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Dr. David Pichora, president and CEO of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is pleased to announce that Dr. Steven Smith (pictured) has been appointed vice president, health sciences research at KHSC. Dr. Smith has also been appointed by the Board of Directors of the Kingston General Health Research Institute (KGHRI) as president and CEO of the Institute. Read More

A long-time McMaster University professor, Julian Dobranowski (pictured), has been appointed the chair of the Department of Radiology. His five-year term started on Feb. 1, 2020. He is also currently the chief of diagnostic imaging at Niagara Health, as well as the director of the Centre of Radiological Anatomy. Read More

TORONTO – The Board of Directors of TIAP – Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (formerly MaRS Innovation) – is pleased to announce the appointment of Parimal Nathwani (pictured) as TIAP’s new president and CEO effective April 1, 2020.  Nathwani succeeds Dr. Raphael Hofstein who has served as the organization’s leader since 2009. Read More

TORONTO – Ervin Sejdic, PhD (pictured), has been appointed the new research chair in Artificial Intelligence for Health Outcomes at North York General Hospital (NYGH). What matters to him is finding the best and most efficient ways to care for patients, using whatever technologies or theories he can find. Read More

The Orange Business Services subsidiary, Enovacom, is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Alain Larochelle (pictured) as country manager for Canada. An engineer by trade, Mr. Larochelle’s background includes working for innovative healthcare IT companies such as Emergis, Telus, IMS Health (now IQVIA) and Purkinje. Read More

OTTAWA – Tim Smith, CEO of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and the Canadian Medical Association Group of Companies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Deborah Scott-Douglas (pictured) as president of Joule, a CMA company designed to assist physicians in the pursuit of clinical excellence. Ms. Scott-Douglas has held the position in an interim capacity since the summer and will continue her role as executive vice president, innovation, at the CMA. Read More

KIBBUTZ SHEFAYIM, Israel – Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, announced that Ohad Arazi (pictured) has been appointed as chief executive officer, succeeding co-founder Eyal Gura, who will continue as chairman of the board. Read More

TORONTO – The board of directors of Ontario Health has announced that Matthew Anderson (pictured) is joining the new provincial health care agency as its President and CEO effective February 1, 2020. Since 2016 he has been serving as the President and CEO of Lakeridge Health, a health system and hospital network that serves Durham Region, Ontario. Read More

MONTREAL – Dr. Pierre Gfeller, president and executive director of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), is proud to announce the two most recent appointments to the organization’s world-class clinical team. Effective January 1, 2020, Dr. Marc Rodger (pictured on left) will assume the functions of physician-in-chief and medical director of the Medical Mission of the MUHC, while Dr. Diego Martin (pictured on right) will become diagnostic radiologist-in-chief of the MUHC. Read More

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Lynn Guerriero (pictured), an accomplished executive leader in the Ontario health system, will assume the role of president of Niagara Health effective Tuesday, February 18, 2020. This appointment follows a national search that attracted strong candidates and led to Lynn’s unanimous selection due to her unique set of skills, passion and vision for high-quality healthcare in Niagara. Read More