Axel Thesberg, Chair of Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) Board of Directors and Dr. David Pichora, President and CEO, are pleased to announce the re-appointment of Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick as Chief of Staff (COS) and Executive Vice-President (EVP) Medical and Academic Affairs to a second five year term, until March 31, 2027.
The COS VP Medical and Academic Affairs provides medical leadership and is responsible for overseeing the quality of care provided by physicians and is also responsible for all hospital medical and academic functions, including maintaining relations with program medical directors and department heads at KHSC and Queen’s University. Michael also provides administrative oversight ensuring physician and physician learners are appropriately credentialed and that they maintain professional standards of practice. As a member of the executive team at KHSC, he oversees KHSC’s clinical innovation work and leads his diverse portfolio in supporting KHSC success in its corporate goals, mission, vision, values and culture.
“During his initial term as the first Chief of Staff for the newly created Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Dr. Fitzpatrick has been an invaluable resource to the Board in terms of furthering KHSC’s quality agenda. Mike has a way of sharing information and engaging Board members in important conversations about the quality of care provided at KHSC,” says Thesberg.
As the regional acute-care academic and research hospital for all of southeastern Ontario, KHSC is committed to transforming care in partnership with local and regional health-care providers.
“Mike always brings an optimistic perspective to all our discussions and decision-making at KHSC,” says President and CEO Dr. David Pichora. “He actively promotes an environment that supports high quality patient and family-centred care through a relational leadership approach along with a commitment to best practices and healthy supportive work environments.”
In accepting this appointment, Dr. Fitzpatrick acknowledged the support of the Board, his fellow executive team members and his physician colleagues at KHSC and across the southeast region. He emphasized the importance of outreach to develop relationships with partners and community constituents.
Dr. Fitzpatrick also signaled his continuing support of KHSC’s future deliverables in terms of the redevelopment project at the KGH site, the implementation of the regional Health Information System, and the important work of the Ontario Health Team for the Frontenac, Lennox and Addington area.
“Each and every one of these projects will have a significant impact on the care we provide to patients at KHSC and working with our local and regional partners, will be critical to our success,” says Dr. Fitzpatrick. “Continuing to lead and support a patient-centred service culture committed to evidence-based decision-making and quality patient services goals will be key.”
About Mike Fitzpatrick
Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick is a graduate of University College Dublin, Ireland. His postgraduate clinical and research training was completed at University College Dublin and at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a Royal College certified specialist in internal medicine and respirology, and an American Board-certified sleep specialist. He was Chair of the Division of Respirology at KHSC and Queen’s University from 2007 to 2017 and, in September 2014, took up the position as Chief of Staff/Chief of Medical and Academic Affairs at Hotel Dieu Hospital. In 2017, Dr. Fitzpatrick became the Chief of Staff and Vice-President, Medical Affairs for the Kingston Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Fitzpatrick is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at Queen’s University. As a clinician scholar he has published and lectured extensively in his areas of research interest, which are upper airway physiology and the diagnostic and management pathways for obstructive sleep apnea.
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Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice-President and Chief of Staff
