Compassionate Minds – Episode 22 – Dr. Nicola Mercer

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.  …

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Compassionate Minds – Episode 21 – Dr. Altaf Stationwala

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…

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Compassionate Minds – Episode 20 – Will Falk & Dr. Zayna Khayat

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…

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Compassionate Minds – Episode 19 – Dr. Cynthia Whitehead

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.…

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Compassionate Minds – Episode 18 – Dr. Andy Smith

  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…

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Compassionate Minds – Episode 17 – Dr. Tara Kiran

  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…

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Compassionate Minds – Episode 16 – Dr. Laura Desveaux

  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…

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Compassionate Minds – Episode 13 – Dr. Kimberly Moran

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…

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Compassionate Minds – Dr. Danielle Martin – Episode 12

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.  …

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Compassionate Minds – Dr. Andrew Bond – Episode 11

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…

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