Leadership & Governance
In addition to our Steering Committee and Project Team, working groups of VCH physicians, staff and partners are collaborating to ensure every detail of planning is addressed. These groups represent a broad spectrum of expertise and departments working collaboratively to build Phase 1 of the VGH OR Renewal Project.
Steering Committee
Co-Chair: Shelly Fleck, Operations Director, OR Slating and Booking, and Director, Strategic Initiatives, Vancouver Acute
Co-Chair: Westley Davidson, Director, Planning & Projects, VCH Capital Projects, LMC
Dr. Bas Masri, Surgeon-in-Chief and Head, Orthopaedics Surgery, Vancouver Acute
Dr. Andrew Sawka, Medical Director, Perioperative Services, Vancouver Acute
Dr. Hamed Umedaly, Head, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, Vancouver Acute
Andrea Bisaillon, Operations Director, Surgical Services, Vancouver Acute
Shelly Errico, Patient Services Manager, ORs and PCU/PACU, VGH
Cathy Helliwell, Director, Strategic Partnerships, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Susan Luckey, Associate Director, Corporate Finance, VCH
Angela Karpa, Director, Financial Planning & Business Support, Vancouver Acute
John Filer, Clinical Project Manager, Vancouver Acute
Susanna Ko, Senior Project Manager, VCH Capital Projects, LMC
Project Team
Project Lead: John Filer, Clinical Project Manager, Vancouver Acute
Project Lead: Susanna Ko, Senior Project Manager, VCH Capital Projects, LMC
Clinical Leads: Drs. Oliver Applegarth and Rael Klein, Anesthesia
Clinical Leads: Drs. Peter Gooderham and Kelly Lefaivre, Surgery
Shelly Fleck, Operations Director, OR Slating and Booking, and Director, Strategic Initiatives, Vancouver Acute
Andrea Bisaillon, Operations Director, Strategic Initiatives, Vancouver Acute
Shelly Errico, Patient Services Manager, ORs and PCU/PACU, VGH
Sharon Petty, Executive Director, Planning & Projects, VCH Capital Projects, LMC
Westley Davidson, Director, Planning & Projects, VCH Capital Projects, LMC
Susan Luckey, Associate Director, Corporate Finance, VCH
Juanita Poelvoorde, Project Manager, IMITS
Tom Boelhouwer, Facilities IT Infrastructure Consultant, BCCSS
Julius Celis, Coordinator, MDRD
Debbie Hendricks, Manager, Equipment and Supplies, ORs, Vancouver Acute
Kelly-Anne Karse, Head Nurse, Control Desk, ORs
Kimberley Mckinley, Patient Services Manager, Post-Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU)
Nicholas Leung, Biomedical Technologist
Irena Tabachnicov, Manager, MDRD
Rita Dekleer, Infection Control Practitioner, Laboratory
Mona Kines, Clinical Planner
Edgardo Sanchez, Biomedical Technologist, PACU
Adrian Smith, Supervising Biomedical Technologist, ORs
Caroline Webster, Equipment Planner
Heather Prime, Communications Leader, Vancouver Acute
Gillian Hobbs, Communications Specialist, Vancouver Acute
Jasleen Aujla, Analyst/Coordinator
Knut Boek, Principal Architect, dys architecture
Gek Mei Tan, Associate Architect, dys architecture