A member of NHH’s Senior Management Team since November, 2017, Susan Walsh is a senior healthcare leader committed to quality patient- and family-centred care and organizational excellence. Susan assumed the role of President and CEO on August 3, 2021 after serving as the hospital’s Vice President of Patient Services, Chief Nursing Executive and Chief Clinical Information Officer.

With experience spanning an acute academic hospital, a national community care organization and a leading social sector agency, Walsh has a broad and unique combination of community and hospital expertise. Previously Chief Operations Officer with the Geneva Centre for Autism in Toronto, Walsh spent six years prior to that with Saint Elizabeth as first the Regional Director, Toronto Central Site and, following that, Vice President, Operations Innovation.

A Registered Nurse by training, Walsh also holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Nursing and a Master of Business Administration from the Rotman School of Management. She has supported the work of Accreditation Canada as a surveyor since 2008.