Dr. Ken Blanchette is the Chair for the School of Health Sciences at St. Clair College. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Windsor and completed his Doctor of Chiropractic from National Institute of Health Sciences in Chicago Illinois.

Dr. Blanchette practiced in the United States for 12 years, specializing in breach birth complications, epileptic case management and advancing spinal decompression within the region as well as creating an integrated health model between disciplines. In 2010, he joined St. Clair College and was involved in the building of a 32 million dollar state of the art simulation center. Following the completion of the capital project, he has created an opportunity for professional training within our region and internationally for Health Care Disciplines and organizations in gaining continuing education.

Dr. Blanchette is a current member of the board of directors for Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital and the Windsor Essex county Health Unit, as well as the Past Chair for the Heads of Health Sciences for Ontario Colleges.

Andrew is the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA), a voluntary alliance of the hospitals in Clinton, St. Marys, Seaforth and Stratford, a position he has held since the organization’s formation in 2003. Throughout his 25+ year career in healthcare leadership, Andrew has had the opportunity to work in and with numerous healthcare organizations locally, and across Canada. His experience spans small, community, teaching and research hospitals, the community sector, regional systems, and private clinics.

He is a passionate advocate for patient and family centred care, and believes our healthcare system should be less about its structures and providers and more about ensuring the individual needs of the patients are met in the safest and most appropriate manner. Andrew holds and Honours Degree in Biology and Masters in Health Services Administration, both from Dalhousie University. He is an active Member of the Canadian College of Healthcare Leaders and the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a Surveyor with Accreditation Canada.

As President and Chief Executive Officer, Lori brings to the organization over 15 years of progressive leadership experience in Ontario's acute and community care sectors, and a reputation as a patient-centred strategist with a track record of addressing complex issues through a shared vision and knowledge of the community region. This is Lori’s third appointment as CEO, the first being in 2005 for Nipigon District Memorial Hospital and in 2014 for the Erie St. Clair Community Care Access Centre. She has served as Vice President at two hospitals including Oshawa General Hospital and Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, where she held the positions of VP Patient Care before being promoted to Executive Vice President, Strategy, Performance and Aboriginal Health.

Lori is a Registered Pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists and a Certified Health Executive with the Canadian College of Health Leaders. She holds a Health Leadership Certificate from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and a Masters in Health Administration from the University of Ottawa. Lori has a rich history of community service and has been active on many boards and committees at the provincial and local levels.

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Dr. Bill Sischek assumed the role of Integrated Vice President, Medical & Academic Affairs, St. Joseph’s Health Care London and London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) on September 30, 2019. In this role, Dr. Sischek serves as a co-lead for SWAHN, taking over from Dr. Robin Walker who retired in June 2019.

Dr. Sischek is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Western University. He has been actively involved in the clinical academic life of the hospitals and the university for over 30 years. Having joined the Department of Anesthesia in 1988 as a cardiac anesthesiologist, he has practiced actively since then but has also contributed to many other roles over the years. Academically, Dr. Sischek has served the department’s post-graduate program as a site coordinator and joined the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Oral Exam Board, eventually becoming Vice-Chair of that Board. In the university and hospital systems, he represented the nascent Clinical Teachers Association in white paper discussions with the Dean of Medicine and the clinical chairs group in 1992. In 1995, Dr. Sischek was appointed Site Chief of Anesthesia for the Victoria Campus of the newly formed London Health Sciences Centre.

Dr. Sischek’s service also extends to the executive of the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) Professional Staff Organization as Secretary, Vice-President and President in the mid 1990’s and in 1999 became the Vice-Chair of the LHSC Board of Directors Medical Advisory Committee (MAC). He assumed the role of Chair for the first two-year term of the LHSC MAC Chair in 2000 and has continued to work with the MAC and its subcommittees for many years since.

Dr. Sischek returned to his home department as the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine’s City-Wide Clinical Coordinator from 2011- 2017. Within that role, he oversaw the final reconfiguration of services which began under the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care’s Health Services Restructuring Commission.

Being committed to physician leadership, Dr. Sischek was granted the Canadian Society of Physician Leadership’s Canadian Certified Physician Executive (CCPE) designation in 2017 and continues to exercise his leadership skills in the health care system by mentoring new leaders. His latest efforts were directed to the Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario (AMOSO) where he was Vice-Chair for two years and most recently chaired the Governing Committee, overseeing the alternate funding plan (AFP) for the clinical academic physicians of London, until his appointment to the IVP of Medical and Academic Affairs position. 

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