Department of Medicine Weekly Roundup - February 29
Please see below for the following updates:
- Annual Medical Staff Re-appointments
- Update on Medicine Program and Emergency Care Program leadership
CMaRS went live for all of UHT – all physicians should have received an email from CMaRS.If you did not receive the CMaRs email today, please contact Narisha Jiwa at [email protected]Please be sure to complete your re-appointment before March 31!
We are pleased to announce that Orla Smith will be taking on the role of interim Senior Clinical Program Director of the Medicine Program in addition to her role as Senior Clinical Program Director of Emergency Care, effective March 4, 2024. Orla will be stepping in for Jonathan Fetros, who will be starting a new role as Vice President Clinical at Unity Health.
With nearly 25 years of nursing and management experience at Unity Health, Orla has provided leadership in critical care, emergency medicine, medicine, and research, and from 2019 to 2022 served as Senior Clinical Program Director for the St. Michael’s Emergency Department and Medicine Program. Orla is an accomplished leader with a solutions-based approach to system-wide challenges, who is passionate about excellent patient care and clinician health and well-being. She is also an investigator at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, and is cross-appointed to the University of Toronto. Orla holds a Master of Nursing and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Toronto. Please join us in thanking Orla for the leadership she will provide in this role.