Karli Farrow
Karli Farrow is a leader who has been a part of transformation designed to improve public services in Ontario for over fifteen years. She is the Senior Vice-President, Strategy, People and Corporate Affairs and is accountable for leading critical enabling functions including strategy and project management, human resources, organizational development, public affairs and corporate governance. Karli joined the previous Credit Valley Hospital and Trillium Health Centre in 2009 and in 2011 provided project leadership to support the merger of the two organizations. Since that time she has led innovative and highly engaged processes with people across the organization and in the community to achieve the strategic mission of delivering a new kind of health care for a healthier community.
Prior to joining Trillium Health Partners, Karli worked for a health care consulting company where she led critical projects focused on reducing wait times and improving chronic disease management. She has also served in senior advisory roles for the government of Ontario, including Director of Policy for the Premier of Ontario and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. In these roles she worked to develop and implement strategies to improve access to care and the long-term sustainability of the health care system in Ontario.
She is a member of the Board of Shared Services West, a health care shared services organization and serves as the Ontario Hospital Association’s Pension Observer on the Health Care of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) Board of Trustees.
Karli is a dedicated mentor to emerging leaders and young professionals and is passionate about helping people realize their potential.
Brian Hodges, MD
Brian D. Hodges, MD, PhD, FRCPC is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto; the Richard and Elizabeth Currie Chair in Health Professions Education Research at the Wilson Centre and Executive-Vice President Education and Chief Medical Officer at the University Health Network (Toronto General, Toronto Western, Princess Margaret, Toronto Rehab Hospitals and the Michener Institute). He is a practicing psychiatrist and teacher. His research focuses on assessment, competence, compassion and the future of the health profession. His work has been recognized with the Association of American Medical Colleges Flexner Award (2015) and the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education (2016).
Jo Shapiro, MD, FACS
Dr. Shapiro is a surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston and an associate professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School. In 2008, she founded the BWH Center for Professionalism and Peer Support where she served as the director for over 10 years. During that time the Center became a model for institutions seeking methods to enhance trust and respect and helping improve clinician wellbeing.
She serves on the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the American Board of Medical Specialties and has held multiple educational leadership roles including: senior associate director of Graduate Medical Education for Partners HealthCare, founding scholar of the Academy at Harvard Medical School, and president of the Society of University Otolaryngologists. She was one of BWH’s first woman division chiefs. She serves on the faculty of the Harvard Leadership Development for Physicians and Scientists. She has an active surgical practice treating adults with oropharyngeal dysphagia. She was named as a finalist for the Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award. She is involved in global health medical education and training. Dr. Shapiro received her BA from Cornell University and her MD from George Washington University Medical School. Her general surgery training was at UC San Diego and then UCLA. She did her otolaryngology training at Harvard, followed by a year of a National Institute of Health Training Grant Fellowship in swallowing physiology. She has been a faculty member in the Department of Surgery at BWH since 1987. She is married to an internist, and they have three children.
Joshua Tepper, MD, FCFP, MPH, MBA
Dr. Tepper is a family physician and the President and Chief Executive Officer of North York General Hospital. Previously he was the President and CEO of Health Quality Ontario (HQO, an arm’s length agency of the provincial government).
Prior to HQO, Dr. Tepper was the inaugural Vice President of Education at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. As Vice President, he was responsible for Sunnybrook’s educational strategy and programming for learners, physicians and staff, patients and their families and the community. Prior to joining Sunnybrook, Dr. Tepper was Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) in the Health Human Resources Strategy Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. As the ADM he led the HealthForceOntario health human resources strategy to ensure that Ontarians have access to the right number and mix of qualified health care providers, now and in the future.
In addition to his involvement in health policy and research at the provincial level, Dr. Tepper has also been active on a national scale as the senior medical officer for Health Canada, an adjunct scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and a research consultant for the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI). He has received several provincial and national awards for his leadership in these positions.
Dr. Tepper has always remained in active practice serving marginalized populations and taking on clinical leadership roles. He has served as the Medical Director for the Inner City Health Associates and President of the Inner City Family Health Team. He was also previously the Vice-President of the Society of Rural Physicians.
He completed Medical School at McMaster University and his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Tepper holds a degree in Public Policy from Duke University, a Masters of Public Health from Harvard, and then completed his executive Master’s of Business Administration at the Richard Ivey School of Business where he was the Valedictorian.
Ari Zaretsky, MD
Dr. Ari Zaretsky is Sunnybrook Health Science Centre’s Vice President of Education, overseeing the training experience of 4,000 student learners from 30 health disciplines coming from over 50 different countries. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Chief of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He completed his fellowship training in cognitive-behavioural therapy at Harvard and from 2007-2012, Dr. Zaretsky served as the Director of Medical Education at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health was also the Residency Program Director in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (overseeing the largest psychiatry residency training program in North America). He contributed a great deal to psychiatric residency training throughout Canada and played an instrumental role in transforming and modernizing the U of T psychiatry residency training program, resulting in the program winning the Professional Association of Residents of Ontario Program Excellence Award in 2013.
Dr. Zaretsky is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and has a national reputation as a teacher and educator in CBT. He has won the 2010 Association of Chairs of Psychiatry of Canada (ACPC) Award for Excellence in Education. In 2012, Dr. Zaretsky won the Faculty of Medicine Sarita Verma Award for Advocacy and Mentorship in Postgraduate Education.
Dr. Zaretsky was recognized as one of the Best Doctors in Canada in 2002-2003 and again in 2007-2008. He has received peer-reviewed research funding from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). His main areas of research and publications include CBT for bipolar disorder, CBT training and supervision, medical leadership and residency education.