SUDBURY, Ont. – Lorraine Carrington (pictured) has been appointed HSN’s vice-president and chief nursing executive, effective August 20th. She will be the successor to David McNeil who served in this role for 17 years, and in January was promoted to Senior Vice-President, Patient Experience and Digital Transformation.
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TORONTO – The University Health Network is proud to announce the establishment of the Wolfond Chair in Digital Health, along with the inaugural Chair holder, Dr. Joseph Cafazzo (pictured). The Chair, one of the first of its kind in Canada, is an important step forward in acknowledging the importance of advanced applied research in the discipline of digital health and supporting a positive change in modernized healthcare delivery.
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OTTAWA – Lynn Stevenson, chair of the board of the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) has announced that Jennifer Zelmer (pictured) will join CFHI as its incoming president and CEO on September 1, 2018.
“We are thrilled to have Jennifer Zelmer agree to join CFHI and lead us forward in working with the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to spread and scale healthcare innovation that delivers value to Canadians,” said Dr. Stevenson.
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VANCOUVER – Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill (pictured), CEO and chief medical officer of Careteam technologies, a Vancouver based physician tech entrepreneur, received the Startup Canada’s Western Canada Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award, sponsored by the Business Development Bank of Canada.
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TORONTO – Baycrest Health Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Howard Chertkow (pictured) as the new chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation, and senior scientist at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute (RRI).
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MONTREAL – The McGill University Health Centre has named a former family physician and hospital administrator as its new president and executive director. Dr. Pierre Gfeller (pictured) will take over the role starting on May 28.
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TORONTO – The Ontario government has appointed Dr. Helena Jaczek (pictured) as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. She follows Dr. Eric Hoskins, who resigned to lead a national pharmacare project. Dr. Jaczek has previously served as Minister of Community and Social Services, as well as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health Promotion.
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TORONTO – Mr. Brian Porter, chair of the board of trustees of University Health Network (UHN), announced that Kevin Smith, DPhil. (pictured), is UHN’s incoming president & CEO. Dr. Smith is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Joseph’s Health System in Hamilton and Chief Executive Officer of Niagara Health System. He joins UHN on May 22, 2018.
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KITCHENER, Ont. – Rina Carlini, Ph.D. (pictured), has been appointed president at Cloud DX. The company, based in Kitchener, Ontario and with U.S. headquarters in New York, develops leading-edge medical devices and offers an integrated, cloud-based software platform for remote patient monitoring.
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MARKHAM, Ont. – Saint Elizabeth Health Care, a national provider of home care and other healthcare services, has hired Zayna Khayat (pictured) as its Future Strategist. Saint Elizabeth is a Canadian social enterprise with a mission to spread home and happiness. The major area of focus is in delivering health and care services in the home.
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