Emeritus Members

Anne Matlow

enveos — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:42:13 +0000

Anne Matlow is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine where she is currently Faculty Lead, PG Leadership. Her passion for system wide improvement in patient safety and in the quality of patient care, has been realized throughout her career, and includes leadership positions locally (hospital and university), nationally (on the Board of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute; surveyor with Accreditation Canada; Patient Safety Systems Educator with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) and internationally (founding member of the Pediatric International Patient Safety and Quality Collaborative (PIPSQC). She was co-principle investigator, along with Dr Ross Baker on the Canadian Pediatric Adverse Events Study which was one of the first national studies to define the epidemiology of harmful patient safety incidents hospitalized children.

Over the past decade Dr. Matlow has focused her attention on leadership education as a key lever for systems transformation. At the University of Toronto she established the Leading by Example Education Series for postgraduate trainees and is co-Director of the Postgraduate Medical Education Leadership Certificate Program. She led the scientific development committee at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada that developed

SimuLEADerShip, a leadership simulation game co-developed with the Canadian Society for Physician Leaders and LEADS Global. On an international level she was Co- Chair of the Planning Committee of The International Summit on Leadership Education for Physicians (TISLEP) for seven years, and is a founding member and past co-Chair of sanokondu, the international community of practice dedicated to fostering leadership education for healthcare professionals. Her ongoing passion lies in equipping physicians of today and tomorrow with the knowledge and skills needed to create and nurture a culture of quality and safety for providers and patients alike.

Ross Baker

enveos — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:41:46 +0000

G. Ross Baker is an Emeritus Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. His research has included studies of patient safety, quality improvement, patient engagement and integrated care systems. With Dr. Peter Norton, Ross led the Canadian Adverse Events Study which initiated a broad range of patient safety programs and activities across the country. Ross’s coauthored book on High Performing Healthcare Systems published in 2008 has been widely cited. His current projects include an assessment of the impact of hospital characteristics, including safety culture, on the incidence of adverse events in hospitals and studies of patient engagement in Canadian healthcare organizations. Ross has been a professor at the University of Toronto for more than 30 years and led the development of the Master’s in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at IHPME. Ross is currently co-leading the Ontario Health System Impact Fellowship Program. He is the Chair of the Quality and Patient Safety Committee for the University Health Network Board of Directors and served on the Saskatchewan Health Quality Council for 12 years. Dr. Baker is also a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In October 2017 he received the Barer Flood Prize from the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research of the Canadian Institutes of Health Services Research in recognition of his “outstanding contributions to health services and policy research, policy and/or care delivery in Canada.”

Marie Pinard (she/her)

enveos — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:16:44 +0000

Marie Pinard, RN, BScN, MSc, is the Director of Quality, Safety and Patient Experience at Women’s College Hospital. She has worked for over 30 years in a variety of roles including as a front-line nurse in Haematology/Oncology, a specialist in Infection Prevention & Control and Manager of Quality and Emergency Preparedness. She received her BScN at the University of Toronto and completed a MSc in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. She is passionate about quality improvement (QI), QI methodology, and QI ethics. She has experience leading hospital accreditation processes through Accreditation Canada, leading strategic projects, investigating adverse events and steering the development of the hospital’s annual Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). Marie also holds an appointment at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.