September 29, 2009

Tariq Asmi to Vice-President, Regional Services, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores)
Dr. Philip Klassen to Vice-President, Medical Affairs, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores)
Paul Darby is retiring as CEO, Peterborough (ON) Regional Health Centre
Ken Tremblay to CEO, Peterborough (ON) Regional Health Centre
Ron Saddington is retiring as CEO of Thunder Bay (ON) Regional Health Sciences Centre
Julie Giraldi seconded to eHealth Ontario to help align their human resources function
Hugh O'Neill to President and CEO of Sanofi-aventis (Canada)
Dr. James Talbot to Senior Provincial Medical Officer for Alberta
Dr. Martin Lavoie to Senior Provincial Medical Officer for Alberta
City of Toronto has announced the naming of Paul E. Garfinkel Park

Dr. Najaf Al-Awadhi to director of the Farwaniya hospital, Kuwait
Dr Muna Abdul Samad to director of maternity hospital, , Kuwait
Dr. Dalal Al-Wadaeni as Director of Holistic Healing, Kuwait.
[The appointment of three women as hospital directors is a “first” for Kuwait.]

Mike Canzoneri to the Ethicon Endo Surgical group at Johnson and Johnson Canada
Paul-Émile Cloutier to Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Medical Association
Dr. Natasha Sharpe to Chair of the Board of Directors, Kensington Health Centre, Toronto (ON)
Elaine M. Paterson to Chair, Board of Governors North York (ON) General Hospital Foundation
Elyse Lackie, Heather Palm, Jennifer Bronsem, Mabel Ho, Mitch Frazer to Governors, North York (ON) General Hospital Foundation
Stacey Empson to Partner responsible for Courtyard Group U.S. operation
Mark Omoto to Biogen Idec as President and General Manager

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September 15, 2009

Tanya Flanagan to Project Lead, Client Support and Stakeholder Engagement, Primary Health Care Information at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Dr. Farrukh Khan to medical director of the adult diabetes program at Rough Valley Health System. Mark Omoto to Biogen Idec as President and General Manager Michael Cooper to the board of Cancer Care Ontario Linda Haslam-Stroud acclaimed as President of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) Stanley Yaren to president of the Canadian Psychiatric Association Chantale Simard to Deputy Director General, CSSS de Portneuf [Don’t forget, we don’t make these up. Please send your promotions, appointments, retirements and other transitions topublisher@longwoods.com.] Our transitions come from sources we believe to be reliable. We do not guarantee that they are correct. But we are rarely wrong.

September 8, 2009

TRANSITIONS & MORE

Murray Martin, President and CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences, to supervisor for Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH) to address governance, management and financial issues
Ray Brown to CIO, Queensland Health to implement the State’s e-health agenda
Dr. Colin Lee to the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control group at the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Dr. Colin Lee received a special recognition award from the American Medical Writers Association for co-authoring with Dr. Vincent Lam Pandemic Flu and You: A Guide, a book on pandemic preparedness for the general public
Dr. Shelley Deeks to the Surveillance and Epidemiology group at the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Corrine Johnston to Director of Health Sciences (Nursing, Oral Health, Health Services Management and Health and Wellness), George Brown College, Toronto

Review all recently reported Transitions.

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September 1, 2009

Helen Antoniou to Associate Director General, Public Affairs and Strategic Planning, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).
Dr. Scott Halperin to head up the PHAC/CIHR Influenza Research Network (PCIRN).
Tom Cantle goes home after getting a touch of the publishing virus in a foreign land (PDF)