Titulaire d’une maîtrise et d’un doctorat en administration de la santé, M. Abergel a développé une solide expérience de gestionnaire au sein du réseau de la santé et des services sociaux depuis plus de 20 ans. Il a œuvré en hôpital, en agence régionale et en privé, toujours dans le secteur de la santé. Il est président-directeur général du CIUSSS du Nord-de l’Île-de-Montréal depuis juin 2018. Il croit fermement que la technologie est la solution pour pérenniser un système de santé public qui répondra aux besoins toujours croissants de santé malgré les contraintes de main-d’œuvre de la prochaine décennie.

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. He received his MD, CM from McGill University, where he completed training in General Surgery. He holds an MSc and PhD in Experimental Surgery from McGill, completed a transplantation fellowship at the University of Michigan, and received an MEng from University of Waterloo, with concentrations in Systems and InnovationHe 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. He 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. He has received many career awards, including an appointment as Chercheur national of Quebec. Dr. Rosenberg remains the only Canadian to have been awarded the prestigious American Surgical Association Foundation Fellowship.