Wellington Health Care Alliance has new physician leadership team
New structure will support collaboration, communication across departments and hospitals in the Alliance
ABOYNE – The Wellington Health Care Alliance has a new physician leadership team.
It’s a formal structure for physician leadership across the alliance, which includes Groves Memorial Community Hospital, Louise Marshall Hospital and Palmerston and District Hospital.
“Designated physician leads work with their medical colleagues, staff, department managers, the chiefs of staff and hospital administration to bring forward departmental priorities and provide physician input into planning and decisions,” stated Angela Stanley, president and CEO of the alliance, in an email to the Wellington Advertiser.
Stanley noted the new structure will “support communication and collaboration across departments and the alliance hospitals, with a focus on patient care and the needs of the communities we serve.”
The new physician leadership team includes:
– Dr. Cassandra Muldoon, chief of inpatient services and lead hospitalist;
– Dr. Sarah Jennison, lead of family practice anaesthesia;
– Dr. Samantha Thompson, chief of emergency services;
– Dr. Matthew Westendorp, chief of staff at Groves hospital;
– Dr. Megan Williams, chief of maternal/child services;
– Dr. Dan Reilly, lead of obstetrics/gynecology; and
– Dr. Zeeshan Rana, lead of general surgery and endoscopy.
