Our board, committees and key partners for 2010-11

Board of Trustees

The Niagara Health System Board of Trustees is made up of volunteers who live and work in Niagara. Each board member brings unique skills and expertise to this leadership role. The board is responsible for governing the NHS and providing strategic direction to the hospital to ensure it meets the healthcare needs of the community within the resources that are available.

• Jean Armitage
• Dr. Andrei Arvinte, VP, Medical Staff Association
• Rob Cary
• Helen Eggleton
• Mike Henry
• Dr. Joanna Hope, Interim Chief of Staff
• Steve Hudson, Vice-Chair
• Paul Leon
• Dragan Matovic
• Flo Paladino
• Jennifer Patrick
• Steven Pillar, Vice-Chair
• Dr. Ken Reddy, President, Medical Staff Association
• David Schram
• Sue Matthews, Interim President & CEO, Secretary to Board
• Alan Simpson
• Betty-Lou Souter, Chair
• Wade Stayzer

Medical Advisory Committee

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the role of the Medical Advisory Committee is to oversee quality patient care.

• Chief of Staff (Interim): Dr. Joanna Hope
• Regional Department Chiefs (Voting Members)
  • Anesthesia: Dr. Greg Bosey
  • Diagnostic Imaging:  Dr. Amit Mehta
  • Emergency Medicine: Dr. John McAuley
  • Family Practice: Vacant
  • Hospital Medicine (Acting): Dr. Debbie Dooler
  • Internal Medicine: Dr. Terry Chan
  • Laboratory Medicine: Dr. Suhas Joshi
  • Obstetrics/Gynecology: Dr. Johan Viljoen
  • Pediatrics: Dr. Parminder Brar
  • Oncology: Dr. Janice Giesbrecht
  • Pediatrics: Dr. Parminder Brar
  • Surgery: Dr. Jeff Cranford
  • Mental Health: Vacant
• Medical Staff Association (Voting Members)
  • President: Dr. Ken Reddy
  • Vice President: Dr. Andre Arvinte
  • Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Jennifer Frendo
• Additional members (Non-voting Members)
  • Associate Medical Officer of Health: Dr. Valerie Jaegar
  • Chief of Staff, Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre: Dr. Jack Luce
  • Clinical Teaching: Dr. Karl Stobbe
  • Interim Director of Critical Care Services: Dr. Danny Lagrotteria
  • Chair, Credential Committee: Dr. Drew Girard

Partner Foundations

The Niagara Health System is fortunate to have the active fundraising support of seven hospital foundations. We could not do what we do without them. Each local foundation fulfils the very important role of fundraising in their local community to meet annual equipment replacement needs, as well as for capital redevelopment projects.

The Niagara Health System Foundation works closely with the six dedicated foundations to co-ordinate a Niagara-wide campaign supporting the development or renovation of facilities and new regional healthcare programs.

• Douglas Memorial Hospital Foundation, Fort Erie
• Greater Niagara General Hospital Foundation
• Niagara Health System Foundation
• Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital Foundation
• Port Colborne Hospital Foundation
• St. Catharines General Hospital Foundation
• Welland Hospital Foundation

Partner Auxiliaries

Our six auxiliaries are a key link between the hospital and the community, and the contributions of these volunteer groups are vitally important to the patient care experience. The services and support our auxiliaries provide through events and activities are endless, and include everything from running gift shops to raising funds for healthcare through raffles, bake sales and card parties.

• Douglas Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
• Greater Niagara General Hospital Auxiliary
• Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital Auxiliary
• Port Colborne General Hospital Auxiliary
• St. Catharines General Hospital Auxiliary
• Welland Hospital Auxiliary

Community Standing Committees

Niagara Health System Standing Committees ensure that the perspectives, particular service requirements, unique needs, other issues and community interests of the smaller sites have an effective voice at the board level and that these and other issues are considered in the NHS’s governance decisions.

Fort Erie

• Doreen Angles
• Valerie Beattie
• Dr. Maynard Luterman, Physician appointee
• Carole Course
• Helen Eggleton, Trustee appointee
• Fay McIntee
• Sue Matthews, Ex officio
• Eugene Pilato
• Jillian Hartman-Grelowski
• Kathy McCallum, Auxiliary representative

Niagara-on-the-Lake

• Emily Chartenski
• Ryan Conte
• Frances Cowan
• Mike Henry, Trustee appointee
• Jan Johnston
• Sue Matthews, Ex officio
• Dr. David Reimer, Physician appointee

Port Colborne

• Karen Marr
• Ashleigh Miatello-Skrubbeltrang
• Paul Leon, Trustee appointee
• Sue Matthews, Ex officio
• Steven Rivers
• Dr. George Rungi, Physician appointee
• Linda Vincent