In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Robert Reid.

Dr. Robert Reid is the Chief Scientist Emeritus at Trillium Health Partners, where he previously served as the Hazel McCallion Research Chair in Learning Health Systems at the Institute for Better Health (IBH) and Senior Vice President. He is a global expert and thought leader in population health, learning health systems and primary care.

He is best known for his work in developing and evaluating a patient-centred medical home at Group Health Cooperative, now Kaiser Permanente. With IBH colleagues, Dr. Reid is also well known for leading the development of the Learning Health System (LHS) Action Framework that is now being used across Canada to guide system-based learning approaches.

Dr. Reid is currently providing expertise in the re-design of Ontario’s health care system through the Ontario Health Teams initiative. Dr. Reid co-leads of the Rapid Improvementand Support Exchange (RISE) which provides technical support for rapid learning and improvement for Ontario Health Teams.

At the University of Toronto, Dr. Reid holds an academic appointment as Professor(status) with the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), and the Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is also a Professor with McMaster University’s Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact.
Board certified in preventive medicine, Dr. Reid received his medical degree from the University of Alberta and completed a Master’s Degree in Epidemiology and a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins University

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Kimberly Moran has served as OMA’s CEO since December 2023. She is a highly respected health-care leader and accomplished executive with more than 30 years of senior leadership experience in the private and not-for-profit sectors.

Kimberly comes to the OMA from her most recent role as the president and CEO of the Ontario College of Family Physicians, where she was able to unite stakeholders around a common purpose and vision of attracting new and sustainable funding in the health-care system.

She has held roles as special adviser to the dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Toronto, where her work included attracting new funding for research and innovative health-care models, CEO of Children’s Mental Health Ontario, and CEO of UNICEF Canada.

She has advised health-system stakeholders at all levels of government in Canada and internationally. Kimberly is a recognized health-system transformation contributor and collaborator, with previous roles in the Ontario Children’s Health Coalition, which represents children’s hospitals and children’s community health-care providers, and as co-chair of the Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine Table. She was previously on the Premier’s Council on Improving Health Care and Ending Hallway Medicine, a voluntary expert advisory council reporting to the premier and the minister of health.

Kimberly is a chartered professional accountant and chairs the finance committee for the Seneca College Board of Director.

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In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Dr. Danielle Martin, a Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), University of Toronto. DFCM is the largest academic department of family medicine in the world and home to the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care.

Dr. Martin is an active family physician whose clinical work has ranged from comprehensive family medicine in rural and remote communities to maternity care. She is a dedicated educator, mentor and role model to learners aspiring to enter medicine and health care leadership. Dr. Martin is a respected leader in Canadian medicine and well-recognized media spokesperson. Dr. Martin spent eight years as a senior hospital executive, most recently as Executive Vice President and Lead Medical Executive at Women’s College Hospital (WCH), where she was also medical lead of the hospital’s COVID-19 pandemic response. There, she led the establishment of Women’s Virtual, Canada’s first virtual hospital.

The recipient of many awards and accolades, in 2019 Dr. Martin became the youngest physician ever to receive the F.N.G. Starr Award, the highest honour for Canadian Medical Association members.

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