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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October 14, 2008
David Dodge, former Deputy Minister of Health, to Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
Lesley A. Alboini to Vice Chair, Sunnybrook Foundation
Robert Zed to 2008 Chair's Award for Distinguished Service, the Canadian College of Health Service Executives
Ric Rumble to President and CEO of TSO3.com
Dr. Alla Reznic [Lakehead University] to Canada Research Chair in the Physics of Molecular Imaging
Dr. Gregory Pyle [Lakehead University] to Chair in Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology

TRANSITIONS | last two weeks

October 7, 2008
Dr. William Fitzgerald to President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.


September 30, 2008
Dr. Sylvie Stachenko appointed to founding dean of the School of Public Health - University of Alberta
Dr. Alan Hudson to Chair, eHealth Ontario (PDF)
Francis LaBossiere to President & Chief Operating Officer, Victoria General Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Kenneth Olden to founding and acting dean of the proposed CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. New York
Dr. Michael Gardam to Director of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (PDF)
Dr. Natasha Crowcroft to Director of Surveillance and Epidemiology, The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (PDF)
Dr. Heather Manson to Senior Medical Advisor to the President, The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (PDF)
Anton Hart to Chair, Canadian Obesity Network
J. David Livingston to member of the board, eHealth Ontario (PDF)
Matthew Anderson to member of the board, eHealth Ontario (PDF)
Heather Sherrard to member of the board, eHealth Ontario (PDF)
Ken Deane to member of the board, eHealth Ontario (PDF)
Anthony DiCaita to Project Director, the Children’s Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt (A Canadian CCI project)

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September 16, 2008
Janice (Jan) Beazley to Chair, North West LHIN Board of Directors
Robert (Bob) Gregor to Vice Chair, North West LHIN Board of Directors

September 9, 2008
Michael Barrett to acting CEO of the South West LHIN (ON)
Robert Biron to President and CEO of Northumberland Hills (ON) Hospital
Dr. John Wright to President and CEO, The Scarborough (ON) Hospital
Marian Walsh to Board of Directors, Ontario Hospital Association
Janet Davidson to Board of Directors, Ontario Hospital Association
Cheryl Craig to Interim CEO of the Five Hills Health Region, South Central Saskatchewan
Prateek Dwivedi to Vice President and CIO of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
Terry Dyni to Director, Community Relations, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia (ON)
Sydney Tomchenko to Communications, the Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver (BC)
Mark Karjualoto to Communications, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener (ON)
Rennie Brown to Communications Director, BC Mental Health & Addiction Services –Coquitlam (BC)

September 2, 2008
Chris Ferguson to Interim Chief Executive Officer, Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital and Grove Nursing Home
Dr. Martin Lees to Chief of Staff, Bluewater Health
Dr. David M.C. Walker to Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Terrance Sullivan to Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Dr. Richard Massé to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Dr. Michael D. Christian to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Judith Tompkins to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Dr. Liana Nolan to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Denise Arsenault to Vice President and CAO, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Phil Jackson to Vice President, Strategy and External Relations, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion