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Robert (Bob) Howard is the president and Chief Executive Officer of St. Michael’s Hospital, a teaching and research hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Affectionately known as the Urban Angel, St. Michael’s is renowned for providing exceptional care to homeless, disadvantaged and the province’s most critically ill patients. Robert is a cardiologist with a passion for excellence in healthcare management and a vision for quality improvement and innovation. He has made it a cornerstone of the hospital’s strategic plan and his work in this area is setting the benchmark across Ontario. Under Robert’s leadership, St. Michael’s officially opened the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the Keenan Research Centre. The hospital has also begun construction on a major transformation project, which will include the 17-storey Peter Gilgan patient care tower, and extensive renovations like the expanded state-of-the-art Slaight Family Emergency Department. This revitalization of the hospital’s facilities will position it to be the premier critical care hospital in Canada. Robert is also active in the broader healthcare community. Notable examples include his roles as chair of the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network (TAHSN) and executive member of the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO). He is also a board member for the Michener Institute of Technology, the Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC) and the Health Force Ontario Marketing and Recruitment Agency (HFO-MRA). Robert has an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from the University of Toronto, a medical degree from McMaster University, and an executive MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business. He is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Timothy Gregg Ferris is a CEO at Mass General Hospital and is based in Massachusetts.

Robert W. Carlson is a Professor:Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center Auxiliary, Member at American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and Medical Dir:Inpatient Oncology at STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE and is based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. He has experience at Stanford University, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Robert attended Stanford University between 1970 and 1974 and Stanford University School of Medicine between 1974 and 1978.

With years of clinical leadership experience, Dr. Kevin Klauer brings valuable and innovative talents to the team. Dr. Klauer is a proven leader and brings his expertise and knowledge to the company as the chief medical officer for Emergency Medicine, chief risk officer for TeamHealth, and executive director of TeamHealth’s Patient Safety Organization. He works hard to develop cutting-edge patient safety and clinical best practices throughout the organization and directs clinical risk management. Dr. Klauer is responsible for: • risk management initiatives • clinical education • litigation support • patient safety • assistance with training medical directors • promotion of effective communication with physicians and advanced practice clinicians Concurrent with his role at TeamHealth, Dr. Klauer is an assistant clinical professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and serves as the medical editor-in-chief for ACEP Now, the monthly publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). He previously served as editor-in-chief for Emergency Physicians Monthly. Dr. Klauer has published three risk-management books, Emergency Medicine Bouncebacks: Medical and Legal, Risk Management and the Emergency Department: Executive Leadership and Protecting Patients and Hospitals, with a third, Pediatric Bouncebacks, released in March 2015. Dr. Klauer also served as a speaker of the ACEP Council. Dr. Klauer received the ACEP National Teaching Faculty Award in 2001 and the Emergency Medicine Resident's Association Robert Dougherty ACEP/Emergency Medicine Foundation Teaching Fellowship. In 2014, he was the recipient of ACEP's Honorable Mention Outstanding Speaker of the Year Award and was recognized by the Ohio Chapter of ACEP with the Bill Hall Award of Service. Dr. Klauer earned his Executive Juris Doctor with honors from Concord Law School in 2011.

Dave Smith is a President/CEO at GRANT REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER.

Thomas F. Kirk is a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at American Surgical Professionals and is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He studied at University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University.