Compassionate Minds: Conversations with Healthcare Leaders

Dr.  Dominik   Nowak  is a family doctor and health leader. In addition to caring for patients and serving as Department Head in Family and Community Medicine at Women's College Hospital in Toronto, Dr.  Nowak 's mission is to build teamwork across the health system. He is a trusted advisor to leading provincial, national, and international organizations toward a health system that is more kind, c...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Nicola Mercer. Dr. Nicola Mercer (MD MBA MPH FRCPC C. Dir) is the Medical Officer of Health and CEO of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. Before joining Public Health in 2007, she spent 15 years as an anesthesiologist and critical care physician. She is currently a Board member at Public Health Ontario sitting on the...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Altaf Stationwala. Altaf   Stationwala  is President and CEO of Unity Health Toronto, one of Ontario's largest and most comprehensive health care networks. The network includes St. Joseph's Health Centre, St. Michael's Hospital and Providence Healthcare, and a constellation of clinics across Toronto's core. Unity Health delivers...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Will Falk and Dr. Zayna Khayat.  Will Falk has spent over 25 years as an international strategist, advising top academic centres, governments, and innovative companies in healthcare. He is currently the Board Chair of AMS Healthcare's Board of Directors, an Adjunct Professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University o...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr.  Cynthia   Whitehead . Cynthia   Whitehead  is an education scientist, educator, and family physician. Her research examines the effects of power relations on various structures, systems, processes, and practices in health professions education, paying attention to who and what is advantaged or disadvantaged as a result. She...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Andy Smith. Since 2017, Dr. Andy Smith has been the President and CEO of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre where he leads over 12,000 staff, physicians, researchers and learners and an annual budget of more than $1.4 billion. Prior to his current role, Dr. Smith served as Sunnybrook's Executive Vice President and Chief Medic...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Tara Kiran.  Dr. Tara Kiran is a family physician and a health systems researcher with nationally and internationally recognized expertise in primary care policy, quality improvement, and health system evaluation. She holds the Fidani Chair in Improvement and Innovation at the University of Toronto where she also serves as V...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Laura Desveaux, PhD, CPCC, ACC , a scientist and Director of the Learning Health System Leadership Center at the Institute for Better Health at Trillium Health Partners. She is a Senior Fellow with AMS Healthcare, an Assistant Professor with IHPME at the University of Toronto, and a 2023-24 Leadership Fellow with the Interna...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Gillian Strudwick, a Registered Nurse and an internationally recognized leader in digital health and mental health innovation. She currently serves as the Interim Scientific Director of the Digital Innovation Hub, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Robert Reid.  Dr. Robert Reid is the Chief Scientist Emeritus at Trillium Health Partners, where he previously served as the Hazel McCallion Research Chair in Learning Health Systems at the Institute for Better Health (IBH) and Senior Vice President. He is a global expert and thought leader in population health, learning hea...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Kimberly Moran. Kimberly Moran has served as OMA's CEO since December 2023. She is a highly respected health-care leader and accomplished executive with more than 30 years of senior leadership experience in the private and not-for-profit sectors. Kimberly comes to the OMA from her most recent role as the president and CEO of the...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr.  Danielle   Martin , a Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), University of Toronto. DFCM is the largest academic department of family medicine in the world and home to the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care.  Dr. Martin  is an active fam...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr.  Andrew   Bond . He is the Senior Vice President and Medical Director at GreenShield, Canada's only national non profit health and benefits provider, where he leads the Enterprise Clinical Office providing clinical governance for quality, innovation and health policy and partnerships for GreenShield's mental health, pharmacy...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Andrew Boozary, a primary care physician, policy practitioner, researcher, and founding executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at the University Health Network. He completed his medical training at the University of Toronto and health policy training at Princeton University and Harvard University. His w...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Chandi Chandrasena, OntarioMD's Chief Medical Officer, providing the clinical perspective to inform digital health products and services for physicians. She plays a key role with digital health technology, clinician engagement, change management and education, and is actively involved in provincial and national discussions o...

I n this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks  with Anna Greenberg. A n na  is a highly regarded member of Ontario Health's senior leadership team, s erving in a number of roles since the organization's beginning. She served as the inaugural Chief of Strategy and Planning and as Chief Regional Officer, Toronto and East, for over two years. Now, as Executive Vice-President and C...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Donna Duncan.   Donna Duncan is a passionate seniors' care, mental health advocate, and broader public sector leader, bringing more than 20 years of experience in advancing transformative change at organization and system levels.   As CEO of the Ontario Long Term Care Association, Donna leads the largest provincial association r...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Sophia Ikura. Sophia is the founder and Executive Director of Health Commons, a pioneering organization dedicated to addressing health disparities by combining the tools of a diverse set of disciplines from epidemiology to service design and political science  to bring community-driven solutions into the health policy space. Wit...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr.  Brian   Hodges .  Brian   Hodges  is Executive-Vice President Education and Chief Medical Officer at University Health Network, and Professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  Brian  is a practicing psychiatrist, teacher,...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Keith Thompson. Dr. Thompson is a family physician, a graduate of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, and an Adjunct Faculty Professor with both the departments of Family Medicine and the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration at Western University. He also serves at Western as a co-investigator on two virtual...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Lisa Richardson. Dr. Lisa Richardson practises General Internal Medicine at the Toronto General Hospital and is the Associate Dean, Inclusion and Diversity; as well as Acting Vice Dean, Strategy, at the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine. She is an education researcher at the Wilson Centre with a scholarly f...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Nicole  Woods . Nicole ( Nikki )  Woods , PhD is the Richard and Elizabeth Currie Chair for Research in Health Professions Education. She is also Director of The Institute for Education Research (TIER) at University Health Network and Senior Scientist at The Wilson Centre, University of Toronto. Dr.  Woods  leads an internationa...

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Adil Khalfan.   Adil Khalfan is President and CEO of Kensington Health, a not-for-profit health service organization located in Toronto, Ontario. Adil has a vast background in nursing, public health, international development, and health system strategy in Canada and internationally. His career has crossed many sectors with dive...

Are you ready to engage with Canada's most inspiring healthcare leaders? AMS proudly presents 'Compassionate Minds: Conversations with Healthcare Leaders.' Helen Angus, the CEO of AMS Healthcare, is excited to host this stimulating new podcast. In each episode, she engages in dialogue with some of the most dynamic healthcare system leaders, delving into their origins, remarkable journeys, and ever...