St. Michael's Hospital

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Executive Biographies

Jeffrey C. Lozon
President & Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey (Jeff ) C. Lozon has had a noteworthy 30-year career, transforming the industry and positioning Canadian health care on the international stage. President and CEO of St. Michael's Hospital since 1991, he currently chairs the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, is an associate professor at the University of Toronto and a member of the Board at the University of Guelph, Ontario.

Jeff has successfully steered St. Michael’s through challenges, changes and growing prosperity, and now is overseeing the creation of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. Comprising the Keenan Research Centre and Li Ka Shing International Centre in Healthcare Education, this North American first will speed the transfer of research breakthroughs to the bedside and serve as a model for medicine internationally.

Jeff has served on many national boards and advisory panels and holds an honorary doctorate of civil laws from Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec.

Phone: 416-864-5600

Alayne Metrick
President of St. Michael's Hospital Foundation

Head of the Foundation since 1995, Alayne Metrick has guided its net revenue growth to $17.8M from $3.5M. Noteworthy is a 1998 fundraising first in North America when 100% of St. Michael's physicians contributed to the Hospital’s annual campaign; in 2002 the Foundation was the first to repeat the feat. In that year, Alayne became a Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (FAHP), one of only 14 Canadians who have earned this distinction.

Now leading the Foundation in a $120-million campaign, Alayne has earned many awards acknowledging her expertise and dedication, including the prestigious Community of Service Award from St. Michael's, and in 2005 she was named Fundraiser of the Year by the Association for Fundraising Professionals.

Phone: 416-864-5896

Ella Ferris
Executive Vice President of Programs & Chief Nursing Executive

Ella Ferris has been with St. Michael's Hospital since 1972. A Registered Nurse with an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, she has served in many different areas, notably as Program Director for both the Diabetes Comprehensive Care Program and the Heart and Vascular Program, and as Program Director for the SARS Unit during Toronto’s crisis year of 2003.

Currently, Ella is Executive Vice President, Programs, and Chief Nursing Executive overseeing the program areas of trauma neurosurgery; mobility; heart and vascular; quality and risk management; nursing and health disciplines professional practice; and clinical informatics.

Phone: 416-864-5796

Dr. Robert Howard
Executive Vice President of Programs and Education & Chief Medical Officer

Robert Howard has been Executive Vice President of Programs and Education, and Chief Medical Officer, at St. Michael's since 1998. His responsibilities include the diabetes comprehensive care and specialized complex care programs, inner city health, perioperative services, and hospital-wide theme development. He also oversees standards of medical practice for dentists, midwives and physicians in the Hospital.

As Vice President Education, Bob develops programs at all levels in the Hospital and to strengthen its link with the University of Toronto and other academic partners.

After obtaining degrees in industrial engineering from the University of Toronto and in medicine from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Bob joined St. Michael's in 1982 as a staff cardiologist with a special interest in echocardiography. In 1989 he became director of the University of Toronto training program in cardiology and, in 1994, medical director of the heart program. In 2003, he earned an executive MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business. Now an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine at U of T, Bob continues to practice clinical cardiology one day a week.

Phone: 416-864-5484

John King
Executive Vice President of Hospital Services & Chief Administrative Officer

John King has a quarter-century of health care experience. He was Senior Vice President of the Alberta Healthcare Association and Senior Operating Officer of several Alberta hospitals under the umbrella of the Calgary Regional Health Authority before moving to Ontario to become Assistant Deputy Minister of  Programs in the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. He controlled the largest unit budget in the Province, $14 billion.

Appointed in 2002 as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at St. Michael's Hospital, John oversees finance, planning, information systems, human resources, legal services, corporate performance, medical imaging, labs, and supply chain and support services functions.

John continues to support international exchange programs with physicians, administrators and politicians from Canada and Scandinavian countries.

Phone: 416-864-5800

Dr. Arthur S. Slutsky
Vice President of Research

Arthur Slutsky holds degrees in engineering science and industrial engineering at the University of Toronto and in medicine from McMaster University. After completing a pulmonary fellowship at Harvard Medical School he stayed on as an assistant professor. In 1984 he returned to the University of Toronto and four years later became a professor of medicine, surgery, and biomedical engineering. From 1989 to 2000 he was its Division Director, respiratory medicine. Arthur is currently Director of the interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine at UofT as well as Vice President, Research, at St. Michael's. His major interest is translational research in the context of the intensive care unit with a focus on mechanical ventilation.

Dr. Slutsky has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers, reviews and editorials, and his honours include membership in the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the William Goldie Prize for Research, the Sandoz Senior Investigator Award, election to the Fleischner Society for Thoracic Imaging and Diagnosis, and the Recognition for Scientific Accomplishments Award of the American Thoracic Society. He is an advisor to the Food and Drug Administration on Biomedical Research, and recently completed two terms as chair of an FDA Advisory Panel (respiratory and anesthesiology devices).

Phone: 416-864-5637