manager aboard, MEDFAR is reinforcing the strength of its executive team. Read More

CHICAGO – HIMSS President and CEO, Hal Wolf (pictured), has been appointed as a member of the Digital Health Technology Advisory Group (DHTAG, under the World Health Organization (WHO). Read More

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google has hired Karen DeSalvo (pictured), a former health official in the Obama administration, as its first chief health officer. The addition of Karen DeSalvo, who has spent the past two years teaching at the University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School, comes weeks after Alphabet tapped former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert M. Califf to lead the company’s health and strategy policy. Read More

WINNIPEG – Réal Cloutier (pictured) is resigning as the head of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, ending a 31-year career in healthcare. “Although I have been contemplating retirement for some time, I took on the role as CEO because I felt the need to see our organization through a period of important and unprecedented change,” he said in a memo, referring to the recent consolidation of health services. Read More

KITCHENER, Ont. – The Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s General Hospital is pleased to announce that Ms. Lee Fairclough (pictured) will be the new president of St. Mary’s. Ms. Fairclough is a seasoned healthcare leader with broad experience working with patients and healthcare partners to improve quality of care. She will begin her new role on January 6, 2020. Read More

TORONTO – Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Dr. Claudia Krywiak (pictured) has been appointed the new president and CEO of OCE. Claudia has been serving as OCE’s interim president and CEO since July 2019, following the retirement of Dr. Tom Corr. Read More

HALIFAX, N.S. – Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) and its board of directors have announced that Dr. Brendan Carr (pictured) will start his work as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer effective Dec. 16, 2019. Read More

OAKVILLE, Ont. – Siemens Healthineers Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Sevket On (pictured) as vice president and general manager for Zone Canada. Mr. On assumes responsibility for the strategic direction of Siemens Healthineers, which is focused on driving profitable growth, transforming care delivery and improving patient experience. Read More