Dr. Michael Gardam

Healthcare

Michael is a healthcare leadership consultant and educator with Schulich Executive Education at York University in Toronto. He is a member of the Board of the Canadian Society of Physician Leaders, and the former Chief Executive Officer of the PEI provincial Health Authority and former Chair of the Board of Directors at HealthCareCAN.  He is a pioneer of using complexity science-based approaches to improve patient safety, system transformation, staff engagement and other complex challenges. Michael has advised organizations in Canada and internationally.

Former leadership roles include Director of Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control and Public Health Ontario (2008-2010), Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee at UHN (2015-2017) and Chief of Staff at Humber River Hospital in Toronto (2018-2020).

Michael holds Master’s degrees from McGill University (Biochemistry) and the University of Toronto (Health policy, management and evaluation), and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in infectious diseases.