JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
we have an increasingly aging population , and although they live longer they aren ’ t necessarily healthier . We ’ re looking at ways in which we can make our healthcare system sustainable in order to meet the growing needs of the demographic change .”
“ We turn to innovation because we believe that with the technology that exists out there in the age of information , with the advent of machine learning , artificial intelligence , cybersecurity , big data science and analytics , we can strengthen our system and add value , but it requires us to look at the way we provide care and then figure out meaningful ways to integrate technology into that model of care .”
Entrepreneurship is key , and the hub will be vital to fostering new partnerships . “ The idea is to bring entrepreneurs inside our system and help provide them with ideas , access to
“The pandemic was a wake up call , which points out very concretely the directions in which we need to be going to better serve the population in our territory ”
DR LAWRENCE ROSENBERG PRESIDENT AND CEO , JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
DR LAWRENCE ROSENBERG
TITLE : PRESIDENT AND CEO INDUSTRY : HEALTHCARE LOCATION : CANADA
Lawrence Rosenberg is Professor of Surgery and Medicine at McGill University , and President and CEO of the Integrated Health and Social Services University Network of West-Central Montreal . The Network , situated on 34 sites , includes the Jewish General Hospital , which is a tertiary / quaternary university teaching hospital . Dr . Rosenberg received his MD , CM degree from McGill University , where he completed specialty training in General Surgery . He holds an MSc and PhD in Experimental Surgery , completed post-doctoral studies and a surgical transplantation fellowship at the University of Michigan , and received an MEng from University of Waterloo , with concentrations in Innovation and Entrepreneurship . He was Director of the Multi-Organ Transplant Program at Montreal General Hospital , inaugurating McGill University ’ s Pancreas Transplant Program and leading the team that performed the first successful liver transplant at McGill .
Dr . Rosenberg has served as a consultant to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ( JDRF ), the Canadian Diabetes Association ( CDA ), the Canadian Institutes for Health Research ( CIHR ) and the NIH . His scientific contributions to the field of islet regeneration are widely acknowledged . He has extensive experience as a clinician-scientist , educator , and consultant in value-based health systems and management of change .
EXECUTIVE BIO
178 April 2021