Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand (Toronto)
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Murray Martin President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences |
| Murray Martin is the President and CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences, one of Canada’s largest teaching hospitals and the major teaching hospital affiliated with McMaster University. Prior to his appointment in Hamilton in February 2001, he served for almost 10 years as the President and CEO of Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre. | |
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Cliff Nordal President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London and London Health Sciences Centre |
| Cliff Nordal is President and Chief Executive Officer of both St. Joseph’s Health Care, London (since April 1998) and London Health Sciences Centre (since January 2006). Cliff earned a Masters degree in Business Administration at York University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at the University of North Dakota. Cliff is certified with, has served as board chair and remains a fellow of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives. He is also a diplomat of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Cliff contributes extensively to the professional development of health service executives as a lecturer and author and is an assistant professor for the Department of Health Administration, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto. He currently serves on various boards and committees including: the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario as past president, the Catholic Health Association of Ontario board, boards of St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation and London Health Sciences Foundation, and on the board of the Lawson Health Research Institute, a joint initiative between St. Joseph’s Health Care, London and London Health Sciences Centre. | |

