Alumni News Archives
- Two HPME Alumni Named Among Canada's Most Powerful Women in 2008
- HPME Alumni Among Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2007
- Onil Bhattacharyya Places 1st in Harvard Business School Contest
- Bernard Lawless Appointed Provincial Lead, Critical Care and Trauma
- Hume Martin Receives 2005 SOG Leadership Award
- Ed Etchells Receives 2005 SOG Literary Award
- Shirlee Sharkey Receives OHA Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership
- Matthew Anderson Receives 2005 CIO of the Year Award
Two HPME Alumni Named Among Canada's Most Powerful Women in 2008
HPME congratulates MHSc alumni Mary Jo Haddad (MHSc '98) and Elisabeth Ross (MHSc '99), on being named to the 2008 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100. The list, published annually by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN), honours the achievements of 100 Canadian women in all fields of endeavour.
Mary Jo Haddad is President and CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children and was named in the category of Public Sector Leaders. The category recognizes women who hold the most senior positions in Canada’s largest public sector organizations. This is the second consecutive year she has been named to the Top 100.
Elisabeth Ross is Chief Executive Officer of Ovarian Cancer Canada and was recognized in the category of Trailblazers and Trendsetters. The category honours those who have made a major impact in their field and to Canadian society in general.
HPME celebrates the leadership and achievements of Mary Jo and Elisabeth. Congratulations!
HPME Alumni Among Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2007
Shirley Sharkey (MHSc ‘92), President and CEO of Saint Elizabeth Health Care, and Mary Jo Haddad (MHSc ’98), President and CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children, have been named among the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). This annual award recognizes leadership demonstrated by Canadian women across employment sectors.
Sharkey, recognized in the category of Professionals, has led the transformation of Saint Elizabeth Health Care from a small Toronto-based service provider to an internationally-renowned leader in home and community care. She has also been recognized for her outstanding leadership with the Ontario Hospital Association’s Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership in 2005, a Golden Jubilee Medal of Queen Elizabeth II in 2003, and a Who’s Who in Healthcare Award in 2000.
Haddad received this award in the category of Public Sector Leadership. She has held senior leadership positions at the Hospital for Sick Children since 2000. In 2005, she was awarded the prestigious Premier’s Award in recognition of outstanding achievement by College Alumni and an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Windsor. Both Sharkey and Haddad contribute to healthcare leadership training through their positions as Adjunct Faculty in HPME.
Onil Bhattacharyya Places 1st in Harvard Business School Contest
HPME alumnus Onil Bhattacharyya (PhD, Class of ’06) and team members Lingling Zhang and Anna Chodos (both students in the Harvard School of Public Health) are the winners of the 2007 Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest. The Unite for Health! team took first place in the Social Enterprise track of the contest, receiving $10,000 cash and $10,000 in in-kind services.
Social enterprise business plans must have an explicitly social agenda. Bhattacharyya’s plan included the provision of training in cardiovascular disease management to primary care providers in China, as well as community-based health promotion and support for patient self-care. It was pitched as a 21st-century barefoot doctor approach to deal with cardiovascular and chronic disease, including use of the polypill (4-drug combination pharmacotherapy).
The primary goal of the Business Plan Contest is to educate students in the process of creating and evaluating new business ventures and to prepare students for opportunities in entrepreneurship sometime during their careers. While contestants are not required to implement their business plan, approximately one-third of plans entered result in the development of new organizations based on those plans.
Bhattacharyya is currently a Takemi (post-doctoral) Fellow in Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is also a funded researcher in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, and research fellow at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital.
Bernard Lawless Appointed Provincial Lead, Critical Care and Trauma
HPME alumnus Bernard Lawless (MHSc 2005) has been appointed the Provincial Lead, Critical Care and Trauma. In this role, he will be responsible for the implementation of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's Critical Care Strategy and overseeing the Critical Care Secretariat. Dr. Lawless is a practising internist and trauma surgeon, based out of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, and has first-hand experience with the challenges facing critical care services.
Hume Martin Receives 2005 SOG Leadership Award
Each year, the Society of Graduates recognizes an alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to health policy, health care management or the evaluation of health system performance. This year’s winner of the Leadership Award is Hume Martin (MHSc, Class of ’81), President and CEO of the Rouge Valley Health System since 2002. Mr. Martin’s career in leadership positions spans regional health systems, hospitals, health planning bodies, and community service agencies in Canada and abroad.
In an interview with fellow alumnus Ken Tremblay (MHSc, Class of ‘80) published recently in Healthcare Quarterly, Mr. Martin offers this advice to aspiring healthcare leaders, “Experience the health system in its totality – don’t get caught in one silo. There are so many ways to contribute to our system. Have the courage to move among its elements – you will learn and contribute more if you have those experiences.”
Ed Etchells Receives 2005 SOG Literary Award
Each year the Society of Graduates presents its Graduate Literary Award to an alumnus who has written and published an article of superior quality. The winner of the 2005 award is Dr. Ed Etchells (MSc, Class of ’94) for his paper, Unintended Medication Discrepancies at the Time of Hospital Admission.
The award-winning article, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (February 2005;165:424-429), reports the results of a study of unintended discrepancies between the medication history gathered from patients on admission to the hospital and the physician’s medication orders.
According to Dr. Etchells and his co-authors, “…the processes for recording medication histories on admission to the hospital are inadequate, potentially dangerous, and in need of improvement.”
The article was co-authored by Patricia Cornish, Sandra Knowles, Romina Marchesano, Vincent Tam, Steven Shadowitz and David Juurlink.
Shirlee Sharkey Receives OHA Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership
Shirlee Sharkey (MHSc, Class of ’92) received the 2005 Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership from the Ontario Hospital Association in recognition of her leadership role as President and CEO of Saint Elizabeth Health Care.
In an interview published in Nursing Leadership (Vol. 18, No. 4 2005), Ms. Sharkey discusses her leadership style and the critical characteristics of health care leaders. She says, “In the role of CEO, a critical characteristic is to be future-oriented and look at the world through a variety of lenses – first, to identify and push out emerging trends; second, to align key themes with organizational strengths; and third, to be responding proactively before the public explicitly demands it.”
Ms. Sharkey is a strong contributor to leadership training in HPME, where she holds an adjunct faculty appointment.
Matthew Anderson Receives 2005 CIO of the Year Award
HPME alumnus, Matthew Anderson (MHSc Class of ’97) received the prestigious 2005 CIO of the Year Award, recognizing his work as an exceptional Canadian leader who has made an outstanding difference in the advancement of e-Health. The Canadian Information Productivity Award (CIPA) awards program recognizes excellence in innovation and the ability of Canadian organizations to change, adapt and compete on a global scale.
"Matthew is a successful leader who has the rare combination of technical expertise and understanding about the complex needs of a patient care institution," explained Dr. Michael Baker, UHN's Physician in Chief.
Matthew is Vice President and CIO of the University Health Network and, in a GTA-wide collaboration, he is also CIO for the North York Community Care Access Centre, St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto Community Care Access Centre, Toronto Rehab Institute and West Park Healthcare Centre.