Dr. Edgardo Pérez has joined Excellence Canada as a Special Advisor

Excellence Canada is very pleased to announce that Dr. Edgardo Pérez, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CHE, CPHQ has joined Excellence Canada as a Special Advisor, specifically to focus on our Healthy Workplace ® and Mental Health at Work ® programs.

Edgardo is a world renowned authority in the field of wellness, mental health and addiction. Edgardo will be assisting Excellence Canada in the strategic direction and growth of the above programs. His curriculum vitae below speaks for itself!

On behalf of the Board of Governors of Excellence Canada, I would like to welcome Edgardo to the Excellence Team.

Edgardo Pérez, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CHE, CPHQ

Current

HOMEWOOD, 150 Delhi Street, GUELPH, Ontario N1E 6K9

Founder and Director General, Homewood Research Institute

Founder and Director, The Centre for Organizational Health

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, and McMaster University (Hamilton)

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

For over twenty-five years, I have been a surveyor for Accreditation Canada. This has included participation in committees to develop the standards for accreditation and some international consulting, board member of Accreditation Canada and Accreditation Canada Global.

My research interest is in health services and clinical outcome evaluation.

Past

Chief Executive Officer & President, Homewood Health Centre Inc. (312 Beds)

Chief Executive Officer & President, Homewood Corporation

President, Homewood Employee Health Corp.(HEH), Disability Management & Integrated Health Services

President, Orangewood Properties Limited

President, Homewood Health Services Inc.

Chief of Staff, Homewood Health Centre Inc. (312 Beds)

Chief Executive Officer, Homewood Behavioural Health Corp.(HBH), Employee Assistance Program Provider

Vice President, Homewood Corporation

Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario (978 Beds)

Vice Chairman and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa

EDUCATION:
		B.A. Cornell University, ITHACA, New York
		M.D. State University of New York
		Master in Public Health (Health Services Administration) Harvard University
		Diploma in Psychiatry University of Ottawa
		Certification Mental Health Administration American Psychiatry Association
		Diplomate American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
		Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality Healthcare Quality Certification Board
		F.R.C.P.C. (Fellow Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - Psychiatry)
		D.A.B.P.N. Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry)
		C.H.E. (Certified Health Executive) Canadian College of Health Leaders
	FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
	November l985	Fellow, American Association for Social Psychiatry
	December l99l	Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
	April l993	Award given by Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa-Carleton Branch
	February 1996	The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario - Excellence in Quality Management of Medical Care Award - Category II (For a physician in an Academic or administrative position)
	October 1997	Honourary Director, Suzhou Psychiatric Hospital, Suzhou, China
	February 2003	Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
	March 2006	Fellow of the American Institute for Healthcare Quality