VICTORIA – To help with the troubled Clinical Systems Transformation Project in the Vancouver area, Health Minister Adrian Dix has called in the former London Drugs CEO, Wynne Powell (pictured), who helped the Fraser Health Authority during a leadership crisis in 2014.
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WINNIPEG – Doctors Manitoba has selected Theresa Oswald (pictured) as its new chief executive officer starting in January 2018. Well known to the medical community around the country as the Province of Manitoba’s former Minister of Health, Oswald more recently served as the Executive Director of the Women’s Health Clinic in Winnipeg.
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LONDON, Ont. – Ramona Robinson, chair of LHSC’s Board of Directors, announced that Dr. Paul Woods (pictured) has been named the hospital’s new president and chief executive officer, effective January 15, 2018. In addition to his medical expertise, Dr. Woods brings extensive management experience and a record of successfully leading positive change in complex environments.
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TORONTO – James Bateman, the co-founder and CEO of MedChart (www.medchart.ca), has announced the appointment of Dennis Giokas (pictured) as its CIO. Dennis was most recently Chief Technology Officer for Canada Health Infoway and headed up the organization’s Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem Group.
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NEWMARKET, Ont. – Following an extensive Canada-wide search by Southlake Regional Health Centre’s Board of Directors, Arden Krystal (pictured) has been appointed as Southlake’s incoming president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective October 10, 2017. She takes over from retiring president and CEO Dr. Dave Williams.
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EDMONTON – Milton Sussman (pictured), a veteran civil servant who held high-ranking positions in Manitoba’s former NDP government, has been hired as Alberta’s next deputy minister of health.
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TORONTO – Yung Wu (pictured), a pioneering entrepreneur and serial investor, will be the new CEO of MaRS Discovery District, the board of directors announced. Wu will start at MaRS on November 1, 2017, the culmination of a global search to find a successor to outgoing CEO Ilse Treurnicht.
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TORONTO – The Board of Directors of the Vector Institute announced the appointment of its first president and CEO, Dr. Garth Gibson (pictured). His appointment is effective January 2, 2018. Dr. Gibson has held a number of leadership positions at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, including as Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Co-Director of its Master of Computational Data Science program, and Associate Dean for Master’s Programs in the School of Computer Science.
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VANCOUVER – Reliq Health Technologies Inc., a technology company focused on developing innovative mobile health (mHealth) and telemedicine solutions for community-based healthcare, is pleased to announce that Dr. Richard Sztramko (pictured) has joined the company as its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Sztramko works from the company’s operational headquarters in Hamilton, Ont.
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VICTORIA, BC – Niles Geminiuc (pictured) has joined Bialogics Analytics as vice president of sales. Niles is a senior executive with over 17 years in the healthcare informatics and medical imaging industry. He has a proven track record of solving complex problems in healthcare IT through collaboration and innovation.
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