What has been your greatest learning in your time at Fraser Health that prepared you to be the Executive Director at Ridge Meadows? My greatest learnings were gleaned in my Director role at SMH, where I was given autonomy to drive changes in my portfolio that would benefit both patients in the acute site and...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient. When I was a fourth year medical student, I had the opportunity to do an eight week elective at a rural mission hospital in Cameroon. During my time there, I saw many interesting cases but one of the most memorable case of all was this...
1) Please share your most interesting case with a patent (please ensure no specific patient info.) Interesting is such a relative term in medicine! This is one of my most memorable cases. Early in my career I was working in a remote community doing a clinic. I had a woman who was 34 weeks pregnant...
Please share your most interesting case with a patient The most interesting case that I’ve had occurred approximately four months ago. It was a young female patient that had come to the Ridge Meadows emergency department with extreme bilateral lower extremity pain and intermittent hallucinations. I had gotten some collateral information from the paramedics that...
1.) Please share your most interesting case with a patient (please ensure no specific patient info.) I have a patient with liver failure who is quite sick, in and out of hospital a lot, on her last admission she had gotten so bad she needed to be considered for a liver transplant. After talking to...
1- What has been your greatest learning since joining Ridge Meadows? My biggest surprise was just how committed the staff and medical staff are to the community and the hospital. There’s so much investment and caring for the site, the hospital, community services, and long-term services. So many of our staff and medical staff work, live,...
1. What is the best advice you were given during your time in school that has had a lasting impact on your practice? One lesson I remember from when I was an ER resident was when my preceptor told me about the idea of “mindfulness”. I was struggling to be able to focus on each individual...
Get to know Lesli Matheson, Interim Director, Clinical Operations ER, LTC, Hospice, Rehab, Ambulatory Care and Home Health We are pleased to announce that Lesli Matheson has rejoined RMH Leadership as Interim Director, Clinical Operations. (While Michelle DePodesta is doing Community Leadership for the next 12-18 months) Lesli brings strong leadership skills and...
It is with great pleasure we announce Kathy Henderson as the successful applicant for the Clinical Operations Director position. Kathy brings more than 35 years of nursing experience to the position, with more than 16 years in clinical or operational leadership. Kathy has most recently held manager positions in acute and community services, including Community...
Get to know Heather Symons, Clinical Operations Manager Medical Daycare, Ambulatory Care, Oncology, Social Work and Porters I grew up on the west coast of Newfoundland in a community on the Bay of Islands. My family had an appreciation for all things nature and truly embodied the outdoor spirit, therefore my childhood was...
