Staff and Speakers

 

Program Staff

  • Dev Menon, Program Director

Program Advisors 

  • Aslam Bhatti, Previously Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta Health and Vice-President, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
  • John Crook, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health; Former Commander, 1 Health Services Group, Canadian Armed Forces
  • Chris Eagle, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health; physician; former CEO, Alberta Health Services
  • Dev Menon, Program Director, Fellowship in Health System Improvement; Professor, School of Public Health
  • Stephanie Montesanti, Associate Professor, School of Public Health
  • Don Philippon, Founding Director, Fellowship in Health System Improvement; Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health; former Deputy Minister, Alberta Health
  • Tania Stafinski, Director, Health Technology Policy Unit, School of Public Health
  • Marianne Stewart, former Vice-President, Mental Health & Community Services, Edmonton Zone, Alberta Health Services

Speakers (previous years)

Former Political Leaders


  • Terry Lake, former Minister of Health, British Columbia
  • Sarah Hoffman, former Minister of Health, Alberta
  • Fred Horne, former Minister of Health, Alberta
  • John Nilson, former Minister of Health, Saskatchewan
  • Dave Hancock, former Premier, Alberta

Health System Leaders

  • Janet Davidson, Administrator, Nova Scotia Health Authority; former deputy Minister of Health, Alberta
  • Doug Cochrane, Chair of the Board, Interior Health, British Columbia
  • Sean Chilton, Vice-President, Alberta Health Services
  • Hugh MacLeod, former Deputy Minister of Health, Ontario; CEO, Canadian Patient Safety Institute
  • Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust
  • Denise Perrett, former Deputy Minister of Health, Nova Scotia 
  • Bill Tholl, former CEO, HealthcareCAN
  • Marcia Nelson, Executive Fellow, Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business, Haskayne School of Business and School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
  • Penny Ballem, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia; former Deputy Minister, British Columbia; City Manager, City of Vancouver

Health System Research Leaders

  • Ewan Affleck, Senior Medical Advisor - Health Informatics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
  • Esther Tailfeathers, Senior Medical Director, Provincial Indigenous Wellness Core, Alberta Health Services
  • Greg Marchildon, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
  • Ross Mitchell, Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Alberta Health Services
  • Ivy Bourgeault, Chair in Gender, Work and Health Human Resources, Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Professor, Tefler School of Management, University of Ottawa
  • Graham Dickson, Professor Emeritus and Founding Director, Centre for Health Leadership and Research, Royal Roads University
  • Anne Snowdon, Professor, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor; Academic Chair, World Health Innovation Network; and Scientific Director and CEO, SCAN Health
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