Bonnie Adamson, RN, BScN, MScN (Admin.), CHE, FCCHSE, President and CEO at North York General

Bonnie Adamson has been the President and CEO at North York General Hospital since August 2002. During her tenure, she has led the organization successfully through the SARS epidemic in 2003, and has spearheaded a strategy driven cultural/leadership transformation at the hospital.

Prior to this appointment, she was President & CEO in the Huron Perth Hospitals Partnership, an eight hospital network in southwestern Ontario. For many years prior, she held several senior leadership positions at the Victoria Hospital and London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario.

Mrs. Adamson is a Fellow of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives and Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is the Chair of the National Board of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives and serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies (ICES) in Toronto. Previously she was a surveyor for over ten years with the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.

As well, Mrs. Adamson has authored numerous articles on health care leadership.