REGINA – The Saskatchewan government has appointed Scott Livingstone (pictured), the current head of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, as the CEO of the province’s soon-to-launch health super board. The new, province-wide health authority is to be based in Saskatoon.
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LONDON, Ont. – Dr. Narinder Paul (pictured) has been appointed as Chair/Chief, Department of Medical Imaging in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University and its teaching hospitals, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London. The appointment became effective July 1, 2017.
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TORONTO – Baycrest Health Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Allison Sekuler (pictured) as the new Vice-President, Research, and the Sandra A. Rotman Chair at Baycrest Health Sciences.
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LONDON, Ont. – The Canadian Health Information Management Association ( CHIMA) is pleased to announce its new Board of Directors for 2017/18. CHIMA is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Van Oort (pictured), MLT, CHIMA (ON), as Chair of the CHIMA Board of Directors.
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TORONTO – The Members of COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association recently elected (from a group of ten candidates) four new Board Members. COACH welcomes Angela Copeland (pictured), Shiran Isaacksz, Ted Scott and Gillian Sweeney to the Board. The 2017-2018 COACH Board now consists of the following representatives:
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TORONTO – The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (the Partnership) is pleased to announce the appointment of Cynthia Morton (pictured) as chief executive officer, effective July 24th, 2017. Ms. Morton comes to the Partnership from eHealth Ontario, where she has been the CEO since September 2014.
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VICTORIA – Don Hubbard, Board Chair for the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health) announced that Dr. Brendan Carr (pictured) has advised the Board of his decision to leave his role as president and CEO of Island Health.
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SASKATOON – Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall joined the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan (CHFS) to announce a $50 million donation and a new name for the children’s hospital and the foundation.
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OTTAWA – CADTH is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Harindra Wijeysundera (pictured) as the new vice-president of medical devices and clinical Interventions. Dr. Wijeysundera brings with him a tremendous amount of experience as both a practising physician and a scientist.
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KELOWNA, BC – The telehealth community has lost one of its pioneers. Dr. Bill Nelems (pictured) was an enthusiastic advocate of telemedicine and over many years contributed to the improvement and expansion of the service so that patients would have better access to care. Sadly, Dr. Nelems passed away in Kelowna this past April at the age of 77.
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