On September 18th, Dr. Barry Rubin, Vascular Surgeon and Program Medical Director for the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) at University Health Network (UHN) visited Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. The purpose of the visit was to tour the facility and engage with leadership across programs as well as our senior leadership team about the ongoing development of the Cardiovascular Surgery Program.

Key discussions from the productive day of meetings focused on human resource strategies, quality registries and outcomes, highlighting our achievements, identifying gaps, aligning priorities and developing a series of actions.

We were also joined (virtually) by other UHN representatives:

• Dr. Fayez Quershy, Vice President – Clinical, UHN
• Sheryl Alexandre, Clinical Director, PMCC and Critical Care at UHN
• Joan Comendador, Project Manager, PMCC
• Kate Westcott Cortez, Senior Manager, Ted Rogers Computational Program, UHN

Overall, this site visit emphasized our strong partnership with PMCC and UHN and their ongoing support. Together, we’re moving closer to the delivery of accessible, high-quality, closer-to-home cardiovascular care for our patients.