London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC’s) Community Update Meetings are hosted monthly to provide community members with updates on LHSC and how we’re working to improve our operations. The monthly livestreamed meetings will highlight our progress on key initiatives and we will also take time to address your questions. Each meeting will include a report from the Supervisor, Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC), and Corporate Nursing Executive (CNE). Our goal is to foster a spirit of transparency and accountability, ensuring that patients, families, and community members feel connected to the decisions and actions that will shape the future of health care at LHSC.
Do you have a question you want LHSC to address at our next Community Update Meeting? Please submit your question using our online form.
Community Update Meeting Livestream
Tune in to our next Community Update Meeting, taking place on Wednesday, March 19 at 12:00 p.m., by joining the livestream.
Community Update Meetings Schedule
- March 19 at 12:00 p.m.
- April 23 at 12:00 p.m.
- May 21 at 12:00 p.m.
- June 18 at 12:00 p.m.
Recordings and Supervisor, CNE, Chair, MAC Reports
February
Recording of the Community Update Meeting - February 19, 2025
Navigate to different parts of the meeting:
00:00 Intro: David Musyj, Supervisor
00:05 Opening: David Musyj, Supervisor
03:25 Community Advisory Committee: David Musyj, Supervisor
04:26 Safety Update (EVOLV Detection System): David Musyj, Supervisor
07:24 Celebrating Black History Month: David Musyj, Supervisor
09:39 Great Moments Program: David Musyj, Supervisor
10:42 Report to Community: CNE & MAC Chair: Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive and Dr. Christine MacDonald, Emergency Services Department Head/Interim Vice Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
16:05 Transplantation & Donation: Cathy Vandersluis, Vice President, Surgery, Cardiac, Transplant, Quality & Health Disciplines, Dr. Dave Nagpal, Surgical Co-Director, LHSC Multi-Organ Transplant Program and Dr. John Basmaji, LHSC Hospital Donor Physician
26:18 Patient Flow: Tammy Quigley, Vice President, Cancer, Renal, Mental Health & Patient Flow, Lauren Hartwick, Director, Patient Flow and Lynanne Mason, Vice President, Partnerships and Chief Nursing Executive, Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance
37:51 South West Regional Cancer Program Patient Education Symposium: Tammy Quigley, Vice President, Cancer, Renal, Mental Health & Patient Flow
39:42 Volunteer Services: Tania Testa, Vice President, Communications & Community, Patient and Client Engagement and Karen Connors, Director, Patient Experience & Volunteer Services
49:52 Closing Remarks: David Musyj, Supervisor
January 2025
January
Recording of the Community Update Meeting - January 22, 2025
Navigate to different parts of the meeting:
00:00 The Livestream is about to begin
00:10 Opening
00:22 Land Acknowledgement: Jerry Plastino, VP Clinical Diagnostics, Pharmacy and Biomedical Engineering
02:00 Community Update: David Musyj, Supervisor
03:38 Community Surveys: David Musyj, Supervisor
05:08 Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre Expansion: David Musyj, Supervisor
07:00 Great Moments Program: David Musyj, Supervisor
08:12 Report to Community: College of Nurses Ontario 2024 Statistics Report: Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive and Dr. David Steven, Department Head, Clinical Neurological Sciences & Interim Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
11:19 Report to the Community: Local and Ontario Illness Trends: Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive and Dr. David Steven, Department Head, Clinical Neurological Sciences & Interim Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
13:35 First in Canada Prostate Cancer Treatment: Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive and Dr. David Steven, Department Head, Clinical Neurological Sciences & Interim Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
14:27 Medical Affairs: Dr. Adam Dukelow, Integrated Vice President, Medical and Academic Affairs
18:48 Labour Relations: Julia Marchesan, Vice President, People and Employee Experience
27:52 Trauma Program: Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive, and Dr. Kelly Vogt, Trauma Program Physician Lead
35:00 Closing Remarks: David Musyj, Supervisor
December 2024
Recording of the Community Update Meeting - December 18, 2024
Navigate to different parts of the meeting:
- 00:00 The Livestream is about to begin.
