Smart Healthcare Panel Participants

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Smart Healthcare Panel Participants

Guy Breton (Moderator)

Guy Breton became the eleventh rector of the Universit de Montral in June 2010. A radiologist bytraining, he has taught at the UdeM Faculty of Medicine since 1979. Dr. Breton has worked in bothuniversity administration and the healthcare sector. At UdeM, he has served as director of theDepartment of Radiology, Radio-Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, executive vice-dean of theFaculty of Medicine and executive vice-rector of the university. At the same time, he held a varietyof strategic and operational roles at Saint-Luc Hospital and the CHUM. He played a decisive role inthe CHUM project as vice-president of the Socit dimplantation du CHUM (SICHUM) and

director of planning for CHUM 2010. He was also behind the creation of several research fundssponsored by the Fonds de la recherche en sant du Qubec (FRSQ). Dr. Breton has alsocontributed to the collective development of his profession, in particular as chairman of theAssociation des radiologistes du Qubec and the Canadian Heads of Academic Radiology.

In 2009, the French-Canadian Radiology Society (SCFR) awarded Guy Breton the Albert-JutrasPrize for his remarkable career in the hospital and university sectors. The same organizationacknowledged his exemplary work by naming him SCFR Personality of the Year for 2011. Dr.Breton sits on the boards of directors of many organizations.


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Graham Fox (Webcast Moderator)

Graham Fox was appointed President and CEO of the IRPP in April 2011. Prior to coming to theIRPP, Graham was a strategic policy adviser at the law firm of Fraser Milner Casgrain, where heprovided public policy analysis and government relations advice to firm clients. Before that he wasvice-president of the Public Policy Forum, executive director of the KTA Centre for Collaborative

Government, and director of communications at the IRPP. In politics, Graham is a formercandidate for public office, chief of staff to the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, and adviser to members ofParliament in the House of Commons.

A policy entrepreneur, Grahams research interests include parliamentary reform, democraticrenewal and citizen engagement. He holds an undergraduate degree in history from QueensUniversity and a masters degree in political science from the London School of Economics. Afrequent media analyst, Graham has appeared regularly on national current affairs programs, and hiscolumns and articles have been published in The Hill Times, TheGlobe and Mail, theNational PostandPolicy Options.


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Jean-Louis Denis

Jean-Louis Denis has been a full professor at the cole nationale dadministration publique sinceApril 2010 and is a researcher at the Institute of Public Health Research, Universit de Montral. Heholds the Canada Research Chair on the transformation and governance of health organizations. Hehas been training health care administrators and conducting research on the transformation of healthcare systems and organizations for over 20 years. Professor Denis has published numerous scientificarticles on the strategic transformation, leadership and governance of healthcare organizations, andis currently conducting research on the integration of health care, the reform of health systems,governance regarding the quality and safety of health care and the role of research-based evidence inthe adoption of clinical and managerial innovations. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canadaand the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and chair of the Institute of Health Services andPolicy Research Advisory Board of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).


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Janice MacKinnon

Janice MacKinnon is a professor of fiscal policy at the University of Saskatchewan, Chair of theBoard of Directors of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), a federally endowedMontreal-based research institute, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She has an honoursB.A. from the University of Western Ontario and a M.A. and PhD from Queens. She is the authorof three books, The Liberty We Seek published by Harvard University Press, While the Women Only

Weptand Minding the Public Purse. Between 1991 and 2001 she was a cabinet minister in Saskatchewanand held various portfolios including Minister of Finance, Minister of Social Services, Minister ofEconomic Development, and Government House leader. During her tenure as Finance Minister,Saskatchewan became the first government in Canada to balance its budget in the 1990s. She isChair of the Board of Directors of the OmubudService for Life and Health Insurance and she is onthe Board of Directors of the Canada West Foundation. In 2009 she was appointed to the NationalTask Force on Financial Literacy. In 2010, Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty appointed her asChair of Canadas Economic Advisory Council.


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Andr Picard

Andr Picard is the public health reporter at The Globe and Mailand one of Canadas leadingcommentators on public policy. He has received much acclaim for his writing, including theprestigious Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism from the PublicPolicy Forum. Andr was also honoured as the countrys top newspaper columnist by the NationalNewspaper Awards. He is currently on leave from The Globe, and is the CIBC Scholar-in-Residence

at the Conference Board of Canada. Andr attended both the University of Ottawa and CarletonUniversity where he spent most of his time working on student newspapers and specialized in thefive-year B.A.


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Arthur Porter

The Honourable Arthur T. Porter, P.C. MD, is Director General and CEO of McGill UniversityHealth Centre, President of RUIS McGill and a Member of the Queens Privy Council. Dr. Porterreceived his MD from Cambridge, MBA from the University of Tennessee and MedicalManagement certificates from Harvard and University of Toronto. He is a Fellow, with DiplomatStatus, ofthe American Academy of Medical Administrators. Dr. Porter's major areas of academicendeavour relate to the medical uses of radioactive isotopes and prostate cancer treatments. Heintroduced new technologies to his field, including Strontium-89, a bone-seeking isotope. He hasheld professorships in four universities and is the only Canadian to have been President of theAmerican College of Radiation Oncology. He has been a consultant to the World HealthOrganization and World Bank, and has helped establish medical programmes around the globe. Aconsultant for companies in the Airline, Mining and Energy sectors, he is also an Advisor to thePresident of the Republic of Sierra Leone and serves on several boards, including Munder Funds,CancerpartnersUK and Air Canada. Since 2010, he is the Chair of Canadas Security IntelligenceReview Committee.

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