November 25, 2008

Jeff Lozon to President & CEO, Revera
Pat Campbell to inaugural President and CEO of ECHO, the province of Ontario’s new women’s health agency
Andreas Laupacis to Member of the Alberta Health Services Board. (For a complete list of the new board download PDF)
François Côté to President of TELUS Health Solutions
Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Department, the US Government
Emergis becomes TELUS Health Solutions in a corporate merge.

TRANSITIONS

November 18, 2008
Barbara Drew to acting chief executive office, Canadian Medical Association
Rheney Castillo to Senior Director for Women and Infants Health and Nursing, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto ON
Dr. Jack Kitts (President & CEO, The Ottawa Hospital), to Chair, ACAHO Board of Directors
Ida Goodreau (President & CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority), to Member, ACAHO Board of Directors
Dr. Arthur Porter (Executive Director & CEO, McGill University Health Centre) to Member, ACAHO Board of Directors
Christine Power (President & CEO, Capital District Health Authority) to member, ACAHO Board of Directors
Theresa Fillatre to Director of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives for the Province of Nova Scotia
Brock Hovey to Co-Director of the Canadian College of Health Service for the Province of Ontario
Colin Houghton to EDS as Practice Leader for Health Care in Ontario

TRANSITIONS

November 11, 2008,

Feria Bacchus to Vice President, Business Development & Marketing, Healthcare Division, Sodexo Canada
Dr. Malcolm King to Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health
Dr. Philip M. Sherman to Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
William Tholl resigned as Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Medical Association.

Robert Zed to Chair Compass Group Healthcare

TRANSITIONS | last two weeks

November 4, 2008
Leona Aglukkaq to Minister of Health, Government of Canada
Dr. Paula Rochon to Vice-President Research for Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON
Sarah Kramer to inaugural CEO of eHealth Ontario
Anne Lloyd, chief executive of the NHS in Wales, to lead a major project on tackling waiting times for hospital appointments and treatments.
Steve Banyai to President and CEO ofConsolidated Health Information Services (CHIS), and Chief Information Officer of CKHA and Windsor Regional Hospital.
Sharon Pfaff to Deputy Chief Information Officer, Cancer Care Ontario.

October 28, 2008
Bill Richard to Board Chair, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Maureen Ball to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Timo Hytonen to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Jan Montgomery to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Donna Segal to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Tom Buchanan to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
See: KGH announces new Board of Directors (PDF)
John Thompson to Chancellor, University of Western Ontario.
Elizabeth McGregor to senior research associate for Trent University, ON
Rodney Burns to Regional Chief Information Officer and e-Health Lead, North Simcoe Muskoka Hospitals/CCAC and LHIN 12, ON
Mark Given to Director of Professional Practice, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists

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