- 02:35 Opening: David Musyj, Supervisor
- 03:01 Land Acknowledgement: Cathy Vandersluis, VP Surgery, Cardiac, Transplant, Quality & Health Disciplines
- 04:29 Community Update: David Musyj, Supervisor
- 08:24 Community Survey: David Musyj, Supervisor
- 10:33 Partners in Your Care, LHSC & St. Joseph's: David Musyj, Supervisor and Roy Butler, President and CEO of St. Joseph’s
- 23:58 Report to the Community: Respiratory Season: Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive and Dr. Christine MacDonald, Emergency Services Department Head/Interim Vice Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
- 31:33 Pharmacy Services: Jerry Plastino, VP Clinical Diagnostics, Pharmacy and Biomedical Engineering and Sara Henderson, Director, Pharmacy Services
- 37:48 Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre: Tammy Quigley, VP Cancer, Renal, Mental Health & Patient Flow and Dr. Michael Ott, Physician Department Executive and Chair, Oncology, Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Dept. Of Surgery & Surgical Oncology
- 48:59 Cardiac Surgery Program: Cathy Vandersluis, VP Surgery, Cardiac, Transplant, Quality & Health Disciplines and Dr. Michael Chu, Physician Division Head of Cardiac Surgery, Ray and Margaret Elliot Chair in Surgical Innovation
- 59:26 Community Questions and Answers: David Musyj, Supervisor
November 2024
Recording of the Community Update Meeting - November 20, 2024
Navigate to different parts of the meeting:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 02:39 - Opening and Land Acknowledgement: David Musyj, Supervisor and Tammy Quigley, VP Cancer, Renal, Mental Health & Patient Flow
- 4:13 - Community Update Meetings: David Musyj, Supervisor
- 6:30 - Great Moments: David Musyj, Supervisor
- 8:50 - Community Survey: David Musyj, Supervisor
- 13:37 - Report to the Community: Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive and Dr. Christine MacDonald, Emergency Services Department Head/Interim Vice Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
- 19:18 - London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute: Dr. Kevin Chan, VP, Medicine (CME), Research and Academics
- 24:18 - Patient Experience: Tania Testa, VP, Communications & Community, Patient and Client Engagement and Karen Connors, Director, Patient Experience & Volunteer Services
- 34:07 - Human Resources at LHSC: Julia Marchesan, VP, People and Employee Experience
- 42:44 Information Technology Services:OneChart Phase II: Nick Vlacholias, VP, Finance (CFO) & Performance, VP, Facilities, Andrew Mes, Corporate Information Officer, and Dr. Frank Myslik, Digital Physician Lead
- 55:00 Emergency Services & Critical Care: Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive and Dr. Christine MacDonald, Emergency Services Department Head/Interim Vice Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
- 1:05:02 - Closing remarks: David Musyj, Supervisor
October 2024
Recording of the Community Update Meeting - October 23, 2024
Navigate to different parts of the meeting:
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 00:36 - Opening Remarks and Land Acknowledgement: David Musyj, Supervisor and Tania Testa, VP Communications & Community Patient/Client Engagement
- 11:14 - Community Advisory Committee: David Musyj, Supervisor
- 12:28 - Report to the Community: Dr. David Steven, Interim Chair, Medical Advisory Committee and Deborah Wiseman, Corporate Nursing Executive
- 26:17 - Children's Hospital Update: Nash Syed, VP Children’s Hospital & Women’s Program and Dr. Rod Lim, Paediatric ED Director
- 39:07 - Anesthesia at LHSC: Cathy Vandersluis, VP Surgery, Cardiac, Transplant, Quality & Health Disciplines; Dr. Ruediger Noppens, University Hospital Site Lead (Anesthesia); and Dr. George Nicolaou, Victoria Hospital Site Lead (Anesthesia)
- 51:27 - Adult Mental Health and Addictions: Tammy Quigley, VP Cancer, Renal, Mental Health & Patient Flow and Dr. Mohamed Elfakhani, Department Head of Psychiatry
- 1:05:57 - Medical Imaging: Jerry Plastino, VP Clinical Diagnostics, Pharmacy and Biomedical Engineering and Dr. Narinder Paul, Department Head, Medical Imaging
- 1:16:29 - Closing Remarks: David Musyj, Supervisor
