Winter 2010 - St. Joseph's Health Care London
Winter 2010 - St. Joseph's Health Care London
Winter 2010 - St. Joseph's Health Care London
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connecting with our community<br />
Reflecting Back,<br />
Looking Ahead<br />
As I leave the helm of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s after more than<br />
12 fulfilling years as president and CEO, I reflect<br />
on change and continuity. Our world—at home,<br />
at work, across communities and continents—is<br />
ever changing. At <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s, significant change has been<br />
part of our world for more than a decade and now we are on<br />
the verge of yet another wave of transformation.<br />
You may have read about the decline in veterans beds as our veteran population<br />
declines. Our commitment to care for veterans, however, will not be diminished,<br />
and Parkwood Hospital’s veterans care program will continue to be a significant<br />
part of the work of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s. With the tremendous support of the community,<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Foundation recently recognized veterans and families<br />
through the <strong>2010</strong> Tribute Dinner, which was another resounding success.<br />
In this edition of Vim & Vigour, we also mark the long-awaited transfer of mental<br />
health inpatient services from <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s to Grand River Hospital in Kitchener.<br />
This is the first of a series of transfers aimed at divesting mental health care to<br />
places closer to home for people from across Southwestern Ontario.<br />
In another transfer, <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s renowned birthing and neonatal care programs<br />
will move to <strong>London</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Centre this spring, enabling <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s<br />
Hospital to focus on its role as an ambulatory care centre for day surgery and treatment,<br />
and chronic disease management.<br />
While <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s manages these changes and embraces more focused roles, we<br />
are ever mindful of the need to carry on a history of service and value the importance<br />
of relationships.<br />
I very much look forward to the next stage of my life journey that my retirement<br />
enables. Change, after all, is about building a bridge to the next destination, wherever<br />
it may be, with the wisdom and vision gained from all previous experience.<br />
My time with <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s has been rewarding, inspiring and humbling, having<br />
shared my years with a most dedicated family of leaders, staff, physicians and<br />
volunteers. It has been my privilege to lead <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s since 1998 and the <strong>London</strong><br />
hospital system since January 2006. Despite the intense period of change of the<br />
last decade, <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s is defined by continuity—one shaped by a strong history<br />
of faith, caring and excellence established by our founding Sisters of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph,<br />
Women’s Christian Association, and early leaders in mental health care.<br />
In our new leader, Dr. Gillian Kernaghan, I see this legacy growing. <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s<br />
is an organization filled with capable hands and caring hearts. From an illustrious<br />
past and present, this organization is headed into an exciting future, one of both<br />
change and continuity.<br />
Cliff Nordal<br />
Vim & Vigour • WINTER <strong>2010</strong><br />
ST. JOSEPH’S<br />
HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION<br />
<strong>2010</strong>-2011 Board of Directors<br />
Jeff Macoun, Chair Ron Martindale Jr.<br />
Tim Brown Peter Mastorakos<br />
Michelle Campbell, President Peter McMahon<br />
Michael Dale Jim Mignault<br />
Sharon Doubt Cliff Nordal<br />
Samira El-Hindi Joseph O’Neill<br />
Dianne Evans Dr. Hassan Razvi<br />
Faisal Joseph Dr. Walter Romano<br />
Brenda Lewis Rick Spencer<br />
Frank Longo Tania Testa<br />
Jeff Malpass Patrick Tremblay<br />
ST. JOSEPH’S HEALTH CARE, LONDON<br />
<strong>2010</strong>-2011 Board of Directors<br />
Gerald Killan, Chair Dr. Ian McConachie<br />
Paul Brisson Dr. Rob McFadden<br />
Kimberley Chesney Margaret McLaughlin<br />
Jacquie Davison Susan Muszak<br />
Dr. Adam Dukelow Joseph O’Neill<br />
Marcella Grail Scott Player<br />
Doug Hamilton Pat Pocock<br />
Dr. Gillian Kernaghan, President Dean Michael <strong>St</strong>rong<br />
Paul Kiteley David Van Trigt<br />
Gaétan Labbé Peter Whatmore<br />
Contributing Writers<br />
Melissa Beilhartz, Betty Dann, Amanda Jackman, Andrew<br />
Kaszowski, Anne Kay, Marek Kubow, Nicole Laven, Michele<br />
Martin, Jennifer Parraga, , Dahlia Reich, Daniela Simunac,<br />
Renée Sweeney<br />
Editors in Chief<br />
Kathy Burrill and Michelle Campbell<br />
Editor<br />
Dahlia Reich<br />
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