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Co Editors-in-Chief
Anne Wojtak, DrPH
Co-Lead, East Toronto Health Partners; Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Health Policy, Measurement and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Richard Lewanczuk,
Senior Medical Director for Health System Integration, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
Founding Editor-in-Chief
Peggy Leatt, BScN, MSHA, PhD
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Review Editors
(as of April 2023)
Steve Atkinson
Director, Local Analytics, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Victoria, BC
Shirley Bryant
Decision Support Consultant, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON
Rob Crawford
Project Director, Health System Integrated Capacity Plan, Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto, ON
Wynne de Jong
Executive Interim Healthcare Management Consultant, LHH Knightsbridge, Toronto, ON
Surveyor, Health Standards Organization/Accreditation Canada, Ottawa, ON
Michael Heenan
Assistant Deputy Minister, Hospitals and Capital, Ontario Ministry of Health, Division,Toronto, ON
Lindsay Jolivet
Senior Marketing & Communications Manager, TELUS Health, Toronto
Yasir Khalid
Director, People Centred Care and Health Justice, William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON
Annette V. Marcuzzi
Consultant, Think Health AM Consulting
Saul Melamed
Manager, Client Affairs, Ontario, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, ON
Swapnil Rege
Chief Operating Officer, Peel Senior Link, Mississauga, ON
Justin Saindon
Director, Digital Transformation, Niagara Health, St. Catharines, ON
Anisa Shivji
Strategic Policy Advisor, Ontario College of Pharmacists, Toronto, ON
Cedomir (Chad) Tosevski
Planner, Scarborough Health Network, Scarborough, ON
Rahim Valani
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Virginia Waring
Project Manager, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON
Editorial Advisory Board
Georgina Black
Managing Partner, Government, Public Services and Health, Deloitte Canada, Toronto, ON
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Executive Director, Social Medicine and Population Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
Dan Florizone
Deputy Minister of Health, Government of Nunavut, Executive In Residence, U of Saskatchewan and U of Regina, Regina, SK
Keisha Jefferies
PhD, Halifax, NS
Zayna Khayat
Health Furturist in Residence, Deloitte, Toronto, ON
Matthew Morgan
Chief Medical Officer, Extendicare, Toronto, ON
George Pink
Humana Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Jennifer Zelmer
President and Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Excellence Canada, Ottawa, ON
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