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TRANSITIONS

Jennifer Zelmer to Senior Vice President for Clinical Adoption and Innovation at Canada Health Infoway.

Lee Gould to Vice-President (University Advancement), Lakehead University

Joyce Bailey is now Chair of St. John’s Rehab (Toronto)

Phil Hassen to President and CEO, Canadian Network of International Surgery

Patrick Gaskin to Acting President & CEO, Cambridge Memorial Hospital (ON)

For the record. We missed these . . .

Lise Guerrette-Daigle  to Executive Vice-President, Acute Care Facilities for Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Lise Roy  to Vice-President, Planning, Quality and Privacy of Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Aline Johanns  to Vice-President, Human Resources for Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Suzanne Robichaud  to Vice-President, Primary Health Care of Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Claire Dennie  to Vice-President, Community Health Services for Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Joey Caissie  to Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Services for Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Stéphane Legacy to Vice-President, Professional and Diagnostic Services for Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Dr. René LaMontagne to Vice-President, Medical Services of Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Bernadette Thériault to Chief Integration Officer of Regional Health Authority A.

Jean-René Noël to Executive Director, Communications and Public Relations for Regional Health Authority A. NB.

Pierre Verret to Executive Director of the Edmundston Regional Hospital.

Daniel Paré to Executive Director of Chaleur Regional Hospital NB.

Bertrand Collin  to Executive Director of the Restigouche Hospital Centre NB.

Review all recently reported Transitions.

Leo Steven to Chair of the inaugural Board of Directors to oversee Prince Edward Island’s new health services authority, Health PEI

Geraldine MacKendrick to Board of Directors, Health PEI

Dr. Marvin Clark to Board of Directors, Health PEI

Kenneth Ezeard to Board of Directors, Health PEI

Gordon MacKay to Board of Directors, Health PEI

Dr. Kinsey Smith to Board of Directors, Health PEI

Denis Marantz to Board of Directors, Health PEI

Saifa Koonar to President and CEO of Alberta Children's Hospital

Mary Clare Egberts to President and CEO of Quinte Health Care (ON)
Dr. Brian Conway to Medical Director, ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp (PDF)

Len Edwards from Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs to Prime Minister Harper’s personal representatives for the G8 and G20 summits

Morris Rosenberg from Deputy Minister of Health Canada to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of June.

Glenda Yeates to Deputy Minister of Health Canada (effective next week)

Judy Pace to Chair of the Board that oversees the Timiskaming (ON) Health Unit.

Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, joins panel of external experts to assess the global response to the pandemic and identify lessons for the future. More on the Longwoods Healthcare Blog.

Review all recently reported Transitions.

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Nova Scotia Association of Health Organizations (NSAHO) to Health Association Nova Scotia. Details

SIMS Partnership to revise structure and change the name to the GTA Health Information Collaborative (HIC).

. . . and all SAHO operations previously located in the Saskatoon office on Airport Drive are now at 800 - 2002 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK, S4P 0R7.

Review all recently reported Transitions.

March 30, 2010

Donald M. Berwick, nominated by a President Barack Obama to run Medicare and Medicaid

Peter Finkle, Chief Operating Officer at Southlake Regional Health Centre, has passed away (ON)

Pat Kahle to Surgical Program Director, Humber River Regional Hospital (ON)

Chris Wilkinson to Vice President of Professional Services, Ormed Information Systems Ltd.

Ruby Jacobs to the Board of the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (ON) Local Health Integration Network

Jamie Oliver to the United States to start a revolution in Huntington, West Virginia. See: www.longwoods.com

Debra Bennett to Longwoods Publishing developing partnership programs.

TRANSITIONS & AWARDS

Matthew Anderson, President & Chief Executive Officer of William Osler Health System as of April 5, 2010

Paula M. Rozanski to Executive Director of the CSSS La Pommeraie

Christopher Van Gorder, president and CEO of four-hospital Scripps Health in San Diego, to chair of the ACHE for 2010-11

. . . and from Life Sciences BC

Drs. Marco Marra, Rob Holt, and Steven Jones, Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre Award for Scientific Excellence

Dr. Andy Hoffer, Lungpacer Medical Award for Innovation and Achievements

Mr. Don Avison, Award for Leadership

Neoteric to Medical Device Company of the Year, in British Columbia

Cardiome Pharma to Life Sciences Company of the Year, in British Columbia

Review all recently reported Transitions.

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March 16, 2010

Helen Angus to Vice President of the Ontario Renal Network

Louise Bradley to President and Chief Executive Officer Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Tanya Snow to Executive Director, Augustine House Society

Patricia Martens (Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba ) to editor for the journal Healthcare Policy.

Mark Dobrow (University of Toronto and Cancer Care Ontario) to editor for the journal Healthcare Policy

Rick Rogers and John Horne step down as editors of the journal Healthcare Policy. Editor in Chief, Jennifer Zelmer, recognized them for stellar service. We second that. Thank you.

Greg A. Reed to (nominated) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of eHealth Ontario’s board of directors.

SIMS Partnership to be renamed GTA Health Information Collaborative (HIC). Apparently no branding consultant was asked for advice.

Jean-Pierre Boisclair to (nominated) member of eHealth Ontario’s board of directors

Maureen O’Neil to (nominated) member of eHealth Ontario’s board of directors.